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Doctor's Cancer Fight Led to Founding of JenCare Medical Center
Business owners in the area tell Patch what they're best known for and when they got started.
JenCare Medical Center, located in nearby Glenwood, serves seniors in the south suburbs.
- Business: JenCare Medical Center
- Address: 19310 Halsted in Glenwood
- Contact: 708-300-3132
- Submitted by: George Gomoll, patient and community relations
Learn more on the JenCare Medical Center website.
When and how did your business get started?
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Dr. Jenling James Chen had been a doctor for many years when he founded Chen Medical Centers and JenCare Neighborhood Medical Centers. Inspired by his own experience with life-threatening illness, he set out to offer superior health care with a difference.
In 2004, Dr. Chen was diagnosed with cancer and given only two months to live. He and his family saw firsthand what it was like to be on the receiving end of patient care – how hard it was to fight for access to quality care while fighting for your life.
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Dr. Chen recovered, defying his original diagnosis, and knew that he had to do something about the frustrations he experienced with the current health care system. That’s why he created ChenMed – to turn the health care system around for the patients who need it most – seniors – by offering quality, empathetic, well-coordinated care in an accountable and compassionate physician-led culture.
What is your business best known for?
Excellent, compassionate health care for seniors.
Why did you choose the town you did to open your business?
To serve the seniors in the south suburbs.
What's something interesting about your business your customers might not know?
We love Medicare patients.
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