The Department of Anesthesia at NorthShore University HealthSystem provides superior anesthesia services to meet the medical care and pain relief needs of patients. The department is a critical component of NorthShore’s integrated healthcare delivery system—named in 2020 to Fortune/IBM Watson Health™ Top 100 Hospitals® list for a record 21st time, more than any hospital or health system in the Uni
ted States. NorthShore features five hospitals and four specialty institutes with significant capabilities in a wide spectrum of leading clinical programs: cardiovascular, orthopaedics, oncology, and neurological. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, the NorthShore system hospitals are Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park, Skokie, and Swedish. A highly collaborative Anesthesia Care Team (ACT) Model characterizes the department’s broad-based practice that focuses always on optimizing the care and comfort of patients. Anesthesia care is delivered in a dynamic environment that promotes professional growth and development of the entire clinical team, from anesthesiologists to certified nurse anesthetists to student nurse anesthetists and anesthesiology residents. As a teaching affiliate of the University of Chicago, as well as the NorthShore School of Nurse Anesthesia, based at Evanston Hospital, the department also helps to advance the latest in research and education of physicians and nursing staff.