DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS LAS VEGAS: FACILITIES
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada ( UMC )
UMC is a county-owned acute care medical center with 545 beds, housing southern Nevada's only Level I Trauma Center and the state's only Burn Care Center. Pediatric services include a 29 bed General Pediatric Unit, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 26 Level III and 10 Level II beds, and a 14 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The Pediatric Emergency Room and all inpatient pediatric facilities are located in a free standing building shared with the Trauma Intensive Care Unit, with the exception of the NICU and newborn nursery located in the main hospital with labor and delivery. The UMC affliated outpatient clinic is located in a separate facility a few block away, and approximately 50% of the residents have their continuity clinic at this site one half day per week. In 2005, UMC experienced 10,486 outpatient visits at the Lied Ambulatory Clinic, 3,312 inpatient pediatric admissions, and 316 PICU admissions. The NICU had 748 admissions with 4,897 births. The Pediatric emergency room had 33,668 visits.
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and Sunrise Children's Hospital
Sunrise Hospital is an investor owned hospital with 688 beds. It houses a free-standing state-of-the art pediatric tower consisting of a 32 bed General Pediatric Unit, a 15 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, a 9 bed Hematology/Oncology ward. The Neonatal Intensive care has 44 Level III beds and 10 Level II beds. A full range of pediatric services is supported and many of the pediatric subspecialists have outpatient clinics within walking distance from the hospital. During the 2005, Sunrise experienced 3,530 pediatric admissions, 778 PICU admissions, 703 NICU admissions, nearly 40,000 pediatric ER visits, and 4419 births.
Kids Health Care
The KHC clinic is the university-operated pediatric clinic located adjacent to Sunrise Hospital. The University of Nevada School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics assumed ownership of the clinic in 1999. The current site holds subspecialty clinics including pediatric gastroenterology, pulmonolgy, endocrinology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and adolescent medicine. Approximately 50% of the residents have their continuity clinic at this site one half day per week.
The clinic has its own website where parents and patients can obtain information and ask the doctor a question.
www.kidshealthcareclinic.com
