Nonprofit academic medical center providing pediatric care, research and medical education, with a large residency and fellowship training program in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cincinnati Children's is a nonprofit academic medical center founded in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Its research enterprise secured $239.1m in external funding in FY25 and is the second-largest recipient of pediatric research grants from the National Institutes of Health. Research programmes at the institution have produced breakthroughs and pioneered clinical procedures and treatments now used worldwide.
The hospital provides comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents up to age 21, ranging from well-child visits to treatment of the rarest and most complex conditions. It ranked first among all Honor Roll hospitals in the 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report survey, and has been ranked among the best children's hospitals by the publication for more than 15 years. Its service area covers southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, alongside national and international reach.
Cincinnati Children's also runs one of the largest pediatric residency training programmes in the United States, training more than 600 residents and clinical fellows each year. Technical domains span pediatric medicine, medical research, clinical research, medical education, residency and fellowship training, and pediatric subspecialty care. The stated mission is to lead in improving child health through patient care, research and medical education.
