University of Chicago Medical Center
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Emergency department | Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center | ||||||||||||||
Beds | 811 | ||||||||||||||
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Helipad | FAA LID: 4IS3 | ||||||||||||||
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Public transit access | Hospitals in U.S. |
The University of Chicago Medical Center (UChicago Medicine) is a nationally ranked academic medical center located in
History
The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, one of the nation's leading academic medical institutions, was founded in 1927 when it first opened to patients. Today, it comprises
In 1988, The University of Chicago Medicine decided to close its adult trauma center. At the time, the decision was made because the trauma center was losing a large amount of money and taking away resources from other specialties.[4]
University of Chicago Medicine physicians are members of The University of Chicago Physicians Group, which includes about 900 physicians and covers the full array of medical and surgical specialties. The physicians are faculty members of the Pritzker School of Medicine.
These organizations are headed by Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine, and executive vice president for medical affairs at The University of Chicago.[5]
Between 2005 and 2009, former
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The Center for Care and Discovery (CCD) opened in 2013 and to date serves as the flagship hospital for UChicago Medicine.[11] The 10-story facility has 436 beds in all private rooms, 52 intensive care beds, 9 suites for advanced imaging and interventional procedures and 23 operating rooms designed to accommodate hybrid and robotic procedures.
In December 2015, the university announced that it would be restarting the level 1 adult trauma center at the hospital.[12] Furthermore, the university announced plans to expand The University of Chicago Medical Center. The center now includes 188 additional beds and has increased the hospital to its biggest size since the 1970s. The expansion was in response to an increased demand for bed space, as the medical center had been operating near capacity.[13][14]
On December 29, 2017, a new adult emergency room connected to the Center for Care and Discovery opened for patient care. On May 1, 2018, the new Level 1 trauma center officially opened.[15] The center is expected to serve between 2,700 and 4,000 patients a year and is the South Side's first Level I trauma center since the late 1980s. The remainder of the expansion is expected to be finished by 2022.
As of 2019,
Composition
University of Chicago Medicine consists of:
- Center for Care and Discovery, the primary adult inpatient care facility (opened in 2013 at a cost of $700 million)
- Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital, adult inpatient care facility which houses the Burn and Complex Wound Center
- Comer Children's Hospital, including the university's Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center
- University of Chicago Medicine Family Birth Center, a maternity and women's hospital
- Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, an outpatient care facility
- Pritzker School of Medicine
- The Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery (KCBD)
- The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center (in the main campus and other locations)[16]
- UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial, Harvey, Illinois
- UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Calumet City
- UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Crestwood
- UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Flossmoor
- UChicago Medicine Outpatient Center at Ingalls - Harvey
- UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - South Holland
- UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Tinley Park
- UChicago Medicine at Ingalls -
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth - Bolingbrook
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth - Glendale Heights
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth - Hinsdale
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth - La Grange
- regional physician offices located throughout the Chicago area
Recognition
The 2010 rankings by U.S. News & World Report included the following 11 adult medical specialties: digestive disorders (6), cancer (15), endocrinology (18), kidney disease (21), respiratory disorders (21),
References
- ^ "Overview & Facts at a Glance - UChicago Medicine". uchicagomedicine.org. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "The History of UChicago Medicine - UChicago Medicine". uchicagomedicine.org. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Our Nobel Laureates". University of Chicago Medicine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "History of trauma center closing". chicagomaroon.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "About the University of Chicago Medicine". University of Chicago Medicine website. University of Chicago Medicine. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Michelle Obama appointed vice president for community and external affairs at the University of Chic - UChicago Medicine". uchicagomedicine.org. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ "Michelle Obama resigns position at University of Chicago Medical Center". University of Chicago News. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ Erbentraut, Joseph (2014-05-20). "Why This Hospital Turned A 18-Year-Old Away After He Was Shot". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Center for Care and Discovery - Hyde Park - UChicago Medicine". uchicagomedicine.org. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "University Of Chicago Medicine Opens New Trauma Center". 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "UChicago Medicine's bold expansion plan moves forward - The University of Chicago Medicine". uchospitals.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ^ Tribune, Chicago. "State approves U. of C. hospital expansion, adding South Side trauma center". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- ^ Olumhense, Lisa Schencker and Ese. "University of Chicago's new trauma center opens, with cautious optimism". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
- ^ "Cancer - UChicago Medicine". uchicagomedicine.org.
- ^ "America's Best Hospitals 2007: University of Chicago Medical Center". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.