DELL CHILDRENS MEDICAL GROUP
C/O TAX DEPARTMENT PO BOX 45998, ST LOUIS, MO 631455998

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.

To improve the health and well-being of all people in the communities we serve.

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, 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 employed by 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. Accomplishments: * Expanding scope of services available through the creation of a destination program for patients requiring complex pediatric congenital cardiac conditions led by world-renowned pediatric cardiac surgeon Charles Fraser, MD. * Expanding scope of services available through the collaboration with Dell Medical School, recruiting internationally known pediatric neurologist Steve Roach, MD to join the DMS faculty and build the components to establish the program as a center of excellence for pediatric neurosciences. * Invested in an inpatient unit dedicated to pedi and adolescent mental health, colocated with DCMC. Recruited faculty from across the country to join us and create an ecosystem of pediatric mental health care. Addressing children and adolescents in crisis by improving access to basic mental health care through collaborative partnerships across central texas resulting in improved outcomes and reduced length of stays for patients in the hospital. * SFC's Food Allergy Program has recently been honored through FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education) the award of a Clinical Center of Excellence. * Endocrinology was certified by the American Diabetes Association * Dell Children's Medical Group established pediatric cardiovascular services with a nationally recognized leader. * Geographically diversified services to provide access to the community in neighboring communities. * Established Cochlear Implants program for hearing impaired children. * Reduced wait times for new patient appointments by more than 15 days. * American Academy of Sleep Medicine Accredited Sleep Lab * Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Accredited Cystic Fibrosis Clinic * Provided comprehensive medical care services to the pediatric population of Central Texas with Cystic Fibrosis, at the Specialty Care Center located at Dell Children's Medical Center, a member of the Seton Hospitals ("Dell Children's Medical Center"). * Pediatric EMU is Level 4 NAEC certified As part of the Ascension Catholic health ministry, the filing organization served in support of Ascension's commitment to both care for patients and communities and support caregivers and other associates through the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic in FY20.

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