Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Wesley Chapel

Growing For All Children at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital – NEW Wesley Chapel Hospital Coming Soon!

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Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, again ranked the #1 children’s hospital in Florida by U.S. News & World Report, plans to make access to care easier for more families with a new 56-bed hospital in Wesley Chapel.

Among the fastest growing regions in the Tampa Bay area, Pasco County (along with other areas north of Tampa Bay) is projected to have a pediatric population growth of 12% between 2023 and 2032. Currently, 93% of patients living in Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties travel outside the market for pediatric specialty care.

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The Wesley Chapel project comes at a time when Johns Hopkins All Children’s is also expanding on its flagship St. Petersburg campus, adding urgent care services in Tampa and planning to add outpatient care in Apollo Beach.

“This is a historic time for our organization,” says Alicia Schulhof, M.H.A., FACHE, president of Johns Hopkins All Children’s. “We are committed to filling the needs in the community and making it easier for families to access our care.”

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Wesley Chapel: Coming Soon!

Johns Hopkins All Children’s purchased a 112-acre site near Interstate 75 and Overpass Road in Wesley Chapel where it will build the new hospital, a 14-room Emergency Center and clinic space with room to grow with the community. The complex will include four imaging rooms, four operating rooms and support services.

“We strive to bring care closer to home for families, and this site is 50 miles from our St. Petersburg campus,” says Justin Olsen, J.D., M.H.A., vice president and chief operating officer at Johns Hopkins All Children’s.

“There is a profound need for specialized pediatric care in this growing community. We will be their children’s hospital. Families in Pasco, Hernando, northern Hillsborough, Sumter, Citrus, Lake, Marion and other surrounding counties will have easier access to Johns Hopkins-level care close to home.”

Construction on the Wesley Chapel hospital will begin in early 2025 with completion projected by 2027. In the interim, Johns Hopkins All Children’s will begin offering some specialized outpatient services in leased space in the area in early 2025.

The hospital already provides care for many families in the region through an outpatient location in New Port Richey, a maternal-fetal medicine practice in Trinity, and a newborn medicine collaboration with HCA Florida Hospital Trinity. All Children’s Specialty Physicians plans to open a new OB-GYN practice near State Road 54 and the Veteran’s Expressway in 2025.

Johns Hopkins All Children’s primary service area includes 17 counties and 1.2 million children. Despite a declining national average, regional pediatric growth has reached 4%.

“We have listened carefully to our community physicians and families,” Schulhof says. “We are excited to respond to their stated needs through the deployment of our growth strategies. We have one mission in mind: to make healthier tomorrows for All Children as we provide the very best care to more kids and their families.”

 

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*Presented by Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital | Originally published in the January 2025 issue of Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine.