Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
| Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Medicine | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 675 North Saint Clair Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°53′41″N 87°37′21″W / 41.89469750°N 87.62246870°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Feinberg School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Standards | NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Specialty | Cancer research |
| Public transit access | CTA |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center (before comprehensive designation) |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Illinois |
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University (Lurie Cancer Center) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center located on Northwestern Memorial Hospital's downtown medical campus in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of two NCI-designated cancer centers in Illinois, Lurie Cancer Center's physicians and scientists hold faculty appointments within the Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and other academic units across Northwestern University. Together, they bring their combined knowledge and expertise to patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Ann & Robert H. Children's Hospital of Chicago, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. Additionally, Lurie Cancer Center is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and a member of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium.
Founded in 1974, the center was dedicated through a gift of endowment from the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation in 1991. Lurie Cancer Center treats nearly 17,000 new patients each year.