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By Brian Dobben Beneficiary designations can provide a relatively simple way to support your favorite Advocate hospital or program. Considered a “will substitute,” a beneficiary designation dictates how the assets in an associated account will be distributed at the owner’s passing. Essentially, there are three ways to transmit property at…...

It was her baby girl’s shrill cry in the night that began an ordeal Michelle Kent will never forget. Little London was just a few weeks old and recuperating from having her tiny heart valve ballooned. The procedure had initially improved a condition London faced at birth—a narrow valve that…...

Never in a million years did Beth Levy think she would be the one in the one in eight women who have breast cancer. “You think, you’re young – under 40, you work out every day, eat healthy, sleep eight hours a night, cancer can’t happen to me. And then…...

 Meet Angela – Her friends call her Angie! She’s been volunteering at Advocate Health Care for over five years. Angie is a participant at our Adult Down Syndrome Center at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. That’s where her volunteer journey began. “At my yearly physical five years ago,…...

Scott Powder started his career at Advocate Health Care in 1993 after earning his master’s degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He has held numerous business development and strategy positions during his tenure, and was recently named Chief Strategy Officer for Advocate Aurora Health. In…...

On Sunday, October 7, 210 runners completed the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon as part of Advocate Health Care’s charity running team. Together Team Advocate raised more than $271,000 in support of Advocate’s hospital and programs—and gifts are still coming in. Each runner received support along the training journey…...

By Lori Mackey October 7 will mark my 10th marathon. Ten marathons in seven years; completing one is a huge accomplishment. Working toward a 10th…well, I’m not sure what that says about me. Training for a marathon is an enormous commitment. It takes more than just time and dedication. It…...

For MaryBeth McCarthy, her second pregnancy was anything but normal. “I just feel lucky to be alive right now,” she says. Her health saga started back in November of 2017. McCarthy, who is a nurse practitioner, went to the emergency department at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, near her work, with…...

Dr. Steven A. Nagel established his charitable gift annuity to benefit the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. What a fitting way to honor the memories of both his father, a pediatrician and member of the Medical Staff at the hospital, and his grandfather, who was…...

By Caitlin Olejnik October 7, 2018 is a special day, not only because I will be running my first marathon, but because it’s also my daughter Loralai’s third birthday. It is because of the excellent care from the doctors at Advocate Health Care that Loralai will be celebrating a happy…...