Welcome to the Department of Pediatrics at
University
of
Illinois
College
of
Medicine
at
Peoria
(UICOMP). The mission of the
Department is to provide excellent patient care to children in central and
southern
Illinois
as well as provide medical education to UICOMP students and residents.
We perform our mission in the context of collaboration with Children’s
Hospital
of
Illinois
, Easter Seals-UCP and multiple other partners within the community.
The Department has 138 faculty members providing general pediatric
services and pediatric subspecialty coverage in most pediatric subspecialties to
children in
Central Illinois
.
Our residency in pediatrics is offered
in collaboration with Children’s
Hospital
of
Illinois
. Dr. Elizabeth Kramer is our
program director. For a more
detailed description please visit our residency website at http://www2.uicomp.uic.edu/PedsRes/Default.html
.
Our clinical services provided in
collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Illinois include allergy/pulmonary,
cardiology, child abuse, critical care, cystic fibrosis, developmental pediatrics, emergency
medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics, hematology oncology,
infectious diseases, neonatology, neurology, pulmonary medicine including a
home-ventilator program, child psychiatry and general pediatrics.
You can find detailed information at the Children’s
Hospital
of
Illinois
website http://www.childrenshospitalofil.org/default.htm
Our clinical services include a Cystic
Fibrosis Center. The Children’s
Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Center is one of 115 accredited centers in the
USA
. The multispecialty health care
team cares for about 100 pediatric and adult people with cystic fibrosis from 27
surrounding counties. We participate
in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s national registry and quality improvement
program and our patient’s results are better than the national median for
growth and lung function. If you
would like more information or an appointment, please call Marie at 309-624-9632
or Sarah at 309-624-9627.
Our Hemoglobinopathy/Sickle Cell
Program serves patients from birth to 18 years of age.
The Program is jointly sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics of UICOM-P
and Children's
Hospital
of
Illinois
, and housed at the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate clinic on the first floor of
Children’s
Hospital
of
Illinois
. Our team of board-certified
pediatric hematologist/oncologists, sickle cell nurses, counselor, and child
life specialist work together with other subspecialists to meet the often
complex needs of these unique patients and their families.
We see patients throughout
Central Illinois
, many of whom attend our IDPH-sponsored Outreach Clinics, held at several sites
within the region. The contact
number for the program is (309) 624-4945.
The James Maloof St Jude Midwest
Affiliate is a collaborative effort between UICOMP, Children’s
Hospital
of
Illinois
and St. Jude Children’s
Research
Hospital
. Within the Affiliate, the Division
of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology provides comprehensive care to children,
adolescents and young adults with hematological disorders or cancer. Outpatient
care is provided in the modern James Maloof St. Jude Affiliate Clinic. The
clinic partners with the St. Jude Children’s
Research
Hospital
in
Memphis
and together they collaborate to provide comprehensive protocol-structured
treatments for the pediatric hematology-oncology patients. The clinic has a
highly trained and dedicated nursing staff and four Pediatric
Hematologists/Oncologists.
The
Comprehensive Bleeding Disorders Center (CBDC) is the only center in
Illinois
outside of
Chicago
providing and supporting comprehensive services to persons with bleeding
disorders. CBDC has assembled a team
of professionals; people who know and continue to learn about the different
aspects of hemophilia. This team is committed to promoting the health of
affected individuals along with the education of both affected individuals and
the public about congenital bleeding disorders. CBDC believes health promotion
includes facilitating the provision of comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment
for individuals with hemophilia and related disorders and complications thereof,
in the most cost-effective manner possible, and promoting quality of life for
those affected through support, education and clinical research. For more
information you can visit the Center’s web page at http://www.hemophilia-ctr-peoria.com
The Pediatric Resource Center (PRC) is a
community service program that combines medical and social services in
evaluating and treating children who are suspected of being physically abused,
sexually abused and neglected. Referrals come from the Illinois Department of
Children and Family Services, physicians, police officers, parents, and others.
The staff serves over 350 children per year from 40 counties in
Central Illinois
. The Medical Director is Dr. Kay
Saving and the Administrative Director is Linda Simkins, L.C.S.W.
For more information please visit the PRC webpage at http://www2.uicomp.uic.edu/Dept/PRC/default.html
The
Pediatric
Diabetes
Resource
Center
serves over 700 children and teenagers with Types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus.
This program is jointly sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics at
UICOMP and The Children's Hospital of Illinois and is located in the Easter
Seals Center. The staff includes
pediatric endocrinologists, CDE nurse educators and dietitians, and a social
worker. Individual and group
education sessions are offered, and on-going diabetes care is available in the
Pediatric Diabetes Clinic. For more
information, please call 1-309-682-8035 or 1-888-436-2278.
Outpatient
clinics are located in several facilities within the hospital complex.
Child Development and Diabetes clinics are held in collaboration with
Easter Seals in their building. Primary
Care, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Cystic Fibrosis and Adolescent Medicine
are located in the Allied Agencies Building.
Gastroenterology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Genetics, and Home Vent programs
are located in the
Hillcrest
Building
. The
St.
Jude Clinic and the hemoglobinopathy clinic are located within the hospital.
We
are looking forward to a brighter future with the building of the new
Children’s Hospital scheduled to open the summer of 2010.
This important project will provide a designated Pediatric Emergency
Area, consolidate surgical services, consolidate children’s health services
and enlarge our pediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care units.
Welcome again to our site.
If you have questions regarding our residency program, special programs
or patient care do not hesitate to contact us or visit the specific links for
these programs.
Last Update:
Wednesday, September 19, 2007