Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Telephone: 312-908-9339
Email: CNADC-Admin@northwestern.edu
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Clinical Services for Women
This section lists several programs or clinics affiliated with Northwestern that 1) focus on female specific conditions, 2) treat health conditions that are more prevalent in women, or 3) provide a gender specific approach to a conditions that manifests equally but differently in men and women. If you have a condition or concern that is not addressed by any of these programs and you would like a referral, call the Northwestern Physician’s Access Line: 1-800-638-3737.
Arthritis Center - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Telephone: 800-354-REHAB (7342)
Women’s Health Rehabilitation Services - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago offering gender specific approach to athletic injuries and conditioning.
Telephone: 800-354-REHAB (7342)
Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center offers comprehensive breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and counseling.
Telephone: 312-472-0469.
Bluhm Family Breast Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Program offers comprehensive risk assessment and risk management for women at risk for breast cancer.
Telephone: 312-472-0469.
Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago offers physical therapy, lymphedema treatment, pain management after breast cancer treatment.
Telephone: 866-999-3344
Women with Disabilities Center-Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago offers a multifaceted approach to meeting the needs of women with disabilities and has developed an array of programs and services tailored to the life changes and ongoing issues for women.
Telephone: 312-238-8003.
Insight is a team of experienced, qualified professionals dedicated to the treatment of anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, weight management and general psychological disorders.
Telephone: 312-540-9955.
Email: info@insightforeating.com
Northwestern's reproductive endocrinology and infertility program is a leader in the evaluation and treatment of a wide variety of disorders that can cause infertility, as well as other diseases of the female reproductive system.
When a woman, man or teenage girl or boy is diagnosed with cancer, there is only a brief window of time to learn about options for preserving his or her fertility before treatment. Cancer therapy often has irreversible effects on a patient's fertility. Oncofertility -- the intersection of oncology and reproductive medicine -- is a new, rapidly advancing field that strives to preserve fertility in cancer patients. For more information contact the Fertility Preservation Program or visit the Northwestern University’s Oncofertility Web site.
To schedule a consultation with the program, please call 1-866-708-3378 (FERT) or e-mail oncofertilty@northwestern.edu.
Digestique endeavors to provide a resource for women seeking relief from chronic digestive illnesses. The clinic offers both traditional and alternative medicine concepts in a state of the art facility to provide expeditious diagnosis and compassionate treatment.
Telephone: 312-274-9898
Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers advanced technology that includes minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery to treat gynecological cancers. Gynecological oncology is the discipline that addresses female cancers of te reproductive organs: uterus, ovaries, cervix, fallopian tubes, vulva and vagina.
Prentice Women's Hospital-Gynecologic Care works with many specialists who provide a comprehensive array of gynecologic services, from well-woman care, routine examinations and screenings to contraceptive management, menopause-related care, incontinence and bladder-related care and much more.
Telephone: 312-926-2000.
Center for Women's Cardiovascular Health at Northwestern Memorial Hospital is developing a standard of care that recognizes women as unique individuals and tailors treatment strategies to optimize their specific needs.
Telephone: 866-662-8467
The Heart Disease and Pregnancy Program of the Center for Women’s Cardiovascular Health at Northwestern Memorial Hospital provides specialized care for the pregnant woman with heart disease and provides preconception evaluation prior to becoming pregnant.
Telephone: 866-662-8467
Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness at Northwestern Memorial Hospital offers a blend of traditional primary care medicine with integrative therapies. Board certified internists collaborate with certified integrative practitioners to offer a holistic approach to caring for both acute and chronic medical conditions.
Telephone: 312-926-WELL
Women suffer from more knee pain and disability than men. Yet traditional knee replacement options were not designed with a fit and function specifically to accommodate the different shape and size of a woman’s knee. Recently, a gender knee specifically has been designed by Zimmer. To learn about this new replacement joint and to find physicians in your area who use it, visit www.genderknees.com Several orthopedic surgeons affiliated with Northwestern University are using this new device in their practice.
The Breast Rehabilitation Center at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has developed a special treatment plan for the after-effects of breast cancer treatment, including the rehabilitation of post-surgical lymph edema and exercises that diminish pain and increase range of motion.
Telephone: 800-354-REHAB (7342)
Women’s Health Rehabilitation Services at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has developed physical therapy treatments for osteoarthritis and osteoporosis that help prevent the stiffness, decreased mobility and bone loss that might otherwise occur.
Telephone: 866-999-3344
Fracture, Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease Program at Northwestern University evaluates inpatients during hospitalizations for low trauma fractures and consultation of complex metabolic bone disorders. It also offers office consultations with osteoporosis specialists and an osteoporosis nurse clinician. A physician referral is required.
Telephone: 312-695-2460
Check Up on Your Bones
This is an interactive bone health checkup for people of all ages. The goal of the checkup is to help you identify the most common red flags that put your bones at risk and to give you a strategy - specific to you - to make your bones stronger and healthier. The web site was created by the National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center.
The Northwestern Ovarian Cancer Early Detection & Prevention Program provides focused, high quality innovative care and services for asymptomatic women at increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Telephone: 312-926-6606.
Too many women decide not to seek help for common conditions like urinary incontinence, believing that such issues are a natural and irreversible result of pregnancy or aging. Nothing could be further from the truth.Our urogynecolgists treat problems related to women's urinary and reproductive tracts.
Pelvic pain can be due to pregnancy, postpartum pregnancy, intercourse, bowel and bladder incontinence or dysfunction, low back and pelvic dysfunction, endometriosis and surgery. Women’s Health Rehabilitation Services at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has experts who can determine pelvic muscle dysfunction and provide the foundation for personalized comprehensive rehabilitation programs. Telephone: 800-354-REAB (7342)
The Intergrated Pelvic Health Program (IPHP), focuses on five main disease categories--urinary and fecal incontinence, bladder and pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse, fistulae, and pelvic pain syndromes--and includes four medical disciplines---colorectal surgery, urogynecology, urology, and physiatry(rehabilitation and physical therapy). For more information or to make an appointment call 312-926-4747. Office hours are M-F, 8am-5pm.
Support for Perinatal Loss is provided at Prentice Women’s Hospital.
Women's Health Rehabilitation Program at RIC Program provides physical medicine and rehabilitation services for the specific health needs of women. The care at RIC focuses on pregnancy/post-partum, pelvic floor dysfunction and breast cancer rehabilitation. They also have experts who treat particular groups of women like adolescents, female athletes and women with complex conditions.
Telephone: 800-354-REHAB (7342)
A full range of maternal and newborn services is available at the Prentice Women’s Hospital.
Telephone: 312-926-2000.
Northwestern Scleroderma Clinic. Women who would like to make an appointment must provide a referral letter from their primary care provider and copies of their medical records.
Telephone: 312-503-1137.
Northwestern' s Sexual Health Clinic offers a full any of comprehensive services for women and men experiences sexual function disorders.
Call 312-926-WELL (9355) and ask for Jeff or Kathy or email jaalbaug@nmh.org
Contraception
The Complex Contraception Clinic at Northwestern University provides access to the highest quality of care for women with conditions that complication contraception and reconception care. To learn more, visit their website.
The Northwestern Memorial Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic provides diagnostic and treatment services for a wide range of sexually transmitted diseases.
Telephone: 312-926-8366.
The HIV Center at Northwestern Memorial includes comprehensive assessment and medical treatment for HIV and associated complications. They also run a specialized program for HIV-infected women that includes obstetrical and gynecological care.
Telephone: 312-926-8358.
The Sleep Disorders Center at Northwestern Center provides day and night sleep studies for diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, periodic limb movement disorder, nocturnal behaviors (sleep walking, talking and eating in sleep, acting out dreams) disorders and narcolepsy. A physician's referral and order is required.
Telephone: 312-926-2650
The Department of Neurology at Northwestern runs a Sleep Clinic. It is a multidisciplinary practice of neurologists, pulmonologists and psychologists who evaluate all sleep disorders and use both medical and behavioral interventions. To make an appointment, call 312-695-7950.
The Vein Center is a team of imaging experts focused on the quality of your unique treatment for varicose veins, spider veins, and vein-related pain, and on bringing you excellent results. The Vein Center is centrally located off Michigan Avenue in Chicago and accepts most major insurance policies. For questions or to schedule an appointment call 312-695-VEIN (8346).
