Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Prentice Women's Hospital |
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), in partnership with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, is a
nationally recognized academic medical center and a major Midwest referral center with more than 1,554 physicians
representing virtually every clinical specialty. Patient accommodations include 873 licensed beds between Northwestern
Memorial and Prentice Women's Hospital.
Northwestern Memorial encompasses nearly three million square-feet of hospital space. This includes the 17-story
inpatient Feinberg Pavilion, the 22-story outpatient Galter Pavilion and the new 17-story, facility which houses the
relocated Prentice Women's Hospital. With over one million square feet under roof, the Prentice Women Hospital is home to
the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center which is the largest comprehensive breast center in the Midwest. The Prentice
is dedicated to women's health through all stages of life, including obstetrics, gynecology, oncology and women's
cardiovascular health.
NMH is the main site where pathology residents receive training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. The surgical
pathology gross room was renovated in 2009, and includes eight state of the art grossing stations.
Specimens from operating rooms on the Northwestern campus are handled in this gross room.
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Prentice Women's Hospital
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Children's Memorial Hospital (CMH) |
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Children's Memorial Hospital is licensed for 270 beds, with nearly 1,100 pediatric specialists in more than 70 specialties. CMH had more than
462,000 inpatient and outpatient patient encounters - from 32 countries and all 50 states - in 2008. Among all hospitals
in Chicago's seven-county metropolitan area, CMH rank #1 in volume for nearly every pediatric medical and surgical
specialty.
CMH has served as the pediatric training hospital for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine for more
than 60 years. Pathology residents rotate in Anatomic and clinical pathology including cytogenetics at CMH. Currently
located in Lincoln Park, CMH will relocate to the NMH campus in Streeterville when the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's
Hospital of Chicago is completed in 2012.
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Children's Memorial Hospital
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Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center |
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The Lurie Cancer Center was established at Northwestern University in 1974. In 1989 Ann and Robert H. Lurie made a
commitment to endow an institution dedicated to research and advancement in the battle against cancer and the Cancer
Center was dedicated as the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University in October 1991. The Lurie Cancer
Center is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an exclusive alliance of 21 of the nation's
leading cancer centers.
What is a "Comprehensive Cancer Center"?
In 1971, the National Cancer Act called for the creation of Cancer centers of excellence throughout the United States.
The Lurie Cancer Center was designated as a "comprehensive" cancer center in 1998.
To gain a "comprehensive" designation (the highest ranking given by the National Cancer Institute), a center must meet
specific criteria:
- Strong basic laboratory and clinical cancer research and the translational research that forms the bridge between them
- Innovative cancer treatments involving clinical trials
- Cancer prevention and control programs
- Training and education of health care professionals
- Cancer information services
- Community outreach and education
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University is proud to be one of only two comprehensive
cancer centers in Illinois, as designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Pathology residents may work with faculty members of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern
University in addition to members of the Department of Pathology and others to conduct research. Resources available
through the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center are particularly valuable to candidates in the PSTP program.
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Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
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Galter Health Sciences Library |
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The Galter Health Sciences Library is located on the Chicago campus of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern
University. The library offers state of the art references material, including an electronic database, for members of the
Northwestern community.
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Montgomery Ward Building
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The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office |
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Pathology residents at NMH rotate at the Cook County Medical Examiner's (ME) Office to receive training in forensic
pathology. Information at the ME's office indicates that more than 18,000 deaths are reported to their office annually.
Six thousand of the reported deaths are accepted for investigation. The office performs about 5,200 autopsies each year.
The medical examiner's office is located at:
2121 W. Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 666-0500
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