Helping Children Cope with Health Care Experiences

Compassionate Children’s Medical Care in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

At the Children’s Medical Center, we care about your child’s complete well-being. That’s why we created ways to help children cope with health care experiences. 

Kid’s Comfort Promise Techniques

Kid’s Comfort Promise is an approach that makes needles hurt less, whether your child is 1 or 18. This approach uses proven tools and methods to relieve pain and stress from needles.

Pediatric HIV/AIDS

If your child is infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) or is at risk for infection, he/she may need special care and treatment. Children benefit from the HIV research and care available through our Maternal-Child HIV Program and academic partner UMass Chan Medical School.

HIV Care Focused on Children

Our team of specialists will treat your child based on his/her unique needs. We focus on the following goals:

Pediatric Imaging

Expert Pediatric Radiology: Safe, Specialized Imaging for Children

Radiology tests can be critical in diagnosing illness in children so that the right treatment can be given as soon as possible. At UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center, we understand that you and your child may feel nervous about having these tests, and our services are designed to put you and your child at ease.

Pediatric Surgery

Pediatric Surgery in Central Massachusetts and Beyond

Our board-certified pediatric surgeons have extensive training in the unique needs of growing bodies, including smaller anatomy and complex childhood conditions. We use the latest methods, including minimally invasive techniques that are gentler on young patients. Our depth of experience leads to precise care and excellent outcomes.

Conditions We Treat

Pediatric surgical experts at Children’s Medical Center deliver exceptional care for infants, children and young adults with:

Pediatric Heart Care

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.

Pediatric Eye Care

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

Pediatric Endocrinology

If your infant, child or adolescent is living with an endocrine condition, you can count on UMass Memorial Medical Center – 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: