About Children's
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 |
