For Patients and Families

Floating Hospital for Children is the full-service pediatric hospital of Tufts Medical Center. We are the principal pediatric teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine. All our physicians hold faculty positions at the university and are among the most talented and highly trained pediatric specialists in the country. Our focus and mission every day is to improve the lives of children and their families. We treat every child as if they were our own.

 

Our family-focused hospital offers pediatric inpatient and outpatient services in every medical specialty from general pediatric services to the care of the most complex cancers, heart diseases and traumas.  Our services begin with the earliest stages of life in our Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit and continue with the care of healthy and sick children from toddlers to adolescents ready for adulthood.  Our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute allow us care for the most critically ill children.

 

Tufts’ Floating Hospital has long been known for its many innovations in pediatric medicine and including the entire family in the care-giving process. We were the first hospital to allow parents to stay overnight in the room with their hospitalized children, and our Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute is the first U.S. trauma center exclusively for children. Child life specialists here at Floating Hospital help ease children’s and families’ fears and worries through therapeutic play and onsite support groups and by offering open visiting hours for parents and siblings.

 

This section of the website is focused on familiarizing you and your child with our services, whether your child is visiting us as an outpatient or is cared for as an inpatient.  You’ll find everything from a guide to what you can expect during your stay to the details on crucial services that help your child focus on being a kid, even during hospitalization , such as Ace’s Place Playroom.

 

For more information or to schedule an outpatient appointment, please call 617-636-8100.