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ESPN Monday Night Football personality and former NFL defensive tackle and two-time Super Bowl winner Anthony “Booger” McFarland will join 11-time national championship coach Geno Auriemma for the 17^th annual Fore the Kids Charity Golf Tournament at the Hartford Golf Club to benefit Connecticut Children’s.

The Injury Prevention Center receives $40,000 Allstate Foundation Good Starts Young Grant®, enabling them to bring healthy relationships program to local high schools.

Connecticut Children’s urology division has ranked as a top 20 national program in the 2019-2020 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital ranking released today. At Connecticut Children’s, our new and expanded team of urologic specialists achieved the highest ranking in the division’s history thanks to its excellent outcomes and quality patient care.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) today announced that Connecticut Children’s, the primary pediatric teaching hospital for the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, has joined ABMS’ Multi-Specialty Portfolio ProgramTM (Portfolio Program). Physicians who are board certified by one or more of the 18 of 24 ABMS Member Boards participating in the Portfolio Program can now earn Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Improvement in Medical Practice (Part IV) credit for their involvement in quality improvement (QI) activities.

Starting today, four female college students will spend five-weeks learning injury prevention strategies from Connecticut Children’s experts. The Injury Prevention Center will also offer two fellowships in the fall and another two fellowships in the spring of 2020, with applications to be released at a later date. Each fellow will receive a $1,000 stipend for their participation in the fellowship program. The fellowships are generously supported by a grant from the Petit Family Foundation, which also funded similar fellowships during the past four summers.

Connecticut Children’s is pleased to announce the launch of its new Center for Innovation, a formal commitment to pioneer child health innovation that will turn ideas from “What if, into What’s Next.” The primary goal of the new Center will be to foster innovative thinking within the hospital and with external partners in order to ultimately improve patient experience, outcomes and cost in Connecticut and beyond.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded $11 million to Connecticut Children’s and the University of Connecticut to establish a new international, multi-university center that will work to develop a vaccine for Syphilis.

Earlier this morning, Connecticut Children’s new brand campaign and commercial officially began airing on cable television during specified programs that reach families across the state. You can watch it on the official campaign landing page by visiting http://www.growchildren.org. On this page, Connecticut Children’s is proud to share its new brand positioning, campaign and tag line, Never Stop Growing!

Connecticut Children’s is reinventing the patient and family experience with the grand opening of its new Infusion Center located at 10 Birdseye Rd, Farmington, Connecticut.  Opening April 30^th, Connecticut Children’s Infusion Center has revolutionized that experience and created an immersive and playful space that balances patient care and entertainment. Through creative physical and innovative digital design features, the feeling of a mystical outdoor adventure has been constructed, inspiring the opportunity for discovery in an otherwise repetitive experience.

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center has attained the most prestigious nursing recognition designation, reinforcing its commitment to creating a compassionate and customer service driven patient and family experience. In April, Connecticut Children’s received Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program®. Considered the gold standard in nursing excellence, Magnet designation recognizes quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Presently only 7% percent of hospitals nationally have earned this designation, including just 6 others in Connecticut.