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ABOUT THE VA HINES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM  The VA Hines Healthcare System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America’s future health care providers, and conducts important medical

research. HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES We provide you with health care services at 7 locations in northeastern Illinois. Facilities include our Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines and 6

community-based outpatient clinics in Aurora, Hoffman Estates, Joliet, Bourbonnais, Peru, and Oak Lawn. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit the VA Hines health

services page. The VA Hines Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Great Lakes Network. We’re an innovative care center within the Veterans

Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12). VISN 12 includes medical centers and clinics in Wisconsin, Illinois, northwestern Indiana, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Learn more about

VISN 12 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT At the VA Hines Healthcare System, we conduct research to discover knowledge, develop VA scientists and health care leaders, and create innovations that

advance health care for Veterans and the nation. We offer Veterans the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our work. Our goal is to use research to promote better health and

health care for all. Major research areas include:  * Traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment * Parkinson’s disease * Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) * Clostridium difficile We host these

research and resource centers, which have 175 investigators working on about 550 active projects: TEACHING AND LEARNING Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides a

full range of health services for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research.  Our primary affiliation is with the Loyola University Stritch School of

Medicine. We offer internships and residencies in all major medical specialties and subspecialties.  We are affiliated with 70 colleges and universities that offer education and training in

associated health professions and occupations.  We also offer the following residency and internship programs: * Administrative Fellowship * Dietetic Internship Program * Geriatrics

Fellowship Program * Medical Laboratory Science Program * Pharmacy Practice Residency * Psychology Internship * Psychology Practicum * Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship * Recreation Therapy

Internship We’re proud of our partnerships with top institutions and organizations that support the educational mission of the VA. FAST FACTS * Our hospital is located 12 miles west of

downtown Chicago on a 147-acre campus, on land that was purchased by the Edward Hines Lumber Company on behalf of Edward Hines Sr. * Our hospital was named after Edward Hines Jr., who was

killed in combat in France during World War I. Edward Hines Sr. offered to donate his land to the City of Chicago as a potential site for a military hospital in honor of his son.

Construction began in late 1918, and on October 24, 1921, President Warren G. Harding named the hospital for Edward Hines Jr.  * We complete more than 830,000 patient visits per year and

provide care to over 56,000 Veterans. * Our Fisher House has 20 bedroom suites and a fully stocked kitchen and dining room for overnight stays for family members, caregivers, or loved ones

of Veterans receiving treatment at our hospital. Since opening its doors in 2010, our Fisher House has served more than 11,000 guests. * Our hospital currently operates 483 beds.

ACCREDITATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Our facilities and programs have received accreditation from the: * Joint Commission * Food and Drug Administration (FDA) * National Accrediting Agency for

Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) * Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) * Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the Academy of Nutrition and

Dietetics (ACEND)