We are the Sociedad Pro Hospital del Niño. Please get to know us and support our mission! We are the only pediatric skilled nursing home on the island that offers long-term and convalescent care for patients from birth to 21 years old with limited resources. We serve children and youth who are referred and under the custody of the Department of Family Services, and who have chronic and severe physical and/or mental conditions.
We are also an elementary school, offering educational services from preschool through elementary levels, with a focus on developing academic, social, behavioral, and communication skills. We support children from 2-9 years with language difficulties, pragmatic disorders, sensory processing issues, learning disabilities, and/or a diagnosis of Level 1 or Level 2 autism.
Our outpatient therapy services are available both privately and through contracts with the Department of Health and the Department of Education across the island. Our services include:
Speech and language therapy
Oromotor therapy
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Psychological therap
Our Mission
The primary mission of the Sociedad Pro Hospital del Niño is to contribute to the rehabilitation of children with physical and / or mental disabilities with the vision of continuing to expand the services that we currently offer, with a focus on rehabilitation and integration into the society of the child with disabilities.
Our Values
The Sociedad Pro Hospital del Niño is distinguished by its track record of success in serving the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of pediatric patients. The basis for achieving the goals in each treatment plan is based on the values that govern our organizational culture.
Our Services
The Sociedad Pro Hospital del Niño is distinguished by its track record of success in serving the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of children with special needs.
Casa de Salud
We are the only Pediatric Skill Nursing Home in Puerto Rico that provides 24/7 nursing services, medical and therapeutic care to each patient according to their needs. Admitted patients are custodians of the Department of the Family and have chronic physical and / or mental health conditions.
Centro de Aprendizaje del Niño (CAN)
Established in 2011is an intensive learning and therapeutic center specialized in the development of academic, social, behavioral and communication skills for children from 2 – 5 years composed by an interdisciplinary team of health professionals, where the integral and global learning of our children is promoted in all areas of development.
Psychology Services
Our services include: Psychometric Evaluation, Psychoeducational Evaluation and Psychological Therapy.
Private outpatient therapy services and under Avanzando Juntos and Special Education programs, which include:
– Speech and Language Therapy Discipline that works with communication problems related to the patient’s speech and language, such as problems with articulation, voice, rhythm, understanding and expression of spoken or written language. We conduct evaluations to diagnose these problems and offer individualized treatment to address them. We also offer oral-motor and dysphagia therapy.
– Physical therapy Service that works with conditions that affect or interfere with the typical development of body movement. The patient is evaluated, and an appropriate intervention plan is developed for each case, using the typical sequence of motor development as a frame of reference.
– Occupational Therapy Service offered to minors to strengthen school development, motor planning and activities of daily life. Therefore, the patient achieves the maximum benefit of independence possible, within their limitations. We offer evaluation, screening, and management of a treatment plan for minors with physical and / or mental differences.
Casa de Salud Health Faculty
Dr. Elizabeth Pagán Feliciano
Medical Director – Pediatrician
Dr. Rosana Mejía León
Pediatrician
Dr. Patricia Rodríguez Reyes
Pediatrician – Infectologist
Dr. Denisse Rivera Lugo
Pediatrician – Pulmonologist
Dr. Erika Sánchez Galiñanes
Pediatrician
Board of Directors
President – Mr. Rafael Pagán González
Vice President – Attorney Edgardo Rivera Rivera
Vice President – Mr. Paul Cleary Roeser
Vice President – Dr. Isabel Candal Vicente
Secretary – Mr. Efraín Rodríguez de la Paz
Assistant Secretary – CPA Carmen Rosich Nevárez
Treasurer – CPA Manuel Viota
Assistant Treasurer – CPA Gilberto del Valle López
Auditor – CPA José M. González Santos
Director – Mr. Patrick Alemán Presno
Director – Mr. Edwins Montaño Allendres
Director – Mr. Luis Vivaldi Viguie
Director – Mrs. Marilí de la Puebla Camacho
Director – Mrs. Ivonne Crespí Borrás
Director – Mrs. Nayda Berrios Colón
Director – Mr. Enrique (Kike) Cruz
Director – Dr. Jorge Toro
Director – Attorney Jan Carlo Rodríguez
Community Member – Mrs. Vivian Cestero de Casellas
Community Member – Mrs. Vanessa Dávila