The mission of the Division of Academic General Pediatrics is to improve the health and well-being of all children and people through the development of effective clinical service models, through preeminent research and outstanding professional education, and through community outreach, engagement and advocacy.

For more than 20 years, Academic General Pediatrics flourished through the core network of participating community hospitals and clinics.

• University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview
• Children's Hospitals and Clinics -Minneapolis
• Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
• Hennepin County Medical Center
• HealthPartners Clinics
• Regions Hospital

In 2007, Academic General Pediatrics became its own division. Academic General Pediatrics serves as the primary inpatient admitting service for patients with complex medical conditions and special health care needs, surgical patients (otolaryngology, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, orthopedics and general surgery), and patients with neurologic, metabolic, endocrine and rheumatic disease. This service is being greatly expanded to include a hospitalist program, which is envisioned to become a cornerstone of inpatient service at the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital (to be completed 2010).

News

• Fairview Pain and Palliative Care Center wins excellence award The Fairview Pain and Palliative Care Center won a national Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Award from the American Pain Society. The University of Minnesota Medical Center program is among six centers selected for top-quality clinical care in pain management.

Clinical Services

Community University Health Care Clinic
Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) opened its doors in 1966 to provide primary care services to children and low income families in South Minneapolis.

St. Joseph's Home for Children
St. Joseph's Home for Children cares for children in need by addressing immediate needs for shelter and stability and offering long-term solutions to emotional and behavioral issues.

International Adoption Medicine Program
This is the first clinic in the United States providing for the health needs of internationally adopted children through its clinic services, research, and education.

The Center for Safe & Healthy Children
The Center for Safe & Healthy Children at University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview is dedicated to caring for possible victims of child maltreatment and preventing abuse and neglect in children and adolescents.

Palliative Care
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview offers pediatric palliative care consultation. These consults involve an interdisciplinary approach for addressing the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of children who were born with serious medical conditions or who develop serious illnesses during childhood or adolescence, and who are faced with complex and life-limiting conditions.

Links

University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview
Children's Hospitals and Clinics - Minneapolis, St. Paul
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare