Lurie Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center celebrates opening in Schaumburg

Local officials welcomed the opening of the Lurie Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center in Schaumburg Tuesday acknowledging its potential affect on the community as well as the region.

“This $60 million, 75,000-square-foot investment is not only a milestone for Lurie Children’s, but also for Schaumburg and the Northwest suburbs,” Mayor Tom Dailly said. “With more than 60,000 patient visits expected in its first year, this center will provide world-class pediatric specialty care, diagnostic services and rehabilitation right here in our community and the entire suburban area.”

He noted a unique feature is its Ambulatory Infusion Center, which opened about a month earlier, and is the first in the Chicago area specifically serving pediatric patients outside of a hospital.

The center goes fully operational Wednesday.

Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg said many of those who will visit the center, and avoid a longer trip to Chicago, are cancer patients. About 55% of all the children served by Lurie are Medicaid patients, he added.

Krishnamoorthi said the revenue stream Lurie Children’s counted on when the facility broke ground in the spring of 2024 will be reduced by the effect of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” on Medicaid. Furthermore, tax credits under former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act are soon set to expire, he noted.

The congressman told those attending Tuesday’s grand opening the political will of the people was needed to restore those tax credits and Medicaid funding.

“Everyone should be able to walk through these doors and access care,” Krishnamoorthi said. “Let’s all work together to make sure more people can use this space in the future than are currently slated to do so.”

Dailly said the center’s prime location at Interstate 90 and Roselle Road will reinforce Schaumburg’s growing role as a hub for health care innovation in addition to creating more than 80 new jobs itself.

Schaumburg Economic Development Director Matt Frank said the outpatient center is a good example of the “medtail” trend in commercial real estate. These are medical facilities that emulate the traditional role of retail in attracting potential customers for a wide variety of goods and services to an area.

Construction took roughly 14 months to complete.

Tom Shanley, president and CEO of Lurie Children’s Hospital, said opening this facility was the health system’s biggest move since opening the main hospital in downtown Chicago. He touted the newly formed relationship with the village.

“We couldn’t feel more welcomed to a community than you’ve made us feel,” he told Schaumburg government and business officials.

Shanley added that Newsweek had just ranked Lurie Children’s 5th on its 2026 list of the world’s best specialized hospitals for pediatrics.