Press Release
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare teams with Marianjoy to manage, expand rehabilitation services
For Immediate Release, December 20, 2006
Denise LeBloch, (630) 909-7104
Deb DiMaria, (630) 993-5604
ELMHURST— Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare (EMHC) has entered into a management agreement with Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital to oversee its current rehabilitation services. This partnership brings together two world-class organizations, enhancing the superior care offered by EMHC with Marianjoy’s 35 years of expertise in physical medicine and rehabilitation with an emphasis on inpatient, outpatient and subacute settings.
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital will be managing a 38-bed transitional care unit located in Elmhurst Memorial Hospital (EMH). In addition, Marianjoy also will manage rehabilitation services at four outpatient sites including three facilities in Elmhurst and one in Lombard. EMH rehabilitation staff, including those from the departments of physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, will continue to provide care within the rehabilitation unit. Vasilios Stambolis, M.D., a senior Marianjoy physiatrist and a member of the EMH Medical Staff, has been named Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services and will provide medical leadership as part of the EMHC rehabilitation program.
According to Leo Fronza, President and CEO of EMHC, “Marianjoy is well-known for its commitment to excellence in rehabilitation, research and teaching throughout Chicago and neighboring communities. I am pleased that the mission and values of both our organizations are closely aligned, providing the basis for a strong working relationship.”
Kathleen C. Yosko, President and CEO of Marianjoy agreed, “Marianjoy is honored to partner with Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, which has been ranked among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for clinical excellence. Like Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Marianjoy is built on strong values and is dedicated to serving the complex rehabilitation needs of our patient population throughout the Chicagoland area.”
Founded in 1926, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital today is Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, a comprehensive healthcare organization with multiple locations and services designed to enhance the health of the communities and customers served. With 427 licensed beds, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare and its staff of more than 3,200 employees and 550 physicians has an impressive history of providing outstanding healthcare for more than 80 years. Plans are underway to open a new Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and healthcare campus at the corner of York and Roosevelt Roads. Designed to reflect the most advanced thinking about the way hospital environments contribute to health and healing, the new facility will be a dynamic center of medicine and technology, comfort and compassion, prevention and education. This new hospital is slated to open in 2010.
Marianjoy recently opened its new 120 all private room replacement hospital in Wheaton – a state-of-the-art facility designed to enhance Marianjoy’s holistic approach to rehabilitation. The new flagship facility features uniquely designed accessible gardens, a labyrinth, chapel and a meditation room. Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital was founded 35 years ago by the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters and maintains an extensive network of inpatient, subacute and outpatient sites as well as physician clinics throughout the Chicago area. Dedicated to the delivery of physical rehabilitative medicine, Marianjoy also provides programs for community re-entry, including driver rehabilitation. Marianjoy is a member of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, which owns and operates more than 100 health and shelter service organizations in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
For more information about Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, please call (630) 782-7878, or visit www.emhc.org. For more information about Marianjoy, please call (800) 462-2366 or visit www.Marianjoy.org.