Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Connecticut Children’s is the only health system in Connecticut 100% dedicated to kids. That means high-quality care across more than 30 pediatric specialties in 40+ locations throughout Connecticut, Eastern New York and Western Massachusetts. One team on a mission to improve access to healthcare from before birth and into adulthood. One team pushing the limits with breakthrough research and community partnerships so we can help you focus on what matters most: your family’s wellness journey. When you choose Connecticut Children’s, you can expect care beyond imagination.

Mission
Connecticut Children’s is dedicated to improving the physical and emotional health of children through family centered care, research, education and advocacy.

Vision
Transforming children’s health and well-being as one team.

Values
Family-Centered Care: We place our patients and their families at the center of all we do, and embrace their involvement in all aspects of service and care.

Discovery: We look for new ways of doing things, by asking questions, investing in research, finding answers and sharing new knowledge with the world.

Integrity: We are open, honest and ethical, by taking responsibility for our actions, fulfilling our commitments, and admitting our mistakes and learning from them.

Teamwork: We live by the statement “I care if you succeed,” by working together to achieve our goals, valuing one another, and celebrating our success.

Quality: We come to work every day with the goal of making things better than the day before, and pursue the highest standards, the safest care in the safest workplace and the best outcomes in everything we do.

Respect: We honor the dignity and value of every person and take pride in our organization. We trust each other, treat each other as we wish to be treated and value our workplace as our home, and embrace diversity and the unique contributions that each person brings to Connecticut Children’s.

Our Hospital
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is a nationally recognized, 205-bed not-for-profit children’s hospital in Hartford, Connecticut and an entire health system with locations in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.

Outstanding Specialty Care
With a medical staff of more than 1,000 practicing in more than 30 specialties across Connecticut, Eastern New York and Western Massachusetts, Connecticut Children’s is a tertiary referral center that provides outstanding care to children of all ages affected by a wide range of conditions.

Who we are at Connecticut Children’s

Leadership
Our dedicated and experienced leaders drive our mission home alongside our team members with passion and innovation. Their forward-thinking brings opportunity and ability to deliver unparalleled health care services beyond imagination.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Connecticut Children’s is on a journey to foster a more welcoming and inclusive culture by working together to address racism, discrimination and bias, and advance equity. As #OneTeam we can improve all areas of our organization to bring quality health care to all children and families.

Education Beyond Imagination
Connecticut Children’s serves as the primary pediatric teaching hospital for the UConn School of Medicine, has a teaching partnership with the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and is a research partner of The Jackson Laboratory.

Our Impact
We’re committed to strengthening the communities we serve through research and innovation, education and advocacy.

Kindness: It Goes Both Ways
Families, we know your kids take comfort in kindness. They look for it, and so do we. It fuels us, supports us, and helps us continue to go beyond imagination to care for all of you. That’s why, at Connecticut Children’s, we live by the Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

As Connecticut’s only health system 100% dedicated to kids, we strive to create an environment where we all feel respected, a sense of belonging, and empowered to be the best we can be in service to our mission and each other. We stand with health systems across Connecticut and the Connecticut Hospital Association.

Our Not-For-Profit Status
Connecticut Children’s is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. As a not-for-profit organization, all of our families and partnerships benefit from Connecticut Children’s accomplishments, helping us progress together towards better care.

• Children across the state benefit from our support for community initiatives to keep children safer and healthier.
• Academic medical professionals are supported in their pursuit of discovery through research.
• Community-based pediatric health care providers receive the guidance and support they need from our multi-specialty experts.

Impact
At Connecticut Children’s, all we think about is improving the physical and emotional health of children and families through high quality, family-centered care. With a commitment to research and innovation, education and advocacy, our impact continues to strengthen the communities we serve.

Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health
Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health is nationally recognized as a pioneer in building partnerships across all sectors known to impact child health, development and well-being, such as housing, transportation, food and nutrition, and family support services.

Through the work of the Office for Community Child Health, Connecticut Children’s works to build strong child-and family-serving systems and cultivate innovative and cost-effective solutions that close existing gaps in medical care and community services for children and their families. The Office for Community Child Health has a wide variety of programs that promote optimal child health, development and well-being.

Nationally Recognized Innovations
Great ideas happen when there’s recognition of a pain point or inefficiency impacting patient experience, research or clinical care. The Center for Innovation will serve as a pediatric hub to encourage transfer of knowledge and products through education, resources and services. We provide the tools needed to help our team members’ and partners’ ideas – of how to improve care, develop technology and decrease cost – become a reality for the benefit of pediatric patients across the world.

Volunteer
Volunteering at Connecticut Children’s
Connecticut Children’s relies on more than 300 volunteers. As valuable members of our team, volunteers receive training and other benefits to make the experience as rewarding as possible, for them and for our patients and families.

Volunteer responsibilities may include leading arts and crafts or play activities, reading stories to children, assisting office staff with clerical tasks, providing hospitality services at the main entrance of the medical center, or staffing the gift shop. Many of our programs are available to teen volunteers who can use the opportunity to build skills and responsibility.

Contact CCMC:

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center’s main campus is located at 282 Washington Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Connecticut Children’s has several other locations throughout the state and in Massachusetts.

Our main phone number is 860.545.9000.
For Patients & Families: 860.545.9000
For Medical Professionals: 833.733.7669