Dell Childrens Medical Grp - Pls Donate to Dell Children's Med Ctr

Programs: 'specially for children children's hospital subspecialists of central texas ("sfc") 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, 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 sfc is to provide comprehensive pediatric subspecialty healthcare services that meet the needs of all children within the communities served. Sfc 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 sfc 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 employed by sfc 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 dermatology - pediatric endocrinology and diabetes care - pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - pediatric hematology and oncology - pediatric infectious diseases/adoption and travel clinic - pediatric nephrology and dialysis services - palliative care - pediatric rheumatology - clinical genetics - comprehensive complex care clinic - a medical home for children with complex chronic medical conditions sfc participates in a variety of community outreach activities including: - 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. - camp bluebonnet: pediatric hematology/oncology program participates in this camp for cancer and blood disorder patients and their families. - heartgift program: physicians provide medical services for pediatric cardiac patients from foreign countries who travel to austin for care. - camp okawehna: nephrology participates in this camp for kids on dialysis or with kidney transplants. - camp bluebonnet: endocrinology program participates in this camp for kids with diabetes. 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). Accomplishments: 1. Sfc's food allergy program has recently been honored through fare (food allergy research and education) the award of a clinical center of excellence. 2. Endocrinology was certified by the american diabetes association 3. Sfc opened a cedar park (north) location