Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira - IPPMG

What Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira - IPPMG does

IPPMG (Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira) is a federal public pediatric institute affiliated with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), located on the Cidade Universitária campus (Ilha do Fundão) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It operates as a specialized pediatric teaching hospital within Brazil's universal public healthcare system (SUS), delivering inpatient care, outpatient consultations, emergency services, pediatric surgery, complementary exams, and multiprofessional care for children and adolescents. Its patient base is accessed through the national healthcare regulation system (SISREG) and the institution's internal regulation (NIR), with services provided at no direct cost to patients.

Beyond clinical care, IPPMG functions as an academic institution, running accredited medical residency programs in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, a multiprofessional residency, and the strict academic Master's program PPGSMI in Maternal and Child Health. Research infrastructure includes a Research Ethics Committee (CEP), a REDCap-based data management platform (https://redcap.ippmg.ufrj.br/), the Asdrubal Costa library with Capes Portal remote access, and the academic journal 'Jornal Puericultura e Pediatria'. The institution's funding comes entirely from federal government allocations (Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health), SUS service reimbursements, and academic research grants; revenue is not publicly disclosed and there are no private investors, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or external funding rounds. With a reported 60 direct employees and no leadership changes, M&A, or restructuring documented in the input, IPPMG is a stable, publicly-owned academic healthcare institution operating within the Brazilian federal university hospital framework.

Name

Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira - IPPMG

Legal name

Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira

Website

https://ippmg.ufrj.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IPPMG is a federal public pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It delivers pediatric healthcare through SUS and trains medical residents and Master's students in child health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric University Hospital & Academic Medical Institution

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAJAG

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Women’s & Children’s Health Providers

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare services
• Medical residency training
• Academic pediatric research
• University hospital pediatrics
• Public health education

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare System (SUS): As a federal public institution, IPPMG is funded through government allocations from Brazil's Ministry of Health and SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde). Revenue comes from public healthcare budgets, academic research grants, and government education funding.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IPPMG operates a pediatric university hospital under Brazil's public health system (SUS), delivering inpatient, outpatient, emergency, surgical, and multiprofessional care to children and adolescents. It concurrently runs medical residency programs in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, an academic Master's in Maternal and Child Health (PPGSMI), and research services backed by an Ethics Committee and REDCap data infrastructure.

Product overview

IPPMG is a pediatric institute affiliated with UFRJ that operates as a healthcare services provider combined with an academic institution. Its offerings include pediatric healthcare services (inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and complementary exams), medical residency programs in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, an academic master's program in Maternal and Child Health (PPGSMI), research infrastructure including ethics committee and REDCap data management, library services, and an academic journal. The institution functions as a unified healthcare-academic ecosystem rather than a traditional product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Healthcare Services (Assistance) Comprehensive pediatric healthcare services for children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, including inpatient care, outpatient consultations, emergency services, complementary exams, and multiprofessional care. Patients access services through the SUS referral system (SISREG) or internal regulation (NIR).
• Medical Residency Programs (Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery) Specialized medical residency programs in Pediatrics (and clinical specialties) and Pediatric Surgery, providing clinical training and research exposure to physicians. Candidates are admitted through public selection processes (processos seletivos/editais).
• Academic Master's Degree in Maternal and Child Health (PPGSMI) Academic Master's program (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Mulher e da Criança) with research lines in child health, maternal health, and epidemiology. Provides postgraduate education and dissertation research training.
• Research Services and Ethics Committee (CEP) Research infrastructure providing ethics review for research projects, REDCap-based data management, and dissertation defense proceedings. Serves researchers and academic collaborators in pediatric health.
• Library Services (Biblioteca Asdrubal Costa) Institutional library services including catalog preparation and standardization, consultation and lending, remote access to the Capes Portal, and the Biblioteca Viva em Hospitais program. Serves students, residents, researchers, and staff.
• Jornal Puericultura e Pediatria (Academic Journal) Academic peer-reviewed journal publishing research in childcare and pediatrics, hosted on the UFRJ journals platform. Serves the pediatric research community.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPPMG is a specialized institute affiliated with UFRJ's Health Sciences Center (CCS/UFRJ). The institution operates as an integral part of UFRJ's academic healthcare ecosystem, combining pediatric healthcare delivery with teaching and research activities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hospital Pequeno Príncipe: Largest pediatric hospital in Brazil, located in Curitiba, providing tertiary pediatric care combined with teaching and research — a direct operational and mission parallel to IPPMG.
• Hospital Sabará: Pediatric reference hospital in São Paulo focused on tertiary and quaternary pediatric care, closely comparable in service mix and pediatric specialization even though operated under a non-profit model.
• Hospital de Criança de Brasília José Alencar: Public pediatric hospital in the Federal District serving as a reference center for child healthcare, sharing IPPMG's public-sector and reference-center operating profile.
• Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto (UERJ): Federal state university hospital affiliated with UERJ in Rio de Janeiro, providing a directly comparable model of academic-public hospital integration within the same metropolitan area.

Broad incumbents

• Boston Children's Hospital: Harvard-affiliated pediatric academic medical center combining pediatric tertiary care, research, and training — the global benchmark for the type of integrated pediatric mission IPPMG pursues.
• Hospital de Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP: Major university hospital complex affiliated with USP providing tertiary care, teaching, and research — overlapping with IPPMG's mission but at substantially larger scale and broader specialty scope.
• Hospital São Paulo / UNIFESP: Federal university teaching hospital affiliated with UNIFESP, comparable as a public academic hospital combining care, teaching, and research — though broader than IPPMG's pediatric focus.

Regional players

• Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez: Leading public pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, offering an internationally comparable pediatric tertiary-care and academic model though operating under a different national healthcare system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ippmgufrj
• Facebookfacebook.com/ippmg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-de-puericultura-e-pediatria-martag%C3%A3o-gesteira---ippmg
• Instagraminstagram.com/ippmg.ufrj

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M&A

Investments

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