About Loyola

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Loyola Medicine is a regional, academic health system based in Chicago’s western suburbs and a member of Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic health systems. Our system includes Loyola University Medical Center, a nationally ranked academic medical center with 547 licensed beds in Maywood; Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a 235-bed community hospital in Melrose Park; MacNeal Hospital, a 349-bed community hospital in Berwyn; Loyola Medical Group, a team of primary care and specialty care physicians at over 15 Chicago-area locations; and a large ambulatory network of clinics throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties offering primary and specialty care. Loyola trains the next generation of caregivers through teaching programs for more than 520 residents and 2,400 students, allied health professionals, paramedics and chaplains each year.

About Loyola

Loyola University Medical Center

The Loyola University Medical Center campus is home to renowned centers of excellence, including:

Illinois’ largest Burn Center
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
American College of Surgeons Verified Level I Trauma Center
William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine
John L. Keeley, MD Emergency Department

Academic medicine

Loyola’s doctors teach at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, which is a national role model in reinventing medical education to prepare students for today's healthcare environment. Stritch is one of only four Catholic-affiliated medical schools in the nation. Loyola has more than 1,000 physician faculty members, 650 residents and fellows and 600 medical students.

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is home to a Level II Trauma Center, Loyola Medicine’s Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, an inpatient acute rehabilitation unit, and the Gottlieb Center for Fitness.

MacNeal Hospital

MacNeal Hospital is a 349-bed teaching hospital with more than 550 medical staff members in 50 specialties, advanced inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and psychiatric services, and state-of-the-art diagnostics and treatments in a convenient community setting at eight locations.

Regional outpatient centers

Loyola Medicine also offers medical specialties at several locations throughout the Chicago area. Many sites offer a comprehensive range of services in one convenient location, such as Burr Ridge, Homer Glen, Oakbrook Terrace, Orland Park, Park Ridge and Tinley Park, while others offer the convenience of having your primary care doctor close to home or immediate care nearby when you need it.

We deliver nationally ranked expertise alongside exceptional compassion. Our physicians, nurses, clinicians and entire team of caregivers fulfill our mission to treat the whole person – to “also treat the human spirit.”

Accreditation

Loyola Medicine hospitals are accredited with Full Standards Compliance from the Joint Commission and are re-evaluated every three years.

Recognition

Loyola Medicine

Loyola University Medical Center

Orthopaedics

In 2025, Loyola was named to Becker's Healthcare's 2024 list of “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Orthopedic Programs.” These programs and institutes are devoted to delivering comprehensive, compassionate care for patients experiencing musculoskeletal conditions and injuries.
Loyola was named to Becker's Healthcare's 2018 list of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Orthopaedic Programs.
In 2018, Loyola’s spine surgery and hip and knee replacement programs were recognized as Blue Distinction Centers Plus by Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Heart and vascular

Burn and trauma

Loyola has been verified as a Level 1 Trauma Center and Burn Center by the American College of Surgeons.
The Loyola Burn Center is rated by the University Health System Consortium as a “best provider” in burn care. It is one of only a few centers nationally to achieve this distinction and the only center recognized as such in Illinois, treating more than 700 patients annually.

Gastroenterology and bariatric surgery

In the 2025-2026 U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals rankings, Loyola University Medical Center was rated as high performing in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, ranking it among the top 10% in the nation.
In 2025, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois has recognized Loyola University Medical Center as a Blue Distinction® Center+ for bariatric surgery. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes.
In 2020, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) awarded its highest honor, the Julius Friedenwald Medal, to Loyola Medicine gastroenterologist Gail Hecht, MD, MS, AGAF, for her substantial contributions to the field of gastroenterology and the AGA. The Julius Friedenwald Medal, presented annually since 1941, recognizes a physician for lifelong contributions to the field of gastroenterology.

Neurology and neurosurgery

Loyola University Medical Center is certified by The Joint Commission as a comprehensive stroke center.
In 2018, for the tenth consecutive year, Loyola received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold plus achievement award. The award recognizes Loyola’s commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. In 2018, Loyola also was named to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite.
Loyola is a level 4 epilepsy center accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers for giving the highest level of care for adults and children.

Transplant

In 2025, Loyola’s blood/marrow, kidney, kidney/liver, kidney/pancreas, liver and pancreas transplant programs were designated Optum Centers of Excellence. Optum says patients who choose Optum Centers of Excellence are more likely to have a more accurate diagnosis, higher success rate, care that is planned, coordinated and provided by a team of experts who specialize in the patient’s condition, appropriate therapy, fewer complications, shorter hospital stays and decreased out-of-pocket costs.
In 2018, Loyola’s adult lung, adult heart and adult liver organ transplant programs were recognized as Blue Distinction Centers by Blue Cross Blue Shield.
In 2018, Loyola’s adult bone marrow/stem cell program was recognized as a Blue Distinction Center Plus by Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Cancer care

Becker's Hospital Review named Loyola to its 2018 list of 100 great hospitals with great oncology programs.

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

U.S. News & World Report

In the 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report list of Best Hospitals, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital was rated high performing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Awards & Recognitions

In 2026, MacNeal was recognized by Becker's Hospital Review's list of '100 great community hospitals.'
In 2025, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital was awarded Laboratory Accreditation with Exemplary Status by the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)—the highest level of recognition an electrodiagnostic (EDX) laboratory can achieve.
In fall, 2018, Gottlieb received a Leapfrog safety A grade for a third consecutive year.
In 2018, Gottlieb’s hip and knee replacement program was recognized as a Blue Distinction Center Plus by Blue Cross Blue Shield. Blue Distinction Centers are recognized for their proven expertise, efficiency, high-quality care and patient results.
Voted as the 2014 Best Teaching Site by Rosalind Franklin Medical College anesthesiology students.

MacNeal Hospital

Blue Cross/Blue Shield Blue Distinction Recognition

Blue Distinction Center designations are given to healthcare facilities that have demonstrated better overall outcomes in the delivery of specialty care.

Hip/Knee/Spine
Cardiovascular Surgery

Aetna Institute of Quality

Designated as an Aetna Institute of Quality Facility for Orthopedic Care.

Total Joint Replacement
Spine Surgery

Awards & Recognitions

Becker's Hospital Review

100 Great Community Hospitals - 2026

IBM Watson Health

Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital - 2018
Top 50 Cardiovascular - 2016

U.S. News & World Report

In the 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report list of Best Hospitals, MacNeal Hospital was rated high performing in two adult procedure and condition categories: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Stroke. In the 2014-15 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital list, MacNeal Hospital was recognized as "Best Regional Hospital" for four specialties: Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Orthopaedics and Urology.

Leapfrog Group

In fall, 2018, MacNeal received a safety A grade for second consecutive year.

American Heart Association (AHA)

Get with the Guidelines Awards
- Stroke - Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award - 2020
- Stroke - Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award - 2015

Achievements

Loyola’s Achievements

Loyola Medicine is consistently recognized for outstanding care and achieving significant milestones in advancing medicine, which we are proud to share.

Loyola was a pioneer in establishing a thriving ambulatory care network of neighborhood centers, which has become a model for health systems nationwide.

Heart and vascular care

Gastroenterology

Loyola was the first center in Chicago to offer a noninvasive alternative to colonoscopies called PillCam™ Colon 2, a capsule containing two miniature cameras on either end. After the patient ingests the capsule, it travels through the digestive tract, capturing images and wirelessly transmitting them to a recorder worn by the patient.

Cancer care

Loyola is the first medical center in the country to enroll patients in a clinical trial of a minimally invasive treatment for spinal metastases. The combination treatment delivers radiation directly to the tumor (intraoperative radiotherapy) and increases support of the spine (kyphoplasty).
Loyola was the first cancer center in the Chicago area to establish a facility to treat the “whole-person.” The Coleman Foundation Image Renewal Center offers therapeutic and salon services to meet the special needs of our cancer patients. Services include acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, exercise programs, art therapy and support groups.
Loyola is the first academic medical center in the Chicago area to offer a precise radiation treatment for prostate cancer called high dose rate (HDR) prostate brachytherapy, in which the radiation dose is delivered in just minutes and removed immediately after the treatment.
Loyola is the first center in the Midwest to offer the first effective PET/CT scan for prostate cancer patients. The scan can detect the location and extent of cancer that has recurred after initial treatment and spread to other parts of the body. Prostate PET/CT scans can detect cancer earlier than either CT scans alone or MRI scans.
In 2018, Loyola became the first center in Illinois to offer cancer patients the Paxman Scalp Cooling System to reduce the risk of chemotherapy hair loss. Before, during and after chemotherapy sessions, the patient wears a silicone cap containing a circulating coolant that reduces the temperature of the scalp by a few degrees.
The Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center became the first freestanding facility in Illinois to combine cancer research, diagnosis, treatment and prevention under one roof.

Neurosurgery and neurology

Loyola has a comprehensive brain tumor program, with experienced, multidisciplinary specialists evaluating patients on an individual basis to provide the best treatment option (surgery, radiation therapy, medication, observation).
Loyola has a nationally recognized comprehensive skull base program, with fellowship-trained teams that treat anterior and lateral skull base tumors. We are one of the highest-volume skull base centers in the Midwest, and our outcomes are amongst the best in the country. Loyola’s Center for Cranial Base Tumors is officially designated as a North American Skull Base Society Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction.
Loyola has a comprehensive spine program, covering spine deformity, degenerative disease, spine trauma, spinal oncology, and minimally invasive spine.
As a Level 1 Trauma Center, Loyola can handle traumatic brain and spine injuries with very experienced physicians.

Psychiatry

Loyola is one of the first centers in the Chicago area to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a drug-free method of treating patients with severe depression.

Transplant surgery

Loyola established the area’s first heart transplant program in 1984 and has performed more than 750 heart transplants since the program began, more than any other center in Illinois.
In 1988, Loyola was the first center in Illinois to perform a successful lung transplant and, in 1990, the first double-lung transplant. In 2009, Loyola became one of only five centers nationwide to transplant its 600th lung. Loyola set a state record in 2014, performing 51 lung transplant surgeries, the most by a single center in Illinois.
Loyola performed the first simultaneous double-lung and kidney transplant in Illinois.
Loyola is the only center in Illinois to perform five lung transplants in just over 24 hours.
Loyola performed the fastest lung transplant in Illinois; the patient went home with a new lung just 11 days after going on the waiting list.
In 2016, Loyola surgeons successfully transplanted 10 individual organs into six patients in 22 hours: Two double lung transplants, a single-lung transplant, a heart transplant a liver/kidney transplant and an innovative en bloc kidney transplant (two kidneys from a 15-month-old donor).
In 2016, Loyola performed more lung transplants and heart transplants than any other center in Illinois.
In 2017, Loyola performed its first lung transplant using a technology called ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP). The groundbreaking technology evaluates lungs before transplant, potentially increasing the supply of donor lungs.
In 2017, Loyola performed its first pancreas transplant.
A Loyola patient was the final link in the world’s longest living-donor kidney transplant chain. It involved 30 donors, 30 recipients and 17 hospitals nationwide.

Women’s health

Loyola’s Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Center became the first center of its kind in the Chicago area. Loyola offers a single location for the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment of women with pelvic floor disorders. The center has board-certified subspecialists in urogynecology, physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Loyola became the first center in Illinois to have multiple urogynecology team members fully trained in robotic-assisted surgery for treating female pelvic disorders.

Pediatrics and neonatal intensive care

The majority of Loyola’s pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) caregivers have worked in the unit for more than two decades. Their patients have included the world’s smallest surviving baby, born at 9.17 ounces in 2004, and more than 3,000 newborns who have weighed less than two pounds.
The overall survival rate of infants in Loyola’s NICU is 98%. As a Level III Perinatal Center, Loyola’s unit offers the latest technology, therapies and techniques, in addition to serving as a national model for specialized protocols and practices in the care of premature infants.
Loyola nurses staff a first-of-its-kind, integrated home-care program for premature or sick infants. The unit also provides a follow-up clinic for high-risk NICU graduates, who receive developmental screening and referral care during the first three years of life.
The pediatric mobile health unit was the first of its kind in the Midwest. This 13-ton, 40-foot health facility has treated more than 100,000 uninsured or underinsured children throughout Chicago and its suburbs.

Infection prevention

In 2024, Loyola received a renewal of its designation as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The ISDA Centers of Excellence program "recognizes institutions that have created stewardship programs led by infectious diseases physicians and ID-trained pharmacists that are of the highest quality and have achieved standards aligned with evidence-based national guidelines."
Loyola was one of the early adopters of germ-killing robots for room sanitation.
It was the first to mandate screening upon admission for the MRSA bacteria.
Loyola was one of the first centers in the area to adopt a respiratory panel that screens patients for 17 viral and three bacterial pathogens.
A trendsetting leader in infection prevention, Loyola was the first academic medical center in the region to require all employees to have an annual flu shot.
Loyola has maintained an HRSA (Ryan White)-funded multidisciplinary HIV clinic since 1991. Currently, more than 400 persons living with HIV/AIDS receive their HIV care at Loyola.
Loyola Medicine's infectious diseases faculty participates in collaborative translational research through their membership in Loyola University's Infectious Disease & Immunology Research Institute. Faculty also perform clinical research on the characteristics and treatment of infections and regularly present their research work at national and international meetings.

Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat care)

Loyola was the first center in the Midwest to offer implantable hearing devices and Ear Lens.
Loyola was one of the first centers in the Midwest to perform hybrid cochlear implant surgery.
Loyola has one of the few ENT teams in the Midwest that can perform anterior skull base surgeries.

Burn and Trauma Care

Loyola’s Burn Center is the most frequently relied upon center by the Chicago Fire Department for fire victims. Loyola regularly cares for firefighters who are injured in the line of duty.

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

The Gottlieb Allergy Count is the official allergy count for the Midwest, as sanctioned by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, during the allergy-reporting season (March through October).
The Loyola Medicine Allergy Count is reported by the Chicago Tribune, ABC, FOX, WGN and many other news outlets on a daily basis.

MacNeal Hospital

MacNeal offers one of the largest behavioral health services program in the Chicago area.
MacNeal provides excellent medical education programs, including the first Family Medicine Residency program established in Illinois, which remains one of the largest and most dynamic of its kind.

Leadership

Leadership at Loyola Medicine

Leadership in Ethics

The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy of Loyola University Chicago supports Loyola's need for ethical consultation. These consultation services are available for all patients, families, physicians, nurses, social workers and other healthcare providers involved in patient care.

Our Commitment to You

Reputation for Outstanding Care

Loyola is nationally recognized for its excellence in America's Top Doctors and U.S. News & World Report and by the national Magnet status designation awarded for outstanding nursing and patient care.

Loyola’s Outcomes

Loyola Medicine is committed to transparency in reporting the performance metrics of our hospital staff. Patients can obtain information such as death rate and complication frequency for specific procedures or physicians. We encourage you to speak with your doctor about the outcomes for any procedure that is being considered as part of your treatment plan.

Committed to Patient Satisfaction

Loyola is committed to patient satisfaction and wants to know about your positive and negative experiences so that we may improve. Patient relations coordinators respond to complaints, concerns or grievances that patients may have. A patient bill of rights is located in each patient's room and in the main entrances of all Loyola facilities.

The patient experience departments at our hospitals can assist with any concerns. You can reach them at these phone numbers.

Loyola University Medical Center patient experience: 888-584-7888 or 708-216-5140

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital patient experience: 708-538-4103

MacNeal Hospital patient experience: 708-783-3609

Community Commitment

Advocacy

As a member of Trinity Health, Loyola Medicine is an active participant in healthcare advocacy to provide services for all those in need in the communities we serve. Trinity Health has been at the forefront of enacting meaningful healthcare reform since 2006.

Service in the Community

Loyola's commitment to the community is spiritual, financial and crucial to our mission. We regularly invest time, energy and finances to the people of our community through charity care, research, education and other services. We provide medical care to those in need, along with education, research and programs that improve overall health.

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Our Jesuit Mission and Identity

Learn about our mission at Loyola Medicine