The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Opens New Specialty Care and Ambulatory Surgery Center in King of Prussia

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently opened a new 135,000-square-foot Specialty Care and Ambulatory Surgery Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The new center, located at 550 S. Goddard Blvd., will replace an existing one located on nearby Mall Boulevard and will add an ambulatory surgery center where children can have same-day surgery close to home.

The four-floor facility was designed to expand up to a total of 195,000 square feet to allow for future program growth. It includes 68 exam rooms, supporting more than 30 medical and surgical subspecialties, a sports medicine gym, a developmental PT/OT gym, a Pediatric Imaging Center, a Day Hospital for oncology patients, a Sleep Center, an Urgent Care Center and an Ambulatory Surgery Center. CHOP’s Home Care Program is also based onsite.

The new Ambulatory Surgery Center will provide outpatient general and specialty surgical services to children of all ages. It will be staffed by CHOP’s pediatric surgeons and board-certified pediatric anesthesiologists, along with a full-time staff of pediatric nurses — all with training in operating rooms or intensive care units.

Ambulatory surgery centers bring the convenience of same-day surgery to families so they can benefit from the expertise of CHOP surgeons close to home. Eight surgical specialties will perform procedures including otolaryngology, gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition, general surgery, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery and urology. The Care Network also operates ambulatory surgery centers in Bucks County and Exton in Pennsylvania, and in Voorhees, New Jersey.

Services started moving from the existing King of Prussia site to the new facility this month, with all services expected to be operating by July. The construction manager for the project is Turner Construction and the architect is EwingCole.

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