McLane Children's
Never fear. We're right here.
No matter where you live in Central Texas, expert pediatric care is never far away.
Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's is always nearby when your child is sick or hurt. With a staff of doctors covering 40 pediatric specialties, pediatric nurses and specially trained support staff, we treat everything from bumps and bruises to pediatric cancer and heart problems.
Many of our facilities have extended and weekend hours. In addition to in-clinic appointments, McLane Children's also offers virtual health options.
So whether you're in Waco or Walburg, Round Rock or Rosebud, or somewhere in between, no matter when your child gets sick or injured, we're right here.
The doctor is in
Besides having multiple locations, we offer several ways for your child to see one of the pediatric specialists on our staff
Face-to-face sick visits
We provide in-person visits when your little one is sick and needs to see a provider. Check our website for specific locations and hours.
Well-child check-ups and vaccinations
Well-child visits are essential to keep kids' health on track in every stage of their lives.
Virtual visits
Our telemedicine capabilities let you and your child visit with a provider from your home.
Designed specifically for children
Children aren't simply little adults, and Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center in Temple isn't merely an adult hospital dressed in bright colors. We're a true pediatric hospital with advanced technology and programs developed just for young patients.
Our tailored care for children is reflected in our goggles that let kids watch movies during MRIs and Central Texas' only Level IV intensive care unit for newborns.
McLane Children's Medical Center and other Baylor Scott & White Health facilities in the Temple region have achieved Magnet nursing designation.
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Adolescent medicine
Adolescent medicine
Adolescent medicine focuses on helping young adults adjust to physical, emotion and social changes and medical conditions that can occur at the same time as puberty.
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Allergy and immunology
Allergy and immunology
Pediatric allergists can identify allergen triggers to help manage your child’s symptoms.
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Cardiology
Cardiology
If your pediatrician has recommended that your child see a cardiologist, he or she may suspect your child’s heart is not functioning normally. Approximately 0.8% of children are born with congenital heart defect.
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Child development
Child development
If your child has chronic behavioral problems, trouble learning or developmental delays, he or she may be referred to a child development specialist for some extra help.
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Critical and intensive care unit (PICU)
Critical and intensive care unit (PICU)
The pediatric critical care team at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center cares for children who are very ill or medically unstable. These situations may result from very serious disease, infection or injury sustained from trauma, such as a traumatic brain injury.
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Dermatology
Dermatology
A pediatric dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in diseases and conditions of the skin, hair and nails in children.
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Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
Also called ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists, pediatric otolaryngologists treat disease and disorders that affect most of the senses, including your child’s ability to hear, smell, touch and taste.
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Emergency care
Emergency care
Our emergency room that handles emergencies—from minor sprains and strains to major trauma—in an environment designed to address the unique needs of infants, children and adolescents.
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Endocrinology
Endocrinology
If your child has diabetes, problems with growth, or early or late puberty, your pediatrician may recommend that he or she see a pediatric endocrinologist. Because children are still growing, their problems are often quite different from those commonly seen by endocrinologists who treat adults.
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Epileptology
Epileptology
Pediatric epileptologists specialize in the diagnosis, treatment and management of epilepsy in children. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting the electrical activities within the brain, and is diagnosed if the child has two or more unprovoked seizures.
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Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
Pediatric gastroenterologists treat children who have conditions that affect the organs in the digestive system, including the stomach, liver and bowel. They also help children with feeding and eating issues. Some examples include food allergies, celiac disease, Crohn's disease and colitis, to name a few.
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Gynecology
Gynecology
Pediatric and adolescent gynecologists treat injuries, infections, unexplained bleeding and pubertal and reproductive health issues.
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Hematology oncology
Hematology oncology
Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's has the full range of cancer diagnostic and treatment facilities, including pediatric intensive care and outstanding pediatric surgery providing lifesaving care for our fragile patients.
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Imaging and radiology
Imaging and radiology
A pediatric radiologist is a physician specialist who looks at X-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, and other pictures of children’s bones and tissues to identify problems that may be causing a medical condition.
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Infectious diseases
Infectious diseases
Pediatric infectious disease specialists treat children with compromised immune systems and uncommon or serious infections. These can be infections that are difficult to identify, are hard to treat or are complicating another condition like prematurity or cancer.
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Mental health
Mental health
Pediatric mental health is a specialty that treats children and adolescents with behavioral, emotional and psychiatric disorders. The pediatric mental health team includes child psychiatrists, psychologists and professional counselors.
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Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
The Level IV NICU at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center in Temple cares for the most fragile and premature newborns as well as full-term newborns diagnosed with serious or life-threatening conditions.
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Nephrology
Nephrology
Pediatric nephrologists are doctors who treat children with kidney disorders, complicated chemical imbalances, bone metabolism disorders and high blood pressure.
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Neurology
Neurology
A pediatric neurologist treats children with conditions that affect the nervous system, which includes the brain, nerves and spinal cord.
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Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology
At Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's, a pediatric neuropsychologist evaluates cognitive (thinking) problems such as communication, memory and attention can affect children in school and in life.
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Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
When a pediatric neurologist exhausts treatment methods to successfully treat a child with a neurological disease, it may become necessary to consult a pediatric neurosurgeon to assess the child’s condition and create a surgical treatment plan.
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Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy
Pediatric occupational therapy helps infants, children,and adolescents perform the activities of daily living that may need to be mastered for the first time or relearned after disease or injury.
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Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
The pediatric ophthalmology team at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's provides both medical and surgical care of a child’s eyes, depending on the young patient’s needs.
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Orthopedics
Orthopedics
Board-certified pediatric orthopedic surgeons provide specialty care for bone defects or genetic-related bone diseases.
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Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) specialists help develop, enhance and restore functional ability to children with physical impairments or disabilities.
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Physical therapy
Physical therapy
Licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants work in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units and in the inpatient and outpatient clinics to restore mobility to an affected area of the body immediately after medical treatment or surgery.
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Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery
Pediatric plastic surgery focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of a spectrum of pediatric physical deformities, which may be present at birth, caused by trauma or result from an acquired disease.
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Podiatry
Podiatry
Pediatric podiatry focuses on caring for a child’s growing feet. Specialists are trained to diagnose and treat conditions related to normal and abnormal development of the feet and ankles.
Learn more about podiatry -
Primary care
Primary care
Pediatricians are trained in the specific conditions, diseases and disorders that affect children and coordinate with pediatric specialists for further care as needed. Primary care services include:
- Well-child exams
- Immunizations
- Sports physicals
- Acute care for illness such as cold, strep throat, ear infections and flu
- Management of chronic illness in coordination with specialists
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Pulmonology
Pulmonology
Pediatric pulmonologists treat children with breathing problems, including those caused by asthma and cystic fibrosis, which can be brief or lifelong and affect children of any age.
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Rheumatology
Rheumatology
Pediatric rheumatologists treat children with joint and connective tissue disease and musculoskeletal conditions that affect the muscles and bones. Rheumatologists also treat autoimmune disorders.
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Sleep disorders
Sleep disorders
Pediatric sleep medicine specialists treating sleep-related issues that affect children and adolescents. Baylor Scott & White Health has an accredited sleep laboratory at the with specialists trained to assess and treat your child’s sleep needs.
Learn more about sleep disorders -
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy
Speech-language pathologists collaborate with other pediatric specialties to treat communication disorders in children.
Learn more about speech-language pathology -
Surgery
Surgery
Pediatric surgeons operate on all children, from newborns to adolescents. Their expertise is essential, because a child is not a small adult. As a child grows, his or her anatomy changes, and a pediatric surgeon’s skills are needed to perform operations on delicate tissues and structures in his or her body.
Learn more about surgery -
Urgent care
Urgent care
Our pediatric urgent care specialist is available seven days a week to provide immediate care to non-emergency conditions (don't require an ER visit), including:
- Allergies
- Broken bones
- Cold and flu
- Cuts and abrasions
- Dehydration
- Earache
- Headaches and migraines
- Infections
- Muscle and joint pain
- Nausea
- Nose bleeds
- Skin rashes/lesions
- Sore throat
- Sprains and strains
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Stomach aches
- Urinary tract infection
Please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room (do not drive yourself) if you are experiencing a medical emergency, including:
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Overdose
- Stroke
- Seizures
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Urology
Urology
A pediatric urologist treats the urinary system, including the kidneys and bladder; in males, the genitals are included. Urinary conditions range from birth defects and difficulty urinating to infections and, less commonly, urinary stones that form in the bladder.
Learn more about urology
- Adolescent medicine
- Allergy and immunology
- Cardiology
- Child development
- Critical and intensive care unit (PICU)
- Dermatology
- Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- Emergency care
- Endocrinology
- Epileptology
- Gastroenterology
- Gynecology
- Hematology oncology
- Imaging and radiology
- Infectious diseases
- Mental health
- Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neuropsychology
- Neurosurgery
- Occupational therapy
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Physical therapy
- Plastic surgery
- Podiatry
- Primary care
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Sleep disorders
- Speech Therapy
- Surgery
- Urgent care
- Urology
Adolescent medicine
Adolescent medicine focuses on helping young adults adjust to physical, emotion and social changes and medical conditions that can occur at the same time as puberty.
Learn more about adolescent medicineAllergy and immunology
Pediatric allergists can identify allergen triggers to help manage your child’s symptoms.
Learn more about allergy and immunologyCardiology
If your pediatrician has recommended that your child see a cardiologist, he or she may suspect your child’s heart is not functioning normally. Approximately 0.8% of children are born with congenital heart defect.
Learn more about cardiologyChild development
If your child has chronic behavioral problems, trouble learning or developmental delays, he or she may be referred to a child development specialist for some extra help.
Learn more about child developmentCritical and intensive care unit (PICU)
The pediatric critical care team at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center cares for children who are very ill or medically unstable. These situations may result from very serious disease, infection or injury sustained from trauma, such as a traumatic brain injury.
Learn more about our PICUDermatology
A pediatric dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in diseases and conditions of the skin, hair and nails in children.
Learn more about dermatologyEar, nose and throat (ENT)
Also called ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists, pediatric otolaryngologists treat disease and disorders that affect most of the senses, including your child’s ability to hear, smell, touch and taste.
Learn more about otolaryngologyEmergency care
Our emergency room that handles emergencies—from minor sprains and strains to major trauma—in an environment designed to address the unique needs of infants, children and adolescents.
Learn more about emergency careEndocrinology
If your child has diabetes, problems with growth, or early or late puberty, your pediatrician may recommend that he or she see a pediatric endocrinologist. Because children are still growing, their problems are often quite different from those commonly seen by endocrinologists who treat adults.
Learn more about endocrinologyEpileptology
Pediatric epileptologists specialize in the diagnosis, treatment and management of epilepsy in children. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting the electrical activities within the brain, and is diagnosed if the child has two or more unprovoked seizures.
Learn more about epileptologyGastroenterology
Pediatric gastroenterologists treat children who have conditions that affect the organs in the digestive system, including the stomach, liver and bowel. They also help children with feeding and eating issues. Some examples include food allergies, celiac disease, Crohn's disease and colitis, to name a few.
Learn more about gastroenterologyGynecology
Pediatric and adolescent gynecologists treat injuries, infections, unexplained bleeding and pubertal and reproductive health issues.
Learn more about gynecologyHematology oncology
Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's has the full range of cancer diagnostic and treatment facilities, including pediatric intensive care and outstanding pediatric surgery providing lifesaving care for our fragile patients.
Learn more about hematology oncologyImaging and radiology
A pediatric radiologist is a physician specialist who looks at X-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, and other pictures of children’s bones and tissues to identify problems that may be causing a medical condition.
Learn more about imaging and radiologyInfectious diseases
Pediatric infectious disease specialists treat children with compromised immune systems and uncommon or serious infections. These can be infections that are difficult to identify, are hard to treat or are complicating another condition like prematurity or cancer.
Learn more about infectious diseasesMental health
Pediatric mental health is a specialty that treats children and adolescents with behavioral, emotional and psychiatric disorders. The pediatric mental health team includes child psychiatrists, psychologists and professional counselors.
Learn more about mental healthNeonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
The Level IV NICU at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center in Temple cares for the most fragile and premature newborns as well as full-term newborns diagnosed with serious or life-threatening conditions.
Learn more about our NICUNephrology
Pediatric nephrologists are doctors who treat children with kidney disorders, complicated chemical imbalances, bone metabolism disorders and high blood pressure.
Learn more about nephrologyNeurology
A pediatric neurologist treats children with conditions that affect the nervous system, which includes the brain, nerves and spinal cord.
Learn more about neurologyNeuropsychology
At Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's, a pediatric neuropsychologist evaluates cognitive (thinking) problems such as communication, memory and attention can affect children in school and in life.
Learn more about neuropsychologyNeurosurgery
When a pediatric neurologist exhausts treatment methods to successfully treat a child with a neurological disease, it may become necessary to consult a pediatric neurosurgeon to assess the child’s condition and create a surgical treatment plan.
Learn more about neurosurgeryOccupational therapy
Pediatric occupational therapy helps infants, children,and adolescents perform the activities of daily living that may need to be mastered for the first time or relearned after disease or injury.
Learn more about occupational therapyOphthalmology
The pediatric ophthalmology team at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's provides both medical and surgical care of a child’s eyes, depending on the young patient’s needs.
Learn more about ophthalmologyOrthopedics
Board-certified pediatric orthopedic surgeons provide specialty care for bone defects or genetic-related bone diseases.
Learn more about orthopedicsPhysical medicine and rehabilitation
Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) specialists help develop, enhance and restore functional ability to children with physical impairments or disabilities.
Learn more about physical medicine and rehabilitationPhysical therapy
Licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants work in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units and in the inpatient and outpatient clinics to restore mobility to an affected area of the body immediately after medical treatment or surgery.
Learn more about physical therapyPlastic surgery
Pediatric plastic surgery focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of a spectrum of pediatric physical deformities, which may be present at birth, caused by trauma or result from an acquired disease.
Learn more about plastic surgeryPodiatry
Pediatric podiatry focuses on caring for a child’s growing feet. Specialists are trained to diagnose and treat conditions related to normal and abnormal development of the feet and ankles.
Learn more about podiatryPrimary care
Pediatricians are trained in the specific conditions, diseases and disorders that affect children and coordinate with pediatric specialists for further care as needed. Primary care services include:
- Well-child exams
- Immunizations
- Sports physicals
- Acute care for illness such as cold, strep throat, ear infections and flu
- Management of chronic illness in coordination with specialists
Pulmonology
Pediatric pulmonologists treat children with breathing problems, including those caused by asthma and cystic fibrosis, which can be brief or lifelong and affect children of any age.
Learn more about pulmonologyRheumatology
Pediatric rheumatologists treat children with joint and connective tissue disease and musculoskeletal conditions that affect the muscles and bones. Rheumatologists also treat autoimmune disorders.
Learn more about rheumatologySleep disorders
Pediatric sleep medicine specialists treating sleep-related issues that affect children and adolescents. Baylor Scott & White Health has an accredited sleep laboratory at the with specialists trained to assess and treat your child’s sleep needs.
Learn more about sleep disordersSpeech Therapy
Speech-language pathologists collaborate with other pediatric specialties to treat communication disorders in children.
Learn more about speech-language pathologySurgery
Pediatric surgeons operate on all children, from newborns to adolescents. Their expertise is essential, because a child is not a small adult. As a child grows, his or her anatomy changes, and a pediatric surgeon’s skills are needed to perform operations on delicate tissues and structures in his or her body.
Learn more about surgeryUrgent care
Our pediatric urgent care specialist is available seven days a week to provide immediate care to non-emergency conditions (don't require an ER visit), including:
- Allergies
- Broken bones
- Cold and flu
- Cuts and abrasions
- Dehydration
- Earache
- Headaches and migraines
- Infections
- Muscle and joint pain
- Nausea
- Nose bleeds
- Skin rashes/lesions
- Sore throat
- Sprains and strains
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Stomach aches
- Urinary tract infection
Please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room (do not drive yourself) if you are experiencing a medical emergency, including:
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Overdose
- Stroke
- Seizures
Urology
A pediatric urologist treats the urinary system, including the kidneys and bladder; in males, the genitals are included. Urinary conditions range from birth defects and difficulty urinating to infections and, less commonly, urinary stones that form in the bladder.
Learn more about urologyChildren's healthcare anywhere
It's not always convenient for you to bring your child in to see us
So we expanded our telemedicine program to make it easier for us to come to you—virtually, wherever you are.
You only need a video-enabled device like a smartphone, tablet or computer and an Internet connection. You may be able to schedule a video appointment in place of a routine office visit or get a same-day consultation for issues like minor illnesses, sprains and strains, and medication refills.