Lilly Immergluck, MD, MS
Lilly Immergluck, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics
Specialties
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatrics
Locations
- Chicago - Comer Children's Hospital
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Lily Immergluck. I am in the section of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases. I am a Professor of Pediatrics. I'm a General Pediatrician and a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist. Honestly, I think I chose to become a physician because it seemed a career that allowed me to take care of others for a living, and also to hear other people's story and understand how I might be able to help them.
I was born in Chicago, and Chicago feels like home base for me. I appreciate the mission of this children's hospital. I think it emphasizes family care. Even though I'm a pediatrician, I believe that in order to advocate and care for children, you have to understand the family or the caregivers that are a part of that child's life. I am really grateful for all of the clinical trials and research that I've been in that made me aware of, what is the basic scientific question we want to ask here?
The second thing that's been really impactful for me professionally has been being a part of the US COVID Prevention Network. I served as the Principal Investigator in our role in this network, which allowed us to vaccinate millions of people and prevent many deaths as a result of the work that came out of these trials.
The philosophy of care for me really is lead with compassion. That sounds simple, but yet I think to lead with compassion, one has to think about and listen to their families and patients and then think about, how can I provide them the care with grace, with kindness, and humility?
I try to share that with the medical students and residents and fellows, that I'm a part of their educational process, because the reason I'm still in academic medicine is because I hope to contribute to the next generation of physicians and physician scientists. And I'm hoping that they can walk away and learn how to always lead with compassion.
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Specialties
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Pediatrics
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Morehouse School of Medicine
Internship
- University of Chicago Pediatric Residency Program
Residency
- University of Chicago Pediatric Residency Program
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medical Center; Pediatric Scientist Development Program
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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