Performing nearly 20,000 inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures annually, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital has more than 100 board-certified surgical specialists on staff and is actively committed to academic excellence through its involvement in clinical research and teaching programs.
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Find an experienced surgeon at Advocate Lutheran General.
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is the first teaching hospital in Chicago’s north and northwest suburbs to acquire two da Vinci-Si Surgical Systems®, the most advanced robotic surgical systems available. The Center for Robotic Surgery is a Best Practice Center – a designation given to hospitals that have outstanding robotic surgery programs and are equipped to train hospitals looking to offer robotic surgery to their patients.
Patients undergoing a robotic-assisted surgery generally experience less pain and faster recovery. Depending on your procedure, you and your doctor may want to discuss taking advantage of this advanced surgical technology.
The following is important information to prepare for your surgery. Please review the following steps:
Step 1:
Pre-registration, insurance verification, preauthorization or precertification must happen before your surgery. Our patient registration department will call you to gather your insurance information. Call patient registration at 847-723-1900.
Step 2:
A presurgical nurse may perform a patient health history by a phone call or visit. This history provides important information used to properly prepare you, and ease the admission process on the day of surgery.
Step 3:
After 1 p.m. on the day before your surgery, a presurgery nurse will contact you with the time you must arrive at the hospital along with important information regarding eating and drinking before surgery. If you have not received a phone call from a presurgery nurse by 7 p.m., please call the presurgery unit at 847-723-7400 before 9 p.m.
Learn more about preparing for surgery (and read our pre-operative checklist).
Address:
Surgical Services
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 Dempster St.
1st Floor
Park Ridge, IL 60068
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