The Hospital at a Glance

Who We Are

Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego is a comprehensive and integrated pediatric healthcare system with 261 beds. We’re a nonprofit, freestanding hospital, and more than 50 percent of the patients we see have little or no private medical insurance. These kids depend on us, and thanks to the generosity of our community, we will always put their needs first.

We are dedicated to excellence in care – the latest technology, the best equipment, the most progressive research, the finest teaching – because that’s the right thing to do for every child. We offer programs and services that will never be reimbursed by insurance, simply because our families deserve the best. 

Our ouststanding team includes nearly 700 physicians and more than 1,000 nurses on staff, nearly 3,000 employees, 450 active volunteers, and more than 1,200 Auxiliary members . 

Real Impact

More than 136,300 patients were treated in fiscal year 2009. This is an increase of 5.3 percent over last year.

There were 220,791 outpatient visits, an increase of 5.7 percent.

There were 58,388 visits to the Sam S. and Rose Stein Emergency Care Center, an increase of nearly 8 percent; and

There were 28,840 visits to our three Urgent Care Centers, an increase of 15.8 percent.

Rady Children's is the region's designated Pediatric Trauma Center. Rady Children's treated more than 1,100 trauma cases last year.

Comprehensive Care

We are proud to give you an overview of some of the many ways we have helped children and their families this last year:

Autism

• Rady Children’s Autism Intervention Center — now called the Autism Discovery Institute — saw 135 children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for a total of 1,000 visits for parent-child developmental behavioral therapy.
• Our Developmental Evaluation Clinic saw 2,400 children, of which approximately 20 percent were diagnosed with an ASD.
• Well over 1,000 children with an ASD were seen through our speech, occupational therapy, audiology and physical therapy departments.
• Learn more about our Autism Discovery Institute here.

Cancer Care

• The Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders treats pediatric cancers and hematologic conditions through clinical, translational and basic research. This last year alone, there were:
• 184 new cancer patients diagnosed.
• More than 14,000 visits to the Carley Copley Outpatient Clinic.
• 400 patients on active therapy, 450 patients with bleeding and clotting disorders, and 420 patients with other hematologic disorders.
• Learn more about the Peckham Center here

Dermatology

• The Hospital’s Dermatology Division is ranked as treating the highest volume of patients in the nation, with more than 14,000 outpatient and inpatient visits annually.
• In addition, in the first six months of 2009, the Division performed more than 278 surgeries in the Surgical Day Center Operating Room and Laser Room, 282 surgeries in the main campus office, and 80 surgeries in satellite offices.
• Learn more about Dermatology here.

Developmental Services

• Developmental Services habilitates and rehabilitates children and adolescents with disorders related to congenital anomalies, injuries, illnesses and other special needs.
• The Department provided 106,732 evaluation and treatment visits at our six sites and at locations in the community including pediatric offices, medical clinics, preschools and the Polinsky Children’s Center.
• Learn more about Developmental Services here.

Dialysis

• Rady Children’s Dialysis Center helps patients with end-stage kidney disease. In the past year, we treated 18 patients ages 2 months to 20 years at the three stations in our Hemodialysis Department, operating at full capacity three shifts a day, six days a week.
• Learn more about Dialysis here.

Heart Institute

• There were 9,502 inpatient and outpatient visits to Rady Children’s Heart Institute. The Institute, nationally ranked by U.S. News and World Report, performed 20,000 cardiac ultrasounds, 589 cardiac catherization procedures, and 494 complex open- and closed-heart surgeries, many on newborns.
• Learn more about the Heart Institute here.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

The NICU at Rady Children’s treats the most critically ill newborns, many of whom have severe heart and lung conditions or are born extremely premature. Ranked nationally two years in a row by U.S. News and World Report, this last year alone, we:

• Cared for 676 infants, an average of 39 babies every day.
• Performed 254 general surgeries and 71 heart surgeries.
• Learn more about the NICU here.

Neurosurgery

The Neurosurgery Division had a tremendously successful year, expanding its clinical activities and research, training the next generation of pediatric neurosurgeons, and continuing to broaden its national and international impact on neurosurgical care.

• Last year, the Division’s neurosurgeons performed more than 470 surgeries, including tumors, craniofacial, epilepsy, congenital anomalies and intracranial cysts.
• Learn more about Neurosurgery here.

Orthopedics

Our awarding-winning Orthopedics Division was not only ranked #4 nationally by U.S. and World Report, but also ranked #6 nationally by Parents magazine.

• Committed to both high-level research and highly personal patient care, the Division handled 49,278 inpatient and outpatient visits last year.
• Learn more about Orthopedics here.

Surgery

Every weekday, more than 79 families place their trust in the skilled hands of the surgeons at Rady Children’s in the Joanne C. and Frank R. Warren Surgical Suites in the Jean Hahn
Surgical Pavilion. From simple surgeries to complex transplants, no procedure is ever treated as “routine.”

• In the past year alone, Surgical Services Performed 20,668 surgeries in the Jean Hahn Surgical Pavilion and in the Day Surgery Center.
• Learn more about Surgical Services here.

More to Know!

• Through Rady Children's network of caring, kids can receive specialized clinical and primary care services at 28 satellite locations throughout the county. They offer a broad range of services, from speech, physical and occupational therapies to child guidance and child protective services. 
• Rady Children's 59-bed Bernardy Center  is the only pediatric skilled nursing facility in California. In a home-like environment, medically fragile and developmentally disabled kids receive round-the-clock care. 
• The Ronald McDonald House, adjacent to Rady Children's, is available to families whose children are undergoing tests or treatment. 
• Rady Children's Canine Care Therapy Program now includes 30 volunteer dogs. Dogs and their handlers are on Rady Children's campus five days a week, throughout the year
• Patients at Rady Children's use more than 3,200 crutches each year. 
• Each year, 68,000 intravenous (IV) lines are started at Rady Children's. 
• Rady Children's gives out more than 21,000 popsicles a year to patients. 
• Rady Children's playrooms go through approximately 1,400 packs of crayons a year. 
• Rady Children's uses nearly 5,000 pacifiers a year. 
• Rady Children's gives out more than 133,000 Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and plain bandages . 
• Each day, Rady Children's makes up to 20 specialized baby formulas for children with special nutritional needs. 
• Rady Children's uses 1.2 million pounds of linen (sheets, pillowcases, towels) each year. 
• Rady Children's has gowns to fit all sizes , from infants and children to teenagers. 
• A blood pressure cuff for a preemie's tiny arm is about the size of an adult's finger.