Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, Loyola
University Health System is a quaternary care system
with a 61 acre main medical center campus and 14 primary
and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will and DuPage
counties. The medical center campus is conveniently
located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop
and 8 miles east of Oak Brook, Ill. The heart of the
medical center campus, Loyola University Hospital,
is a 589 licensed bed facility currently undergoing
a significant expansion project. It houses a Level
1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center and the Ronald McDonald®
Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical
Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer
Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart
& Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center
as well as the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School
of Medicine, the Niehoff School of Nursing and the
Loyola Center for Health & Fitness.
The
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
has research institutes in bioethics and health policy,
burn/shock/trauma, cardiovascular, neuroscience and
oncology. More than 500 medical students and 500 residents
are taught by more than 1,200 full and part time salaried
faculty. In the Niehoff School of Nursing, more than
350 master’s program and PhD students are taught
by more than 65 full and part time salaried faculty.
Loyola
is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer/educator
and is committed to a drug free and smoke free workplace.
