Northwestern Medicine Opens New Immediate Care Center In Lake Bluff

LAKE BLUFF, IL — Northwestern Medicine this month completed the opening of a comprehensive health center in Lake Bluff.

Staffed by family and emergency medicine doctors from the medical staff of Lake Forest Hospital and part of Northwestern Medical Group, the center offers appointments with family medicine physicians and an immediate care center with on-site lab and imaging services.

Hospital officials said the new facility will offer an alternative to waiting in an emergency roomfor people with non-emergency health conditions who still need to promptly see a healthcare professional.

Robin Zacher, director of operations at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, said the Lake Bluff is differentiated from other immediate care centers by its staff of board-certified family medicine and emergency medicine doctors and by its on-site lab capabilities.

"Lake Bluff is one of only a few sites really designed and built from the ground up," Zacher said. "And we recruited individuals to really start a program within this location, within this city."

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“We are looking forward to serving Lake Bluff and the surrounding communities, providing patients with high quality, compassionate care, close to where they live and work,” Dr. Victoria Weston, immediate care medical director at Northwestern Medicine, said in a statement.

The family medicine and primary care section first opened in November 2021, while the immediate care portion of the center opened on April 1, according to a spokesperson.

The center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 525 Rockland Road, suite 102.