About Us

From newborns to young adults, patients at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, receive a level of care that is truly unique in the region.

 

The state-of-the-art, $78 million American Family Children's Hospital at 1675 Highland Avenue replaced the existing UW Children's Hospital in August 2007.

 

Funding of the new children's hospital was supported by $41 million in philanthrophy, combined with $37 million in bonding. An initial $10 million flagship gift came from American Family Insurance in 2003.

 

 

We're pleased to share the stories of just a few of the patients who have come through the doors of the new American Family Children's Hospital in 2007. Every child that enters our doors touches our hearts, and we believe these stories will touch yours:

 

With inpatient rooms approximately double in size of the old UW Children's Hospital, the 60-bed American Family Children's Hospital provides patients and families from throughout Wisconsin a place to heal in a soothing, child-friendly environment.

 

A second phase of fundraising - currently under way - will allow the hospital to ultimately reach an 85-bed capacity, build a suite of six pediatric operating rooms and two procedure rooms and complete a pediatric radiology unit. The Pediatric Operating Suite is expected to open in September 2008.

 

Our world-class team of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals provide everything from preventive health care to highly specialized programs. These include a pediatric intensive care unit, an internationally recognized transplant surgery program, a children's cancer center, a pediatric asthma center and many others.

 

A warm, family-centered environment is enhanced through special activities such as a Child Life program, a Pet Therapy program, a Hospital School run by the Madison Metropolitan School District, and family lodging at the nearby Ronald McDonald House.

 

Learn more about each floor in the American Family Children's Hospital Building Tour.

 

 

The mission of the American Family Children's Hospital is to provide comprehensive health care of children and families in a healing environment that emphasizes their quality of life.

 

The American Family Children’s Hospital is committed to education, research and community service as a means of discovering new and better methods to meet the unique health care needs of children.

 

 

With a partnership forged in 2001, Affinity Health System and American Family Children's Hospital are committed to providing quality general and specialty pediatric care close to home for Fox Valley and Oshkosh families. Learn more about the Affinity/UW Children's Health Center.