Michael Reese Hospital was a American hospital founded in 1881; it was one of the oldest hospitals in Chicago. The hospital closed its Internal Medicine Residency at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year and finished transferring patients to alternative hospitals before the end of 2008, and the 37-acre campus is now vacant. As of July, 2009 the streets through the campus are closed, and calls to the main number are greeted by: "Were sorry. All c...
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Michael Reese Hospital was a American hospital founded in 1881; it was one of the oldest hospitals in Chicago. The hospital closed its Internal Medicine Residency at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year and finished transferring patients to alternative hospitals before the end of 2008, and the 37-acre campus is now vacant. As of July, 2009 the streets through the campus are closed, and calls to the main number are greeted by: "Were sorry. All circuits are busy now. Will you please try your call again later."
Medical staff and residency training records and verification is available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service (FCVS) Closed Residency program records .
The for-profit hospital had been most recently owned by Envision Hospital Corporation of Scottsdale, AZ.
Michael Reese was a real estate developer who died in 1877, leaving funds in his will to build a new hospital. Reese's heirs requested that the hospital would be open to everybody, regardless of creed,...
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