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Loyola Medical Center's Dr. Sharon Hovey: Business Spotlight

Meet a Loyola University Medical Center doctor: Sharon Hovey, a pediatrician in Wheaton

Dr. Sharon Hovey, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Loyola University Health System, has a decade of experience treating children in the western suburbs.

“She’s great with kids, they love her!” says one mom on Yelp. “She’s laid back enough to calm nervous parents, but when there really is a health concern she has no problem referring you to one of Loyola’s pediatric specialists. Easy to get in for an appointment, the office is well-run, and they always return calls promptly.”


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About Loyola University Medical Center

With four nationally ranked specialties, Loyola University Medical Center ranks third in Illinois in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals rankings. Four Loyola specialties that are ranked among the top 50 in the country are Ear, Nose and Throat, 25th; Cardiology & Heart Surgery, 29th; Urology, 39th; and Cancer, 47th. Loyola’s Cardiology & Heart Surgery program is the only cardiology program in Chicago to be nationally ranked for 12 years in a row. Only 3 percent of hospitals earn a national ranking in any specialty.

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Eight Loyola specialties are high performing, meaning they are among the top 25 percent of hospitals in these specialties. They are Diabetes & Endocrinology; Gastroenterology & GI Surgery; Geriatrics; Gynecology; Nephrology; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Orthopaedics; and Pulmonology.

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Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, which is part of the Loyola University Health System, has four high-performing specialties in the new rankings: Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics and Urology.

Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a member of Trinity Health. Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, LUHS’s 61-acre main medical center campus in Maywood includes a 559-licensed-bed hospital that houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center and the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center.

Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center as well as the LUC Stritch School of Medicine, the LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness.

Loyola’s Gottlieb campus in Melrose Park includes the 255-licensed-bed community hospital, the Professional Office Building housing 150 private practice clinics, the Adult Day Care, the Gottlieb Center for Fitness, Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center at Melrose Park.

Loyola also offers comprehensive health care services at more than 30 primary and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will and DuPage counties.

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  • Visit Loyola’s website: LoyolaMedicine.org
  • Address: Loyola University Health System, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, IL 60153

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