Northwestern Glenview Outpatient Center

With our move to the burbs, it means finding new everything from hair salons to restaurants to doctors. Fortunately, Northwestern Glenview Outpatient Center has made the doctor finding task a lot easier. Instead of fretting about finding a new pediatrician and transferring records, we simply book appointments with Glenview instead of Halsted.
Since our move, we’ve used the Glenview Outpatient Center with enough frequency to require a punch card for a free bagel as I joked with Dr. Lechman a couple of days ago. We mainly use this shiny new facility for pediatrics and immediate care. Both of my kids have seen the pediatricians here. Dr. Lechman is fast becoming my favorite with his «lectures» and straightforward style. Our recent appointment started off like a comedy bit, «Have I told my lecture about pink eye and daycare workers?» I laughed. Then, he told about the types, what to watch for, and how they’re good for his business and the pharmaceutical companies. I’m also liking him as a doctor for being supportive of our switch to soy formula. My youngest has had eczema since day one it seems coupled with some reflux issues. My poor little guy was spitting up everything constantly and had a borderline allergic reaction one day at daycare. My husband and I made an executive decision to switch formula types to help our kiddo out. On my recent appointment with Dr. Lechman, he more than supported our decision to switch types and gave us a few cans of formula samples to stave off the expense. Non dairy formula isn’t cheap. This is another huge plus of the Glenview office: formula samples. Since Mead Johnson shares space with the Outpatient Center, there’s tons of free formula samples given out. We’re combo feeding, so some free formula cuts the expense a bit. My eldest likes the kid protein shake that’s at the office too.
Getting appointments here are much easier than the downtown office. The peds office is new, clean, and bright. I’ve never had to wait more than a few minutes to get seen. There was one day before a holiday, we had a bit of a wait, but were kept in the loop throughout it. For adult health needs, the immediate care office is fantastic too. I went recently when a sinus infection became so unbearable.
Overall, I’m a fan of this Outpatient Center. It’s a bit of a drive for us from our burb, but it’s no more than what we drove in the city to the congested Halsted office. Props to Northwestern for making being a patient easy when moving away from the city while maintaining records within the system.

No one likes going to the doctor, but this location puts you at ease. The service is wonderful, the physicians are second to none, and the facility is clean. They are very organized and your experience is very pleasant.
When you walk in, you enter the reception area and are greeted by a friendly face, check in, make any co-​payments you have and then are given a buzzer and told to head to the appropriate floor.
As you enter the appropriate floor, you wait for your buzzer to go off, and then are greeted by the doctor’s nurse. The offices are warm and inviting. There is nothing cold and dreary about it.
I LOVE this facility because blood work, x-​rays, mammos, etc all can be done on site. No need to go to the hospital!
This facility also has an immediate care clinic which is open 365 days a year! I believe they are open until 8:00 pm. So, if you happen to get sick and it’s not worthy of going to an ER, you can pop right in.
Seriously, this is one of the best medical facilities I have seen. I highly recommend it!

Incredible patient care. Everyone from the receptionists, nurses and doctors were extremely compassionate, helpful, and friendly. I’ve never experienced such great service anywhere, let alone a hospital! Nicest people I’ve ever worked with

My husband and I are a little older and retired, so we see physicians a little more than we would like — but it is not bad, when you have great care! I first have to give a huge shout-​out to my primary care physician, Dr. Elyse T. Esrig. I currently am seeing her downtown, but with a recent move I am planning on seeing her in Glenview. She is very kind, involved and seeks the very best solutions and treatments for whatever may ail you. She takes all the time necessary to check in with you — I have been seeing her for a fair amount of years now and I think she is the best!
I saw Dr. Benjamin R. Marks today for my «annual» dermatology checkup — please be wary of the sun, everybody! The damage can go deep, and does not go away. I felt comfortable with him (and Jennifer), and he took care with the «freezing» treatment with the trouble spots on my face and my body. I liked him.
I plan on making all of our future appointments there. Also, the staff was plentiful and very friendly and professional. Last thing, I was happy to see an Immediate Care Clinic there. Very useful to know.

I’m one of those who put off going to see the dr. unless absolutely necessary. Maybe it’s the fear in me that something may go wrong when I visit during a physical or maybe it’s the dreary look and feel of the doctors office or maybe even the unending paperwork you have to fill out. Whatever it is, I dreaded going to the doctor.
After years of trying to convince me, my wife finally got me to make the appt at Northwestern outpatient center in Glenview with Dr Wood. As I entered the facility, I was greeted with a warm reception as I walked in. The place is SO new and inviting it didn’t feel like a medical center. Once checked in, I was told to go to the receptionist. To my amazement, I didn’t have to fill a single piece of paperwork out. Everything is now entered in electronically and all I had to do was sign in. I was given a buzzer and told to head to the second floor.
Upon entering the office on the second floor, it was bright and inviting. Not what you think of when you go to a medical center.
When my buzzer went off, I met with Dr Woods nurse. She was nice. As I haven’t been to the doctor in a long time, I was surprised to see all the new equipment they use. I didn’t even have to roll up my sleeve for them to take my vitals. Dr Wood arrived and she is the most caring and warm doctor you can ever meet.
For everyone who has that phobia of going to see a doctor or go to a doctors office, check this place out and it’ll be your cure. It helped me and in sure you’ll feel the same!

I was hoping to find an internist in the burbs BEFORE I got sick, but the germs found me first. After days of a miserable sore throat and cough I decided to call a Dr. I had taken my 2 little ones to the Dr several times that week for the same thing and figured it was time to take care of myself.
I called Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care and asked who could see me that day and they informed me that Dana Wood had an availability. Appointment booked!
I pulled up to this gorgeous new center, parked right outside (going to the Dr in the burbs is so much easier than the city!) and made sure I had my kindle for what I figured would be a long time in the waiting room. However, they were so on top of things here that I didn’t even get a chance to sit down before my name was called.
I had a great experience with Dr Wood’s friendly nurse… and then minutes later Dr Wood popped in herself. She had an amazing bedside manner, spent a very long time examining me and answering all my questions and most importantly recommended all the drugs that would make me feel better.
The entire experience was so fabulous that I even scheduled a physical in a few weeks, which I’ve been putting off forever. I loved my internist in the city (Dr Suh*), but thrilled I found an internist just as good nearby.
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