Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Announces Plan to Acquire Gurnee Radiology Centers

GRC’s three facilities in Gurnee, Libertyville and Bannockburn will join the Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital network that currently has four imaging operations in Lake Forest, Gurnee, Grayslake and Vernon Hills. With the acquisition, Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Diagnostic Imaging will employ more than 200 staff at seven locations in Lake County and provide approximately 200,000 diagnostic imaging procedures for patients annually.

“This is exciting news for our patients and their physicians as we can now offer more convenient locations equipped with state-of-the-art technology,” said Thomas J. McAfee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital. “Providing our physicians with the highest quality images for fast diagnoses of diseases and injuries is the first step to effectively treating our patients. Our expanded network of facilities will deliver high quality imaging services when and where their patients need them.”

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital offers digital imaging, the highest standard of diagnostic imaging technology available in the industry. The hospital’s imaging capabilities include: high-end CT scanners; PET scanners; high-field and open MRIs; ultrasound; X-ray; mammography; nuclear medicine; and interventional radiology.

The hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging department will be led by medical director Jeffrey L. Rosengarten, M.D. Dr. Rosengarten is board certified in diagnostic radiology and certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Rosengarten was Director of MRI at Michael Reese Hospital for nine years and President of Global Medical Imaging for the past eight years. He earned his medical degree at the University of Wisconsin, completed his residency at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center and earned his fellowship at MRI Medical College of Wisconsin.

Susan Becker, Director of Diagnostic Imaging at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, will serve as the administrator of imaging capabilities for all hospital locations. Becker, a Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital employee since 2003, was previously Executive Director of Imaging for Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove, Illinois. She has 23 years of experience in Radiology, holds a bachelor’s degree in science and was trained at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania and the University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital.

"Our goal is to provide the highest quality, subspecialized, medical imaging services possible to the Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital patients and residents of Lake County, and to provide the best service possible to our referring physicians and their patients. We have a great team focused on service and an expectation that we will not disappoint,” said Dr. Rosengarten.