Cook Children's Health Care System

About

Cook Children's Health Care System embraces an inspiring Promise – to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, we’re proud of our long and rich tradition of serving our community.

Cook Children's Health Care System is a leading pediatric healthcare organization based in Fort Worth, Texas, with a significant presence across the region. The system employs 10,000 staff members and operates through an extensive network of over 500 specialty and primary care physicians. The organization consists of 2 medical centers, including the new Prosper location opened in 2023, 486 licensed beds, 7 urgent care offices, 7 neighborhood health centers, 43 pediatric offices, and 5 home health offices throughout the state. Cook sees over 2 million outpatients and almost 500,000 emergency/urgent care visits per year. We average 10,000 inpatient admissions and 17,000 surgeries per year.  We offer extensive intensive care, subspecialty surgical care, and subspecialty medical servies. Cook Children's has garnered numerous accolades in 2024: We Ranked #3 on Forbes' America's Best Large Employers list, #1 for Hospitals in the Nation, Secured a $2.3 million NIH grant for pediatric epilepsy research, and had 7 specialty pediatric programs recognized among the nation's best by U.S. News and World Report including Behavioral Health, Cancer, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, and Pulmonology. Cook Children’s has a large research portfolio of clinical trials, investigator initiated studies, and translational research.