About Manning Family Children's
Manning Family Children's
Two legacies of excellence. One brighter future for our kids.
Children’s Hospital New Orleans is celebrating a new name and chapter as we proudly become Manning Family Children’s. With an unwavering commitment to child health, Children’s has proudly served as the Gulf South’s only, freestanding, comprehensive children’s hospital for 70 years – transforming and saving countless lives since we first opened our doors in 1955.
Our transformational new partnership with the Manning family – Olivia, Archie, Cooper, Peyton and Eli - will have a lasting impact on children and families not just in Louisiana, but far beyond, marking a pivotal new chapter in our 70-year legacy. With a long-term, transformational commitment, the Manning family will help amplify our vision to make Louisiana a national leader in child health.
Throughout our history, we have been proud stewards of compassionate care for all children, delivering the highest level of pediatric care right here at home. What sets Children’s apart is our unwavering commitment to run toward the problems that impact our kids - not only within the four walls of our hospital and clinics, but also through our longstanding community programs designed to serve our most vulnerable kids and families.
Just last year, we cared proudly cared for 585,000 children – the most ever in our history – and regardless of a family’s ability to pay. We have laid the foundation for a healthier future for kids, with nationally leading programs including our Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Neonatology, Pulmonology, and Rehabilitation programs, Behavioral Health, Trauma and Grief, Gun Safety, ThriveKids, and more than 40 other pediatric specialties.
And while we have accomplished so much together with the support of our community, we still have work to do and progress to make to move the needle on child health outcomes in our region. In 2025, in partnership with the Manning family – we are taking a significant leap forward, and our vision is bold. Together, we will move Louisiana from last in pediatric health outcomes to being a national leader in child health and wellbeing.
Specialized pediatric healthcare services
Manning Family Children’s is a 263-bed, not-for-profit pediatric medical center offering a comprehensive range of healthcare services for children from birth to 21 years. For 70 years, Children’s has proudly served as Louisiana’s only, freestanding, comprehensive children’s hospital with more than 600 pediatric-trained providers and 3,000 employees solely dedicated to the care of kids. In addition to comprehensive services offered at its main campus in New Orleans, Children’s operates a robust network of more than 30 satellite locations, pediatric affiliations across Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and robust and long-serving community programs designed to meet the health needs of the diverse communities we serve.
Manning Family Children's is proud to provide the highest level of care for children from across Louisiana, across the Gulf South, and far beyond – with more than 40 pediatric subspecialties. In 2024, our expert team provided more than 275,000 clinic visits, 64,354 ER visits, and performed 13,265 surgical cases. Our helicopter, Abby, brought 331 patients from across the state and region to Children's to receive vital critical care services.
Critical care is provided in the hospital’s 36-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), 17-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and 28-bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Children's nationally-ranked Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders provides expert care for children facing a broad range of childhood cancers and blood disorders, including stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies, including being among a select few programs nationally to offer newly approved gene therapy for treatment of Sickle Cell Disease.
Manning Family Children's ED is one of the area’s busiest emergency departments. The ED is staffed around the clock by board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physicians, with the availability of a full range of pediatric specialists. The Emergency Department has a total of 46 exam rooms, including a dedicated Behavioral Health pod and two Trauma Bays. The ED is supported by nurses and other staff who are specially trained to care for children experiencing pediatric emergencies, and their families.
Children's 51-bed Behavioral Health Center offers comprehensive mental and behavioral health services as one of the largest pediatric programs in the country. In April 2020, Children's opened all new Surgical, Imaging, and Dialysis centers as part of our $300 million campus transformation, which reached completion in November 2021.
Outpatient appointments with pediatric specialists are offered at the outpatient clinic on the hospital's main campus and at our many satellite locations throughout Louisiana, including Metairie, the Northshore, Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Lafayette, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, in addition 14 pediatric primary care locations.
Manning Family Children's is also proud to be the only pediatric facility in the state of Louisiana to incorporate two academic pediatric medical programs under one roof. Through partnerships with LSU Health New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine, the vibrant academic medical community at Children’s provides unparalleled opportunities for educational enhancement, innovation, and improved access to high quality pediatric healthcare.
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A proud member of the LCMC Health family
In 2009 Children’s Hospital formed Louisiana Children’s Medical Center when it aligned with Touro Infirmary. Now LCMC Health, our health system, which is the only system in the US born from a children's hospital, has become a healthcare leader that operates Children’s Hospital, Touro, New Orleans East Hospital, University Medical Center, West Jefferson Medical Center, East Jefferson General Hospital, Lakeside Hospital and Lakeview Hospital.