Important facts about our...
- Children's Memorial Hospital is the region's top provider of pediatric specialty care, and Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for kids. In 2009, we served more than 140,000 children.
- Licensed for 270 beds, our medical staff includes 1,100 pediatric specialists and offers 70 pediatric specialties.
- Families come far and wide to us for treatment. In 2009, children from every state and 36 foreign countries received care.
- We rank #1 in Illinois in pediatric specialties including:
- Our patients receive award-winning nursing care. We were the nation's first children’s hospital to earn the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, recognition currently held by just 6 percent of all U.S. hospitals.
- U.S News & World Report's 2009 edition of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” calls out nine of our clinical programs, with Urology ranking 7th nationally.
- Family Services plays a key role in healing, and helping families navigate their healthcare experience with us. Learn more about our unique approach to family-centered care.
- Read more in the hospital's annual reports.
- Established in 1986, Children's Memorial Research Center is the research enterprise of Children's Memorial Hospital.
- The research center is also one of 29 interdisciplinary research centers and institutes of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where principal investigators who are part of the research center are full-time faculty members.
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Also in 2009, the research center had 212 physician-scientists, 295 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and 581 proposals submitted, including 75 proposals submitted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
- Read more in the research center's 2009 annual report.
Intense education
- We are the pediatric training center of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, providing residencies in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. Our highly skilled faculty, comprehensive clinical services, and innovative research programs all contribute to an exceptional training environment, demonstrating our commitment to continued excellence in pediatric medicine.
- Each year, the Department of Pediatrics trains approximately 200 physicians. Almost half are pediatric residents, and the remainder are fellows in various pediatric sub-specialties including cardiology, hematology/oncology and neonatology. The department ranked 17th nationally in the 2009 U.S.News & World Report’s "Best Medical Schools Specialty Rankings for Pediatrics."
- As the pediatric surgery training center of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, our Department of Surgery provides formal resident education in each of its ten divisions. Our surgeons also train rotating residents from Rush University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago. In addition, we provide subspecialty programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in Pediatric General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, and Urology through the Feinberg School of Medicine.
Advocacy and Community
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We focus on prevention and health promotion -- policies and programs to keep children healthy, reduce the need for hospitalization, support social development. Current initiatives focus on injury prevention; chronic illness; HIV/AIDS; school health, and; advocacy training.
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We care for children from every legislative district in Illinois, and have a long history of partnering with government and community leaders to improve the health and well-being of children.