▁be ▁treated ▁at ▁the ▁hospital . ▁Fr ustr ated ▁at ▁this ▁social ▁phenomen on , ▁Park ▁went ▁to ▁Dr . ▁Edward ▁Carter , ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁a ▁card i ologist ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Medicine . ▁Park ▁asked ▁Carter ▁whether ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁support ive ▁of ▁his ▁starting ▁a ▁ped iat ric ▁clin ic . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁December ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁Park ▁successfully ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁the ▁Rock ef eller ▁Institute ▁and ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁Fund ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁ped iat ric ▁heart ▁disease ▁clin ic ▁at ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁in ▁the ▁out pat ient ▁disp ens ary . ▁ ▁Park ' s ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home ▁were ▁ind is put able ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁medicine . ▁Before ▁Park ' s ▁arrival , ▁the ▁Har ri et ▁Lane ▁Home ▁was ▁merely ▁an ▁obsc ure ▁clin ic ▁where ▁ped iat rics ▁was ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁special ty ▁that ▁held ▁very ▁little ▁status . ▁Although ▁the ▁full - time ▁system ▁had ▁recently ▁begun ▁to ▁fl our ish ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁hosp it als ▁and ▁clin ics ▁to ▁ad here ▁entirely ▁to ▁its ▁principles . ▁Under ▁How land , ▁the ▁university ▁started ▁to ▁pour ▁in ▁intellectual ▁and ▁financial ▁invest ments ▁to ▁the ▁full - time ▁ped iat ric ▁system , ▁but ▁Park ▁ultimately ▁played ▁the ▁trans itional ▁role ▁in ▁solid ifying ▁the ▁lon ge vity ▁of ▁the ▁system . ▁Park ▁invoked ▁concerns ▁about ▁access