Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of the country’s premier academic medical center hospitals and a major referral center for the Midwest and beyond. Northwestern Memorial provides a total of 873 beds in the Feinberg Pavilion, Prentice Women’s Hospital and the Stone Institute of Psychiatry.

It is the primary teaching hospital for Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and virtually every medical specialty is represented by the medical staff of 1,571 physicians who also carry appointments with the Feinberg School.

In fiscal year 2008, 10 of Northwestern Memorial’s medical specialties were ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report magazine with six specialties ranked the highest in Illinois. Also in fiscal year 2008, the hospital earned a place on Working Mother magazine’s list of “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers” and Hospitals & Health Networks magazine’s list of America’s “100 Most Wired” hospitals and health systems for state-of-the-art technology supporting patient care.

Consumers in the eight-county Chicago region ranked Northwestern Memorial as their “most preferred” hospital in market research for the 14th consecutive year. Also in that survey, for the fourth consecutive year, the hospital was the sole winner of the “Consumer Choice” award for having the best doctors, best nurses, best overall quality and best image and reputation.
Northwestern Memorial has earned Magnet recognition, the gold standard for nursing excellence, and was included for the second time in 2008 on The Leapfrog Group’s “Top Hospitals” list for quality and safety of care practices. Northwestern Memorial is the corporate parent of Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, Northwestern Memorial Insurance Company and Northwestern HealthCare Corporation.