Expert Pediatric Burn Treatment and Rehabilitation

At the Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati, all our attention and resources are focused on just one kind of patient - the burn-injured child.

Our hospital combines excellent clinical skill, compassionate care, and innovative research, providing comprehensive pediatric burn care and reconstructive rehabilitation to achieve the best possible outcome for a child that has suffered a burn injury.

There is never a charge to the patient or family for any of the medical care or services provided by Shriners Hospitals for Children.

The Cincinnati Shriners Hospital is equipped and staffed to treat the following:

• Acute burns
• Inhalation burns
• Plastic reconstructive or restorative surgery for "healed" burns" and pediatric burn case management
• Severe scarring, resulting in contracture or interfering with mobility of the limbs
• Scarring and deformity of the face
• Brachial plexus
• Congenital hairy nevus
• Port wine stain and hemangiomas
• Gynecomastia
• Congenital ear deformities
• Craniofacial anomalies
• Microsurgery and hand surgery
• Complex wounds and acute skin tissue injuries/infection, such as: necrotizing skin infections and necrotizing faciitis, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TENS), purpura fulminans

Either a family member or a physician can call the hospital with patient information to discuss transferring the patient to the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital or to make an appointment for non-emergency cases.

Depending on the patient's condition and transportation available, every effort will be made to get the child to the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital as soon as possible. Please call (800) 875-8580 and ask for the charge nurse. The nurse can answer all your questions about bringing a child to the hospital for treatment.