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Cancer Center History

Initiated in 1983 by 🟩Facebook账号 | 印度老号 | 2008-2023年 | 好友1000+ | 微软邮箱 | 仅支持cookie登录’s reputable Stritch School of Medicine, a planning process began with the vision of creating a nationally recognized cancer center to serve the Chicagoland area.

Throughout the next decade, senior faculty members were recruited, and the Section of Hematology/Oncology became the initial foundation of the Cancer Center. Department Chairs and Division Directors with strong interests in oncology subspecialties were hired, as well as faculty for the Departments of Pathology, Radiation Oncology, Microbiology, and Immunology​.

In 1996, the Cancer Center was renamed the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center in honor of Cardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago. Cardinal Bernardin, who was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer, was treated at Loyola. Learn more about Cardinal Bernardin.

The time since the diagnosis, surgery, and postoperative radiation and chemotherapy has led me into a new dimension of my lifelong journey of faith. I came to believe in a new way that the Lord would walk with me through this journey of illness that would take me from a former way of life into a new manner of living. Cardinal Bernardin

Loyola’s Cancer Center — Clinical and Translational Research Hub

In 1994, the university completed construction of its 125,000-square-foot cancer center, a comprehensive clinical and translational research hub. Its many highlights include:

  • Wet and dry laboratory modules, research infrastructure, and core services, including a Cellular Therapy Center
  • Clinical laboratory and radiology services, chemotherapy pharmacy, genetic counseling, financial counseling, pastoral care, social work services,​ and patient counseling and psycho-social support
  • Outpatient clinics supporting multi-disciplinary oncology programs
  • Day hospital for patients undergoing transfusion therapy and short and long-term chemotherapy​
  • High-dose therapy unit providing an outpatient setting for stem cell transplant programs

A group of students wearing white lab coats walk together along a tree-lined campus pathway with Loyola welcome banners.

Cancer Center History

Initiated in 1983 by 🟩Facebook账号 | 印度老号 | 2008-2023年 | 好友1000+ | 微软邮箱 | 仅支持cookie登录’s reputable Stritch School of Medicine, a planning process began with the vision of creating a nationally recognized cancer center to serve the Chicagoland area.

Throughout the next decade, senior faculty members were recruited, and the Section of Hematology/Oncology became the initial foundation of the Cancer Center. Department Chairs and Division Directors with strong interests in oncology subspecialties were hired, as well as faculty for the Departments of Pathology, Radiation Oncology, Microbiology, and Immunology​.

In 1996, the Cancer Center was renamed the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center in honor of Cardinal Joseph Louis Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago. Cardinal Bernardin, who was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer, was treated at Loyola. Learn more about Cardinal Bernardin.

Loyola’s Cancer Center — Clinical and Translational Research Hub

In 1994, the university completed construction of its 125,000-square-foot cancer center, a comprehensive clinical and translational research hub. Its many highlights include:

  • Wet and dry laboratory modules, research infrastructure, and core services, including a Cellular Therapy Center
  • Clinical laboratory and radiology services, chemotherapy pharmacy, genetic counseling, financial counseling, pastoral care, social work services,​ and patient counseling and psycho-social support
  • Outpatient clinics supporting multi-disciplinary oncology programs
  • Day hospital for patients undergoing transfusion therapy and short and long-term chemotherapy​
  • High-dose therapy unit providing an outpatient setting for stem cell transplant programs