Albany Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Room

The bright family friendly facility provides a safe and special environment where children and teenagers up to age 18 are treated by experts in pediatric emergency medicine.

Albany medical center pediatric emergency room. Each ambulatory patient is initially evaluated at the triage. Designed for children s unique needs albany med s pediatric emergency department is staffed by specially trained pediatric emergency physicians and nurses. The new pediatric emergency department at albany medical center has opened. In recognition of gifts to albany med totaling 5 million the new pediatric emergency department was named the massry family children s emergency center.

I have found once you come to albany med for any reason to be treated to visit a loved one you learn more about the institution and its people. The massry family children s emergency center at albany med is the only one of its kind in northeastern new york and western new england. In 2017 it is anticipated that albany medical center will open a level ii pediatric emergency department with 15 exam treatment areas 2 trauma resuscitation rooms and a pediatric observation unit. There are around 76 000 visits to albany med s emergency room each year.

Albany med is one of the busiest trauma centers in new york state. Albany med now boasts the massry family children s emergency center the region s only pediatric emergency department. Over the past 20 years i have been privileged to participate in many ribbon cuttings to open new buildings at. Hospital officials say the massry family children s emergency center is the first of its kind in the region uniquely.