As a perinatal center-the most advanced designation available in Illinois-Illinois Masonic has the medical expertise to care for the highest risk moms and the most critically ill babies around the clock. Neonatologists and a multidisciplinary team of nurses, respiratory and physical therapists provide premature and newborn infants with treating such problems as immature lungs, birth anomalies, severe infections and respiratory failure. Nurses in the 10-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and 16-bed intermediate care unit provide technologically advanced care that assists the infants to grow at a healthy rate.