Helping Children Cope with Healthcare Experiences
Compassionate Children’s Medical Care in Central Massachusetts and Beyond
At the Children’s Medical Center, we care about your child’s complete well-being. That’s why we created ways to help children cope with healthcare experiences.
Kid’s Comfort Promise Techniques
Kid’s Comfort Promise is an approach that makes needles hurt less, whether your child is 1 or 18. This approach uses proven tools and methods to relieve pain and stress from needles.
Our child life specialists, nurses and physicians work together to comfort your child. We customize our approach depending on their age and medical needs...
Pediatric HIV/AIDS
If your child is infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) or is at risk for infection, he/she may need special care and treatment. Children benefit from the HIV research and care available through our Maternal-Child HIV Program and academic partner UMass Chan Medical School.
HIV Care Focused on Children
Our team of specialists will treat your child based on his/her unique needs. We focus on the following goals:
- To provide comprehensive care to HIV-infected children and families through a multi-disciplinary team approach meaning a team of specialists from different backgrounds work...
Pediatric Imaging
Expert Pediatric Radiology: Safe, Specialized Imaging for Children
Radiology tests can be critical in diagnosing illness in children so that the right treatment can be given as soon as possible. At UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center, we understand that you and your child may feel nervous about having these tests, and our services are designed to put you and your child at ease.
As the only children’s hospital in Central Massachusetts, we offer the region’s only pediatric radiologists and imaging technologists. In fact, these specialists perform 45,000 imaging studies a year...
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric Surgery in Central Massachusetts and Beyond
Our board-certified pediatric surgeons have extensive training in the unique needs of growing bodies, including smaller anatomy and complex childhood conditions. We use the latest methods, including minimally invasive techniques that are gentler on young patients. Our depth of experience leads to precise care and excellent outcomes.
Conditions We Treat
Pediatric surgical experts at Children’s Medical Center deliver exceptional care for infants, children and young adults with:
- Emergency conditions such as appendicitis, gall bladder problems
- Cance...
Pediatric Heart Care
The smallest patients require the most specialized medical care. At UMass Memorial Medical Center, we take care of our pediatric patients with a highly skilled team of experts from our Children’s Medical Center in Worcester.
Children from throughout our health care system have access to the hospital’s pediatric heart services.
Pediatric Heart Care in Central Massachusetts
From birth through young adulthood, we provide preventive heart care as well as inpatient and outpatient services for simple and complex pediatric heart disease. Our team diagnoses and treats heart murmurs, congenital heart...
Pediatric Eye Care
Whether it is routine or highly specialized eye (ophthalmology) care you need for your child, UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center in Worcester is your answer. We provide comprehensive ophthalmologic care for infants, children and adolescents.
Pediatric Eye Care in Central Massachusetts
Healthy eyes are a vital element of your child’s development. That’s why we offer you a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services to treat pediatric disorders such as hereditary eye diseases, retinal degeneration, functional visual loss and strabismus (abnormal alignment of the eyes)...
Pediatric Endocrinology
If your infant, child or adolescent is living with an endocrine condition, you can count on UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center.
Conditions We Treat in Central Massachusetts
Our doctors – called pediatric endocrinologists – diagnose and treat a wide range of childhood endocrine disorders, which affect hormones and how a child’s body functions. We offer complete evaluation and management for the following conditions:
- Thyroid function disorders
- Growth disorders
- Calcium and bone disorders
- Sex development
- Puberty
- Other primary or secondary endocrine conditions
Endocrine Expertise
Our...
Children's Medical Center Services
If your child needs a pediatric doctor, there’s no need to drive to Boston to get care. From primary care to surgery, from heart care to diabetes care, our UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children's Medical Center has physicians, surgeons, nurses and others trained in caring for kids.
The Only Children’s Hospital in Central Massachusetts
Located in Worcester, we are the only children’s hospital in Central Massachusetts. More than 200 medical and surgical experts in more than 30 specialties devote their expertise to the care of infants, children and adolescents - care that truly surrounds the...