Press Releases
November 25, 2008
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Announces New Imaging Center in Glenview
Lake Forest, Ill. – The Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital announced today the addition of a new Imaging Center planned for the Prairie Glen Medical Center located in The Glen. The Center will open in 2009 and offer MRI, CT and X-ray imaging services.
The Imaging Center in the Prairie Glen Medical Center is the eighth imaging center in the Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Diagnostic Imaging network, the most expansive medical imaging network in Lake County. The announcement comes on the heels of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital’s plan to acquire three imaging facilities in Gurnee, Libertyville and Bannockburn. Other locations include Lake Forest, Grayslake, Vernon Hills and a second facility in Gurnee.
“We are pleased to add another location to our growing network of imaging services,” said Thomas J. McAfee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital. “Our goal is to provide the highest quality of imaging services in locations close to home for our patients throughout the region.”
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Diagnostic Imaging now employs more than 150 staff at eight locations in Lake and Cook Counties and provides approximately 200,000 diagnostic imaging procedures for patients annually.
The hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Department will be led by medical director Jeffrey L. Rosengarten, M.D, a board certified physician in diagnostic radiology certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Susan Becker, Director of Diagnostic Imaging at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, is the administrator of imaging capabilities for all hospital locations.
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847.535.6107
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About Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 854-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 205-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
About Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is a wholly owned entity of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. The hospital has 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has been named the Consumer Choice Hospital for Lake and Kenosha counties according to a survey by National Research Corporation for five years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses, best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
The hospital’s mission is to provide communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Clinical services are delivered at the hospital’s Lake Forest and Grayslake campuses, and at facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. At the main hospital in Lake Forest, exemplary care is provided in Cain Family Emergency Services, the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health, the Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center, the Waud Family Maternity Services and the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine. CareCoach, Lake County’s only mobile health program, provides care for the underserved at 25 locations throughout the region. For more information, visit lfh.org.