Pediatric Care
From primary care to a range of specialties, MetroHealth offers compassionate care for our smallest patients.
Waiting is the last thing you want to do when your child feels sick. MetroHealth has options to help get them feeling better quicker.
Whether your family is dealing with minor childhood illness or injury or something more serious, we offer fast appointments so your little one can start feeling better sooner. You can visit the Pediatric Walk-In Clinic, and your child will be seen by a board-certified pediatrician.
After hours, you can take your child to one of our MetroExpressCare after-hours walk-in clinics and get help for your child's minor illnesses and injuries.
MetroHealth also has you covered if your child needs to be admitted to the hospital. From our NICU to our pediatric inpatient unit, family-centered rounds allow the family to stay involved in the care of their child. Our Child Life specialists focus on the children and their families to help them cope with the hospital experience, to minimize the fear and stress of hospitalization.
To access your personal online health management tool for your family, including appointment scheduling, visit MyChart.
To schedule your child’s primary care appointment online, visit Appointments.
The bottom line: Your child can get care—no matter what time it is—through MetroHealth.
Additional Services
Foster Care Medical Program
Our specialized team works tirelessly to coordinate care and provide stable, ongoing support for children in foster care.
Lead Testing
Lead poisoning can cause serious health problems that may lead to learning difficulties, hearing loss, and growth and behavior problems.
La Clínica Hispana (Servicios para Niños y Adolescentes)
En MetroHealth, creemos que todos los niños merecen una aten
ción primaria compasiva de parte de un pediatra calificado. Pero también sabemos que algunos niños quedan excluidos cuando se trata de cuidado continuo. Es por es que ofrecemos una clínica para los niños de habla hispana que servimos en Cleveland.
- Cuidado de salud general y visitas de bienestar
- Inmunizaciones
- Atención relacionada con enfermedades, como la atención para el asma y el acné
- Salud mental y servicios de comportamiento
- Educación nutricional y asesoramiento
- Atención de salud reproductiva, que incluye anticonceptivos, pruebas y tratamiento de ETS y pruebas de VIH
Legal Services
The innovative Community Advocacy Program — one of the first in the United States and the first in Ohio — brings on-site legal services to the patients and families served by the Pediatrics Department. The program started in 2003 and is a collaboration between the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and MetroHealth Medical Center.
Inquiries about the Community Advocacy Program should be directed to our on-site attorney.
Physicians, psychologists, and other health care providers at MetroHealth often find that providing top-quality medical care is not enough to fully address health problems faced by their young patients. Unmet legal needs represent an obstacle neither patients nor health care providers are usually equipped to overcome without the benefit of legal assistance. Whether the issue is a landlord-tenant conflict, unmet special education needs, wrongfully denied government benefits, or unresolved guardianship issues, the Community Advocacy Program is designed to support and serve MetroHealth pediatric patients and providers.
In addition to offering direct legal services, the Community Advocacy Program is available to provide consultation, training, and resources for health care providers and other staff members on a variety of legal issues faced by MetroHealth patients.
It's Time to Schedule Your Child's Back-to-School and Sports Physicals
The Department of Pediatrics wants to remind you of the importance of back-to-school and sports physicals. Starting the school year with a clean bill of health sets children up for academic success!
Back-to-school and sports physical appointments are available at MetroHealth’s main campus, Tuesday through Friday. To schedule, call 216-778-2222, or see a full list of our pediatric providers.
Back-to-school physicals are also available at our community health centers.
10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding Guide
A breastfeeding initiative by the Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Department of Health.
Safe Sleep
MetroHealth leads First Year Cleveland’s Safe Sleep Heroes, a collective impact initiative to eliminate preventable, sleep related infant death.