Serving Our Communities

UChicago Medicine facilitates partnerships, supports programs and offers services to improve health and access to quality care in the communities we serve.

Our Community Benefit Service Area

In addition to our 12 South Side zip codes, which span more than two dozen neighborhoods and connect more than 650,000 people, we serve 13 Southland zip codes across 17 cities.

  • Armour Square
  • Ashburn
  • Auburn Gresham
  • Avalon Park
  • Beverly
  • Bridgeport
  • Burnside
  • Calumet Heights
  • Chatham
  • Chicago Lawn
  • Douglas
  • East Side
  • Englewood
  • Fuller Park
  • Gage Park
  • Grand Boulevard
  • Greater Grand Crossing
  • Hegewisch
  • Hyde Park
  • Kenwood
  • McKinley Park
  • Morgan Park
  • New City
  • Oakland
  • Pullman
  • Riverdale
  • Roseland
  • South Chicago
  • South Deering
  • South Shore
  • Washington Heights
  • Washington Park
  • West Pullman
  • Woodlawn

Some community areas stretch across multiple zip codes. Our community benefit service area extends only to those parts of a community area within the 12 zip codes identified.

  • Blue Island
  • Burnham
  • Calumet City
  • Chicago
  • Dixmoor
  • Dolton
  • East Hazel Crest
  • Glenwood
  • Harvey
  • Hazel Crest
  • Lansing
  • Markham
  • Phoenix
  • Posen
  • Riverdale
  • South Holland
  • Thornton

Some community areas stretch across multiple zip codes. Our community benefit service area extends only to those parts of a community area within the following 13 zip codes:

60406, 60409, 60419, 60425, 60426, 60429, 60430, 60438, 60469, 60473, 60476, 60633, 60827  

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Serving Chicago's South Side

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial
Serving Our Southland Region

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Community Benefit & Health Needs Assessment

Community Outreach

Programs & Services

In collaboration with our dedicated partners, UChicago Medicine supports a variety of programs and services to strategically address complex health needs in South Side communities.

Events & Outreach

Connect with UChicago Medicine at community events, including fitness classes, health fairs, educational forums, festivals and more. Find upcoming events and opportunities to get involved.

Grants & Sponsorships

UChicago Medicine awards grants and sponsorships to select community partners who share our commitment to improving health outcomes on Chicago's South Side.

We're Building Chicago's First Freestanding Cancer Center

The 575,000-square-foot facility will provide patients and the community access to the newest diagnostic innovations and leading-edge therapies.

Learn More About the New Cancer Center
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Community Outreach and Health Equity Articles

Myoshi Watts, owner of Armored Fitness and Nutrition, speaks with participants of the April Mental Wellbeing Spring Series session.
Ingalls Memorial offers mental health workshops for South Suburban residents
2023 Southland RISE grant recipient organization Fathers, Families, & Healthy Communities (FFHC).
Southland RISE awards $150,000 to South Side community-based summer programs focused on trauma and violence prevention
UChicago Medicine curbside COVID testing
The COVID-19 emergency declaration is ending. What does it mean for you?
Trauma surgeon Selwyn O. Rogers, MD, stands behind an ambulance
Q & A: Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, Founding Director of UChicago Medicine’s Level 1 Trauma Center
young female doctor looking tired
Managing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: A Key Skill in Healthcare and Trauma Care
UChicago Medicine has cared for more than 18,800 adult trauma patients in the past five years
Five years after launching Level 1 adult trauma center, UChicago Medicine set to exceed 18,800 adult trauma patients
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Does your child have asthma?
UChicago Medicine residents at the 2022 Bud Billiken Parade
UChicago Medicine invests $686.2 million to benefit South Side and south suburban communities in fiscal 2022
Bernard Lease, CRNA, Aaron Trautmann, DO, Alexandra Barikian, RN, and Nathan DeCarli, RN, are all members of the U.S. Army’s 759th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team (FRST) who provide care for patients at UChicago Medicine as part a military civilian partnership. (Photo by Jordan Porter-Woodruff)
Military training program provides skills sustainment for U.S. Army personnel, support for UChicago Medicine's trauma center