Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

MacNeal is a longstanding, community hospital-based family medicine program (one of the oldest in the country and the first in Illinois) affiliated with Loyola Medicine, training residents at a 374-bed community hospital with a large, diverse continuity-clinic population in the Berwyn/Cicero area. The program is structured as a 12-11-12 residency with in-house fellowships in sports medicine and faculty development, and emphasizes full-spectrum family medicine, hands-on procedural training, and close faculty-resident relationships driven by a high core faculty-to-resident ratio. Its identity centers on continuity of care within a specific local community rather than a research or tertiary-referral mission, with faculty who often practice alongside residents as partners in the same clinic. The program values residents who value longitudinal relationships, community rootedness, and a collegial, family-like training culture over high-volume subspecialty exposure.