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Pediatric Specialties
We offer a full range of services and specialties to meet the needs of children, from infancy through adulthood.
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Heater / Cooler Device Information
For patients or parents who have questions about the heater/cooler device used during open-heart surgery, please call our help line at 321.843.7200 or visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website for more information.
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Children's Services and Community Engagement
Hospitalization can be a frightening experience for a child and a challenging event for a family. For this reason, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children offers services designed to support the “whole child” — body, mind and spirit — by addressing each patient’s emotional, developmental, social and educational needs.
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Music Therapy
Music is a universal language that can offer healing effects. In fact, music therapy is a research-based profession that benefits the emotional, social, psychological and physical needs of hospitalized patients. Music can help kids manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory and improve communication while promoting general wellness and healing.
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Orlando Health Pediatric Trauma Director Receives National Impact Award
Orlando, FL (April 29, 2021) – Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children’s medical director of pediatric trauma, Dr. Donald Plumley, has been awarded the 2020 Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals Impact Award. This inaugural award recognizes one clinician or team across the country that has made a significant impact on the care provided to children in their hospital.
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Orlando Health Among Nation’s Best Pediatric Hospitals
For the 16th consecutive year, Orlando Health hospitals were recognized among the nation’s “Best Children's Hospitals" for 2025-2026 by U.S. News and World Report with the most Top-50 pediatric programs in Orlando.
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Mending the Hole in His Heart
When Julia Montgomery Stewart was pregnant with her second child, she never imagined that she could pass on a hereditary trait causing her baby to be born with a hole in his heart.
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Orlando Health Brings Life-Changing Heart Procedure Straight to Premature Patients’ Rooms
Orlando, FL (August 15, 2023) – Orlando Health has introduced an innovative and more efficient way to perform a minimally invasive procedure for babies with a specific congenital heart defect. Traditionally, the procedure to close the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been done at the cardiac catheterization lab at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, however the clinical team is now performing the operation directly in patients’ rooms in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
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Orlando Health Receives “Best Children’s Hospital” Designation in 5 Specialties
Orlando, FL (October 8, 2024) – – Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been recognized as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 18th year, the rankings assist parents of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses in choosing the right hospital for them.
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Orlando Health Receives “Best Children’s Hospital” Designation in 5 Specialties
Orlando, FL (October 8, 2024) – – Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been recognized as one of the Best Children’s Hospitals for 2024-2025 by U.S. News & World Report. Now in its 18th year, the rankings assist parents of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses in choosing the right hospital for them.