The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RUSH University System for Health today announced a partnership to create the RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center. The partnership represents advanced clinical and operational integration in the delivery of cancer care, giving RUSH patients greater access to cancer treatments and research considered among the best in the world.
MD Anderson is one of the nation’s leading cancer centers, and its team of experts is dedicated exclusively to the care, research, education and prevention of cancer patients. RUSH becomes the seventh partner in MD Anderson’s network of hospitals and health care systems working together to provide more people with greater access to advanced cancer care and clinical trials. RUSH MD Anderson will serve patients in the largest US city by population of all network partners.
Our team at RUSH is incredibly proud of the care we provide and honored to be consistently recognized among the best in the country. Partnering with MD Anderson and their bold vision to be the world’s leading cancer center tells our patients that they can continue to expect the best possible care from RUSH.”
Dr. Omar Lateef, President and CEO of RUSH;
RUSH MD Anderson patients will benefit from the combined expertise of a multidisciplinary team of surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, nurses and support specialists. Importantly, patients will receive care that reflects the same protocols and treatment plans available at MD Anderson and will have the opportunity to participate in an expanded number of clinical trials, including early Phase I and II trials.
“Partnering with RUSH to create RUSH MD Anderson is an important moment in our history as we work to complete our mission to eliminate cancer and save more lives,” said Dr. Peter WT Pisters, president, MD Anderson. “We are proud to partner with an outstanding team of clinicians, researchers and leaders at RUSH to advance cancer care in the region and make more clinical trials available to patients as we aim together to Make Cancer History®.”
All RUSH MD Anderson physicians are board certified and have their credentials approved by MD Anderson. RUSH MD Anderson providers will also have peer-to-peer access to MD Anderson experts and researchers to consult on best practices and treatment decisions.
RUSH is committed to providing the right care at the right time. including saving more lives through access to community-based screening, reducing risk and providing value-based preventive care. RUSH MD Anderson will create a more comprehensive cancer program through integrated services consistently available at its medical centers and regional locations.
RUSH MD Anderson patients will be able to access care at locations throughout the city, the Chicago suburbs and northwest Indiana. At RUSH’s Chicago campus, cancer care will be delivered in the 10-story Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building, designed to optimize patient experience and convenience while creating a refreshing, accessible environment that promotes healing. RUSH MD Anderson locations are:
- RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago (Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building)
- RUSH Copley Medical Center in Aurora
- RUSH Oak Park Hospital
- RUSH Copley Health Center in Yorkville
“Our RUSH community includes some of the brightest minds in medicine, scientific research and medical education – each with an unwavering commitment to the patients we serve,” said Dr. Amina Ahmed, director, RUSH MD Anderson Cancer Center. “Our mission, vision, strategy and goals align with MD Anderson’s clinical standards of care. We are stronger together and look forward to providing continued comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for all RUSH MD Anderson patients.”
