The Illinois Medical District (IMD) is a special-use zoning

Zoning

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 district on the Near West Side

Near West Side, Chicago

The Near West Side, one of the 77 defined community areas of Chicago, is located , adjacent to the downtown central business district . The rich history of the Near West Side of Chicago has its genesis in the Hull House phenomenon...

 of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. It was designated as such by an act of the Illinois General Assembly

Illinois General Assembly

The Illinois General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois and comprises the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Illinois has 59 legislative districts, with two...

 in 1941. The District is bounded on the north by Congress Parkway, on the east by Ashland Avenue, on the west by Oakley Boulevard and on the south by the Union Pacific tracks at 14th and 15th Streets. The southern portion of the district remains undeveloped. In 1995, the IMD’s name was changed from the Illinois Medical Center to the Illinois Medical District to recognize that the IMD now contained various individual “medical centers.”

IMD is the nation's largest urban medical district. The district has medical centers and hospitals as well as a technology park to house startup ventures. Since 2004, the district has been home to the world's most powerful magnet for magnetic resonance use.

IMD is easily accessible via public transportation

Chicago Transit Authority

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 ('L'

Chicago 'L'

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 stops are Polk

Polk (CTA)

Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. It is adjacent to Rush University Medical Center.-History:Polk Station opened on April 28, 1896, as part of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad's Douglas Park branch. In 1983 the original station was demolished and...

 and Illinois Medical District) and the Eisenhower Expressway.

Member institutions include:

• John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
  John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
  The John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, formerly Cook County Hospital is a public urban teaching hospital in Chicago that provides primary, specialty and tertiary healthcare services to the five million residents of Cook County, Illinois. The hospital has a staff of 300 attending...
  
  
• Rush University Medical Center
  Rush University Medical Center
  Rush University Medical Center is a 676-bed academic medical center that includes hospital facilities for adults and children. It also includes the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center...
  
  
• University of Illinois Medical Center
  University of Illinois Medical Center
  The University of Illinois Medical Center is a member of the Illinois Medical District, one of the largest urban healthcare, educational, research, and technology districts in the USA...
  
  
• Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
• Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
  Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
  The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center is a medical facility in the Illinois Medical District. It was founded by the Cook County Bureau of Health Services, and cares for people with diseases such as HIV/AIDS. In its mission statement, it explains its goals as:...
  
  
• Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
  Chicago Lighthouse
  The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired is a non-profit organization located in Chicago, Illinois.The Lighthouse is one of the oldest social service agencies in Chicago...
  
  
• Hektoen Institute
• Illinois State Police
  Illinois State Police
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   Forensic Science Center at Chicago
• West Side Center for Disease Control
• Chicago Department of Public Health

Prior to its move to North Chicago, Illinois

North Chicago, Illinois

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, the Chicago Medical School

Chicago Medical School

The Chicago Medical School is one of the graduate schools of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Founded in 1912, The Chicago Medical School has nearly a 100 year history of a broadly-based socially constructive admission process relatively unlike that of other medical colleges....

 was also located in the IMD. Similarly, Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine

Stritch School of Medicine

Stritch School of Medicine is the medical school affiliated with Loyola University Chicago. It is located at the heart of the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. The medical campus includes Foster G...

 was also located in IMD prior to its move to Maywood, Illinois

Maywood, Illinois

Maywood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was founded on April 6, 1869 and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 26,987 at the 2000 census.-Overview:...

. The IMD is also the site of the Chicago Technology Park (CTP) which provides early development as well as expansion facilities for medical technology companies that are growing their operations. The CTP has a 56 acres (226,624.2 m²) campus in the IMD.

External links

• Official site