This page list's the top area Hospitals that I've either had
good experience with or have gotten good feedback from
other parents about their services.

Shriners Hospitals for Children,
Shriners Hospitals for Children is
a network of 22 pediatric hospitals in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
providing specialized care for orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal
cord injuries and cleft lip and palate. All services are provided at no
charge.

Eligibility for care is not based on financial need or relationship to a
Shriner.

If you know of a child Shriners Hospitals might be able to help,
please call our toll-free patient referral line:

In the U.S.: 1-800-237-5055.
In Canada:  1-800-361-7256.
www.shrinershq.org


                             VIRGINIA

INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls
Church, VA 22042, 703-776-4003,
www.inova.com

                             MARYLAND

National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD
20892, 301-496-4000,
www.nih.gov

Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, 600 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21287, 410-955-2000,
www.hopkinshospital.org,
www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Kennedy Krieger Institute, 707 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD
21205,  443-923-9200,
www.kennedykrieger.org


                       WASHINGTON, D.C.

Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20010, 202-884-5000; Fairfax Out Patient Center:
8501 Arlington, Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031, 571-226-8380,
www.dcchildrens.com

Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd., NW,
Washington, DC 20007, 202-444-2000,
www.georgetownuniveristyhospital.org
TOP AREA HOSPITALS