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NorthShore University HealthSystem |
Center Overview
Type of Center:
Located in Chicago's northern suburbs, NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) is an academic health system affiliated with University of Chicago most attending physicians at NorthShore are on faculty at the Pritzker School of Medicine. NorthShore is an integrated delivery system that includes Evanston, Glenbrook and Highland Park Hospitals as well as NorthShore Home Services, NorthShore Medical Group, NorthShore Research Institute, and the NorthShore Foundation.
History of Centers:
Evanston Hospital:
With a history dating to 1891, the 476 bed Evanston Hospital is the nucleus of NorthShore University HealthSystem. Evanston Hospital demonstrates leadership in cancer and cardiac care, providing specialized cancer services at The Kellogg Cancer Care Center and comprehensive heart care at the Cardiovascular Care Center. Physicians work alongside leading researchers to translate the latest technology, treatment and research into improved patient care. As the regional center for high-risk obstetrics, the Women’s Hospital offers a comfortable birthing environment where high-risk mothers and their babies have access to the latest technology and a highly-trained staff. The hospital is a licensed Level I Trauma Center.
Glenbrook Hospital:
Opened in 1977, Glenbrook Hospital is a 143-bed hospital facility offering high-tech medical care in a community hospital setting. Few hospitals of its size deliver such diverse services as cardiac care including cardiac catheterization and ultra fast CT scan, total hip and knee replacement, the Eye and Vision Center for LASIK and other eye surgery, and neurological services including a sleep center, a cognitive and memory disorder program and a Parkinson's Disease clinic. Glenbrook Hospital also features a “state of the art” GI suite with advanced technology. Paired with a highly qualified team of physicians, the gastroenterology program is among the strongest in the region for research, diagnosis and treatment. Children's at Glenbrook provides outpatient pediatric services and ambulatory surgery in partnership with Children's Memorial Hospital. Glenbrook Hospital is a Level II Trauma Center.
Highland Park Hospital:
Founded in 1918, Highland Park Hospital has provided high-quality healthcare for more than 80 years. The 239-bed hospital is the site of the first open heart surgery in Lake County. The new Ambulatory Care Center offers advanced capabilities, including multi-disciplinary cancer care at the Kellogg Cancer Care Center, a CT/PET scan for diagnostics and a CT Simulator and Linear Accelerator for radiation therapy. A wide variety of mental health services, including a center for eating disorders, adolescent psychiatric care and the Doreen E. Chapman Center for substance abuse, are also available.
NorthShore Research Institute:
Today, a large number of our stellar clinician-scientists have received highly competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These men and women are members of the Corporation's "million- dollar club" by virtue of their million-dollar-plus grants for studies ranging from Advanced Imaging to the secrets of killer cells with far-reaching implications for diseases such as cancer and arthritis.
The Institute serves as a focal point for nearly 200 externally funded research faculty and $100 million in external research funding. The Research Institute has approximately 115,000 net square feet of research space. Emphasis is on translational and clinical research allowing discoveries from the basic sciences to be brought promptly to the bedside. Funding from the NIH places the hospitals of NorthShore University HealthSystem among the top 9 multi-specialty independent research hospitals in the country. Our growing reputation as an academic medical institution has contributed to the Institute's spectacular success.
The Corporation's commitment to research allows the NorthShore Research Institute to adhere to its mission:
- To enhance the academic medical center environment at NorthShore University HealthSystem
- To create an environment and an endowment to recruit and retain externally funded research investigators
- To integrate "leading edge" research into improved clinical care
- To recruit the nation's top clinicians and differentiate NorthShore University HealthSystem and its clinicians in the marketplace
- To establish and enhance strong links to area corporations and the University of Chicago.
The Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Building: is a new research and administrative building on the Evanston Hospital campus containing offices and laboratory space for research staff and faculty and is a hub for clinical research efforts. The building houses the Center for Advanced Imaging, which provides up-to-the-minute imaging technology to support physician-scientists in every medical specialty.
NorthShore Medical Group: is comprised of 550 employed primary and specialty care physicians throughout the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Attending physicians are on faculty at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.
Recognition and Awards:
- April 2005: Consumers Digest identified only three Illinois hospitals as an exceptional US hospital in safety: Evanston, Glenbrook and Highland Park Hospitals.
- The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) added NorthShore University HealthSystem to their list of hospitals that have embraced the concept of publicly reporting efforts to reduce medical errors.
- 2005 CEO IT Achievement Award presented to Mark R. Neaman, President and CEO of NorthShore University HealthSystem.
- CIO 100 Award: Honored at the 18th annual CIO 100 awards which celebrated 100 organizations that demonstrate “boldness”. A according to CIO magazine, “boldness is the willingness to embrace significant risk for the sake of great reward. Organizations and leaders that are bold are playing to win, not just survive”.
- Top 100 U.S. Hospitals for 12 Years
- 100 Most Wired Hospitals Award for 5 years
- Davies Award for Excellence for Healthcare Organizations presented by The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- We achieved the highest value rating from the KLAS Research Consulting Firm that monitors and reports the performance of healthcare information technology vendors
2007 Statistics:
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7,347 38,316 80% 4.6 95,909 900,899 $30.2 million |
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Mission Statement:
The core mission of NorthShore University HealthSystem is to preserve and improve human life. This mission will be
achieved through the provision of superior clinical care, academic excellence, and innovative research.
NorthShore University HealthSystem is a not-for-profit corporation principally formed to provide quality healthcare services for the communities it serves. The delivery of healthcare services is provided in a wide range of inpatient and ambulatory healthcare settings, community-wide, employing modern technology and expertise. Support for qualified residents who may not be able to pay the entire cost of their care is a part of the organization’s commitment. The organization’s primary service area includes Chicago’s “north shore,” northern suburbs, and its environs. In support of its primary mission of patient care, the corporation engages in a wide range of academic activities in medical education and research, and does so largely by way of its affiliation with the University of Chicago. This statement recognizes the Board of Directors responsibility to maintain the organization’s viability to meet its long-term commitment to the communities it serves. It further recognizes the responsibility to maintain technologically current assets for this purpose. This includes the cultivation and development of our physicians, employees, physical plant, equipment, and other resources to assure orderly growth of our services.
IRB:
NorthShore University HealthSystem has two Institutional Review Boards operating under Federal Wide Assurance -Number
FWA00003000 - on file with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. One Board meets the 1st Friday, the other
meets the 3rd Friday of each month. Principal Investigators are invited to attend the IRB meeting at which their project
is being discussed, in order to facilitate approval process the IRBs oversee a clinical research program of 700-800 active
trials.
NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute has worked with the following sponsors:
All major pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers including:
- Abbott Laboratories
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
- Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Astellas Research Institute of America (ARIA, formerly Fuijisawa)
- Baxter Healthcare/Baxter International Inc.
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Genentech, Inc.
- Glaxo Smithkline Pharmaceuticals
- Guidant Corp.
- Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Merck & Company, Inc.
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Ortho-McNeil Inc
- Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research
- Pfizer
- Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Schering-Plough Research Institute
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Investigator Experience
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Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Bruce Steinert, PhD, CCRA
Administrative Director, Clinical Trials Center
NorthShore University HealthSystem
2650 Ridge Avenue
Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Building, Suite 3505
Evanston, IL 60201 USA
Phone: 847-570-5843
Fax: 847-570-5846
E-mail:
If you are interested in contacting this center to discuss placing a clinical trial there, please complete and send the E-mail form below. A representative from the research center will then follow up with you.
