Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a nationally ranked women's and children's hospital which is part of the Stanford University Health system. The hospital is located adjacent to the campus at 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, California. It was founded in 1991. It is staffed by over 650 physicians and 4,750 staff and volunteers. The hospital specializes in the care of infants, children, teens, young adults aged 0–21, but sometimes treats older adults and expectant mothers. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is an ACS verified Level 1 regional pediatric trauma center. In November 2018, Paul King was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. King succeeds Christopher Dawes, who retired from the position in August 2018.
History
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford was founded in 1991 after a $40 million donation in 1986 from David and Lucile Packard, and since then LPCH has become one of the nation's most prominent children's hospitals. In 1996 LPCH merged with the Stanford University Medical Center, and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health was established as an independent public charity to ensure a continued source of dedicated funding and support for the health and well being of children.Lucile Packard Children's Hospital also hosts one of the centers for the study and treatment of Marfan syndrome in the USA. The hospital hosts the most extensive program for Marfan-related thoracic aneurysm in California and one of the largest in the country.
Modernization and expansion
On December 9, 2017, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford opened a new 521,000 square-foot building Main building and 3.5 acres of surrounding gardens and green space. The new building more than doubled the size of the existing pediatric and obstetric hospital campus, adding 149 patient beds for a total of 361 on the Palo Alto campus. Within the original building, now called the West building, design plans are underway for renovating the existing Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services to create a dedicated mother and baby center.Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford’s Main building is LEED Platinum certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. It was the second children’s hospital in the world to earn LEED Platinum status, the highest designation for sustainability awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Awards and recognition
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is ranked as a top pediatric hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report with rankings in all 10 clinical specialty areas.Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford achieved Magnet recognition in 2019, the highest honor for nursing excellence. Just 8 percent of U.S. health care organizations out of more than 6,300 U.S. hospitals have achieved Magnet recognition.
For the fifth straight year, Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford earned 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired recognition as a certified level 9 from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.
LPCH wins the national award for Excellence in Pediatric Patient Care from the Child Health Corporation of America for outstanding rapid response performance.
In 2019 In Health awarded the new LPCH building its Hamilton Award for Recognition in the Arts Transforming Environments category, awarded for demonstrating the positive impact of artwork in a healthcare environment.
As of 2021 Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has placed nationally in all 10 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News and World Report, and placed 10 on the national honor roll list.
| Specialty | Rank | Score |
| Neonatology | #3 | 94.9 |
| Pediatric Cancer | #16 | 81.6 |
| Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery | #20 | 79.5 |
| Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology | #9 | 81.5 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery | #13 | 85.9 |
| Pediatric Nephrology | #4 | 92.2 |
| Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery | #8 | 89.2 |
| Pediatric Orthopedics | #31 | 71.6 |
| Pediatric Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | #7 | 91.3 |
| Pediatric Urology | #19 | 68.4 |