Illinois Medical District
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The Illinois Medical District (IMD) is a special-use zoning district on the Near West Side of Chicago. It was designated as such by an act of the Illinois General Assembly 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.
IMD is the nation's largest urban medical district[1]. The district includes world-class 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[2].
IMD is easily accessible via public transportation (L stops at Polk and Illinois Medical District) and the Eisenhower Expressway.
Member institutions include:
- John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- Rush University Medical Center
- University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
- Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
- Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
- Hektoen Institute
- Illinois State Police Forensic Science Center at Chicago
- West Side Center for Disease Control
- Chicago Department of Public Health
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