Children's of Mississippi Gulf Coast

Children's of Mississippi, part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), offers everything from routine check-ups to highly specialized critical care for kids in the Gulf Coast region. With clinics statewide, our pediatricians specialize in caring for children from birth through the teen years, all in bright, family-friendly spaces. Backed by the state’s only academic medical center and the state’s only children’s hospital, our growing network serves towns across Mississippi, so every kid has a chance to heal, play, learn, and thrive near home.

Primary care from trusted pediatricians

We provide pediatric primary care at our clinics staffed by the trusted pediatricians formerly of Gulf Coast Pediatrics. With more than 10 providers, it’s easy to get an appointment for sick visits, checkups, immunizations, physicals, and other routine pediatric medical care.

Pediatric specialists cover the coast

In addition to primary care, our clinics bring Gulf Coast communities and families ready access to locally based pediatric specialists in fields including cardiology, pulmonology,  neurology, orthopaedics, and maternal and fetal care.

Log in to even more kinds of care

The UMMC Center for Telehealth delivers online access to additional pediatric medical specialties. Through telehealth, pediatric experts can examine and treat patients online using live, two-way audio/visual technology, as easily as if they were in the same exam room. UMMC is a leader in telehealth, and has earned recognition as a National Center of Telehealth Excellence.

Specialized critical care in the NICU

Children’s of Mississippi manages the Gulf Coast’s only Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport. The unit provides around-the-clock care to newborns with special needs, and has been recently updated with 11 semi-private rooms with 23 NICU beds where critically ill or premature infants receive advanced levels of treatment.