title: Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
text: # Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
  
  Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a 333-bed community hospital located in Downers Grove, in the US state Illinois. The hospital opened in 1976, and operates the only Level I trauma center in the county of DuPage. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.
  
  Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has earned a spot on the 100 Top Hospitals list five times.
  
  ## Services
  
  Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has 333 beds, and more than 1,000 physicians representing 63 specialties. There are 2,600 employees at the hospital, and services include: cardiology, orthopedic surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology, stroke care, obstetrics and gynecology, low dose diagnostic imaging, and a comprehensive breast center. The emergency department is the only Level I trauma center in DuPage County.
  
  The hospital has level III designation for obstetric, perinatal and neonatal services, which is the highest designation in the state.
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is the only health care provider in Illinois to have earned the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the highest presidential honor for performance excellence.
  
  * 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks Study, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
  * Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services, 2009–14
  * 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals, 2011
  * Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
  * Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
  * Lincoln Gold Award for Achievement of Excellence, 2010
  * Practice Greenhealth Environmental Leadership Circle Award, 2012, 2013
  