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The University of Chicago Medicine, or UChicago Medicine, is one of America’s leading academic medical institutions. Today, UChicago Medicine operates four inpatient hospitals and 10 ambulatory facilities around the Chicago area, including downtown Chicago, the city’s south suburbs, and northwest Indiana. Developing projects include plans to build a new $633 million, 500,000-square-foot freestanding cancer center and additional outpatient centers. UChicago Medicine’s physicians and researchers have helped shape modern medicine. They’re proven pioneers in organ transplantation, the genetics of cancer, chemotherapy, and life-changing digestive disease treatments among many other breakthroughs. The 12 Noble Prize laureates affiliated with UChicago Medicine are fruition of our long tradition of groundbreaking medical research.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is the nation's first hospital devoted exclusively to the care of children. Since our start in 1855, CHOP has been the birthplace for countless breakthroughs and dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine. Built on a foundation of delivering safe, high-quality, family-centered care, the Hospital has fostered medical discoveries and innovations that have improved pediatric healthcare and saved countless children’s lives. Today, families facing complex conditions come to CHOP from all over the world, and our compassionate care and innovation has repeatedly earned us a top spot on the U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll of the nation's best children's hospitals.