Chicago Area Resources

• Chicago Hospitals and HIV Clinics
• Chicago Treatment Centers and Services
• Chicago Pharmacies
• Physician Referral Services in the Chicago Area
• Dental Referral Services in the Chicago Area
  

Chicago Hospitals 
and HIV Clinics

Alexian Brothers Medical Center
800 Biesterfield Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
708-437-5500

• Infectious disease doctors experienced in treating HIV/AIDS.

Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza
Chicago, IL 60614
312-880-3200

• HIV counseling and testing, clinical trials, in-/outpatient medical care, outpatient medical/OB-GYN care for mothers of HIV-positive children, multi-disciplinary medical team with referral to specialty clinics as needed. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

• Manages children with hemophilia and other coagulopathies.

Columbus Hospital
2520 North Lakeview
Chicago, IL 60614
312-883-7300

Cook County HIV Primary Care Center
1835 West Harrison Street CCSN 1268
Chicago, IL 60612
312-633-3005
312-633-3002-FAX

• Provides medical care, HIV counseling and testing, education and prevention programs. Information, case management, substance abuse and mental health treatment, pastoral care, clinical trials, housing referrals, financial assistance, food and transportation assistance. Offers legal assistance through AIDS Legal Council's on-site project. Free. Bilingual.

Cook County Hospital
1835 West Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
312-633-6000

• Inpatient care for people with HIV/AIDS. Outpatient clinics for HIV care.

Cook County Hospital Women and Children's HIV Program
1835 West Harrison Street CCSN 1200
Chicago, IL 60612
312-633-5080
312-633-4902-FAX

• Provides inpatient and outpatient care for HIV-positive adults and children, including chemical dependency counseling and clinical trials. Educational counseling, peer education and training on HIV/AIDS for adults and adolescents, as well as psychosocial services and legal assistance. On-site child care available.

Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
708-570-2000

• Inpatient medical treatment for HIV/AIDS patients.

Family Center for Immune Deficiency (FCID)
840 South Wood Street
Room Red-5
Chicago, IL 60612
312-996-8337

• Outpatient clinic of the University of Illinois Hospital for adults and children with HIV/AIDS. Clinical trials, adult support group, social services, and nutrition assistance.

Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Avenue
Downers Grove, IL 60515
708-275-5900

Good Shepherd Hospital
450 West Highway 22
Barrington, IL 60010
708-381-9600

• Inpatient medical care and pastoral care services.

Holy Family Hospital
100 North River Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016
708-297-1800

• Inpatient and home care; support group referrals.

Illinois Masonic Medical Center
836 West Wellington Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
312-975-1600

• Inpatient medical care with special HIV/AIDS unit and hospice.

Lake Forest Hospital
66 North Westmoreland Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
708-234-5600

Loyola University Medical Center
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
708-216-9000

• Offers medical and other services for persons with HIV.

Loyola University Medical Center HIV/AIDS Clinic
2160 South First Avenue
Maywood, IL 60153
708-216-5024, or
708-216-3232
708-216-8198-FAX

• Primary medical care of adults with HIV infection, including social services/case management, nutritional assessment, and HIV counseling and testing. Referrals for dental, mental health, substance abuse, and home health services. Sliding scale fees. Bilingual.

Lutheran General Hospital
1775 Dempster
Park Ridge, IL 60068
708-696-2210

• Medical care for adults and children with HIV. Outpatient care provided at Nesset HIV Center.

Memorial Medical Center
800 North Rutledge
Springfield, IL 62702
217-788-3000

• Inpatient HIV services. Associated with the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
2929 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
312-791-2050, ext. 0307
312-791-3577-FAX

• In/outpatient care, men's HIV support group, nutritional counseling, psychotherapy, drug study participation. Sliding scale fees. Public Aid accepted.

Nesset HIV Center
1775 Ballard Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068
708-318-9320

• Primary-care facility of Lutheran General Hospital for persons living with HIV/AIDS in northern Cook County. Offers nutritional assessments and support groups. Sliding scale fees. Bilingual.

Northwest Community Hospital
800 West Central Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
708-259-1000

• Basic inpatient medical services for HIV-positive adults and children. Support groups for HIV-infected persons, families, friends, and caregivers.

Northwestern Hemophilia Treatment Center
345 East Superior Street
Suite 1407
Chicago, IL 60611
312-908-9660
312-908-1815-FAX

• Primary care, nursing care, social services, newsletter, and workshops for hemophiliacs with HIV and their partners. Also offers nutritional and psychosocial counseling, dental and genetic referrals. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
250 East Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-908-2000

• Inpatient care for HIV-positive individuals.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital HIV Center
303 East Superior Street Passavant 8E
Chicago, IL 60611
312-908-8358

• Wide range of medical services, including clinical trials. Set fee.

Oak Forest Hospital
15900 South Cicero Avenue
Oak Forest, IL 60452
708-687-7200, ext. 2726
708-687-7979-FAX

• Inpatient chronic disease care, acute care, rehabilitation, psychological and spiritual support. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
1653 West Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL 60612
312-942-5000

• Inpatient medical care, clinical trials, pastoral care. Also offers HIV/AIDS education and information.

St. Francis Hospital of Evanston
355 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202
708-492-4000

• Inpatient and outpatient medical care for persons with HIV/AIDS.

St. Joseph Hospital
2900 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60657
312-665-3550

• In/outpatient medical care for adults with HIV. Multidisciplinary team includes physicians specializing in HIV treatment, access to clinical trial drugs, comprehensive social services, counseling and support groups, and HIV education/risk reduction program.

St. Joseph Hospital
77 North Airlite
Elgin, IL 60123
708-695-3200

St. Therese Medical Center
2615 Washington Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
708-249-3900

Sherman Hospital
934 Center Street
Elgin, IL 60120
708-742-9800

• Basic inpatient medical services, HIV counseling and testing, and referrals.

Southern Illinois University School of Medical Clinics
751 North Rutledge
Springfield, IL 62702
217-782-0182

• Outpatient clinic with HIV specialists available.

University of Chicago Hospitals
5841 South Maryland Street
Chicago, IL 60637
312-702-1000

• HIV testing and inpatient/outpatient medical care for persons with HIV.

University of Illinois Hospital
1740 West Taylor
Chicago, IL 60612
312-996-7000

• Inpatient care for persons with HIV/AIDS. Outpatient care available at Family Center for Immune Deficiency.

Veterans Administration Medical Center-North Chicago
3001 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, IL 60064
708-688-1900
708-578-3737-FAX

• Services for eligible veterans including day and respite care, educational programs, financial and public assistance, medical care/clinics, long-term care, substance abuse treatment, housing/shelter, mental and emotional support, and HIV counseling and testing.

Veterans Affairs Department--Edward Hines V.A. Hospital
5th Avenue at Roosevelt Road
Hines, IL 60141
708-343-7200, or
312-216-6700
708-216-2776-FAX

• Inpatient/outpatient medical care, case management, clinical trials, dental care, education programs, financial assistance, home health care, hospice, long-term care facility, mental health and emotional support, substance abuse treatment programs, pastoral care and HIV testing for eligible veterans.

Victory Memorial Hospital
1324 North Sheridan Road
Waukegan, IL 60085
708-360-3000

Wyler Children's Hospital of the University of Chicago
5841 South Maryland Avenue (MC 6054)
Chicago, IL 60637
312-702-6176

• Services for HIV-infected children and teens include a pediatric clinic for comprehensive medical care, perinatal/ women's services through OB/GYN department, case management, clinical trials, HIV counseling and testing, mental health counseling for caregivers and patients, transportation, child care, information and referrals.

Chicago Treatment Centers 
and Services

Caremark
1471 Business Center Drive
Suite 500
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
708-803-9600
708-803-8635-FAX

• Services include infusion therapy, skilled clinical nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, and social work services. Multidisciplinary care team dedicated to HIV services.

Community Nursing Service
1252 Edward
Carol Stream, IL 60188
708-665-7000
708-665-7059-FAX

• Provides home care, private duty nursing, and therapies. Private insurance only.

Curaflex
1360 North Wood Dale Road Suite K
Wood Dale, IL 60191
708-766-8111
708-766-8387-FAX

• Home care services.

EHS Home Health Care Service, Inc.
2311 West 22nd Street
Suite 300
Oak Brook, IL 60521
800-564-2025
708-865-5912-FAX

• Comprehensive home care services, including nursing, infusion therapy, pharmaceuticals, durable medical equipment, respiratory therapy, private duty services, personal care services, and hospice. Serves Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, McHenry, and Kane Counties. Bilingual.

Five Hospital Program
600 West Diversey Parkway
Chicago, IL 60614
312-549-5822
312-549-0308-FAX

• Home health care specializing in infusion therapy.

Franciscan Home Health
2615 Washington Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
708-360-2480
708-360-2185-FAX

• Home health visits, intravenous therapy, and hospice care. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

Harbor Home Health
1010 West Lake Street
Suite 100
Oak Park, IL 60301
708-386-1100
708-386-1108-FAX

• Comprehensive in-home health care for persons with AIDS. Set fee; Public Aid accepted.

Hardy Associates Home Health Services
8053 South Stony Island Avenue
Chicago, IL 60617
312-731-6574
312-731-8032-FAX

• Include infusion therapy, traditional care, psychological home care, homemaker/companions, case management, DORS assessment, HIV/AIDS prevention/ counseling. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

Homedco Infusion
655 West Grand Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
800-466-4363
708-832-5954-FAX

• Home infusion, respiratory therapy, and durable medical equipment.

NMC Homecare
604 Oakmont Lane
Westmont, IL 60559
708-325-0475
800-999-8120-Illinois/Wisconsin case management hotline
800-445-1188-National case management hotline

• Home infusion, nutrition, and respiratory therapies. Patients are serviced by a multidisciplinary team that specializes in multiple therapy management, providing clinical and support services to people with HIV/AIDS. NMC's Immunecare provides the above services as well as physician, opthalmology, and dentistry services in a clinic setting.

Roche Professional Service Centers
6207 West Howard Street
Niles, IL 60714
708-647-0770
708-647-0284-FAX

• Home IV therapy, nutritional assessments, pharmacy and delivery. "On call" 24 hours/7 days. Sliding scale fees. Private insurance or Public Aid. Bilingual.

Rush Home Care Network
1201 West Harrison Street
3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
312-850-7500
312-850-7501-FAX

• Skilled nursing, physical and speech therapy, social work services, home health aides, registered dietitian, psychiatric home health care. Also offers pediatric program, maternal-child health, infusion therapy, and other AIDS treatment. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

Staff Builders Health Care Services
22 North Morgan, Suite 607
Chicago, IL 60607
312-633-0908

• Skilled nursing, physical, infusion, occupational, and speech therapies, social work, home health aides, housekeepers, home mental health counseling, and respite care. Bilingual.

Ultra Care Home Medical
7065 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60634
312-794-3333

• Comprehensive home health care, including home IV therapy, nutrition and aerosolized pentamidine, RNs, LPNs, aides for personal care, physical and occupational therapy, pastoral care, case management, medical equipment and supplies. Public Aid accepted.

Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago
322 South Green Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312-738-8622
312-738-1238-FAX

• Comprehensive home care including RN visits, social services and mental health care, pastoral care, and IV, physical, respiratory, speech, and occupational therapies. Home health aides, medical equipment, hospice. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

West Towns Visiting Nursing Service
6438 West 34th Street
Berwyn, IL 60402
708-749-7171
708-749-7185-FAX

• Case management, homebound mental health, home-based hospice, bereavement support, and spiritual support. Public Aid accepted. Bilingual.

Chicago Pharmacies

• Open 6 days a week. Pharmacy items and durable medical equipment. Free delivery on items over $50. Public Aid accepted.

Statscript Pharmacy
912 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
312-665-8990
312-665-9766-FAX

• Pharmacy service with an emphasis on counseling to HIV-impacted persons.

Thorndale Pharmacy
1100 West Thorndale Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660
312-561-6660

• Hand-delivery and mail-order pharmacy specializing in approved medications for HIV. Confidentiality assured. Reputed to have low prices for AZT.

Physician Referral Services 
in the Chicago Area

• Case management coordination, information and referral service. Provides funding for HIV care and education programs in community-based agencies. The Foundation advocates for sound HIV-related public policy and increased support for HIV care and prevention efforts. Bilingual.

Chicago Medical Society
515 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-670-2550
312-670-3646-FAX
312-670-2550-Tel-Med line

• Free physician referral service for HIV/AIDS. Health information to consumers through Tel-Med line. Confidential and bilingual.

DuPage County Medical Society
498 Hillside
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
708-858-9603

• Free physician referrals.

Gay and Lesbian Physicians of Chicago
PO Box 14864
Chicago, IL 60614
312-670-9630

• Referral service for gay- and lesbian-friendly physicians. Free.

Prologue
800-DOCTORS (362-8677)

• Hospital-sponsored physician referral service for HIV-impacted individuals. Also has names of licensed psychotherapists, clinical social workers, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, nutritionists, dentists, oral surgeons, and physical therapists in your area.

Dental Referral Services 
in the Chicago Area

• Dental referrals during normal business hours.

Cook County Department of Public Health
1010 Lake Street, Suite 300
Oak Park, IL 60301
708-445-2520
or 708-445-2437
708-445-2405-FAX
708-445-2406-Hearing-impaired TTY/TDD

• Free anonymous and confidential HIV counseling and testing, T cell testing, dental services, case management, physician referrals, and risk reduction/prevention information.

Illinois State Dental Society
PO Box 376
Springfield, IL 62705
217-525-1406

• Referral to dental services, including donated dental services, discounted dental programs, portable dental equipment for home use, and referral for low-cost dentures. Sliding scale fees.

Northwestern Dental School
240 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-908-5950

• Provides emergency dental services, routine exams and cleaning; major dental work available.

Prologue
800-DOCTORS (362-8677)

• Offers dentist and oral surgeon referrals. Unlike physicians, however, Prologue-listed dentists aren't identified according to whether they see HIV-infected patients.

Spang Clinic
845 West Wilson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
312-728-7264
312-728-7557-FAX

• Free dental care for persons with HIV/AIDS. Referrals needed.

Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic
5841 South Maryland Avenue (MC 2108)
Chicago, IL 60639
312-702-6811
312-702-9235-FAX

• General dental care, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and pediatric dentistry. Public Aid accepted.