| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | |
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| Advocate Aurora Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Park Ridge, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°02′20″N 87°50′50″W / 42.0388°N 87.8473°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit |
| Type | Teaching, Research, Children's & Referral |
| Affiliated university | Midwestern University Rosalind Franklin University University of Illinois[2] |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center[1] |
| Beds | 645 |
| Public transit access |  Pace |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Hospital |
| Opened | 1897[3] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (ALGH) is a 645-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is the sixth largest hospital in the Chicago area, and it operates a Level I trauma center. It also is home to Advocate Children's Hospital – Park Ridge, the only children's hospital in the greater north and northwest suburban region of Chicago. The hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.
In the last year with available data, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital had 29,025 admissions, 62,544 emergency department visits, and its surgeons performed 6,728 inpatient and 12,431 outpatient surgeries.[4] The hospital is gold certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).[5] The inpatient rehabilitation program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). The echocardiogram lab is accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.[6]
ALGH operates a number of residency programs, which train newly graduated physicians in various specialties and sub-specialties. The hospital is associated with the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University.
- ^ "Advocate Lutheran General Hospital". Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care. Illinois Department of Public Health.
- ^ "Medical Students". Advocate Health Care. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
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