Outpatient center features pediatric specialists to serve children closer to home
The Medical Center, Kosair Children’s Hospital and University of Louisville Pediatrics announced today the opening of Kosair Children’s Outpatient Center – Bowling Green. Pediatric specialists from University of Louisville Pediatrics are staffing the center, located in the Commonwealth Medical Plaza on the campus of the hospital.
“The opening of this special space on the campus of The Medical Center allows us to treat children in their own community, help keep families together and closer to home and, at the same time, it ensures that we can provide the special kind of care that’s Just for Kids,” said Thomas D. Kmetz, president of Kosair Children’s Hospital.
Approximately two dozen physicians from University of Louisville Pediatrics will see patients in the new facility in Bowling Green. The outpatient center will offer the expertise of pediatricians specializing in endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology and pulmonology.
“This is an example of a true collaboration with the shared goal of increasing children’s access to specialty medical care,” said Josh Honaker, M.D., FAAP, chief, University of Louisville Division of General Pediatrics. “Our physician practices are excited by the opportunity to see patients in this new location.”
To learn more about pediatric specialty services available in Bowling Green, call 270-793-9803.
About Kosair Children’s Hospital and Kosair Children’s Medical Center – Brownsboro
For more than a century, Kosair Children’s Hospital and its predecessor hospitals have cared for the children of Kentucky and Southern Indiana without regard to their families’ ability to pay. Kosair Children’s Hospital is Kentucky’s only full-service, free-standing pediatric care facility dedicated exclusively to caring for children and is an advocate for the health and well-being of all children. The 263-bed hospital, supported by the Children’s Hospital Foundation serves as the primary pediatric teaching facility for the University of Louisville School of Medicine. In 2007, Kosair Children’s received the prestigious Magnet designation recognizing excellence in nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The hospital also received national attention in 2009 and 2010 when it was recognized by U.S. News & World Report for excellence in pulmonary care. More information about Kosair Children’s Hospital is available at KosairChildrens.com.
About University of Louisville Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics is one of the University of Louisville School of Medicine's largest clinical departments, with more than 150 faculty members in 21 clinical divisions. The department’s clinical faculty oversees the vast majority of general and subspecialty medical care at Kosair Children's Hospital. The UofL Department of Pediatrics is also home to four highly regarded research units:Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit; Child Development Unit and the Pediatric Clinical Trials Unit.
