Pediatric Infectious Disease Treatment
Lurie Children's Division of Infectious Diseases offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for children with a wide variety of infectious diseases, including many that are rarely seen in this country. Children throughout the nation are referred to our division for inpatient and outpatient evaluation and treatment.
Established in 1987, our Pediatric & Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program cares for more children and adolescents than any other pediatric HIV service provider in the region. Our Center for Kawasaki Disease has one of the largest and most active Kawasaki disease clinical and research programs in the U.S., having cared for more than 1,600 children.
Nationally-Ranked Care
Lurie Children’s continues to be the #1 children's hospital in Illinois and is ranked in 11 specialties by U.S. News & World Report.
Infectious Disease Treatment Programs
The Division of Infectious Diseases has several multidisciplinary programs to care for children with a variety of infectious diseases, including:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases We Treat
Our pediatric specialists treat children for various infectious diseases, both common and rare, including:
- 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Brucellosis
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Complex and Atypical Pneumonia
- Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
- Ebola
- HIV/AIDS
- Infections in Newborns
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Influenza
- Invasive and Localized Fungal Infections
- Kawasaki Disease
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (MRSA)
- Multidrug Resistant Infections
- Non-tuberculous and Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
- Opportunitist Infections in the Immune-Compromised Child and Young Adult
- Osteomyelitis
- Periodic Fevers
- Plague
- Recurrent Clostridium Difficile
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Ringworm
- Rotavirus
- Septic Arthritis
- Smallpox
- Tularemia
- Viruses, Bacteria & Parasites
Our Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialists
Jennifer Jao, MD, MPH
Director, Section of Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal HIV Infection; Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Susan B. DePree Founders' Board Professorship in Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal HIV Infection
Ravi Jhaveri, MD
Division Head, Infectious Diseases; Virginia H. Rogers Professor in Infectious Diseases
Lisa N. Akhtar, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Bernard L. Mirkin, PhD, MD Research Scholar
Mehreen Arshad, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, DO
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Nabgha Farhat, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Bessey E. Geevarghese, DO
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Taylor A. Heald-Sargent, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Ben Z. Katz, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, Medical Director, Travel Immunization Clinic; Co-Medical Director, Adoption Clinic
Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI
Vice President, System Preparedness, Prevention, and Response; Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Irene Heinz Given and John La Porte Given Professorship in Pediatrics
Caitlin Li, MD, MHQS
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Lisa E. Mash, PhD, ABPP
Pediatric Neuropsychologist, The Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Leena B. Mithal, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
William J. Muller, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Ted Emerson Miller Research Scholar
Sameer J. Patel, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Ayelet Rosenthal, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Anne H. Rowley, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Dorothy M. and Edward E. Burwell Board Designated Professorship in Immunobiology
Patrick C. Seed, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Children’s Research Fund Chair in Basic Science
Tina Q. Tan, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Adoption Clinic; Medical Director, International Patient Services Program; Co-Medical director, Travel Immunization Clinic
Karen Callan, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases
Stephanie Olufunmilola Fabiyi, APRN-NP
Family Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases
Kathleen Murtagh, APRN-NP
Family Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases
Jacqueline Toia, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases
Tresa E. Zielinski, DNP, RN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases
Marielle J. Fricchione, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Colleen B. Nash, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases
Make an Appointment
We offer several scheduling options for your child's care needs.
Our Locations
Lurie Children's Hospital Outpatient Center in Lincoln Park
2515 N. Clark Street/467 W. Deming Place
Chicago, Illinois 60614-3393
1.800.543.7362
Lurie Children's at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Center
25 N. Winfield Road
East Entrance
Winfield, Illinois 60190
630.933.6631
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
225 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60611
312.227.4000
Training & Education
We partner with Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to train tomorrow’s leading pediatric physicians. Review the Feinberg School’s information to learn how to apply to the Division of Infectious Diseases fellowship.
Infectious Diseases News & Stories
Chicago's Top Doctors for Kids 2025
Several of Lurie Children's providers were recognized in Chicago Magazine Castle-Connolly Top Doctors 2025 list.
Compelling Data Point to a Single, Unknown Respiratory Virus as Cause of Kawasaki Disease
Research findings strongly suggest that Kawasaki disease is caused by a single respiratory virus that is yet to be identified.
Experts Stress Importance of Vaccination Amidst Measles Outbreaks
Prevent RSV in Babies with Nirsevimab
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a common and potentially dangerous virus that affects almost all infants and young children before the age of two. Now, there is a single-dose immunization that helps in the fight against RSV for infants younger than 19 months of age: Nirsevimab.
Measles in Kids: Symptoms & Prevention
The recent measles outbreak has many parents and caregivers concerned. Our experts share what you need to know about measles in kids.
Drs. Dirajlal-Fargo and Fant Named Co-Directors of Center for Global Pediatric Health
Lurie Children's Infectious Diseases Physician Dr. Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo and Emergency Medicine Physician Dr. Colleen Fant have been named co-directors of the Center for Global Pediatric Health.
Philanthropy
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.