Vanguard Weiss Memorial Hospital, affiliated with The University of Chicago Medicine, is a Joint Commission-accredited, 236-bed healthcare facility. Because Weiss is part of one of the finest academic medical systems in the nation, Weiss patients benefit from technologically advanced diagnostics and effective treatments long before those options are available elsewhere and they receive that treatment in a convenient, community setting along Chicago’s Lakefront.
Weiss is a private, for-profit hospital located at 4646 N. Marine Drive in Chicago. The hospital, owned by Vanguard Health Systems, is conveniently located and easily accessible at Wilson Avenue off Lake Shore Drive. Weiss serves a primary service area of more than 600,000 people, including neighborhoods from Lakeview and Logan Square, to Rogers Park and Skokie.
Founded in 1953, Weiss Memorial Hospital provides clinical care in many adult specialties including: cancer, cardiac, orthopedics and sports medicine, rehabilitation, senior health, vascular, audiology, digestive diseases, emergency medicine, ear/nose/throat, ophthalmology and eye surgery, general medicine, radiology, plastic surgery, podiatry, respiratory and urology.
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The Weiss Memorial Hospital Mission
Our mission is to help people achieve health for life. Learn More
The University of Chicago Medicine
Weiss Memorial Hospital has been affiliated with The University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) for over twenty years. The first official affiliation with the UCM took place in 1987. Learn More
Recent Distinctions
Weiss staff, volunteers, departments and clinical programs have recently earned several honors, awards and distinctions. Learn more