Hektoen Institute For Medical Research

The majority of the program delivery activities of the institute are made on behalf of the cook county health and hospital systems, whose grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements are received by the institute. The services administered are very wide ranging. The institute's largest programs focus on health care for patients with hiv/aids. The institute's other medical care delivery programs include many aspects of internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, geriatrics, surgery, and support services such as laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy.

The institute supports the training and educational mission of its affiliates. Most of the institute's efforts in this category are made on behalf of the cook county health and hospital systems. The institute's training grants focus on the education of faculty, fellows, and residents. The institute participates in a variety of projects offering continuing medical education programs to the staff of the cook county health and hospital systems and to other medical providers in the community. The institute has projects that focus on patient and community education for specific diseases or specific aspects of care.