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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF EVEREST HEALTHCARE SERVICES CORPORATION
NAME OF SUBSIDIARY JURISDICTION
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Acute Extracorporeal Services, L.L.C. Delaware
Con-Med Supply Company, Inc. Illinois
Continental Health Care, Ltd. Illinois
Dialysis Services of Cincinnati, Inc. Ohio
Dialysis Specialists of Marietta, Ltd. Ohio
Dialysis Specialists of Northeast Ohio, Ltd. Ohio
Dialysis Specialists of Topeka, Inc. Kansas
Dialysis Specialists of Tulsa, Inc. Oklahoma
DuPage Dialysis Ltd. Illinois
Everest Healthcare Indiana, Inc. Indiana
Everest Healthcare Ohio, Inc. Ohio
Everest Healthcare Texas Holding Corp. Delaware
Everest Healthcare Texas, L.P. Delaware
Everest Management, Inc. Delaware
Everest New York Holdings, Inc. New York
Everest One IPA, Inc. New York
Everest Two IPA, Inc. New York
Everest Three IPA, Inc. New York
Extracorporeal Alliance, L.L.C. Delaware
Home Dialysis of America, Inc. Arizona
Home Dialysis of Eastgate, Inc. Ohio
Home Dialysis of Mt. Auburn, Inc. Ohio
Mercy Dialysis Center, Inc. Wisconsin
New York Dialysis Management, Inc. New York
North Buckner Dialysis Center, Inc. Delaware
Northern New Jersey Dialysis, L.L.C. Delaware
Perfusion Resource Association, L.L.C. Delaware
Perfusion Support Services, L.L.C. Delaware
Saint Margaret Mercy Dialysis Centers, L.L.C. Illinois
Terrell Dialysis Center, L.L.C. Delaware
Tri-State Perfusion, L.L.C. Delaware
WSKC Dialysis Services, Inc. Illinois
