C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care hospital located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The hospital has 244 pediatric beds and is affiliated with the University of Michigan Medical School. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults 0-21 throughout Michigan and the surrounding states. The hospital sometimes also treats older adults that require pediatric care. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital also features a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, 1 of 3 in the state.
The hospital moved to a newly constructed building in 2011.
Although commonly understood to be a physical health complex, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital also includes a youth and adolescent psychiatric ward separate from the rest of the children's hospital.
History
The University of Michigan first established a pediatric program in 1903 when they opened up a 75 bed children's unit. The unit was one of the first dedicated pediatric units' in the nation.In 1965, American businessman and philanthropist C.S. Mott donated $6.5 million to the University of Michigan to help the university build its first children’s hospital. The 200 bed hospital served about 3,500 children in its first year of operation.
In the late 1980s, the university renovated its pediatric wards to accommodate private patient rooms instead of previous open wards.
In 2006, the University of Michigan broke ground to build a new 1.1 million square-foot $754 million facility that opened in November 2011. The Charles Stewart Mott foundation contributed $25 million to the construction of the new hospital. The building contains 348 single, private room beds divided between the children's and women's hospital including a dedicated pediatric emergency department and trauma center.
University of Michigan officials have released plans to convert the old 1969 era C.S. Mott Children's Hospital building into renovated patient wards for the adult University Hospital.
The children's hospital is consistently ranked as one of the top pediatric centers in the country according to U.S. News & World Report.
Awards
In 2015, the hospital was named as one of "The 50 Most Amazing Children’s Hospitals in the World" by Top Master's in Healthcare Administration.In 2019, Michigan Medicine was named has having some of the top teaching hospitals in the U.S. by The Leapfrog Group.
In 2019 the hospital ranked as the best children's hospital in Michigan by U.S. News & World Report.
As of 2020 C.S. Mott Children's Hospital has placed nationally in all 10 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News and World Report.
| Specialty | Rank | Score |
| Neonatology | #21 | 75.2 |
| Pediatric Cancer | #22 | 80.4 |
| Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery | #15 | 75.5 |
| Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology | #39 | 65.5 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery | #29 | 71.5 |
| Pediatric Nephrology | #19 | 81.5 |
| Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery | #26 | 78.8 |
| Pediatric Orthopedics | #21 | 78.0 |
| Pediatric Pulmonology & Lung Surgery | #25 | 66.0 |
| Pediatric Urology | #18 | 77.8 |