Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Toledo. One year later.

To create best outcomes for children, we have strategically built partnerships with collaborative pediatric healthcare systems.

Children and families from all over the country rely on Nationwide Children’s Hospital for care they cannot receive anywhere else. In order to serve more and more families, a key component of our new strategic plan is judicious expansion via important partnerships. Our mission is best served when we work together with other organizations to help the future of our children and our communities.

On March 1, 2022 Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Toledo opened. This strategic partnership enhanced pediatric healthcare services for children and their families in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

This expansion enabled Toledo staff to improve urology services, onboard pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) providers, and build additional access to pediatric endocrinology.

The ENT providers have already proven to be busy. This new service line launched last May and provides the only pediatric fellowship-trained ENT surgeons in the region, seeing over 1,200 patients locally in Toledo through the clinic. This is a comprehensive program offering clinic services, outpatient procedures, and surgical intervention when necessary.

Also, a colorectal surgery clinic was launched in July 2022. By the end of October 2022, 12 patients had been seen with a total of 25 anticipated by the end of 2022. At the time of writing, one surgical procedure had been performed and another anticipated by the end of December.

In the Urology department, cutting edge robotic technology has been employed 11 times. These families would have previously had to drive to Columbus since we are the only organization providing robotic options for urology patients in the area.

By expanding to Toledo, the world-class care of Nationwide Children’s Hospital can be brought to more families. Reducing the need for travel while providing answers – right there at home – helps children get the help they need more quickly, and in a more comfortable way.