Carle Clinic, Hospital Celebrate 75 Years

URBANA-This year marks the 75^th Anniversary of Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital. In 1931, after studying at Mayo Clinic, J.C. Thomas Rogers, MD, and Hugh L. Davison, MD, created Carle Hospital Clinic, the area’s first multi-specialty group practice with an integrated hospital, and began to build a place where medical excellence and advanced healthcare could be delivered to the entire community. The theme for the year-long celebration is “Friends to the Community for 75 Years.”

“We are proud that Carle Clinic has grown to be one of the largest physician-owned groups in the nation. There are more than 300 doctors practicing here and more than 50 medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties,” says Bruce Wellman, MD, Carle Clinic Association CEO. “Through our network of 10 branch clinics, Carle Clinic strives to meet the needs of patients throughout east central Illinois with superior care.”

Carle Foundation Hospital is a 295-bed tertiary care facility comprised of more than 25 departments, including surgical and cardiac intensive care units, the region’s only Co-Perinatal Center, and the region’s only Level I Trauma Center.

Carle Foundation Hospital President and CEO, James C. Leonard, MD explains further, “Our vision here is to continue to lead healthcare in central Illinois and throughout the Midwest. We look forward to creating advances in medicine at Carle Foundation Hospital through continuing our relationship with Carle Clinic and new partnerships with the University of Illinois.

Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital operate the Carle Cancer Center, the Carle Heart Center, which is ranked among the nation’s top 100, and the Carle Spine Institute, the only multidisciplinary spine center in the region to offer comprehensive spine care at one location.

Carle patients have access to a variety of specialty care and advanced procedures right in their own backyard. Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital continue to garner national recognition for achievement.

Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital are separate business corporations that work together to provide quality care and services to their patients.

Carle Clinic Association and Carle Foundation Hospital contract with insurance providers separately and may or may not choose to participate in all of the same insurance plans. Patients are urged to check with their insurance carriers as to whether services are covered for either or both organizations.