Comer Children's Hospital

Name

Comer Children's Hospital

Legal name

The University of Chicago Medical Center

Website

https://uchicagokidshospital.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Comer Children's Hospital is a non-profit pediatric academic medical center within UChicago Medicine in Chicago, providing specialty pediatric care and developing AI-driven clinical tools for epilepsy, neurodevelopmental, and transplant applications, serving patients from birth to 18 years across the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Specialty Care Centers (e.g., cardiology, oncology, neurology) (HLAFAJAH), Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF)

Keywords

• Pediatric specialty care
• Children's hospital services
• Pediatric surgical services
• Pediatric transplant care
• Pediatric diagnostic imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated from providing pediatric healthcare services including outpatient consultations, inpatient care, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, and specialized treatments. Revenue flows through insurance reimbursements, government health programs (Medicaid), and direct patient payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Comer Children's Hospital provides comprehensive pediatric healthcare services including inpatient care, outpatient specialty consultations, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, emergency care, pediatric heart transplantation, and epilepsy and neurodevelopmental care for children from birth through age 18. As part of UChicago Medicine, the hospital also develops pediatric-specific AI tools supporting early diagnosis, medical imaging analysis, transplant matching, and virtual health assistance, and conducts clinical research and trials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Specialty Care Specialty medical consultations, treatment, and ongoing management for pediatric patients (birth through 18 years) across multiple subspecialties, delivered by UChicago Medicine physicians and care teams. Intended for families whose children require specialty expertise beyond primary or community pediatric care.
• Pediatric Surgical Services Surgical procedures for children including complex and specialty surgeries such as epilepsy surgery, delivered with AI-assisted referral optimization to reduce time to surgical decision-making. For pediatric patients requiring surgical intervention for conditions including epilepsy and other complex disorders.
• Pediatric Heart Transplant Program End-to-end pediatric heart transplant care, including evaluation, listing, donor-recipient matching supported by AI algorithms, surgical transplantation, and post-transplant management. Designed for children with end-stage heart disease requiring transplantation.
• Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic imaging examinations for children, supported by AI tools that assist in early diagnosis through analysis of complex pediatric medical images aggregated from multiple input sources. For pediatric patients requiring imaging-based diagnosis across a range of conditions.
• Telehealth and Virtual Urgent Care Virtual pediatric care delivered through scheduled telehealth appointments and 24/7 on-demand virtual urgent care via the MyChart patient portal. Available to existing and prospective pediatric patients and families across the service region.
• Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Assessment and Prediction Neurodevelopmental evaluation and AI-assisted prediction of neurodevelopmental deficits in pediatric patients to enable earlier intervention and personalized treatment planning. For children at risk of or presenting with neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Pediatric Clinical Trials and Research Enrollment of pediatric patients in clinical trials and access to translational research programs through the University of Chicago Medicine research infrastructure. For families seeking investigational therapies or participation in research studies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced epilepsy surgery referral times through AI optimization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cincinnati Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Collaborative relationship in developing innovative AI solutions for pediatric care. Both hospitals are mentioned as developing AI tools for early diagnosis, imaging, administrative tasks, and virtual health assistants tailored to pediatric needs. This partnership represents a network of leading children's hospitals working to address unique challenges in pediatric AI implementation.
• Akron Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Collaborative relationship in developing AI solutions for pediatric healthcare alongside Comer Children's and Cincinnati Children's. Akron Children's is working on similar pediatric AI initiatives including early diagnosis and specialized treatment applications.
• UChicago MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerComer Children's Hospital is an integral part of the UChicago Medicine academic medical center network. The hospital leverages UChicago Medicine's resources, research capabilities, and infrastructure to deliver advanced pediatric care and develop AI solutions for children's health.

Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Cincinnati Children's is a direct peer and named co-development partner for pediatric AI tools. It is a top-ranked academic children's hospital with similar specialty depth in neurology, cardiology, and transplant services, and comparable scale to Comer.
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Lurie is the other major children's hospital in Chicago, offering directly overlapping pediatric specialty services, residency programs, and referral catchment. It competes head-to-head with Comer for Chicago-area pediatric patients and specialist talent.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Based in Columbus, Nationwide Children's is a comparable-sized academic pediatric hospital with strong research output and AI/data science initiatives including pediatric genomics and predictive analytics.
• Akron Children's Hospital: Akron Children's is a named co-development partner for pediatric AI and offers comparable pediatric specialty services across northeast Ohio. It is a direct collaboration peer on AI tool development.

Broad incumbents

• Boston Children's Hospital: Boston Children's is the largest and consistently top-ranked pediatric hospital in the U.S., with a much broader research footprint and AI initiatives. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Comer for complex pediatric referrals nationally.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): CHOP is a leading academic pediatric hospital with deep specialty programs and a growing AI/ML research portfolio. It competes with Comer for complex pediatric cases and pediatric AI talent.
• Texas Children's Hospital: Texas Children's is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the U.S., affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, and operates active pediatric AI initiatives. It competes for national specialty referrals and pediatric AI research grants.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is a large pediatric health system with multiple hospital campuses and an affiliated pediatric research center. It competes regionally and has comparable specialty breadth to Comer.
• Children's National Hospital: Children's National in Washington, D.C. is a major academic pediatric hospital with active AI and pediatric innovation programs. It competes with Comer for complex specialty referrals on the East Coast.

Emerging players

• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford: Lucile Packard is an academic children's hospital affiliated with Stanford with significant AI/ML capability through Stanford's computer science programs. It represents an emerging competitive threat in pediatric AI research and tool development.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uchicagomed
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/university-of-chicago-medicine

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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