How to Start a Transfer to Northwestern Memorial Hospital

• Referring clinicians: Call 312.926.3321.
• Patients and loved ones: Talk with your current physician care team to start a transfer.

Multidisciplinary Treatment From a Specialized Critical Care Team

Critical care physicians are also called intensivists. Our intensivists are fully certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. They also have a sub-specialty certification of critical care medicine.

The Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute Critical Care Medicine team cares for patients with life-threatening illnesses including:

• Pneumonia
• Acute lung injury
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Liver failure
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Acute kidney failure and shock

Our teams work together and are supervised by intensivists and physicians who specialize in pulmonary disease. Our team includes physicians with expertise in:

• Thoracic surgery
• Radiology
• Oncology
• Cardiology

By working together, we can offer care that meets your needs.

Canning Thoracic Institute Intensive Care Units

In the ICUs, we care for patients who are critically ill and those who have life-threatening illnesses in the ICU. An intensivist will direct your care until you go home. They will work with other care team members to provide comprehensive care.

Our ICUs include:

• Medical ICU
• Cardiothoracic ICU
• Surgical ICU
• Inpatient Pulmonary Unit