Dell Children's Medical Group

THE FILING ORGANIZATION IS A PART OF THE ASCENSION CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTRY. ASCENSION IS A FAITH-BASED HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS PERSONALIZED, COMPASSIONATE CARE TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. Dell Children's Medical Group ("DCMG") is a non-profit pediatric sub-specialty physician organization that provides specialized care for hospitalized patients and outpatients of the Dell Children's Medical Center (main and north campuses), which serves a 46-county area in Central Texas. Dell Children's is the only freestanding dedicated pediatric facility in the region. The mission of DCMG is to provide comprehensive pediatric subspecialty healthcare services that meet the needs of all children within the communities served. DCMG is widely recognized in Central Texas as a leader in the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with special needs and complex medical conditions. It is the only group of its kind in the region, playing an integral role in the development of a comprehensive, pediatric multi-disciplinary team approach to caring for children. Further, each of the group's pediatric specialists has advanced training in a medical subspecialty. The physicians of DCMG provide state-of-the-art diagnosis, treatment and clinical management of children and adolescents to meet the healthcare needs of patients and organizations in the community. The availability of these essential medical services helps to improve the overall health status of the region and offers young patients personalized care in a child-friendly environment. The physician specialists of DCMG are experts in many different areas of pediatric medicine and provide comprehensive, high quality clinical care for children and adolescents from birth through 18 years of age. The group, originally formed in 1996 with six pediatric subspecialists, has expanded to more than 37 pediatric subspecialists in the areas including: - Pediatric Allergy, Asthma & Immunology - Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery - Pediatric Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery - Pediatric Dermatology - Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Care - Pediatric Epilepsy - Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology - Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Adoption and Travel Clinic - Pediatric Neurology - Pediatric Neurosurgery - Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis Services - Pediatric Ophthalmology - Pediatric Otolaryngology - Pediatric PMR - Palliative Care - Pediatric Rheumatology - Clinical Genetics - Comprehensive Complex Care Clinic - A medical home for children with complex chronic medical conditions In addition, dedicated social workers counsel patients who need assistance connecting with other community resources, including Any Baby Can, Texas Neuro Rehab, LifeWorks, Capital Area ARC and Halo. Assistance also is provided to assist patients who qualify for Medicaid, the Austin/Travis County Medical Assistance Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Involvements: 1. Project Access: Travis County Medical Society program to provide free care to uninsured in the community in collaboration with hospital and primary care service providers. 2. Camp Bluebonnet: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Program participates in this camp for cancer and blood disorder patients and their families. 3. Heartgift Program: Physicians provide medical services for pediatric cardiac patients from foreign countries who travel to Austin for care. 4. Camp Okawehna: Nephrology participates in this camp for kids on dialysis or with kidney transplants. 5. Camp Bluebonnet: Endocrinology Program participates in this camp for kids with diabetes. 6. Participate in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigation (PALISI). We are conducting National Institute for Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and corporately-sponsored multi-center clinical research. We are studying new therapies for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and the courses of critical pertussis and influenza infections. 7. Serve as teaching faculty for pediatric residency program, emergency room residents and fellows, medical students, nursing students, respiratory therapists and pre-hospital emergency personnel.