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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
The hospital in Chicago

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children's Memorial Hospital) located in Magnificent Mile in Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois is a pediatric specialty hospital. The hospital has more than 1,200 physicians on its medical staff and 4,000 employees.

Based on volume, it is ranked #1 regionally in all pediatric specialties and is accredited by the Joint Commission (formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations). Physicians and staff provided highly specialized care for more than 148,000 children in 2011, from every U.S. state and 35 countries.

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  • Making-way-for-lurie-children's

    Clearing of the land to make way for the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital replacing the old Children's Memorial Hospital.

  • Alex Pancoe 2019 Everest Summit

    Pancoe (right) raises the Lurie Children's flag on the summit of Mt Everest in May 2019.

  • Ann ^ Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital - panoramio

    The full hospital.

  • LurieChildren'sHospital2011

    Tetris-inspired architecture.

  • A view of the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center at Lurie Childrens Hospital from SRALab (50706718767)

    A view of the south-facing side of Lurie Children's Hospital.

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