James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children

James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children

Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health is a nationally ranked children's hospital located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus in Indianapolis, Indiana.

It is named for James Whitcomb Riley, a writer and poet who lived in Indiana. In 1916, a group of prominent citizens who knew Riley started the Riley Memorial Association (later called Riley Children's Foundation) to build a children's hospital in memory of Riley. The hospital opened in 1924. In 1950, the foundation started Camp Riley, a camp in south central Indiana for children with disabilities.

In 2011, ten specialty programs of Riley at IU Health were ranked among the top children's hospitals nationwide by U.S.News & World Report 2011-2012 edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals and placed Riley's Urology 3rd, Pulmonology 12th, Diabetes & Endocrinology 12th, Cardiology & Heart Surgery 25th, Gastroenterology 27nd, Neurology & Neurosurgery 28th, Cancer 28th, and Neonatology 30th.

In 1997, Riley Hospital for Children united with Indiana University Hospital and Methodist Hospital to form Clarian Health. On January 24, 2011, Clarian Health officially became known as Indiana University Health to affirm the health system’s unique partnership with Indiana University School of Medicine. The names of all hospitals within the health system align with the IU Health name, with Riley Hospital being named Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health.

For 13 consecutive years, IU Health has been ranked among the nation's top hospitals by U.S.News & World Report. Additionally, all of the Indiana pediatricians listed in America's Top Doctors, a national consumer publication, have Riley-based practices.

Riley Hospital for Children is Indiana's first and only comprehensive children's hospital. Riley employs top physicians and researchers to improve the growth of life sciences in central Indiana, to boost the quality of care and further its statewide partnerships and service given to Hoosier families and children.

Read more about James Whitcomb Riley Hospital For Children:  Fact Sheet, Programs and Facilities, The Riley Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Pulmonary Program, The Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center

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