Who is Children's of Alabama

Since 1911, Children’s of Alabama has provided specialized medical care  for ill and injured children. Ranked among the best children’s hospitals  in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s serves  patients from every county in Alabama and nearly every state. With more  than 3.5 million square feet, it is one of the largest pediatric medical  facilities in the United States. Children’s offers inpatient and  outpatient services at its Russell Campus on Birmingham’s historic  Southside with additional specialty services provided at Children’s  South, Children’s on 3rd and in Huntsville and Montgomery. Primary  medical care is provided in more than a dozen communities across central  Alabama. Children’s is the only health system in Alabama dedicated  solely to the care and treatment of children. It is a private,  not-for-profit medical center that serves as the teaching hospital for  the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) pediatric medicine,  surgery, psychiatry, research and residency programs. The medical staff  consists of UAB faculty and Children’s full-time physicians as well as  private practicing community physicians.