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Ingalls’ partnership with University of Chicago
Medicine offers more service to south suburbs
The recent merger between
the University of
Chicago Medicine and
Ingalls Health System has
resulted in a new logo and
rebranding as part of a
major initiative to reflect
the combined enterprise’s
geographic reach and expanded
services.
“UChicago Medicine is
now much more than an
academic medical center
in Hyde Park, and the time
is right for us to show that
transformation through
our logo and a broadened
brand promise of being at
the forefront of medicine,
science and education,”
said Kenneth S. Polonsky,
executive vice president of
medical affairs at the University
of Chicago. “We
now can provide a continuum
of services in which
academic medicine powers
community care, fueled by
our clinical excellence, research
breakthroughs and
teaching mission.”
Ingalls offers a regional
network of top-rated outpatient
services from highly
respected physicians
and specialists in modern
settings throughout Chicago’s
south suburbs. It also
features innovative service
offerings, such as macular
degeneration treatment
from world-class retinal
specialists, spine surgery
from renowned experts,
and more oncology clinical
trials than any other
community hospital in the
region. Ingalls shows its
community stewardship in
myriad ways, such as offering
free health screening
events, educational
programs and health fairs
that reach thousands of
south suburban residents.
Integration with Ingalls
Since completion of the
merger in October 2016,
the two organizations have
been working to improve
patient flow and experience,
and create unified
service lines in heart care,
cancer care and orthopaedics.
“This renewed identity
will help us become a
leading, integrated health
system in Chicago’s
Southland,” Ingalls President
and CEO Kurt Johnson
said. “We are working
toward providing convenient,
community-based
health services that seamlessly
connect with worldclass
specialty care.”
With the new logo,
UChicago Medicine is the
umbrella brand and Ingalls
the supporting entity,
which preserves the 94-
year history of the community-hospital
system
and its facilities in Harvey,
Flossmoor, South Holland,
Tinley Park, Calumet City
and Crestwood.
Both organizations continue
to retain their names
and operating licensure,
and Ingalls still maintains
a local board of directors.
Submitted by Ingalls Memorial
Hospital, 1 Ingalls Dr.ive
in Harvey. For more information,
visit www.ingalls.org
or call (708) 333-2300.
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