Through our cancer care locations in downtown and Lake County, midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, City of Hope® is closing the care gap for patients in and around Chicago, northern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin. And we’re accelerating speed to specialized care, with immediate access to cancer prevention and screening, appointments in as little as 24 hours, with same-day diagnostics, rapid radiology results in 48 hours and pathology results in a week or less.
City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago offers world-class blood cancer care—powered by renowned oncologists like Tulio Rodriguez, MD, director of our Bone Marrow and Cellular Therapy Program, and City of Hope’s coast-to-coast clinical network, with one of the largest and most successful bone marrow transplantation (BMT) programs in the country.
Highly trained experts, including David J. Winchester, MD, FACS, a top-ranked surgical oncologist who has served patients in Illinois’ North Shore communities for three decades, proudly call City of Hope Chicago home. Together, they provide sophisticated, disease-specific surgical care—when and where you need it—from minimally invasive, robotic-assisted procedures to complex reconstructive and plastic surgeries.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) is now City of Hope, joining forces to expand patient access to personalized, comprehensive cancer care.
"I am closer to living the way I want to live now. Work is less of a focus for me, and my beliefs are at the forefront of my mind. I have become very active in my church, and have a close group of friends with whom I share my faith. Before I had cancer, I was going through the motions of life too busy to stop and notice what was going on around me. But going through this time made me stop and slow down and re-prioritize."
Surrounding yourself with a team of doctors focused only on treating cancer allows you to explore state-of-the-art options sooner. If you've been diagnosed with cancer, or are already undergoing treatment, and you're unsure of what to do, the oncology experts at City of Hope Chicago can recommend a treatment plan that is individualized to your diagnosis and your needs—one designed to help you manage side effects and get back to your life.
Click the links below to learn more about our experts, or if you're interested in joining a compassionate team making a difference in the lives of cancer patients, explore career opportunities at City of Hope Chicago.
Barbara Buttin, M.D.
Gynecologic Oncologist
Ajaz M. Khan, M.D., M.B.A., C.P.E.
Chief of Medical Oncology and President, Medical Staff for Chicago
Teja Poosarla, M.D.
Director of Medical Oncology for the Breast Program
Tulio Rodriguez, M.D.
Director of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, City of Hope Chicago
Karan Shah, M.D., M.B.A.
Radiation Oncologist and Co-Medical Director, Breast Program
Walter Stadler, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Chief Clinical Officer, City of Hope Chicago
Bradford Tan, M.D.
Medical Director, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
David J. Winchester, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Co-Medical Director, Breast Program
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The doctors and clinicians at City of Hope Chicago are part of multidisciplinary care teams led by experts focused on diagnosing and treating cancer.
Learn more about the many types of cancer we treat, including information on symptoms, risk factors and treatment options, by exploring the links below.
Teams of experts under one roof, focused on specific cancer types
Speed to specialized care matters when you have cancer. That’s why we created our cancer centers, a high-tech, high-touch care model that arms patients with disease-specific expertise at every point in your cancer journey.
We surround you with specialization. Your center. Your care team. Your personalized treatment plan. All based on your cancer type, all in one location—City of Hope® Chicago—designated as “high performing” for gynecologic cancer surgery in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 “Best Hospital” rankings and Illinois’ only Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence, the highest certification level awarded by the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers® program.
Read more about our cancer-focused centers by clicking the tiles below.
City of Hope Chicago’s disease-specific focus extends to our intensive clinical programs. You’ll experience next-level specialization—whether your diagnosis is early-stage, rare or complex. That’s why we developed our world-class Stem Cell Transplant Program—powered by highly trained hematologic oncologists who perform both autologous and allogeneic transplants. And it’s what drives our Rapid Lung Nodule Diagnosis Program, where experts accelerate speed to diagnosis—in as few as four days—through artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted tools. Then there’s our High-Risk Breast Cancer Program, featuring genetic counseling, cancer screenings and risk reduction strategies that empower patients at elevated risk to take action to reduce their chances of developing breast cancer.
Beyond our Chicago centers and programs, patients benefit from renowned subspecialists across City of Hope’s coast-to-coast clinical network who collaborate on complex cancers in real time.
Read more about our next-level specialization by exploring the links below.
At our Outpatient Care Center in Downtown Chicago, located in the Streeterville neighborhood, our cancer experts offer patients in and around Chicago convenient access to personalized cancer care, including advanced radiation therapy options.
We are proud to share that the practice of Hematology/Oncology of the North Shore, located in Morton Grove, Illinois, has joined City of Hope. We are excited to help deliver innovative discoveries and leading-edge care to more patients in the North Shore area.
City of Hope is world leader in the delivery of personalized care—pioneering breakthroughs that have led to advances in precision medicine, while charting the path for whole-person supportive care tailored to each patient’s needs and goals.
We’ve made comprehensive, personalized care our mission because we know that cancer is as unique as the person fighting it. How it impacts your body, your health, your emotions, your relationships, your plans for the future—everything that comes with a diagnosis impacts your life in unique ways. At City of Hope, we believe you deserve a team and a care plan that take those factors into account, treating you as an individual with your own hopes, needs, diagnosis and goals.
That means not only treating your cancer with leading-edge tools and technologies while helping you manage the side effects of the disease, but handling the logistics of your journey, so you can focus on healing.
At our Chicago hospital, experienced doctors, Magnet®-recognized nurses and other clinicians work together in one location, providing comprehensive cancer treatment tailored to each patient.
