As the oldest continuously operating hospital in the United States, Charity has undergone a number of building changes in the past 258 years. Other facilities, including Tulane's Clinical Research Center, the Medical Emergency Room, Accident Room and an Adult Medical Intensive Care Unit remain at the Charity Campus. Internal Medicine at University Hospital Tulane's division consists of four general medical services as well as subspecialty units for infectious disease, hemodialysis, leukemia and coronary and medical intensive care facilities. More than 48,000 patients are seen annually in the hospital's general internal medicine and subspecialty clinics, staffed by Tulane faculty and residents. Each intern is primary physician for 8 to 12 ward patients and participates in the general medicine ambulatory clinic on alternating weeks.
Faculty attending physicians and senior residents supervise interns.
Consultations are available in all medical subspecialities. Pediatrics at University Hospital New pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, a new pediatric emergency room have been built and all other patient care areas have been expanded or newly renovated to state of the art specifications. Charity Hospital now continues her tradition as one of the outstanding facilities in the country where housestaff have the opportunity to care for children with a wide variety of problems. There are 80,000 child and adolescent out-patient visits each year. Also included is a PICU with 6 beds and 6 step down beds.