Advocate Children’s Hospital is one of the largest network providers of pediatric services in Illinois. As a major referral center for infants and children, our two main campuses in Oak Lawn and Park Ridge combine some of the country’s most respected medical talent with exceptional and compassionate care. That makes us the premier pediatric provider in the Midwest.

As part of the Chicagoland Childrens Health Alliance, we’re partners with Pediatrics at Endeavor Health and University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital in providing personalized care coordination services for children and families. Through our alliance, we’ve formed an integrated and comprehensive network of pediatric experts, from primary to highly specialized care, as well as maternal fetal medicine.

You can also fax us information at 224-225-0347.

Transfer or admit a patient

The mission of the Advocate Children’s Hospital Transport Team is to provide stabilization, critical care and family-centered support to ill and injured neonatal and pediatric patients.

Transfer a patient from your pediatric unit, ED or NICU

Our team of highly skilled pediatric transport nurses and respiratory care practitioners provide air and ground transport for the most critically ill infants and children. They’re supported by neonatologists and critical care physicians throughout transportation.

The Transport Team provides interfacility transports to both of our Advocate Children’s Hospital campuses and the NorthShore Evanston NICU.

Arrange a transport to Advocate Children’s Hospital

To arrange for a patient transport to either our Oak Lawn or Park Ridge campus, call 844-543-7224 and press 1.

Our transfer center dispatcher will guide the referring hospital and physician through the transfer process. We’re available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Directly admit a patient to Advocate Children’s Hospital

If you’re a pediatrician and would like to directly admit a patient to the Advocate Children’s Hospital’s Oak Lawn or Park Ridge campus, call 844-543-7224 and press 2.

You’ll be transferred to a nurse at our patient command center to collect essential information about the patient. After receiving instructions for your patient, you’ll be connected to the pediatric hospitalist to provide a report.

Find an Advocate Children’s Hospital physician

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Continued education and training programs

Advocate Children’s Hospital proudly sponsors continuing medical education (CME) and training programs.

Attend a continuing medical education event

We offer a robust pediatric CME program for physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs).

Pediatric Grand Rounds are held every Wednesday virtually from noon to 1 p.m. We feature Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance subspecialists as well as local and national speakers.

Get the schedule of topics

We also sponsor a variety of both in-person and virtual symposiums annually. For more information, contact Myisha Franklin, Pediatric CME Coordinator, at myisha.franklin@aah.org.

Learn about our pediatric training programs

Advocate Children’s Hospital is also a proud sponsor of several graduate medical education programs, both categorical residency and fellowships.

Learn more about GME opportunities

Advocate Physician Partners pediatric practices

Formed as a care management collaboration with Advocate Health Care, Advocate Physician Partners (APP) is a leader in population health management and has garnered widespread national recognition. Learn more about APP

If you’re a pediatrician who is a member of APP and you have questions, contact Dr. Yasser Said, Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Population Health at yasser.said@aah.org.

Pediatric advanced practice clinicians

Advocate Children’s Hospital is home to over 100 advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (APCs). Our APCs collaborate with physicians, nurses and other professionals to provide high quality, evidenced-based care across 25 specialty areas. APCs are able to prescribe medications and bill for services at Advocate Health Care.

If you are an APC who has questions, please contact Swati Bavisi, Director of Advanced Practice Clinical Operations at swati.bavisi@aah.org.

Contact our business development team

The business development team at Advocate Children’s Hospital is dedicated to developing and maintaining relationships among our primary care physicians, specialists and hospital team. Our goal is to understand the needs of our referring physicians and APCs and address any concerns.

The team educates pediatric providers on new services, specialists and multidisciplinary programs and serves as a single point of contact for our community network.

Ongoing educational offerings:

• Connections & Cocktails: Virtual networking events are held in the evening and focused on you meeting our team of network subspecialists. Physicians and APCs who register for the event receive a happy hour kit prior to the event. Specialists provide a brief overview of their services and answer clinical questions submitted during the registration process. CME is available for attendees.
• Snacks & Facts: These virtual educational events focus on a specific specialty or topic. Physicians and APCs are invited to a 15- to 20-minute formal presentation by specialists followed by a Q&A. A snack kit is delivered to the home or office of each registered attendee. These sessions are typically held in the morning before clinic or in the early afternoon between clinics. CME is available for attendees.

For more information and a schedule of events, contact:

• Donna Adema, Business Development Manager, at 708-684-4679 or donna.adema@aah.org.
• Sharon Climack, Business Development Manager, at 708-684-2055 or sharon.climack@aah.org.

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