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title: "CPMC Child Life Internship Program at Sutter Health"
description: "The Child Life Program at Sutter Children’s Center provides services to our inpatient 40-bed pediatric unit and our 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pediatric Day Unit (PDU), Pediatric Emergency Department (ED), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), outpatient radiology, and outpatient surgery."
url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life"
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# CPMC Child Life Internship Program

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-   [CPMC Child Life Internship Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life "CPMC Child Life Internship Program")
    -   [Program Details](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life/program-details "Program Details")
        
    -   [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life/apply "How to Apply")
        

-   [CPMC Child Life Internship Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life "CPMC Child Life Internship Program")
    -   [Program Details](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life/program-details "Program Details")
        
    -   [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life/apply "How to Apply")
        

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The Novack Family Child Life Program at Sutter Health CPMC provides services to our inpatient Pediatric unit and our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pediatric Emergency Department (ED), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), outpatient radiology, and outpatient surgery. We see patients ages 0-21, hospitalized for both acute and chronic illnesses.

### About the Program

At CPMC, children of all ages receive heartfelt, expert pediatric care. Our doctors work side-by-side with physicians from Stanford Children’s Health to provide care in more than 20 pediatric specialty areas to help your child stay healthy. Our subspecialties include allergy and immunology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, hematology/oncology, infectious disease, neonatology, neurology, neurosurgery, and microvascular surgery.

At CPMC our child life team includes Certified Child Life Specialists, board certified Music Therapists, and our Canine Companion facility dog program. We are located at the Van Ness Campus in San Francisco.

## Internship Application Process

[Learn How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/clinical-education-programs/cpmc-child-life/apply)

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### Contact Us

**Lori Denault, MS, CCLS**  
Manager of Integrated Therapies & Patient Care

Sutter Health CPMC  
1101 Van Ness Ave  
#7113  
San Francisco, CA 94109

[cpmcchildlifeintern@sutterhealth.org](mailto:cpmcchildlifeintern@sutterhealth.org)  
[415-600-0711](tel:+14156000711)

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