Rush University Medical Center is a major patient care, teaching and research institution in Chicago. Rush University is home to Rush Medical College, Rush College of Nursing, and graduate programs in health systems management and biomedical research. The Medical Center offers more than 70 highly selective residency and fellowship programs in medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.

In the 2008 issue of U.S. News and World Report's “America’s Best Hospitals”, Rush ranked among the top 50 programs in the country in 7 out of 16 categories. Rush has also maintained the Magnet Award status for excellence in nursing care since 2002.

The Medical Center is conveniently located minutes from downtown Chicago in the in the West Side Medical District. Some residents choose to live within walking distance from the campus, and others prefer to live elsewhere in the city or the suburbs of Chicago. Residents have free parking at the hospital and can take the CTA train which stops at the medical center as well as at both airports.

A major development project is taking place at Rush, which will transform the look of the Medical Center. Included are a new hospital tower, ambulatory orthopedic building, central power plant, parking structure and renovations to the Atrium and Kellogg buildings. The “transformation” of the medical center also includes the adoption of the EPIC Electronic Medical Record system, which is being phased in over a period of years.

Facilities at Rush Children’s Hospital include a 20 bed PICU, a 30 bed general in-patient ward, a 56 bed NICU and 28 bed general care nursery and a 15 bed child psychiatry unit. The pediatric Emergency Department sees more than 10,000 visits per year and the Pediatric Ambulatory Care Center, home to the residents’ continuity clinic and to the general pediatric faculty practice, sees more than 27,000 visits per year.

Some of the many programs Rush Children’s Hospital has to offer include:

• The Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease, headed by one of the world’s leading interventional cardiologists, Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, brings together pediatric and adult cardiologists and interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, transplant cardiologists and echocardiologists who collaborate with a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon to provide the best care possible.
• The Rush Eating Disorders Program provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related problems.
• The Rush Fetal and Neonatal Medicine Program provides multidisciplinary expertise to expectant parents facing fetal anomalies.
• Hemophilia and Thrombophilia Treatment Center: This federally funded center offers comprehensive treatment for children and adults with hemophilia, von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders, as well as a wide range of clotting disorders.
• The Rush Cystic Fibrosis Center offers a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary team approach to the care and treatment of infants, children, adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis.
• Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Program
• The Rush/Stroger Core Center for HIV/AIDS
• The Rush NeuroBehavioral Center (RNBC) is as an institution of excellence and cutting-edge knowledge dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with neurobehavioral issues with a special expertise on Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and other Social-Emotional Learning Disorders.
• Rush Epilepsy Center: One of the largest programs of its kind in Chicago, the center offers many treatment options for children with epilepsy and other seizure-related disorders.
• Fragile X Syndrome and Muscular Dystrophy Clinics
• Snow City Arts Foundation has a program for arts education for children hospitalized at Rush.