Who are you, in one plain sentence?
Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City — part of Intermountain Health and affiliated with the University of Utah School of Medicine — is the only full-service pediatric facility in the Intermountain region, serving patients from Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and beyond, with a dedicated Vascular Anomalies Center providing comprehensive, collaborative care for children and adults.
Who do you see?
Their published scope is comprehensive — the only full-service pediatric facility across a geographic catchment area of approximately 400,000 square miles. Their program page describes care for children and adults with vascular anomalies. More than 80,000 children are treated at Primary Children’s annually. Worth noting for adults: Primary Children’s sometimes treats adults requiring pediatric specialty care — worth confirming directly whether your age and condition profile is within current scope.
What conditions do you treat?
Their published program describes comprehensive, collaborative care for children and adults with vascular anomalies — with the stated goal of helping patients thrive and live their best life, providing support and care needed. Worth asking: which specific syndromes and anomaly types the team has greatest volume and experience with, and what the protocol is for adult referrals from the region.
How do I get in?
Address: Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84113 (Intermountain Health). Program: intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/primary-childrens-salt-lake-city/vascular-anomalies. University of Utah Vascular Anomalies: healthcare.utah.edu/vascular-anomalies. Worth confirming: current intake procedures, which campus or clinic location serves your condition, and insurance acceptance — Intermountain Health’s relationship with certain plans warrants direct verification.
What makes you different?
The geographic reality of the Intermountain West makes Primary Children’s uniquely important: it is the anchor for a region larger than most European countries with no comparable alternative within driving distance. For families in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, Primary Children’s is not merely a convenient choice — it is often the only realistic access point to multidisciplinary vascular anomaly care without major travel. The community experience with this program includes a named nurse coordinator — Phil Nielsen, RN — who has been a specific, human point of contact for families navigating the program. That kind of named, accessible human coordinator is something our community specifically looks for and rarely finds. Worth asking about coordinator availability when you make contact.
In Their Own Voice
Primary Children’s Hospital describes its Vascular Anomalies Center as providing comprehensive, collaborative care for children and adults with vascular anomalies, with the goal of supporting patients to thrive and live their best life. The hospital’s stated motto — The Child First and Always — reflects an institutional philosophy that extends to the vascular anomaly program’s patient-centered approach. Primary Children’s is ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals and is the only children’s hospital in the Intermountain Health network, affiliated with the University of Utah School of Medicine since 1977.
The University of Utah also operates a separate Vascular Anomalies program (healthcare.utah.edu/vascular-anomalies) serving both pediatric and adult patients in close coordination with Primary Children’s — making Salt Lake City a two-program regional hub that is unusually strong for its geographic setting. Primary Children’s has expanded with a second campus (Miller Family Campus in Lehi, UT, opened February 2024) with 66 beds, adding regional access without diminishing the flagship Salt Lake City program.
Source: intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/primary-childrens-salt-lake-city/vascular-anomalies · intermountainhealthcare.org/childrens-health/vascular-anomalies · healthcare.utah.edu/vascular-anomalies · Wikipedia (Primary Children’s Hospital) · CMTC Alliance directory. Verified: July 2026.
Pedigree
| Program | Vascular Anomalies Center |
| Address | Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84113 |
| Program URL | intermountainhealthcare.org/locations/primary-childrens-salt-lake-city/vascular-anomalies |
| U of Utah VA Program | healthcare.utah.edu/vascular-anomalies |
| Patients | Children and Adults — also treats some adults requiring pediatric specialty care |
| Affiliation | Intermountain Health · University of Utah School of Medicine (since 1977) |
| Region Served | Utah · Nevada · Idaho · Montana · Wyoming — ~400,000 sq mile catchment |
| Community Note | Phil Nielsen, RN — named community-cited nurse coordinator. Worth asking about coordinator availability at contact. |
| Second Campus | Miller Family Campus, Lehi UT — opened February 2024 · 66 beds · Emergency, NICU, surgery |
| Rankings | U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals — multiple specialties |
| Beds | 289 pediatric beds (Salt Lake City flagship) · ACS Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center |
Verification & Catalog Status
Catalog Cross-Reference: Pending — see Care4-Rare Compendium