Many of the treatment programs at Batson Hospital are available nowhere else in Mississippi. Batson Hospital is home to the state's only children's cancer program, its only comprehensive cystic fibrosis treatment program, and its only epilepsy center.

Batson Hospital is also the state center for the correction of life threatening congenital heart defects.

The Children's Rehabilitation Center also offers a full range of services from evaluation to therapy for children with physical and mental disabilities.

Below is a list of some of the pediatric specialists available at Batson Hospital and how they help our patients.  

• Pediatric neurologists treat children with seizure problems and epilepsy.
• Pediatric endocrinologists treat children with diabetes and growth hormone deficiencies.
• Pediatric cardiologists are experts in diagnosing and treating heart problems in babies and children.
• Pediatric pulmonary specialists treat asthma and cystic fibrosis.
• Pediatric hematologists and oncologists treat cancer, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia and other blood disorders.
• Pediatric gastroenterologists specialize in feeding disorders.
• Pediatric allergists treat disorders of the immune system and, more commonly, childhood allergies.
• Pediatric infectious disease specialists treat both contagious and minor infections, ranging from chicken pox to AIDS.
• Rehabilitation specialists direct therapy for disabled children.
• Pediatric surgeons correct congenital defects, repair injuries from trauma and perform organ transplants in children.
• Geneticists are available for prenatal diagnosis and counseling.
• Neonatologists take care of newborns in the hospital's newborn intensive care unit when they've been born much too early or gravely ill.
• Child life specialists deal with the psycho-social aspect of being hospitalized. They educate patients about their treatments, explaining procedures in a way and at a level that is understandable for children.
• Other physician specialists treat and evaluate children whose development is delayed or who have problems in school because of learning disabilities.