Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) Arthur M. Blank Hospital is a 446-bed children's hospital, slated to open in fall 2024. Located at the northeastern corner of North Druid Hills and I-85 in Brookhaven, Georgia, the 19-story Arthur M. Blank Hospital will be a Level I Trauma Center and provide many clinical services. There also will be space for clinical research, clinical trials and overall patient care.
The hospital will provide comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21. Its regional pediatric intensive-care unit and neonatal intensive care units will serve the Atlanta and greater Georgia region. The hospital will also have a helipad to transport critically ill patients to and from the hospital.
Arthur M. Blank Hospital is the largest healthcare project ever in the history of the state.
History
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta announced on February 9, 2017, its plans to include a pediatric hospital at its new campus at North Druid Hills Road.
The future Children's campus at North Druid Hills will include Arthur M. Blank Hospital and attached South Tower with outpatient clinics, Center for Advanced Pediatrics, a Support Center and more than 20 acres of greenspace.
The $1.5 billion project received in 2020 a $200 million donation from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, the largest donation in Children's Healthcare of Atlanta history. It is also the single largest naming gift to a freestanding pediatric hospital.
In January 2020, Georgia Power Foundation made a $15 million donation to help with construction of the new campus.
In addition to the new campus, Children's officials have announced that they would be investing more than $40 million in traffic and infrastructure improvements in the surrounding regions.
The North Druid Hills neighborhood will also see another project grow in close proximity, as Emory University creates a “health innovation district” in Executive Park.
Center for Advanced Pediatrics
One of the first buildings to open on the campus, the Center for Advanced Pediatrics is an outpatient clinic that was built as a part of phase 1 of the construction plan. The 260,000 ft building opened on July 24, 2018. The facility offers more than 20 different pediatric specialties and clinics.
The Center for Advanced Pediatrics is not a hospital and does not provide emergency, urgent care or other walk-in services.
Arthur M. Blank Hospital
In early 2020 workers started clearing the land that would be used to construct Arthur M. Blank Hospital. The building will consist of 1.5 million square feet, 19 floors, and two patient wings. Arthur M. Blank Hospital will provide 446 licensed beds, of which 70% will be dedicated to critical care and specialty services. It will also welcome 600 fellows and residents, with access to innovative technological enhancements for research and training. The entire campus will incorporate 20 acres of greenspace and walking trails for patients, families and employees.
In May 2022, construction crews completed the highest point of the building's structure.
After the hospital opens, inpatients from Egleston Hospital will be transferred over to the new hospital. Hughes Spalding Hospital and Scottish Rite Hospital will both remain open to serve the community.
See also
List of children's hospitals in the United States
Egleston Hospital
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University
References
External links
Official Website
Blank, Arthur M. Proposed buildings and structures in Georgia (U.S. state) Brookhaven, Georgia Hospitals in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in DeKalb County, Georgia