"Aggie's Circle" street signs unveiled on Edward Plainfield campus

The internal road that rings the Edward Plainfield campus, 127th St. and Van Dyke Rd., has an official name – “Aggie’s Circle.” With more than 30 family members and friends in attendance, Paul J. Miller, who previously owned the property, unveiled two street signs that honor his wife, Agnes, in a ceremony on Thursday, April 30 on the site where Edward Hospital has offered comprehensive healthcare services since 2006.

The blue and white “Aggie’s Circle” street signs are located in front of the main entrance to the Edward Plainfield Outpatient Center/Edward Plainfield 24/7 ER and on the east side of the campus near the entrance off of Van Dyke Rd.

Paul, 90, and Agnes, 87, residents of Oswego, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary in September. Miller, who served as a Marine in WWII, sold most and donated a portion of the 60-acre tract to Edward in 2004. Prior to the sale, he grew corn and soybeans on the land for about 30 years.

“This is not only a street sign unveiling, but a celebration and a thank you,” said Bill Kottmann, System Vice President, Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare. “We’re celebrating nine years of providing care to the residents of Plainfield and Will County, and we’re saying thanks to Paul and Agnes Miller who made it possible for us to purchase the property for the Edward Plainfield campus.”

“The Village is pleased that the Millers and Edward worked together back in 2004. Their partnership helped lay the foundation for accessible, high-quality healthcare in Plainfield. The Edward campus is truly one of the jewels of Plainfield,” said Michael Collins, Plainfield Mayor.

Edward, which has nearly 250 employees on the Plainfield campus, began providing healthcare services at the location in 2006. In fiscal year 2014 (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014), residents of Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Joliet, Naperville, Oswego and Romeoville made nearly 200,500 outpatient visits to Edward providers, including:

· Edward Plainfield 24/7 ER: Offers Plainfield area families a convenient, close-to-home, kid-friendly option and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to treat minor emergencies like high fevers and cuts that require stitches to more serious situations such as asthma attacks and broken bones. To check Edward’s ER Wait Times, including those in Plainfield, download the app at www.edward.org/erwaittimes or search “Edward ER” in the App Store, text “ERwait” to 41411, visit www.edward.org or call (630) 527-5969.

· Edward Plainfield Outpatient Center: A 100,000-square-foot facility that provides imaging (CT, digital/3D mammography, MRI, ultrasound, dexa scan, X-ray), lab services (blood work, throat cultures, other tests), Edward Cardiodiagnostics (stress testing, echo, stress echo, nuclear cardiology, Holter/event monitors), Edward Occupational Health and two large conference rooms for community wellness classes and events.

· Edward Plainfield Cancer Center: 30,000-square-foot facility that provides the same convenient, comprehensive outpatient medical and radiation oncology services at Edward Cancer Center in Naperville. Radiation oncology has the capability to deliver the most sophisticated and precise radiation treatment options available to target and eradicate tumors, including image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) delivered by the Varian IX linear accelerator. Medical oncology includes chemotherapy, clinical trial enrollment and treatment support.

· Medical Office Building B: Home to Edward Medical Group offices, including internal medicine and family practice physicians, OB/GYNs and general surgeons; Edward Neurosciences Institute; Linden Oaks Behavioral Health outpatient services; Linden Oaks Medical Group physicians, and Edward Physical and Occupational Therapy. A variety of independent physicians also provide services in Building B, including specialists in allergies, cardiology, dermatology, family practice, gastroenterology, gynecology, nephrology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, orthopedics and sports medicine, otolaryngology, pediatrics, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, pulmonology and primary care.

· Plainfield Surgery Center: In Building C, a joint venture between Edward Hospital, DuPage Medical Group and other area physicians, that offers a closer, more convenient alternative for surgery that does not require an overnight hospital stay. The 14,000-square-foot facility has three operating rooms, one endoscopy room for colonoscopies and gastroenterology procedures, and 22 preoperative and recovery rooms. Surgical specialties include gastroenterology, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pain management, plastic/cosmetic surgery, urology and general surgery.

For more information, visit www.edward.org/plainfield or call (815) 731-3000.