US News and World Report Ranks Advocate Christ in Top 50 for Heart Care, Gynecology

OAK LAWN, IL -- Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn has been rated among the top 50 hospitals in the nation in two specialty areas, according to the “Best Hospitals 2016-17” rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report.

Christ Medical Center was ranked #23 in cardiology and heart surgery and #33 for gynecology (#33) among the nation's top 50 hospitals. Earlier this year, the Oak Lawn medical center opened a state-of-the-art birthing center.

“We have more than 1,300 physicians and 6,000 associates working together every day to ensure our patients receive the very best in clinical quality, patient safety and compassionate care,” Christ Medical Center president Ken Lukhard said in a news release “Their amazing passion for excellence and commitment to our ministry of healing have truly made a difference in the lives of the thousands of patients whom we serve every day.”

This is the fifth consecutive year Christ Medical Center has earned a top-50 national ranking in heart care and the third time it has made the list in gynecology. The Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center is the Illinois’s most comprehensive cardiac care program.

The latest U.S. News “Best Hospitals” list also rates Christ Medical Center fourth overall among hospitals in the state of Illinois and cites its physicians and staff as being “high performers” in seven other specialties: diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology and urology.

The U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 27th year, consider measures such as patient survival, the number of times a given procedure is performed, infection rates, adequacy of nurse staffing and more.