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The
Department of Family Medicine and Centers
 Located
on the University campus, the Department includes
25 board-certified family physicians, behavioral
science and research faculty, and a large professional
educational staff. The Department is the base for
the College of Medicine's required Family Medicine
clerkship for medical students. Family Medicine faculty also participate in many other
College of Medicine courses. The Department operates two centers:
the Family Medicine Center,
and the Mile
Square Health Center.
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The Model
Family Practice Centers There are two family medicine centers,
the Family Medicine Center and Mile Square Health Center. They both play an integral
part in the training of our residents. Together, they provide the settings for residents
during their three years of training. Their differences complement each other,
providing a combination of training in both a predominately insured population and
a primarily underserved urban environment.
The Family
Medicine Center at University Village 
Located at 722 W. Maxwell Street, this center serves a diverse population, and sees largely working-age adults, students and their dependents. It provides an extensive
array of services, including adult medicine; obstetrics; gynecology; pediatrics;
geriatrics; occupational medicine; sports medicine; wellness promotion; and disease prevention. Residents, attending physicians, family nurse practitioners, doctors of
pharmacy, and a social worker collaborate to deliver comprehensive family care. The
Center sees over 30,000 patients annually in a state-of-the-art, all electronic
facility.
Mile
Square Health Center
 Located less
than a mile off campus, Mile Square serves Chicago's Near West Side, an economically challenged urban community. The population includes many families
with young children, as well as a substantial geriatric population with multiple chronic health needs. The team approach is also evident at Mile Square,
where a variety of health care professionals work with the physicians to provide true community-oriented primary care.
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University
of Illinois Hospital
 University
of Illinois Hospital is a state-of-the-art, 540
bed hospital dedicated in 1980. It is home to residencies
in virtually every medical and surgical specialty.
Family Medicine residents complete the majority of their rotations here.
During the PGY1 level, on in-patient rotations, they
participate in the call schedule of the service,
working as equals side-by-side with their fellow
residents from other departments. In the PGY1, PGY2,
and PGY3 levels, our residents work on the Family
Medicine inpatient service; patients here are admitted and
managed by Family Medicine faculty and residents;
other specialties serve mainly in the consultant
role, thus modeling private practice.
Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs (JBVA) Medical Center
Located on the west side of
campus, JBVA is a 435 bed medical center that serves
as one of the University's primary teaching sites
for medical students, residents, and other health
professions. Family Medicine residents spend about 20% of their
rotations at JBVA, including general surgery, where
residents not only follow inpatients, but also rotate
through the busy surgical emergency department.
Affiliated
Hospitals
Other Chicago-area hospitals
affiliated with the University of Illinois include
Michael Reese Hosptial and Advocate Christ Hospital. These sites
are readily available for resident electives.
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