University of Illinois at Peoria - College of Medicine

THE MILESTONE BUILDING WILL INCLUDE:

HIGHLIGHTS 3rd Largest Pediatric Hospital in the state Only full-sized tertiary hospital in Central IL 147 Children’s Hospital Beds within OSF Saint Francis, a 710 bed hospital that not only gives the tertiary care of a referral hospital, but also the primary care for our large community and whose mission is to provide hight quality compassionate care for everyone Highest case mix index Academic Regional Children's Hospital Service Area >2.5 million people, >500,000 children >5,000 admissions/year
PEDIATRIC FLOORS >100 sub-specialist faculty with pediatric subspecialties in each field including peds radiology 32 inpatient beds 5 hospitalists
PICU 32 PICU and Intermediate Care Unit beds Largest pediatric heart surgery program in the state Designated Critical Care Referral Center in Illinois Quaternary Care (ECMO, HFOV, Nitric Oxide) 5 Intensivists; 3 NP's Lowest Blood stream infection rates in a National Study
NICU Highest Level (III) Perinatal Center/NICU 60 bed facility 7 neonatologists, 14 NNP's Collaborative member of the Vermont-Oxford Network (VON) since 1992 Quaternary Care (ECMO, HFV) One of the top performing NICU’s in the country (VON 2006-2008) 2nd preemie unit to open in history 1st NICU ever to transport patients by helicopter (1967)
NURSERY: Levels 1 & 2  12 beds  2400 deliveries
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT The first state designated Pediatric Critical Care Center (Highest Level =1) 16,000 pediatric visits/year Life flight services (4 helicopters), largest in Illinois Minor Emergency Center (MEC)-2 months spent here during residency Only Level 1 Trauma Center outside of Chicago
ST. JUDE Only 4 affiliates of the Hospital in the nation We're the only one in the Midwest and the largest in the United States Home of also the Hematology & Sickle Cell Clinics
OTHER FACILITIES:
HILLCREST MEDICAL PLAZA A joint effort combining pediatric subspecialty programs from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria with the specialty clinics of the Children’s Hospital Staffed by medical subspecialists, providing a major and comprehensive diagnostic center for pediatric referrals Home of Pediatric U of IL GI, Neurology, Seizure, Genetics, Endocrinology, Home Vent, and Psychiatry Clinics Pediatric Cardiology Office Pediatric Surgery/Surgical sub-specialties Offices 1st Ped Laparoscopic surgery program in IL 1st State Robotic surgery program Only comprehensive facility covering a wide spectrum of surgical care for children in Central IL
OSF SISTERS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE CENTER Pediatric Ambulatory Clinic aka PAC Resident Staffed clinic Supervised by pediatricians whose expertise and interest is in teaching ambulatory pediatrics.  They help you to provide care and coordinate multidisciplinary care for your patients   8,023 visits/yr U of IL Primary Peds Clinics and Cystic Fibrosis, Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Resource Center and ID sub-specialty pediatric clinics 10 part-time faculty  ½ day/week in 1st year; two ½ days/wk in 2nd & 3rd years
EASTER SEALS is Home to Several Pediatric Clinics Cerebral Palsy Early Childhood Diagnostic Development Maxiofacial (Cleft Lip) Pediatric Diabetes Regional Developmental Follow-up Project
Home of the Rager Lab where residents train in simulation sessions replicating real life medical events at the simulation training facility