Summary: Phoenix Children’s Hospital has opened the Arrowhead Campus in Glendale, Ariz., a 175,000-square-foot facility offering inpatient care, emergency services, surgery, and advanced imaging. This expansion is part of the hospital’s long-term strategy to enhance pediatric care access across the region.

Key Takeaways:

  • New Facility: The Arrowhead Campus will serve up to 72,000 patients annually, featuring 24 inpatient beds, a 24/7 emergency department, and six operating rooms, with plans to expand further by 2025.
  • Strategic Expansion: This new campus is part of Phoenix Children’s long-term strategy to bring high-quality pediatric care closer to home for Arizona families, complementing other recent expansions across the region.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has opened a new location in Glendale, Ariz., called the Arrowhead Campus. The 175,000-square-foot hospital offers a comprehensive range of services, including inpatient care, a 24/7 emergency department, surgical care, and advanced imaging services.

Capacity and Need

The new hospital will treat up to 72,000 patients annually and was opened to address the need for pediatric services in the West Valley.

“Our expansion plans in the West Valley have been decades in the making,” said Robert L. Meyer, president and CEO of Phoenix Children’s. “Today’s opening is the culmination of years of effort to build a comprehensive campus that addresses the unique needs of children and ensures West Valley families can access the care they need, much closer to home.”

Facilities and Services

Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Arrowhead Campus provides 24 inpatient beds, with plans to expand to 48 beds in early 2025. The campus includes a 24/7 emergency department with 30 treatment rooms, six operating rooms, two minor procedure rooms, an onsite laboratory, and a full suite of imaging services. The campus represents an investment of $195 million and is expected to create more than 400 jobs.

The opening of the hospital marks the completion of Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Arrowhead Campus. In 2023, the health system opened a 45,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic at this campus, providing care in more than 20 high-demand pediatric subspecialties. This includes 10 specialties not previously available in the Northwest Valley, such as psychology, neuropsychology, and a neurodiagnostic sleep and electroencephalogram laboratory.

Part of a Broader Expansion

Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Arrowhead Campus is part of the health system’s long-term expansion strategy to bring care closer to home for Arizona families. Phoenix Children’s – Avondale Campus, located 20 miles south of the new Arrowhead campus, opened last summer and provides a 24/7 pediatric emergency department and a large multispecialty clinic for Southwest Valley families.

On the other side of the Valley, construction continues at Phoenix Children’s Hospital – East Valley to answer the needs of families in that region. In addition, the health system recently completed a series of expansion projects at Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Thomas Campus, adding 97 new patient rooms, 88,000 square feet of clinical space, and a newly designed Level IV neonatal intensive care unit.

“Our goal with this expansion is to improve access, comfort, and care for families throughout our fast-growing metro,” said Meyer. “It’s not just about opening new sites; it’s about fulfilling our promise to bring the highest-quality pediatric health services to the communities where our patient families live and work. It’s healthcare they need and deserve.”