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Howard Brown Health welcomes healthcare operations leader Melba Ansah as Chief Operating Officer. Ambulatory operations expert joins Midwest's leading LGBTQ+ health center to advance access, efficiency and patient-centered care CHICAGO - Howard Brown Health today announced that Melba Ansah, MBA, BS, joined the organization as its new Chief Operating Officer, bolstering the leadership of one of the largest healthcare institutions in the country serving LGBTQ+ people and others seeking affirming care. Ansah brings 30 years of healthcare experience across academic medicine, private practice and consulting, with a proven track record of expanding patient access, optimizing clinical operations, and strengthening workforce structures to enhance care delivery. Ansah joins Howard Brown with a deep commitment to ensuring that operational strategy and execution directly support compassionate, high-quality, patient-centered care. "I am honored to join Howard Brown Health to help advance its mission of providing high-quality, affirming care to LGBTQ+ patients and others in need of compassionate care," Ansah said. "I look forward to partnering with teams across the organization to strengthen operations, expand access, and ensure our systems and processes truly reflect the needs and experiences of the communities we serve." Prior to joining Howard Brown Health, Ansah served as Executive Director of Ambulatory Operations and Strategic Initiatives at UChicago Medicine, where she directed long-range strategic planning for 30 specialty clinics with an average monthly volume of 34,000 completed appointments. In that role, she managed a $100 million operational budget and led local implementation efforts to ensure consistent, high- quality, patient-centered services. Also at UChicago Medicine, Ansah coordinated major ambulatory construction projects to ensure on-time delivery with minimal disruption to clinical care, including oversight of budgeting and P&L management. She collaborated closely with cross-functional leaders in ambulatory quality and safety, care coordination, technology, customer service and process improvement, while providing direct leadership to a team of four directors and a project manager, and operational influence over approximately 450 staff across departments. "Melba's experience in complex healthcare environments and her passion for improving the patient and staff experience make her an ideal fit for Howard Brown Health," said Dr. Travis Gayles, President and CEO of Howard Brown Health. "Her leadership will be instrumental as we continue to grow our services and improve access to affirming care for LGBTQ+ people and the communities we serve." Previously, Ansah served as Director of Operations at Northwestern Medicine, where she held progressive leadership roles supporting ambulatory services across the Chicago area. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Leadership from National Louis University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Roosevelt University. Ansah assumes the role effective August 10. About Howard Brown Health Howard Brown Health provides high-quality, integrated, patient-centered care that affirms each patient's identity and experiences at seven health centers across Chicago. As the Midwest's leading health center dedicated to whole-person care for the LGBTQ+ community and others seeking affirming care, Howard Brown offers a range of patient services including medical care, behavioral care, dental care, young adult care, sexual care, and aging adult care. Howard Brown is recognized as a federally qualified health center and serves more than 43,000 adults and youth each year, regardless of their health insurance coverage status and ability to pay. Learn more at: https://howardbrown.org/

Northwestern Medicine plans 24-story hospital tower in Streeterville. A demolition permit has been issued for 330 E. Traded Editorial * A demolition permit has been issued for 330 E. Erie Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, clearing the way for Northwestern Medicine's planned hospital tower. * Designed by Perkins&Will, the project will rise 24 stories and 427 feet, with approximately 1.2 million square feet of hospital space. * The tower will include inpatient beds, outpatient clinics, surgery and imaging departments, retail space, gardens, and about 600 underground parking spaces. * Power Construction and UJAMAA Construction are expected to lead construction, while Lindahl Brothers Inc. will handle demolition and excavation. * New construction is expected to begin in spring 2027, with completion targeted for 2031, pending zoning and state approvals. What is planned for 330 E. Erie Street. Northwestern Medicine is moving ahead with plans for a major new hospital tower at 330 E. Erie Street in Streeterville, with a demolition permit now issued for the site. The property is bounded by East Huron Street, North McClurg Court, East Erie Street, and North Fairbanks Court and was previously occupied by the Lakeside Veterans Affairs Hospital tower. Although the former hospital building was demolished in 2009, its underground basement remains on the site. The new development will replace that remaining structure with a 24-story hospital tower reaching approximately 427 feet. At roughly 1.2 million square feet, it will be a significant addition to Northwestern Medicine's existing Streeterville campus. What the hospital tower will include. Designed by Perkins&Will, the building will use a podium-and-tower configuration. The lower portion will accommodate many of the hospital's procedural and diagnostic functions, while the upper tower will focus largely on patient care. The podium will include imaging, surgery and related medical functions, while the tower will contain inpatient beds and outpatient clinics. The design also takes advantage of the property's location, with the building shaped to provide views toward Lake Michigan and Chicago's skyline. The ground floor will include the main hospital lobby, retail space and a phlebotomy suite. A large vehicle drop-off area is planned along East Erie Street, while a pedestrian entry plaza will sit at the corner of North Fairbanks Court and East Erie Street. What the basement will add below grade. One of the more significant parts of the project will happen underground. The new hospital will have a four-story basement. Three levels will provide approximately 600 parking spaces, while the fourth will accommodate the loading dock and back-of-house functions. Before that can happen, the existing basement from the former VA hospital must be excavated. Lindahl Brothers Inc. is set to serve as the demolition contractor for this portion of the work. The excavation will prepare the site for the new tower and represents one of the first major physical steps toward construction of the hospital itself. What the medical facilities will provide. The second floor will house the imaging department and include a bridge connection to Northwestern's Feinberg Pavilion and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Another bridge on the third floor will connect to Feinberg Pavilion for back-of-house traffic. The third floor will also contain the hospital's surgery department. The fourth floor is planned for shell space, oncology support and a large rooftop garden that will be available to patients, staff and visitors. Higher in the tower, outpatient oncology clinics and an outpatient infusion department will occupy the middle floors. A smaller roof garden on the 12th floor will provide another outdoor space for patients and staff. The upper portion of the tower will contain six floors of inpatient beds, along with an additional shell floor that could accommodate future expansion. What needs to happen before construction starts. The project is still working through the approval process. Northwestern Medicine has submitted a zoning application seeking to incorporate the site into an existing Planned Development and rezone the parcels from DR-10, DX-12 and PD1214 to a unified DX-16 designation within an amended PD 1214. The hospital also needs a Certificate of Need from the State of Illinois. That application is expected to be submitted in fall 2026. If those approvals move forward on schedule, new construction is expected to begin in spring 2027, with the hospital tower currently targeted for completion in 2031. What the project means for Streeterville. The new tower will expand Northwestern Medicine's already substantial presence in Streeterville and add a major piece of healthcare infrastructure to one of Chicago's most prominent medical districts. Its scale will also change the site's role in the neighborhood. Instead of a mostly cleared former hospital property with an underground structure remaining in place, the site is expected to become a 427-foot vertical medical campus connected directly to existing Northwestern facilities. The combination of new inpatient capacity, outpatient care, surgery, imaging and oncology services makes the project more than a skyline addition. It is designed as an expansion of an interconnected medical campus, with bridges and shared infrastructure tying the new tower to nearby healthcare facilities. Published: Aug 10, 2026 Last updated: August 11, 2026 In This Market Chicago · Development Site

Northwestern and Rush tie for best hospital in Illinois, rank among top 20 in country. PUBLISHED: August 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM CDT UPDATED: August 4, 2026 at 7:51 AM CDT Two Chicago hospitals - Northwestern Memorial and Rush University Medical Center - are again tied for best hospital in the state and rank among the top 20 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. This is the fourth time the two hospitals have held the No. 1 spot in the state together, after Northwestern topped the rankings alone for more than a decade. "It's really a recognition of the tremendous work its teams are doing every day an... Please, provide an email to continue reading this article for free.