Wait Times For New Patients

Access to Pediatric Specialists Just Got Easier

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is committed to improving your child's access to our pediatric specialists.

UPMC's commitment to excellence, our goal is to provide new patients with first-time appointments within three days of a request. In fact, we’re so committed to this mission that we routinely monitor our progress by performing “mystery shopper” surveys throughout the hospital. 

Online Appointment Request

For the convenience of our parents and guardians, Children's Division of Pediatric Rheumatology is now accepting appointments online. Soon we will be expanding this feature to other services at Children's Hospital - please check back. Access our online appointment request form.

Average Appointment Wait for New Patients

See for yourself how we’re doing. Below is a selection of the average wait times for first-available appointments for patients for select services at Children’s. We’re proud of our progress, and we continue working to do even better. We update our progress on a monthly basis to better serve you and the medical needs of your child.

Department

Average number of days for

new patient appointments

Adolescent Medicine 2 days
Allergy & Immunology 4 days
Cardiology 4 days
Child Development Unit 87 days
Dermatology 11 days
Diagnostic Referral Center 2 days
Endocrinology 7 days
Gastroenterology 6 days
General Academic Pediatrics 1 day
Genetics 1 day
Hematology-Oncology 3 days
Infectious Disease 2 days
Nephrology 3 days
Neurological Surgery 3 days
Neurology 4 days
Ophthalmology 6 days
Orthopeadics
6 days
Otolaryngology (ENT) 2 days
Pulmonology 2 days
Rheumatology 1 day
Pediatric Surgery 1 day
Urology 7 days
Weight Management 7 days
  Last updated 10/30/08

Last Update

November 25, 2008
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November 25, 2008
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