Schedule an Appointment at Children's National

Schedule an Appointment

Visitor Notice

Parking garage renovations. We are upgrading and modernizing our main campus parking garage. Please allow extra time when arriving for appointments. Learn about our parking garage improvements.

To make an appointment with one of our providers, you can be referred by your child’s primary care provider or another specialist, or you can call us directly.

Make an Appointment by Phone

Call the Bear Line at 888-884-BEAR (2327) or 202-476-BEAR (2327).

If you require an immediate outpatient appointment, call the Bear Line Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. If your child is in immediate risk of harming him/herself or others, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

Make an Appointment Online (Existing Patients)

MyChildrensNationalPortal is available for specialty care patients at all of Children’s outpatient locations, and patients can now request an appointment using the portal. To do so, navigate to the Appointments icon in the upper left-hand corner. Complete the information in the Request an Appointment form, which will be reviewed by Children’s National scheduling staff. After clicking Send Request, users can expect to hear back from Children’s National shortly after submission and typically within three business days (excluding weekends and holidays).To access the portal, patients and parents must receive an official invite and login instructions in-person at their next specialty care appointment.

For questions on appointment scheduling, please dial 888-884-BEAR (2327).

For questions on the patient portal, please email MyCNPatientPortal@childrensnational.org.

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Parking

Parking is available in our main campus garage, and parking tickets are validated by the following departments: Family Services (for Social Work clients only), Parking Office (for parents without funds; one time only), and the Security Office (for parents without funds when the Parking Office is closed or parents with a letter signed by a representative of the clinic).