MIAMI, FL — The Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) Cancer Center has been awarded approved cancer program status after an in-depth survey by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Commission on Cancer. The center was granted a full three year designation and received seven commendations.
“I congratulate the Cancer Center for this significant achievement. This designation brings great credit to Dr. Enrique Escalon, Division Director, and the outstanding team of physicians and staff of the Cancer Center,” said Thomas M. Rozek, President and CEO of MCH. MCH is one of only 12 children’s hospitals nationwide, the second in Florida to achieve this distinction and was the first to be recognized under new pediatric standards developed by the ACS.
“I'm proud that we have been recognized as a model for organizing and managing our cancer program that ensures multidisciplinary, integrated, and comprehensive oncology services,” said Dr. Enrique Escalon.
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) Approvals Program sets quality-of-care standards for cancer programs and reviews the programs to ensure they conform to those standards. Approval by the CoC is given only to those facilities that have voluntarily committed to providing the highest level of quality cancer care and that undergo a rigorous evaluation process and review of their performance. An on-site review is conducted every three years to maintain CoC designation.
Founded in 1958, the Miami Children's Hospital’s Cancer Center is Florida’s largest children’s cancer center and provides comprehensive care for children with acute and chronic blood disorders, cancer, and leukemia.
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For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center.