Pediatric Faculty Foundation Inc

PEDIATRIC FACULTY FOUNDATION, INC. ("PFF") IS AN ILLINOIS NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION AND AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE CODE WHOSE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER IS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER ("MEDICAL CENTER") (FEIN 36-3357004). PFF EMPLOYS PEDIATRIC MEDICINE SPECIALISTS, SUBSPECIALISTS AND HOSPITALISTS. SUCH PHYSICIANS ARE BASED AND PRACTICE AT ANN & ROBERT H. LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO ("LURIE CHILDREN'S"), ANOTHER AFFILIATED ENTITY OF PFF, AND AT THE LURIE CHILDREN'S OUTREACH LOCATIONS. LURIE CHILDREN'S OFFERS OVER 70 TYPES OF PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTY CARE, MORE THAN ANY OTHER ILLINOIS HOSPITAL. PFF PROVIDES SPECIALTY SERVICES TO PATIENTS OF LURIE CHILDREN'S IN THE AREAS OF ALLERGY, CARDIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, NEONATOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ENDOCRINOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, GENERAL ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS, GENETICS, HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY, STEM CELL TRANSPLANT HOSPITAL-BASED MEDICINE, PALLIATIVE CARE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, RHEUMATOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY AND PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. IN ADDITION, PFF EMPLOYS FULL-TIME RESEARCH FACULTY. THE PRESIDENT OF PFF ALSO SERVES AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AT LURIE CHILDREN'S AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ("NUFSM"). VIRTUALLY ALL OF THOSE PFF PHYSICIANS WHO ARE THE FULL-TIME HOSPITAL-BASED MEDICAL STAFF (EXCLUDING FELLOWS) HOLD FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT NUFSM. LURIE CHILDREN'S PEDIATRIC-SPECIALIST PHYSICIANS (WHICH INCLUDE PFF PHYSICIANS) PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE SPECIALTY CARE TO CHILDREN INSURED BY THE STATE OF ILLINOIS' ALL KIDS PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, LURIE CHILDREN'S IS THE PEDIATRIC TRAINING CENTER OF NUFSM, PROVIDING RESIDENCIES IN BOTH PEDIATRICS AND PEDIATRIC SURGERY. EACH YEAR, LURIE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, THROUGH THE PFF PHYSICIANS, TRAINS OVER 200 PHYSICIANS. APPROXIMATELY HALF ARE PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS, AND THE REMAINDER ARE FELLOWS IN VARIOUS PEDIATRIC SUB-SPECIALTIES INCLUDING CARDIOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY AND NEONATOLOGY. PFF PROVIDES SERVICES REGARDLESS OF THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY. IT ACCEPTS PATIENTS COVERED BY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER ITS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY.