⚠ COVID-19 INFORMATION: Resources, Vaccine Information
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60,000 Patient Visits
Specialties & Conditions Emergency Medicine
As the premier pediatric trauma center in the Chicago area, Lurie Children’s Kenneth & Anne Griffin Emergency Care Center provides acute care for ill and injured children, with more than 60,000 patient visits each year. The emergency care center is staffed 24 hours a day by board-certified pediatric emergency medicine specialists and fellows. It is supported by a broad range of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties and state-of-the-art diagnostic services.
We urge families to seek medical attention for their child by first contacting your primary care physician or pediatrician. If you do not have a primary care physician or pediatrician and your child’s injury or illness is worsening, do not delay seeking care.
Our pediatric Emergency Departments (EDs) at our main campus, Central DuPage Hospital and Northwest Community Hospital are distinct facilities from general EDs which may be seeing adult COVID-19 patients. We are taking every precaution to keep our patients, families and staff safe in our hospital. This includes wearing personal protective equipment; screening patients, families and staff for COVID-19 symptoms; and isolating every patient visiting the ED in an exam room upon arrival.
Lurie Children's emergency room is located at our main hospital. The address is:
225 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
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The Emergency Care Center is located off of the second floor lobby. It may be accessed in two ways:
Enter the main Lurie Children’s driveway from Chicago Avenue. Drive southbound toward the red Children's Emergency sign. Enter the hospital lobby to the right. The elevators inside, near the security desk, will take you directly to the Emergency Care Center.
If your child is experiencing a medical emergency, call 911. To contact the staff in the Emergency Care Center, call 312.227.3800.
Experienced physicians and nurses are poised around-the-clock to handle even the most complicated, life-threatening cases. The team includes the expertise of 10 board-certified pediatric emergency medicine specialists and six fellows (board-certified pediatricians pursuing advanced training in pediatric emergency medicine).
Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD MSCE, is head of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Lurie Children’s and Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Alpern’s special interests include quality of care, infectious disease, and clinical epidemiology.
The department has had an active pediatric emergency medicine fellowship program since 1993. The program accepts three fellows per year and is a three-year program, following the American Board of Pediatrics model.
Meet the Team.
Reaching beyond the hospital's walls, members of the emergency care center staff are teaching pre-hospital providers — emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters and police officers — how to recognize and respond to child abuse and neglect. We offer educational training resources designed to help reduce injury and mortality from child abuse and neglect.
For non-emergencies and illnesses that are not life-threatening, we offer Immediate Care services at our Lincoln Park Outpatient Center and Northbrook Outpatient Center. These services are available at select times each day of the year, including holidays.
The Emergency Medicine team consists of highly-skilled physicians and advanced practice nurses specializing in pediatric emergency medicine.
Our physician-scientists conduct studies on an ongoing basis, with a special focus on simulation-based research through our kidSTAR Medical Education Program.
Your support is vital in helping us continue to make a difference in the lives of patients and families. Lurie Children's relies on philanthropic funding to enhance its programs, services and research for children. To learn more, please e-mail the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation at foundation@luriechildrens.org or call 312.227.7500.
