Ascension Resurrection
Transitional Year Residency
Who we are
The Ascension Resurrection Transitional Year Residency is an ACGME-accredited program providing excellent, broad-based first-year postgraduate medical training for physicians preparing for residency programs in specialties including radiology, radiation oncology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, dermatology, physical and rehabilitation medicine, and other disciplines.
Why choose us?
We have 337 inpatient beds, averaging more than 11,000 admissions annually; servicing more than 40,000 emergency department patients in 2006. This means you'll be in the heart of an active, thriving health care environment central to the lives of so many Chicagoans. You'll be confronted with a plethora of experiences, individuals, medical professionals, procedures and technologies.
In addition to Ascension Resurrection's family medicine and emergency medicine residency programs, you’ll work with fellows from our sports medicine and diagnostic ultrasound fellowships, rotating residents from affiliated programs in general surgery and obstetrics and gynecology, and medical students from Loyola University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Ascension Resurrection is an award-winning academic teaching hospital located on the city's northwest side that offers private patient rooms and world-class healthcare. As a full-service, comprehensive medical center, we have offered state-of-the-art tertiary-type care in a community-based setting since 1953 and remain a proven leader in telehealth technology. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality and compassionate care close to home.
Hospital facilities include:
- Digital medical library (available 24 hours) with research librarian available upon request
- State-of-the-art radiology department, including nuclear medicine, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) capabilities, 3-D imaging, two linear accelerators and a mammography center
- 17-bed intensive coronary care unit (ICCU) and 13-bed surgical intensive care unit (SICU)
- Open-heart surgery program, as well as cardiac catheterization and angioplasty capabilities
- Family birthing center and dedicated postparturm unit
- Modern laboratory, pathology, and research facilities
- State-of-the-art da Vinci™ Robotic Assisted Surgery
- Most advanced telehealth technology in critical care; teleICU, teleSICU and teleStroke care