The smallest patients require the most specialized medical care. At UMass Memorial Medical Center, we take care of our pediatric patients with a highly skilled team of experts from our Children’s Medical Center in Worcester.

Children from throughout our health care system have access to the hospital’s pediatric heart services.

Pediatric Heart Care in Central Massachusetts

From birth to adolescence, we provide inpatient and outpatient services to diagnose and treat heart murmurs, preventive cardiology needs, congenital heart disease and other heart problems.

Whether it is routine or highly specialized eye (ophthalmology) care you need for your child, the UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center in Worcester is your answer. We provide comprehensive ophthalmologic care for infants, children and adolescents.

If your infant, child or adolescent is living with an endocrine condition, you can count on the UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center.

Conditions We Treat in Central Massachusetts

Our doctors – called pediatric endocrinologists – diagnose and treat a wide range of childhood endocrine disorders, which affect hormones and how a child’s body functions. We offer complete evaluation and management for the following conditions:

If your child needs a pediatric doctor, there’s no need to drive to Boston to get care. From primary care to surgery, from heart care to diabetes care, our UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children's Medical Center has physicians, surgeons, nurses and others trained in caring for kids.

Parents of infants, children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) or type 2 diabetes can count on UMass Memorial Medical Center for support throughout diagnosis and treatment.

If your child has a disorder of the ear, nose and throat, he/she can benefit from specialized diagnosis and treatment at the UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center.

Our pediatric ear, nose, and throat specialists – called pediatric ENTs – offer your child the latest techniques to help with his or her condition. This includes our comprehensive Cochlear Implant Program for hearing restoration for both congenital and acquired hearing loss.

Know Your Risk

If you have a family history of pancreatic cancer, you want to know if you are at risk.

Since this type of cancer may occur without warning signs or symptoms, early screening and detection are important for the best possible result.

The High-Risk Pancreas Clinic at UMass Memorial Medical Center offers the following for those at moderate- or high-risk for pancreatic cancers: