Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs)
The PEHSU program was designed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to promote children's health by encouraging medical specialists with environmental expertise to work collaboratively with pediatricians to develop pediatric environmental medical expertise and to improve the ability of locally practicing health care providers and parents to access this expertise.
Starting in 1998, through a partnership with the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, 3 pilot units were established. In partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the program has grown to include a national network of 11 operating units.
Region 1 (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut)
Children's Hospital Boston
http://www.childrenshospital.org/
Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
http://www.mssm.edu/cpm/peds_environ.shtml
Region 3 (Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia)
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE)
http://www.health-e-kids.org/
Region 4 (Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida)
Southeast Region, Emory University
http://www.sph.emory.edu/PEHSU/
Region 5 (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio)
Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health
http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/kids/
Region 6 (New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana)
Southwest Center Pediatric Environmental Health
http://research.uthct.edu/swcpeh/
Region 7 (Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri)
Midwest Regional Pediatric Environmental Health Center
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/pediatricenvironmentalhealth/index.html
Region 8 (Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado)
Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
http://www.rmrpehsu.org/
Region 9 (California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa)
University of California, San Francisco and Irvine
no website available
Region 10 (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska)
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
http://depts.washington.edu/oemp/grants/PEHSU.html
Canada: Paediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Misericordia Community Hospital and Health Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
http://www.caritas.ab.ca/Hospitals/misericordia.htm
Mexico: Pediatric Environmental Health Clinic, Cuernavaca, Mexico
