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M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital
M Health Fairview
Phillips-Wangensteen, Moos Tower and other buildings on the East Bank campus
Geography
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	44°58′2″N 93°14′15″W / 44.96722°N 93.23750°W / 44.96722; -93.23750
Organization
Funding	Non-profit
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	University of Minnesota Medical School
Services
Emergency department	Level III trauma center
Beds	212
Specialty	Pediatric care
History
Former name(s)	Kurt Amplatz Children's Hospital, University-Variety Hospital for Children
Opened	1986
Links
Website	www.mhealth.org/childrens
Lists	Hospitals in Minnesota

M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital (formerly known as Amplatz Children's Hospital) is a non-profit pediatric acute care hospital located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The hospital has 212 beds and is affiliated with University of Minnesota Medical School. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients aged 0–21 throughout Minnesota and the Midwest United States. Masonic Children's Hospital is also a state designated Level III Trauma Center.

History

The history of a University of Minnesota pediatric program went as far back as the 1930s when the first pediatric cardiology unit was opened. In 1951, this unit later expanded into a 40-bed pediatric unit at Variety Club Heart Hospital along with a playroom and classrooms. In 1986, pediatric services were brought together in a new general university hospital. The new hospital included 3 pediatric units: a neonatal intensive care unit, a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and a pediatric bone marrow transplant unit. The new facility was named University-Variety Hospital for Children. On the other side of town, Fairview Health (before merge) first opened its own dedicated pediatric unit in 1955. In 1997, M Health merged with Fairview.

The modern day children's hospital first opened in 2011 at a cost of $25 million and was initially named University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital. In 2014, the hospital was renamed to University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital after a large donation from the Minnesota Mason's Charities. The hospital is 6 stories tall and includes multiple different inpatient units.

Services

Masonic Children's Hospital also features a level 4 neonatal intensive care unit.

It provides pediatric programs including pediatric general surgery, imaging, and neonatal and pediatric intensive care to cardiac and oncology services, blood and marrow transplant, bone marrow, and organ transplantation. The hospital also includes Minnesota's only children's behavioral inpatient unit and programming that focuses on children ages 12 and younger.

See also

• M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center
• Shriners Children's

References

1. "About University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital". www.uofmchildrenshospital.org. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
2. "University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital". Children's Hospital Association. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
3. "Cancer and Blood and Marrow Transplant Survivor Program | MHealth.org". www.mhealth.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
4. "Trauma Hospitals List – Minnesota Department of Health". www.health.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
5. "Medical Milestones". www.fairview.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
6. "M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital". Retrieved 8 November 2019.
7. "U Of M Children's Hospital Renamed For Largest Donor". 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
8. "$25M gift brings new name to U's Children's Hospital". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
9. "Architect Magazine: University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
10. "NICUSearch". AAP.org. Retrieved 2020-03-17.

• Hospitals in Minnesota
• Hospitals established in 1986
• Buildings and structures in Minneapolis
• Children's hospitals in the United States