The National Pancreas Foundation named the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital a Pancreatitis Center.
Here's what you need to know.
1. The hospital is one of 47 in the country and one of only two in the state of Illinois.
2. The recognition honors the center as one of "the nation's leading healthcare facilities," for treating pancreatitis.
3. To earn the qualification, centers must develop a multidisciplinary approach to pancreatitis.
4. The NPF extensively audited Northwestern Memorial to ensure its center met criteria developed by a task force of clinical specialists and patient advocates.