Lurie Children’s Outpatient Center in Austin (Opening Fall 2026)

5036 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60651

About

The Austin HOPE Center brings together Healing, Opportunity, Partnerships and Equity to create a place where youth and families can access both clinical care and community-based services. Pediatric specialty and behavioral health services at this location will include:

Adolescent Medicine
Cardiology
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Medicine
Weight Management & Wellness

The following tests will also be available at this location:

ECG/Holter*
ECHO
Phlebotomy*
Pulmonary Function Testing*

*Clinic visit appointments only

Available Specialties

Available Programs

Wellness & Weight Management Program

Providers at this Location

Guilherme Baptista De Faria, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program

Christina M. Barriteau, MD

Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Medical Director, Blood Bank

Roxanna De La Torre, MD

Attending Physician, The Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Joshua B. Ewen, MD, FANA, FACNS

Division Head, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Irene Heinz Given and John La Porte Given Research Professorship in Pediatrics

Lindsey A. Gakenheimer-Smith, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

Romina E. Gieseman, APRN-NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Maria T. Greene, MD

Attending Physician, Gastroenterology

Nancy Hasenauer, APRN-NP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology

Monique Jindal, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine

Alexandra Kacena, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine; Clinical Director, Mobile Asthma Clinic; High Risk Asthma Clinic

Robert I. Liem, MD

Division Head, Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation; Meryl Suzanne Weiss Distinguished Professorship in Hematology, Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation

Caren Mangarelli, MD, MS

Medical Director, Wellness and Weight Management Program; Co-Director, Pediatric Bariatric Surgery Program; Attending Physician, Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care