Ascension St. Vincent Evansville and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis, part of Ascension Indiana, have collaborated for years to care for the region’s youth. Providers from both facilities have worked together closely to share best practices among care teams to ensure patients receive the best pediatric care across Indiana.
Now, the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital brand is expanding to Evansville, which will showcase this relationship.
“I am so proud of the care teams at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent for their ongoing dedication and for providing exceptional care for children throughout the state and beyond. Indiana has and always will have a special place in my heart, and I am excited about the extension of the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital brand, and pediatric services and offerings in Evansville,” said Peyton Manning, former NFL quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos and two-time Super Bowl champion. “The pediatricians and staff should be commended for their commitment to quality, innovation and successful outcomes in pediatric care.”
Soon, the Evansville community will notice the outpatient and inpatient pediatric facilities and services in Evansville and the surrounding areas will bear the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital logo.
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital will share processes, policies and protocols to further enhance the quality of pediatric care across the state. Ascension St. Vincent Evansville will continue to provide patients in southwest Indiana with the very best pediatric care locally while enhancing ease of access to much-needed pediatric specialty care.
The statewide pediatric care teams have already been hard at work on this integration. Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital pediatricians specializing in endocrinology and orthopedics host regular clinics in Evansville. The Ascension St. Vincent Center for Children in Evansville is home to a full-time Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital pediatric gastroenterologist and a full-time pediatric neurologist as well as a world-renowned feeding program. In addition, the Center for Children is also recruiting for a second gastroenterologist and a pulmonologist, and the center is in the process of establishing a pediatric sleep medicine program.
“When parents bring their kids to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, they are entrusting us with the care of their loved ones, so they should expect the best of everything — the best doctors, the best nurses, the absolute best,” said Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital President Hossain M. Marandi, MD. “We are privileged to serve as the pediatric choice for Evansville and are excited about further expanding our specialized services to the community so that children can have greater access to excellent care, closer to home.”
Emergency room for children
As part of this statewide collaboration, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital recently opened its second emergency room. The new emergency room for children is located on the campus of Ascension St. Vincent Evansville in a separate area, adjacent to the hospital’s existing emergency room. The new space offers specialized pediatric emergency care closer to home for area residents.
“As the area’s only hospital verified as a Level II trauma center for both adult and pediatrics, Ascension St. Vincent Evansville has a long history of providing patients of all ages with the very best emergency care. With the opening of the new Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Emergency Room, we are providing even more specialized services and space for our youngest patients,” said Dan Parod, President of the Southern Region for Ascension St. Vincent Evansville.
The newly designed space includes seven private treatment rooms and specialized equipment for fast delivery of comprehensive emergency care. To reduce anxiety and minimize wait times, X-rays and results from lab tests will be offered to parents inside the emergency room.
