As the only children’s hospital between Tampa and Miami, Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida delivers vital and lifesaving care for children and their families. Our highly trained team members are motivated by the belief that every child is special and deserves the best care possible.

Once housed inside HealthPark Medical Center, the children’s hospital became a standalone 300,000-square-foot, 7-story facility in 2017 thanks to a groundbreaking $20 million gift from philanthropist Tom Golisano. It now provides a variety of specialized services – from emergency care to behavioral health, surgery to critical care, orthopedics, cancer treatment, cardiology, pediatric neurosurgery, and more.

The hospital is a member of Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children’s hospitals across the nation. Local donations to the Children’s Miracle Network stay in Southwest Florida to support Golisano Children’s Hospital.

Parking Info

You can park for free right in front of the entrance and all around the facility. Feel free to drop off passengers, patients, and visitors at the front door before parking. Visitors to Golisano Children's Hospital may also park in the HealthPark Medical Center lot next door.

Additional Services

This Lee Health facility provides handicapped-accessible parking, wheelchair service, patient escorts, accessible restrooms, and other patient resources such as language services to make your stay easier and more convenient.

Parking Lot Valet

Need a ride from your car to the door? Look out for our friendly volunteers driving golf carts throughout the parking lot, offering free rides to the hospital door."
 

• Named Top Children’s Hospital by The Leapfrog Group four times
• Home to Southwest Florida’s only state-designated Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center
• Level II and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Units
• Emergency Nurses Association 2019 and 2022 Lantern Award for excellence in safety and quality
• Recognized as an Asthma Friendly Hospital by the Florida Asthma Coalition
• Golisano EEG Laboratory 5-year ABRET accreditation
• Home to Southwest Florida’s only pediatric hematology/oncology program nationally certified by the Children’s Oncology Group
• Pediatric Sedation Center recognized as a Center of Excellence by the Society of Pediatric Sedation

Additional Highlights

• Southwest Florida’s only Milk Lab to process and store breast milk for hospitalized babies
• Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Center (PPEC) to care for children with complex special needs in a day care setting so parents can work or have a time of respite
• Four owned, operated and dedicated transport ambulances, including an ambulance built specifically to transport mom and baby
• Patient Family Advisory Committee (PFAC)
• Home to Child Life and Child Advocacy program
• Offers specialized vision care through SWFL Children's Charities Eye Center of Golisano Children's Hospital

Established: 2017

Number of Beds: 135

Number of Emergency Department Visits Annually: 45,000+

Number of Pediatric Surgeries Performed: 4,000+

Number of Pediatric Providers: 500+

Number of People Helped Through Child Advocacy Programs: 110,000+