Research, education and experience

The experience and expertise of the staff caring for infants, children and teens at Dayton Children’s must reflect the special needs of each age group as well as their parents and families.

Children’s hospitals are best known for providing the majority of specialized care for children with complex and rare conditions. But Dayton Children’s, like other children’s hospitals, also helps children grow up healthy and safe through prevention and education.

Ongoing clinical research programs at Dayton Children’s contribute to the body of pediatric knowledge needed to improve treatment of the most challenging pediatric conditions.

Number of patients treated

• Surgery – More than 12,000 children every year undergo surgery in the advanced surgery center at Dayton Children’s. All surgeries are performed under the direction of a pediatric anesthesiologist.
• Trauma – The experts in the regional pediatric trauma and emergency center at Dayton Children’s saw more than 50,000 children in 2005-2006.
• Newborn intensive care unit (NICU). The award-winning Regional Level III NICU at Dayton Children’s is the newborn referral center for the region. The unit had 390 admissions in 2005-2006.
• Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). In 2005-2006, 692 patients were admitted to this unit. This is the only intensive care unit in the region staff by board-certified pediatric intensivists (physicians specially trained in critical care medicine). The unit received a national award for its design attention to "functional and humanitarian issues." The award is sponsored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and the American Institute of Architects Academy on Architecture for Health (AIA)
• Pulmonary – Most admissions to Dayton Children’s require the services of our pulmonary medicine team. Asthma remains the number-one reason children are admitted to Dayton Children’s.
• Cancer care – Just over 5,000 children were treated in the hematology/oncology outpatient clinic in 2005. The Comprehensive Care Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Dayton Children’s is one of just 11 accredited cancer care programs in the country.
• For all hospital statistics

Physician and nursing research. Many of our physicians, nurses and other staff are involved in clinical research at Dayton Children’s. For a complete research report

Medical education. Dayton Children’s and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine partner to provide medical student education and the integrated pediatric residency training program.

Facts about our staff

• 100 percent of our active staff physicians are board certified/board eligible in at least one key specialty area.
• 70 percent of our nursing staff are PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certified.
• See Vital Statistics for more information about our staff.

In addition, Dayton Children’s has teaching affiliations with a number of local, regional and national hospitals and teaching institution to train students of nursing, dietary and nutrition, laboratory, health information management, pastoral care, pharmacy, radiology, rehabilitative services, psychology, respiratory therapy and social work. For a complete list, call 937-641-3666.