Services

We are proud of the healthcare services we provide. Some of our major services include:

24-Hour Pediatric Emergency Department

• Pediatric Trauma Center - Level I
• Fast Track System to expedite treatment of minor emergencies
• Child Life Program featuring Music, Pet-assisted, Art and Humor Therapy
• MEDi® the Robot – an interactive robot that offers comfort to pediatric patients

Critical Care Intensivists

            PICU intensivists are board-certified and available on-site 24/7

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• A 63-bed Level III neonatal intensive care unit equipped with state-of-the-art technology offering the highest level of care for neonatal diagnosis, surgery, rehabilitation and ophthalmology
• Admits infants from any community hospital, with safe air and ground transport coordinated by a dedicated transport team
• Board-certified neonatologists, nursing specialists and other pediatric specialists such as lactation experts ensure comprehensive, multidisciplinary, individualized care for critically ill newborns
• Designated as a Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center (RPICC) for excellence in standard of care and one of only 11 RPICC sites in the state of Florida, where high quality medical care is provided to improve the immediate and long-term outcome of pregnancy and of infants born at risk
• Focuses on the needs of both infant and family and provides Child Life, Music Therapy, and Pastoral and Social Services

Pediatric Acute Care Unit

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - Level 1

Pediatric Medical/Surgical Unit

Pediatric PICC Line Team

Pediatric Services

Aftercare Programs, Anesthesia, Audiology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, ENT, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Hematology/Oncology Unit, Inpatient Dialysis, Lactation Center, Nephrology, Neuroscience, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology Survivorship Program, Palliative Care, Pathology, Radiology, Rehabilitation Services, Sedation Unit, Urology

Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit & Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Transport Team

Surgical Services

  da Vinci® Robotic Surgery

To excel in healthcare outcomes, the Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital Broward Health has implemented several programs, including:

• A Hand Hygiene Subcommittee of the Infection Control Committee through which representatives train, monitor, collect data and champion proper hand hygiene techniques
• Tracking and trending Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection in order to make recommendations for improvements and share best practices
• Interventions to combat Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection
• Education about and surveillance of Surgical Site Infections
• Activities to reduce Ventilator Associated Events

We have one of the largest pediatric hematology/oncology program in south Florida.

Since January 2015, the Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health has seen more than 6,000 pediatric hematology/oncology patients. We have four physicians who specialize in pediatric hematology/oncology: Alejandro Cambara, MD, Hector Rodriguez-Cortes, MD (Medical Director), Angelica Garzon, MD and Catalina Ruiz Mesa, MD.

Multidisciplinary Pediatric Obesity Clinic

Dr. Debora Duro and Dr. Lital Reitblat have launched the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Obesity Clinic at Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital Broward Health - an outpatient clinic offering patients an individualized treatment program developed by an expert team of pediatric gastroenterologists, pediatric endocrinologists, dietitians and psychologists. The goal is to provide each patient with the resources needed to help children and their families successfully manage the complexities of obesity and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Clinics are held each month at the hospital. 

Last number of children we see each year in the programs or overall and number of children who go through our pediatric ER

Last fiscal year, Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital at Broward Health saw more than 25,000 pediatric patients.

Pediatric Residency Program

The Pediatric Residency Program accepts eight pediatric residents each year for a three years -totaling 24 pediatric residents. We are affiliated with three medical schools including Florida International University as our allopathic-sponsoring university and Nova Southeastern University as our osteopathic-sponsoring university. In addition, we are the core pediatric training site for the University of Miami - MD/MPH 3rd year cohort clerkship program.

Our Pediatric Residency Program was the first in the country to make the transition from American Osteopathic Association accreditation to Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accreditation under the Single Accreditation System.