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Porter Health System

Serving Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter & Starke counties

  • Chesterton Medical Campus
  • DeMotte Medical Campus
  • Education and Rehab Campus
  • Hebron Medical Campus
  • Portage Hospital Campus
  • Valparaiso Hospital Campus
  • Valparaiso Outpatient Campus

 

Hospital Information

  • 301 licensed beds
  • Physicians: Active 279; Courtesy 57; Allied 42
  • 1,938 hospital employees
  • Accredited by The Joint Commission

Specialties

  • Allergy/ Immunology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Cardiology/ Interventional
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Endocrinology/ Reproductive Medicine
  • Family Practice/ Internal Medicine
  • Gastroenterology
  • General & Specialized Surgery
  • Gynecology/ Urogynecology/ Gynecologic Oncology
  • Hand Surgery
  • Hematology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Infertility
  • Nephrology
  • Neonatalology/ Perinatal Medicine
  • Neurology/ Neurosurgery
  • Obstetrics/ Certified Nurse Midwifery
  • Oncology/ Radiation Oncology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral/ Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Orthopedics/ Surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology (Anatomic, Clinical & Forensic)
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Podiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Pulmonology
  • Radiology/ Interventional
  • Rheumatology
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Urology
  • Wound Care

Services

  • Ambulatory Surgery Centers
  • Cancer (Radiation & Oncology)
  • Cardiac & Vacular Institute
  • Cardiac Diagnostic Testing (EEG, EMG, Stress Testing, Holter Monitoring)
  • Cardiopulmonary/Respiratory (EKG, Pulmonary Function Lab)
  • Critical Care
  • Diabetes Education
  • Dialysis
  • Emergency Departments
  • GI/Endoscopy Lab
  • Imaging (Bone Densitometry, CTA, CT/PET Scanners, Lithotripsy, Mammography, MRA, MRI, Telemedicine, Ultrasound)
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
  • Intermediate Care
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Labor & Delivery (LDRs, Neonatal ICU, Nursery)
  • Laboratory (Hematology, Histology, Immunology, Microbiology, Transfusion Medicine)
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Oncology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Rehabilitation (OT, PT, Speech)
  • Robotic Surgery (daVinci)
  • Sleep Disorders Institute
  • Surgery (Inpatient, Outpatient)
  • Wound Care Center (Hyperbarics)

Weather

Average annual rainfall: 39.8"
Average snowfall: 54.5"
Average temperature in winter: 30°
Average temperature in summer: 83°

Market Data

Median household income: $62,676
Average cost-existing 3BR home: $127,000
Average cost-2BR apartment: $625/mo.
State Income Tax: Yes, 3.4%

Community Facts

County Populations-

 Lake:493,800    Porter:162,181
 LaPorte:110,888    Starke:23,658
 Jasper:32,544    

Education

School systems in Porter County consistently exceed state and national norms and have been named “Best Buy” school corporations by the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce.
Check out the 2009 report "Indiana's Best Buys"-An In-Depth Look at Hoosier High Schools.

Colleges & Universities:

  • Calumet College of St. Joseph (Merrillville)
  • Indiana University Northwest (Gary)
  • Ivy Tech State College (Michigan City, Gary, East Chicago, Valparaiso)
  • Purdue University Calumet (Hammond)
  • Purdue University North Central (Hammond)
  • Valparaiso University (Valparaiso)

Porter County is approximately 45 miles from Chicago and 45 minutes from South Bend and the University of Notre Dame.

While You’re in Town

Here is a small sampling of some of the fine establishments you’ll find just minutes from our campuses.......

 
 
 
 

For more information on Porter County, log on to www.porterco.org.

 
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814 LaPorte Avenue
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
(219) 263-4600
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