Program Description
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The Loyola/Hines Department of Radiation Oncology was established in July
1985 by Loyola University Chicago to provide radiotherapy for the Loyola
University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Hines VA Hospital (HVAH). This
creation of a new, combined program was necessary to form a department large
enough to support a training program and to develop the Radiation Oncology
Department to its fullest potential. LUMC is a major tertiary care center
for the Chicago metropolitan area as well as its near western suburbs.
The campus houses the Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM), Foster G. McGaw Hospital (FGMH), Loyola Outpatient Center (LOC), Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center on the east side along First Avenue
and the Edward J. Hines Jr. VA
Hospital on the west side accessible by Roosevelt Road at 5th Avenue.
The department of Radiation Oncology has clinic facilities at FGMH, a 567-bed university hospital, and the HVAH, a 500-bed hospital. We provide services to the entire VISN 12 Veteran Affairs Network specifically Jessie Brown VA (formally West Side VA Hospital and the Lake Side VA Hospital).
Loyola University Medical Center and Hines VA Hospital maintain a fully accredited four-year program in radiation oncology. Residents start radiation oncology training after completion of a transitional PGY-1 year or internship in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery or surgical specialties, obstetrics & gynecology, or family medicine. This PGY-1 year must include at least nine months of direct patient care in medical and/or surgical specialties other than radiation oncology.
