About Advocate Christ

Commitment

A not-for-profit, 749-bed, premier teaching institution with nearly 1,300 affiliated physicians, Advocate Christ Medical Center serves as a major referral hospital in the Midwest for a number of specialties, including cardiovascular services; heart, lung and kidney transplantation; neurosciences; oncology; orthopedics; and women’s health. The hospital provides emergency care for more than 100,000 patient visits annually and has one of the busiest Level I trauma center in Illinois, serving southern portions of Chicago and Cook County, all of Will County and regions as far south as Kankakee, Illinois, west to Morris, Illinois and east to Northwest Indiana. As a major teaching institution, the medical center annually trains more than 400 residents, 600 medical students, 800 nursing students and, through the Emergency Medical Services Academy, some 2,500 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and other providers of emergency care.

Expertise

Christ Medical Center was re-designated – for the third consecutive time – as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The medical center is accredited overall by the international DNV and holds DNV certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. It’s Cancer Institute has achieved three-year accreditation with commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons, is rated the highest possible three stars in heart surgery by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and serves as one of the leading centers nationally for the implantation of left ventricular assist devices to support patients’ failing hearts.

Recognition

Numerous national organizations have recognized Advocate Christ Medical Center for the safe and quality care we provide. See our awards and honors.