Middleman Family Pavilion: Our Journey, Our Vision
The sustained high demand for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) inpatient services highlighted the need for a second inpatient location. This expansion would both preserve CHOP’s Philadelphia Campus resources for the most complex patients and bring high-quality care closer to families in Pennsylvania’s western suburbs and beyond.
In 2018, the Middleman Family Pavilion at CHOP, King of Prussia, was board-approved, marking a significant milestone in CHOP’s history. This second location opened in 2022, adding inpatient care and the region’s only dedicated pediatric emergency services to the existing Specialty Care and Urgent Care Centers on CHOP’s King of Prussia Campus. Today, the inpatient and specialty care teams continue to work across the campus to support continuity of care and a positive experience for patients and families.
Originally opened with an Emergency Department (ED), Medical-Surgical (Med-Surg), and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) services, the Middleman Family Pavilion has rapidly grown to meet the evolving needs of patients and families. The facility now offers a broad range of specialized services, including an expanded 24/7 ED, an adolescent malnutrition unit, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). With more than half of its beds now critical care-capable, the Middleman Family Pavilion ensures families across the region have access to the best resources available – when and where they need them.
Since opening, the Middleman Family Pavilion has rapidly exceeded expectations, with over 20,000 inpatient admissions, 18,000 surgeries and more than 132,000 visits to our Emergency Department (ED). CHOP continues to evolve and expand the campus to meet the the increasing demand for care from the families who trust us.
The Middleman Family Pavilion has a growing team of highly skilled and specialized medical professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in their fields. We regularly partner with providers from the Philadelphia Campus to meet patient needs, with several providers working at both hospital locations.
We are continually expanding our specialized services to ensure patients have access to comprehensive care for the routine and the rare within our facility, close to home.
Emergency Department
The Emergency Department (ED) at the Middleman Family Pavilion offers various in-person consults (including 24/7 orthopedic APP evaluation), as well as phone consults with most Philadelphia Campus resources. The King of Prussia ED can facilitate admission to inpatient units for patients meeting admission criteria for either CHOP campus.
Space and size:
- 28 ED exam rooms
- Resuscitation room (2 bays)
- 9 surge space rooms
- 10 bed expansion coming Fall 2027
General Pediatrics
General pediatricians at the Middleman Family Pavilion care for a wide variety of pediatric health conditions requiring inpatient management. They are supported by on-campus consultation services from Pulmonary, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Psychiatry, as well as telehealth consultation for most other CHOP subspecialties.
Space and size:
- Single patient medical floor rooms
- Behavioral health safe modified rooms
- Staffed 28-42 patient capacity depending on season
Oncology
The Oncology team cares for patients with select cancer diagnoses requiring inpatient chemotherapy, nutritional and hydration support, as well as other hospital support during their cancer treatment (blood transfusion, infections, etc).
Space and size:
- Single-patient medical floor rooms
- Staffed to 8 patient capacity
Adolescent Medicine
Our Adolescent Medicine team at the Middleman Family Pavilion primarily cares for children and young adults who require inpatient treatment for malnutrition and acute inpatient behavioral health needs.
Space and size:
- Single-patient medical floor rooms
- Behavioral health safe modified rooms
- Staffed to 14 patient capacity with planned expansion to 18 patients in Fall 2026
Surgical inpatient team
The surgical team covers both scheduled inpatients and urgent surgical patients for the following services: general surgery, orthopedics, ENT, plastic surgery and urology.
Space and size:
- Single patient rooms - both the floor and critical care
- Staffed to 8 patient capacity
Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit
The Newborn/Infant Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Middleman Family Pavilion opened in 2024 and cares for critically ill neonates born at outside hospitals requiring therapeutic hypothermia, respiratory failure and subspecialty consultation, as well as some surgical needs. The Middleman Family Pavilion NICU has become a regional center for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity, offering interventions such as Avastin and laser therapies.
Space and Size
- Single-patient critical care rooms
- Staffed to 22 patient capacity
- Planned expansion to 28 beds in Summer 2026
Our Campus at a Glance
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