Endometriosis care in Illinois

Illinois has three sites on the AAGL Complex Benign Gynecology Fellowship listing, all in the Chicago area: Northwestern Feinberg, Advocate Lutheran, and Endeavor Health. Rush University Medical Center, also in Chicago, runs a Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery service that treats endometriosis and a separate Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Health. Downstate, the state's public medical education includes Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, which has its own obstetrics and gynecology department.

Springfield is about 180 air miles from Chicago but only 90 from St. Louis, and Carbondale is about 80 from St. Louis, which is why southern Illinois often crosses the river for care; Rockford is about 80 miles from Chicago and Peoria about 130. The March of Dimes 2026 report classifies 42.2 percent of Illinois counties as maternity care deserts, home to about 96,000 women ages 15 to 44. In the state, 63.7 percent of counties have no birthing facility and 117,000 women live more than 30 minutes from a hospital with labor and delivery services, even though only 6.9 percent of counties have a women's uninsured rate above 10.9 percent.

Illinois adopted Medicaid expansion, per KFF's October 2026 status table. The Illinois Department of Public Health keeps a women's health services page listing state programs.