A design team that included pharmacists, physicians, nurses, parents, and child life specialists working closely with the Atlanta architectural firm of Stanley, Beaman and Sears and Beers Construction, decided to emphasize journey and discovery. The inpatient unit represents the earth, with each of the three corridors representing the land, sky and sea. The outpatient unit represents outer space. The inpatient unit provides 25 inpatient beds to patients. The bone marrow transplant unit has increased by 67 percent, allowing Egleston to perform between 90 and 100 bone marrow transplants each year.
Pediatric cancer is an area of great tragedy and great hope.
Inc. ESR combines the strengths of Egleston Children's Health Care System and Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center, two well-established children's health systems based in Atlanta.