University of Chicago Medical Center
The only Illinois hospital ever to be named in U.S. News and World Report's list of Best Hospitals in America - ranking number 18 - University of Chicago Medical Center is both a renowned teaching hospital and an excellent research facility. Widely-recognized as the birthplace of chemotherapy, U of C Medical Center was also home to the first bone marrow transplant, performed in the late 1940s.
Founded in the 1920s, the medical center now boasts a staff of nearly 800 physicians, all of whom serve as faculty members at the highly-regarded Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
The Cancer Center at U of C Medical Center is just one of two in Illinois that are designated by the National Cancer Institute and the department is consistently ranked as one of the top cancer care facilities in the U.S. It has 150 cancer specialists on staff who are versed in treating even the rarest cancers, including mesothelioma. As a matter of fact, pioneering researchers at this medical center have been studying mesothelioma for more than two decades.
The staff looks at each new patient individually and doctors organize a multi-disciplinary team to help address all aspects of the disease including oncologists, radiation therapists, surgical oncologists, nurses, and other support staff. And because the University of Chicago Medical Center is a teaching hospital, it's involved in a number of cutting-edge therapies, which means that patients here are often able to avail themselves of new treatments before they become available elsewhere.
The hospital also has an excellent Cancer Resource Center, which provides a plethora of information about the disease for patients and their families or caregivers. Social workers are on hand to help patients locate additional resources in their local area which may help make the fight against cancer easier for them and their loved ones.
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The University of Chicago Medical Center 5841 S. Maryland Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 1-888-UCH-0200