Children's Health
Expert Care to Keep Your Child Healthy
At CoxHealth, we’re here to support your child’s well-being from day one. That starts with establishing a trusted primary care provider, staying up to date on vaccinations, encouraging nutritious eating, practicing safety measures, and promoting regular exercise and restful sleep. And when specialized medical care is needed, no one in the region offers more expertise than CoxHealth.
Our team includes the region’s most experienced pediatric specialists, providing expert care in areas such as perinatology, neonatal intensive care (NICU), and pediatric urgent care. As one of Missouri’s top three maternity hospitals, CoxHealth is a leader in mother-baby care—delivering more newborns than any other hospital in the region.
Partnership with St. Louis Children's Hospital
Many of our pediatric specialties are provided by CoxHealth-employed physicians, while some are available through our partnership with St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH), which is ranked in the top 10 percent nationally by U.S. News & World Report. SLCH is part of BJC HealthCare, and our collaboration is facilitated through the BJC Collaborative. This initiative was created by several health systems to pool resources, expand programs and services, and improve care and access for patients in our local communities. This partnership allows us to offer additional services close to home, helping families avoid traveling to other cities for the care their children need.
Specialists from St. Louis Children's Hospital regularly visit Springfield to treat patients and offer care via telemedicine for certain conditions. All pediatric specialists see patients at our Pediatric Specialty Center.
Related Conditions
- Birth Defects in Children
- Birth Injuries
- Breathing Problems
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Common Childhood Illnesses and Concerns
- Difficulty with Latching On or Sucking
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)
- Failure to Thrive (FTT) in Children
- Fever in a Newborn Baby
- Gastrointestinal Problems
- Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib)
- Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Children
- Imperforate Anus in Children
- Kyphosis in Children
- Language Disorders in Children
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease in Children
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
- Nightmares and Night Terrors
- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome in Children
- Orthopedic Conditions
- Pneumococcal Infection in Children
- Selective Mutism
- Separation Anxiety
- Short Bowel Syndrome in Children
- Skin Color Changes
- Speech Sound Disorders in Children
- Stuttering in Children
- Temper Tantrums
- Tibial Torsion in Children
- Vision Problems
Related Treatments
- Antibiotics
- Care of Children's Mouth and Teeth
- Gestational Age Assessment
- Hearing Screening Tests for Newborns
- Newborn Metabolic Screening
- Physical Exam of the Newborn
- Polio Vaccine (Inactivated Polio Vaccine; IPV)
- School-Based Occupational Therapy
- Umbilical Cord Care
CoxHealth Pediatric Specialties
- Allergy, asthma and immunology
- Audiology
- Behavioral health and child/adolescent psychology
- Cardiology
- Developmental medicine
- Dyslexia and learning
- Ear, nose and throat
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General surgery
- Neonatal medicine
- Neurology
- Nutrition outpatient services
- Orthopedics
- Pediatric critical care
- Pediatric hospital medicine
- Pediatric sedation
- Plastic surgery
- Sleep medicine
- Sports medicine
- Therapy and rehab
- Urgent care
- Urology
Children's Health Resources
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Primary Care
Your child's primary care physician is your partner in prevention, keeping your child healthy with regular check-ups and being your go-to when your child is sick, needs a specialist referral or has other medical needs.
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Programs & Resources
We offer parenting resources, our Child Life program and other programs dedicated to keeping kids happy and healthy.
Signature Classes Related to Children's Health
Get Care Now
Get fast care for non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses. Our pediatric urgent care is staffed by board-certified pediatricians and a specially trained nursing staff. Save your spot in line before you go.