From newborns and infants to children and teens, Norton Children’s Hospital is our region’s only Level 1 trauma care center. At Norton Children’s Hospital, we deliver compassionate pediatric care for the most fragile members of our communities in a variety of ways:
And, we provide a support network and a beacon of hope for those children’s families at a time when it’s needed most. As the need for this specialized care continues to grow, we’re embarking upon a visionary growth plan to further transform and improve the delivery of critical care within our community and beyond. We hope you’ll join us as our Journey to Excellence continues.
Facility Enhancements
Our $10 million philanthropic vision will increase the critical care capacity downtown and across our system, by investing in state-of-the-art technologies and modernizing our Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center.
Workforce Development and Programming
Our $10 million philanthropic vision will help create fellowships and endowed chairs to better attract and recruit the nation’s most highly skilled professionals and advanced practitioners.
World-class Research
Our $10 million research agenda will provide the initial foundation needed to achieve the consequential advancements in care that our children deserve.
…creating and expanding state-ofthe- art facilities to better deliver world-class critical care to the most fragile and vulnerable of our neighbors
…attracting and developing expert leaders in the specialized fields of pediatric critical and trauma care throughout our regional facilities
…increasing our ability to conduct intensive care and critical care research to better diagnose and more effectively treat our communities’ children while elevating our national reputation
Our Journey to Excellence
Norton Children’s critical care and trauma care
teams include fellowship-trained and board-certified
pediatric intensivists who specialize in pediatric critical
care medicine, as well as pediatric critical care nurse
practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists,
dietitians and others who deliver care within
specialized facilities.
The Norton Children’s Hospital PICU, part of our “Just for Kids” Critical Care Center, cares for over 2,200 critically ill and injured children per year. In the PICU, the critical care providers work collaboratively with pediatric surgeons, neurosurgeons and other surgical subspecialists; as well as pediatric subspecialists, including oncologists, nephrologists and others, to provide a multidisciplinary team to care for these children.
Our NICU teams are dedicated to caring for newborns with some of the most complex conditions at a Level III neonatal intensive care unit at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital and a Level IV NICU (the highest rating) at Norton Children’s Hospital. The recently renovated Level IV NICU has 101 beds, making it one of the largest in the country.
The recent opening of the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac CICU at Norton Children’s Hospital continues a legacy of advanced pediatric heart care in Louisville. This state-ofthe- art facility has 17 private rooms, including three for newborns, and is the largest dedicated CICU in Kentucky. Norton Children’s Hospital has been verified as Pediatric Ready by the Kentucky Pediatric Emergency Care Coalition and is a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center. The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma certifies that Norton Children’s Hospital can provide the best care for the most severely injured children 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Critical investments in facilities, workforce, and research will ensure that our community remains home to premier pediatric critical care and trauma care centers of excellence well into the future. Through this comprehensive campaign, we have the opportunity to transform care for the children of our communities. We invite you to make a philanthropic investment that will leave a lasting legacy and ensure the future of world-class pediatric care — right around the corner.
“Norton Children’s trauma team is a carefully coordinated unit, including emergency physicians, surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedists, intensive care staff, and many more. Everyone is highly trained, and we work in unison to provide the best possible care.”
Cynthia D. Downard, M.D.
Hirikati S. Nagaraj, M.D. Endowed Chair
Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Norton Children’s Surgery
Affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine
