Overview of Clinical
Sites
The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical
Center
Cook County Hospital
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Lutheran General
Hospital
Mercy Hospital
and Medical Center
Michael Reese
Hospital
Illinois Masonic
Medical Center
St. Francis
Hospital
VA Chicago Health
Care System\West Side Division
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The
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
The 430-bed University of Illinois Hospital and its outpatient diagnostic and
specialty clinics serve as the primary teaching facilities for the UIC College
of Medicine. The eight-story inpatient facility, dedicated in 1980, houses some
of the most advanced technology available today. Patient care programs encompass
the whole spectrum of health services, with a medical staff comprising recognized
leaders in a variety of specialties. A new 200,000 square-foot ambulatory service
building began service in 1999. The University Hospital and Clinics lead the
country in the application of information technology to healthcare record-keeping
and information flow. All patient records are accessible electronically to the
care-givers in both inpatient and outpatient environments.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center serves as a referral site
for the seriously ill throughout the state, the U.S., and other countries. Physicians
perform more than 10,000 outpatient and inpatient surgeries each year. Patient
visits to the emergency department average 40,000 annually, and physician office
and clinic visits number 390,000 each year, and the house staff admits over
17,000 patients a year to the Hospital.
The campus has many additional healthcare resources. The Lions of Illinois Eye
Research Institute, the Light House for the Blind, and the Eye and Ear Infirmary
make this a major statewide referral center for eye disease. Schools of Pharmacy,
Public Health, and Dentistry, Nursing, and Allied Health Professions also grace
the campus.
The diverse patient population allows the University of Illinois at Chicago
to fulfill its commitment to the community and help foster a vital health care
institution. Referrals for the variety of quaternary programs attract patients
from around the world.
Core Clerkships: Family Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Surgery
Cook
County Hospital
Cook County Hospital is an acute-care facility with 460 beds. The hospital,
which was established in 1855 for the treatment and isolation of cholera patients,
now admits approximately 40,000 patients per year, and treats more than 154,000
patients in the emergency department and more than 600,000 patients in the outpatient
clinics annually. Cook County Hospital cares for more than one-third of all
AIDS patients in Chicago and 75 percent of the women infected with HIV (one
in nine has AIDS). Cook County Hospital delivers 40 percent of all trauma care
in Chicago. The mission of Cook County Hospital is to provide health care to
the poor and medically indigent.
Cook County Hospital has introduced many innovations in patient care, and its
special facilities are internationally recognized. The first blood bank in the
United States was established at Cook County Hospital. The hospital's Trauma
Unit, the first in the nation, serves as the model and center for a statewide
system of emergency care. The Sumner Koch Burn Center, one of the largest in
the country, is housed at the facility in addition to the Neonatal Unit, one
of the nation's finest. Cook County Hospital also operates its own heliport
so that critically ill patients can receive swift and specialized intensive
care. The hospital will be moving into its new state-of-the-art facility in
the fall of 2002.
Core Clerkships: Surgery
Advocate
Christ Medical Center
One of the largest hospitals in metropolitan Chicago, Oak Lawn's Christ Medical
Center is a 764-bed teaching, research, and referral hospital. Christ has a
Level I trauma center that serves approximately 33,000 inpatients, 65,000 emergency
patients, and 180,000 outpatients each year. More than 700 physicians representing
more than 60 specialties and subspecialties comprise the hospital's comprehensive
medical staff. Many of these physicians have an extensive history of successful
participation in medical education, providing instruction to both medical students
and residents in Christ Medical Center's post-graduate training programs.
Christ Medical Center offers or participates in accredited residency programs
in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, neurology, obstetrics
and gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiology, general surgery, trauma
surgery, and urology. In addition, the hospital offers accredited fellowships
in adult and pediatric cardiology as well as pediatric critical care.
A major medical resource for the Chicago area, Christ Medical Center's strengths
include its programs in cardiac care, obstetric care, oncology, pediatrics,
and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Christ Medical Center is the leading
provider of preventative and interventional cardiovascular services for adults
and children in southwest metropolitan Chicago. The hospital's Heart Institute
for Children, staffed by world-renowned physicians, operates one of the two
outstanding pediatric cardiovascular programs in the state.
Christ Medical Center opened
its new Imaging Center in September 2000. This $19 million facility is equipped
with state-of-the-art equipment and computerized filmless radiological technology.
Hope Children's Hospital, a new $25 million children's hospital, opened on the
Oak Lawn campus in November 1996. This 60-bed facility accommodates the needs
of the critically and chronically ill children at the hospital.
Christ Medical Center is owned and managed by Advocate Health Care, one of the
largest health care providers in metropolitan Chicago with more than 3,800 physicians
providing care at 180 sites throughout the area.
Core Clerkships: Family Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatric,
and Surgery
Lutheran
General Hospital
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, is a 609-bed teaching,
research and tertiary care hospital, Level I trauma and one of the largest hospitals
in the Chicago area. Lutheran General is the only hospital in the greater north
and northwest suburban region of Chicago that has been repeatedly selected as
one of the nation's best hospitals and one of the top 15 major teaching institutions
in the country. In addition, Lutheran General is rated among the top 50 hospitals
in the U.S. for its medical excellence and advanced treatment capabilities in
cardiovascular services, cancer care, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, and
other specialties.
The medical staff includes
1,000 physicians, many of whom have distinguished themselves throughout Chicago
and the nation as clinicians, teachers, and leaders in the health care industry.
Together with more than 4,100 hospital employees, these physicians provide services
to 30,000 inpatients, 48,000 emergency patients, and 190,000 outpatients each
year.
The hospital's dedication to medical education and research is reflected in
its position as the largest independent academic medical center in the state
and its long-term academic and teaching affiliation with the University of Illinois.
Lutheran General is proud to graduate more primary care physicians than any
other non-university medical center in Illinois. Residency programs are offered
in medicine, pediatrics, family practice, surgery, psychiatry, emergency medicine,
obstetrics/gynecology, and pathology. Fellowships include geriatrics, gastrenterolgoy,
cardiology, pediatric critical care, neonatal, and child psychiatry.
Lutheran General is home to Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital, one
of the most comprehensive providers of pediatric care in the state, treating
more than 3,500 inpatients and 100,000 outpatients annually. It is the only
children's hospital in the northwest suburban Chicago region, and is a major
regional referral center for a broad range of infant and pediatric services,
especially for those with complex illnesses and chronic conditions. Lutheran
General Children's Hospital is one of the few pediatric trauma centers certified
the highest level in the Chicago area and also is designated as a Level III
perinatal centers. In addition, it is the location of one of the largest neonatal
intensive care units (NICU) in the region, which cares for more than 800 critically
ill newborns each year.
Lutheran General is part of Advocate Health Care, based in Oak Brook, Illinois,
which has been ranked as one of the nations' top health care systems for the
past five years. With more than 24,500 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians.
Advocate's 200 sites of care in metropolitan Chicago included eight acute care
hospitals, two children's hospitals and three affiliated medical groups.
Core Clerkships: Family Medicine, Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery
Mercy
Hospital and Medical Center
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Mercy Health System of Chicago,
was found in 1852 by the Sisters of Mercy and has the privilege of being Chicago's
first hospital. Mercy has grown in spirit and size through the past 150 years.
Along with the hospital campus, there are 18 off-site locations that provide
health services under the name Mercy Health System of Chicago. These satellite
locations are home to: Mercy Medical, our network of primary and specialty physician
services, Mercy Works, our occupational health program, and Mercy Counseling
and Rehabilitation.
Mercy's commitment to Graduate Medical Education underscores its overall emphasis
on high quality patient care. Some of Mercy's special healthcare programs meet
the special needs of the City of Chicago market we serve. Our Birthing Center
is state-of-the-art, featuring 24-hour epidural capabilities and a Special Care
Nursery staffed by a perinatologist and neonatologist. Our Diabetes Treatment
Center has developed a program to help patients with diabetes live healthfully
through education, diet, exercise, and stress management. Our cardiac care program
offers a full array of services from prevention to rehabilitation.
Mercy has great people, great physicians, and a commitment to its mission, learning,
and our 2,500 associates.
Core Clerkships: Medicine, OB/GYN, Surgery
Michael
Reese Hospital
A large, private medical center, Michael Reese Hospital offers excellent medical
care supported by a strong commitment to medical education and research. Patients
at Michael Reese come from every part of Chicago. Each year, more than 100,000
patients visit the medical center, including more than 12,000 hospital admissions,
more than 63,000 outpatient visits, and more than 27,000 emergency room cases.
With 27 buildings on 58 acres, the hospital has one of the largest campuses
in the Chicago area. There are 563 licensed beds, 587 physicians and dentists,
and 372 nurses.
Michael Reese was dedicated on October 23, 1881, and named in honor of its first
benefactor. When it opened, Michael Reese had 60 beds and five staff physicians.
Its founding credo was, and remains today, to serve all patients regardless
of religion, race, or national origin. The hospital has a long history of medical
research and today two of its buildings, one twelve floors in height and the
other five floors, are exclusively dedicated to research. Researchers at the
hospital invented the forerunner to the modern incubator for premature infants,
were pioneers in blood banking, and built the first linear accelerator to fight
cancer.
As a major healthcare facility, the hospital offers resident physicians and
medical students an opportunity to care for a broad range of patients.
Core Clerkship: Surgery
Illinois
Masonic Medical Center
Advocate North Side Health Network
Illinois Masonic Medical Center stands at the heart of Chicago's most diverse
community – a crossroads of lifestyles, economic classes, ethnic groups,
and ages. It was in this Lakeview neighborhood, in 1921, that the Illinois Masonic
Hospital Association purchased the former Chicago Union Hospital. Originally,
the goal was to provide medical care for sick and injured Masons and their families.
As the founder's mission of community service grew, the Masons were prompted
to offer services to the people of the surrounding area as well. And so it became
the mission of the Illinois Masonic Medical Center to improve the health of
our patients and the community we serve – to serve all the people.
Almost eight decades later, our doors remain open to anyone who needs medical
care. With approximately 1,000 physicians, almost 200 doctors obtaining postgraduate
training, and 3,300 employees, Illinois Masonic serves more than 22, 000 inpatients,
387,000 outpatients, and 35,000 emergency patients each year.
On November 3, 2000, Illinois Masonic Medical Center was acquired by Advocate
Healthcare. As a result, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Advocate
Ravenswood Hospital and Medical Center were merged to form the Advocate North
Side Health Network.
Core Clerkships: Family Medicine, Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, and Surgery
St.
Francis Hospital
St. Francis Hospital has cared for people on the North Side of Chicago and North
Shore suburbs for one hundred years. It is a community teaching hospital with
about 280 beds. The Hospital admits almost 15,000 people, treats 36,000 people
in its emergency department, and has more than 200,000 outpatient visits each
year.
The Hospital provides a wide range of care in all major clinical specialties
except for transplantations. It is especially known for its expertise in cardiac
care and in cancer care. St. Francis' location allows it to serve a socioeconomically
and ethnically diverse patient population with a fascinating mix of illnesses.
Students can work with residents in Internal Medicine, Obstetrics-Gynecology,
Diagnostic Radiology and Family Practice programs based at St. Francis as well
as General Surgery and Emergency Medicine residencies integrated with other
University affiliates. Students also have close and frequent faculty contact
with a distinguished group of clinician-teachers. Clinical facilities use both
standard and advanced technology. Many electives here will permit students to
spend time in offices or facilities outside the Hospital in order to get a flavor
of medicine as it is practiced in the community.
Core Clerkships: Medicine, OB/GYN, and Surgery