UChicago Medicine Center for Care and Discovery - Hyde Park is one of the largest buildings on our Hyde Park medical campus. The building opened in 2013. It was created with a flexible design that makes it easy to update the space as we continually incorporate new technology and expand our treatment options. Spacious and easy to navigate, the CCD fosters more collaboration among clinicians and staff while making it easy to actively engage our patients and families in medical care.
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UChicago Medicine Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, also known as DCAM, is our flagship outpatient facility.
Located in Chicago's historic Hyde Park neighborhood, this six-story building puts comprehensive diagnostic care and world-class treatment under one roof. Home to dozens of primary and specialty clinics as well as a pharmacy, the building includes more than 300 exam rooms, nearly 100 procedure rooms, surgery suites and imaging equipment including PET/CT and MRI scanners. It also has facilities for nuclear medicine along with linear accelerators and simulators for radiation therapy.
DCAM brings the knowledge and resources of UChicago Medicine to the outpatient setting, including clinical trials in virtually every medical area and more research funded by the National Institutes of Health than anyplace else in Illinois.
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UChicago Medicine Mitchell Hospital - Hyde Park is a six-story hospital at the heart of our historic Hyde Park campus.
An integral part of our academic medical center, the Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital is home to a variety of specialty care, including our post-natal mother-baby unit, advanced imaging services, physical therapy services and in-patient units. Other amenities include wireless internet, a chapel, an on-site restaurant and a gift shop.
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At the University of Chicago Medicine, we provide the most contemporary, innovative care for the full range of common and complex blood flow problems affecting the brain and spinal cord. Our collaborative, approach draws on the talents and internationally recognized expertise of leading clinicians in neurology, neurosurgery and neurointerventional surgery. Our team includes pioneering experts in these specialties, offering a depth and breadth of experience that enables us to help people with the most challenging neurovascular problems. Our team provides thorough and compassionate care at every level of illness and for patients at every age.
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The University of Chicago Medicine is designated as a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, meaning the hospital is prepared to handle the most seriously injured trauma patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Together with its Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center at Comer Children's Hospital and its Burn and Complex Wound Center, UChicago Medicine is able to provide the community a comprehensive system of care to treat the full range of trauma injuries in patients of all ages.
UChicago Medicine began providing Level 1 adult trauma care on May 1, 2018, nearly 30 years after discontinuing the program. The academic medical center has offered Level 1 pediatric trauma care since 1990.
The institution is home to the South Side of Chicago's only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the University of Chicago Medicine Aeromedical Network (UCAN), which provides helicopter transportation from the scene of an emergency to our Hyde Park campus or between hospitals within a 200-mile radius.
Through our Urban Health Initiative, we are partnering with and supporting community organizations to provide trauma patients and their families with wraparound services, violence-recovery efforts and other services that ensure they can recover from traumatic injuries.
Our Services
We provide trauma surgery, acute care surgery and critical care surgery to treat injuries involving:
- Burns
- Blunt trauma, which can occur from falls or pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes
- Penetrating trauma, typically seen in gunshot or stab wounds
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We have a new and expanded emergency department (ED) that also offers adult trauma care. The new ED features an efficient layout and design, which has cut waiting, admitting and discharge times. It is connected to the Center for Care and Discovery, allowing for effi cient access to lifesaving resources such as operating rooms. For example, the longest travel time to operating rooms in the CCD has been reduced by 50 percent – from 15 minutes to
7 minutes. The new ED opened in December 2017, followed by the trauma center in May 2018.
The new ED has 41 treatment stations, 4 trauma resuscitation bays, 7 rapid assessment units, 4 psychiatric rooms, 1 bariatric room, dedicated imaging facilities, rapid assessment unit for patients who need minor medical care, and on-site biocontainment unit to deal with infectious diseases and biological agents. Additionally, patients experience more privacy, with separate rooms instead of curtained cubicles, and they have a dedicated patient entrance as well a separate entrance for EMS/paramedics. Patients and emergency responders shared an entrance to the old adult ED.
In addition to the new ED, Mitchell Hospital will be turned into a facility dedicated to the care of patients with cancer. The initial conversion of Mitchell will be phased over time, but began in late 2017.
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Comer Children's is advancing the forefront of kids' health. Our pediatric specialists are committed to offering every child the latest treatments and clinical breakthroughs. Because we believe kids of all ages should be able to grow up to be healthy, happy and strong.
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