University Pediatricians

Children’s Hospital of Michigan (ChildrensDMC.org), our clinical partner, is consistently ranked among the top children’s hospital in the country. UP physicians and CHM colleagues, provide patient care and leadership to an extensive pallet of clinical services and programs, spanning the entire spectrum of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care to children throughout the region and beyond.

CHM is the largest provider of pediatric care in Michigan and is the principle site of care for children with serious, life-threatening illness or injuries in Metro Detroit. CHM houses Metro Detroit’s only American College of Surgeons Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and Pediatric Burn Center and offers heart, liver, kidney and bone marrow pediatric transplant programs, the areas only ECMO program, as well as a coordinated Fetal Care Center. CHM maintains among the largest full service pediatric emergency programs in the nation supervised 24 hours a day by physicians fellowship trained in pediatric emergency medicine at our main hospital in Detroit and at our Troy Michigan campus. CHM houses a 48-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 43-bed referral Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staffed 24/7 by in-hospital attending physician specialists.

Children’s Hospital of Michigan is revolutionizing the treatment of beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease with groundbreaking gene therapy This innovative approach involves adding or modifying genes in the patient’s bone marrow stem cells, minimizing the need for lifelong interventions. Eligible patients can now undergo potentially curative treatment at the hospital, known for its expertise in stem cell transplantation and gene therapy. This milestone reflects the hospital’s commitment to exceptional care and fulfills the vision of the physician who first described beta thalassemia, Dr. Thomas Cooley, at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in the early 20th century. Gene therapy offers hope particularly for patients of African, Mediterranean, South Asian, and Middle Eastern descent disproportionately affected by these genetic conditions. Click here to learn more about this life-altering treatment.

Beyond our main hospital facility near downtown Detroit, our physicians see patients across SE Michigan including Troy, Clinton Township, Southfield, Canton and Dearborn. Learn more about Children’s Hospital of Michigan with the CHM Fact Sheet.