The David M. Rubenstein Child Health Building at Hopkins Children’s houses many of the original pediatric specialty clinics that Hopkins opened nearly a century ago. These include the pediatric cardiology clinic, in which cardiologist Helen Taussig so famously developed the idea for the Blue Baby surgery, and the Harriet Lane Clinic, named for the woman whose bequeath in the early 20^th century led to the creation of Hopkins Children’s.

Parking is provided for patients on the lower level (Level 1) in the Orleans Street Garage.

At a Glance

• The $20 million, pediatric outpatient building named for Johns Hopkins University Trustee David M. Rubenstein opened in July 2006.
• The four-story, 90,000-square-foot building is a city-block long and stands at 200 N. Wolfe St.
• The building was designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP.
• It will connect via an enclosed pedestrian bridge to the new 205-bed Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital, which will open by 2011.
• The building houses the Harriet Lane Clinic for children and adolescents and more than 18 of Hopkins Children’s non-surgical pediatric specialty clinics, as well as pediatric faculty and administration offices.
• The Harriet Lane Clinic provides primary care to more than 7,500 community children and adolescents a year. Patient and family services include dentistry, legal assistance, psychiatric evaluations, weight management sessions and health education. The clinic has been in operation for close to 100 years at Johns Hopkins.
• Nearly 80,000 children are treated as Hopkins Children’s outpatients annually. The figure includes those cared for at the pediatric specialty and Harriet Lane clinics, as well as those in the pediatric emergency department and psychiatry, surgical and oncology clinics.