Children's and teen's health care services

Piedmont Athens and Piedmont Columbus offer a wide range of services to care for children and teens.

Pediatric services at Piedmont Athens

The pediatrics unit at Piedmont Athens serves children from birth through age 18 and young adults.

• Inpatient care: Our 18-bed pediatric unit can manage a high level of patient acuity, including medical and surgical care, along with video EEG monitoring.
• Outpatient services: A pediatric outpatient services department within our pediatric unit (also known as “POPS”) with 5+ beds provides outpatient infusions, injections, phlebotomy, catheterization, other lab orders, imaging facilitation (excluding CT and MRI), respiratory treatments, central line care and more.
• Dedicated pediatric hospitalists: Our pediatric hospitalists are board-certified in pediatric medicine with extensive experience in caring for kids and teens.
• Pediatric specialty resources: Pediatric specialists are available to our physicians as needed. Specialty areas include neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, gastroenterology, ENT and more.
• Certified child life specialists: Piedmont Athens’ certified child life specialists (CCLS) provide developmentally appropriate play, preparation, education and support for infants, children, adolescents and their families that promote optimal psychosocial development and reduce fear and anxiety associated with illness and health care experiences.

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Pediatric services at Piedmont Columbus

The Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital serves children from birth through age 18 and offers several specialized services. It is the only freestanding children’s hospital in the Columbus region, dedicated to treating sick and injured kids in a child-friendly environment. Services include:

• Pediatric emergency care: Our pediatric emergency medicine providers are board-certified in pediatric emergency medicine, pediatrics or emergency medicine. Each nurse has extensive experience in the pediatric ER and knows how to treat children in this setting, from starting an IV the right way to calming a frightened child.
• Pediatric endocrinology: We have the area’s only pediatric endocrinologist, offering complete care for patients with type 1 diabetes.
• Pediatric hospitalists: Our dedicated pediatric hospitalists are board-certified in pediatric medicine and have extensive experience treating kids and teens.
• Pediatric infusion services: Infusion services are designed to provide accessible, convenient outpatient care for a variety of patients that require regular intravenous infusion therapy for conditions such as diabetes, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, immunodeficiency disorders, sickle cell disease and others.
• Pediatric intensive care: The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) provides specialized care for critically ill or injured infants and children.
• Pediatric neurology: With the only pediatric neurologist in the Columbus region, we treat seizures, headaches, movement disorders and other neurological issues.
• Pediatric surgery: We provide surgical care for congenital, developmental, inflammatory, neoplastic and traumatic conditions.
• Child life therapy: Our child life specialists provide unique care to help ease the concerns of children and parents and make hospitalization a more positive and less stressful experience.

If your child is experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 and go to the closest emergency room. For appointments, doctor’s orders, medication information and refills, or other medical questions, please contact your child’s pediatrician.