Your health care team

Family Services provides many resources and support for children and their families. Learn more about how
these professionals are
an important part of your child’s health care team.

At Children's Memorial, many specially trained people care for your child. Together, these individuals are your child’s health care team.

Attending physicians (gray coats) are your child’s main doctors. They…

  • See your child every day
  • Talk with you about your child’s care
  • Answer your questions

Nurses (colorful scrubs or white coats) have the most contact with you and your child. They…

  • Watch your child’s vital signs
  • Answer your questions
  • Teach you how to care for your sick child

Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) coordinate your child's care with your child's main doctors. They. . .

  • See your child everyday
  • May examine your child
  • Talk with you about your child's care
  • Answer your questions
    We are the pediatric teaching site for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. This enables us to attract some of the country's best doctors, and to train future specialists.

Residents, fellows and medical students are doctors in training. They…

  • Work closely with your child’s main doctors
  • May examine your child
  • May ask and answer your questions