Loyola University Medical Center Is Once Again Named a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the State of Illinois
June 8, 2020Loyola is nationally recognized for stroke care
MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) has once again been named a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Each year, IDPH identifies hospitals capable of providing emergent stroke care, allowing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers to transport possible acute stroke patients to these hospitals.
“Loyola University Medical Center is nationally recognized for stroke and neurological care,” said Tad A. Gomez, RPh, MS, FASHP, president of LUMC. “Our exceptional program is serving a critical need in the Chicagoland area.”
Loyola's Stroke Center includes a nationally recognized team of experts in every facet of stroke-related care, including neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neuro-oncology, emergency medicine, rehabilitative services, social work, pharmacy and specialized neuroscience nursing.
Loyola is ranked among the 30 Best Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the country by U.S. News & World Report. In 2018, LUMC joined an elite group of hospitals nationwide to be certified by The Joint Commission as a comprehensive stroke center, and for nine consecutive years, Loyola has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Loyola is also the only academic medical center in the Chicago area accredited as a stroke specialty program by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) International.
For more information on Loyola’s Stroke Center, visit www.loyolamedicine.org/find-a-condition-or-service/neurology-and-neurosurgery/conditions/stroke/ or call 888-584-7888.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).