Hospital-Based Medicine
Lurie Children's hospitalists are board-eligible/board-certified pediatricians who specialize in caring for hospitalized infants, children, and adolescents. Our hospitalists have experience in caring for children with a wide variety of pediatric conditions, from the most common to the most complex. Hospitalists work closely with families, nurses, social workers, and other specialists to ensure your child receives high-quality care.
At the Lurie Children's main campus in downtown Chicago, hospitalists care for children in a variety of settings. Children throughout the city and suburbs can also receive the same high-quality care from a Lurie Children's hospitalist at our partner hospitals.
Experience
The hospitalist team is dedicated to evaluating and treating pediatric patients from infancy through adolescence. Our team has experience and knowledge about a wide variety of illnesses and conditions affecting children and adolescents.
Approach
When your child is admitted to a hospitalist service at Lurie Children's or one of our partner hospitals, you can expect that they will be evaluated by a Lurie Children's pediatric hospitalist. Our team will perform a comprehensive history and examination, develop a treatment plan, and coordinate your child's care with any other specialists or providers that may be necessary.
Conditions
Our pediatric hospitalists treat hospitalized children for a wide variety of conditions and diseases that can require hospitalization.
Contact Us
Hospitalists are available 24/7 at Lurie Children's and at nearly all of our partner hospitals. If you are a healthcare professional and need to contact a Lurie Children's hospitalist regarding the transfer of one of your patients, please call the Lurie Children's Transport Team at 1.800.540.4131.
Our Specialists
Robert S. Greenberg, MD
Division Head, Hospital-Based Medicine; Associate Director, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Pediatric Clerkship
Asta M. Astrauskas, MD
Medical Director, Outreach Hospitalists; Site Leader, Silver Cross Hospital
Sadie A. LaPonsie, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Lindsay M. Skibley, MD
Normal Newborn Nursery Site Leader, Prentice Women's Hospital; Medical Director, Almost Home Kids - Chicago; Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Josephine B. Snider, MD
Medical Director, Lurie Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center in Lincoln Park; Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Rebecca J. Stephen, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine; Quality Education Faculty, Telemedicine
Christina G. Tarazi, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Nicholas R. Zessis, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Christina O. Chen, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Laura A. Meltzer, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine
Rose M. Walczak, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital-Based Medicine