This is an exciting time for NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of our founding as Evanston Emergency Hospital. We have come a long way from our humble beginnings as a tiny, six-bed hospital on Emerson St., but our long-standing mission ‘to preserve and improve human life’ has always been at the core of who we are and what we do. So please join us as we take a look back at our rich history. We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane!
Prominent Evanston citizens come together to establish a local emergency hospital after years of illness and death in the rapidly growing community.
The Evanston Emergency Hospital becomes Evanston Hospital.
For many families, giving birth at Evanston Hospital is a tradition handed down from one generation to the next, but it isn’t always like this.
The Evanston Hospital Training School for Nurses officially opens.
As the Evanston community grows, so does Evanston Hospital.
Evanston Hospital physicians organize a professional association devoted to medical excellence.
Evanston Hospital appoints a female chief administrator—the only woman in the U.S. to hold such a position at the time.
Despite the relatively primitive laboratory facilities at the time, one extensive research study results in a major medical breakthrough.
Evanston Hospital becomes a teaching hospital for the first time.
The humble beginnings of the Women’s Auxiliary evolve into one of NorthShore’s premier fundraising and service organizations.
Hundreds of local people form an informal unpaid work force to replace Hospital employees called up for active duty during WWII.
Polio becomes a worldwide epidemic in the 1940s and 1950s, paralyzing or killing half a million people annually.
Evanston Hospital is the subject of a six-page feature in the Sept. 25, 1948 issue of the highly popular Saturday Evening Post.
Evanston Hospital launches its first dedicated research program.
Evanston Hospital undergoes significant expansion as its services become more specialized.
Dr. Stephen E. Reid: football All-American, decorated U.S. Army Major, distinguished physician and Nobel Prize nominee.
A record-setting 23 inches of snow over two days paralyzes the Chicago metropolitan area but Evanston Hospital rises to the occasion.
Great things come in small packages.
Evanston Hospital becomes a multi-hospital healthcare system—first on the North Shore—with the construction and opening of a new hospital in Glenview.
Evanston Hospital Corporation (EHC) makes a splash with media marketing.
The Center at Evanston Hospital brings together many cancer care services into one location for patients and clinical research.
Evanston Hospital receives the highest trauma designation in Illinois.
A unique birth puts baby, parents, and Evanston and Glenbrook Hospitals in the local spotlight.
A new leader takes the reigns of EHC.
EHC undergoes reorganization reflective of the integrated delivery model.
An exciting, happy and joyful day for Illinois Governor Jim Edgar, whose daughter-in-law gives birth to his first grandchild at Evanston Hospital.
Forging a unique partnership with an upscale department store.
EHC establishes a new Health Center at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) to provide medical care to all students.
EHC takes research to the next level—translating science into better medicine and ultimately to the bedside.
A new resource center is established to help people become advocates for their own healthcare.
EHC unveils a new identity.
ENH embarks on a new journey in the fight against hereditary disease.
ENH becomes a three-hospital system with the merger of Highland Park Hospital.
Gene therapy research breaks new ground and offers hope to heart patients.
ENH is the first integrated healthcare system in the U.S. to successfully launch a revolutionary systemwide initiative, taking healthcare to new levels of quality and safety.
Philanthropy and the ENH family.
ENH receives national attention for being first in the U.S. to launch a universal Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening program.
After a dozen years, ENH unveils a new name and brand ushering in a new era for the hospital system.
NorthShore expands its integrated delivery system to four hospitals.
A new community wellness program is created to address one of the nation’s fastest- growing health threats.
NorthShore becomes the principal teaching affiliate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (U of C).
NorthShore becomes the first-ever official healthcare partner of the Chicago Bears.
Pablo V. Gejman, MD, leads an international team in bringing us a step closer to understanding schizophrenia.
NorthShore welcomes Chicago Blackhawks legends to mark a special occasion.
NorthShore is the first health system in Illinois to achieve Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
An internationally renowned NorthShore cardiologist presents positive data results on a novel heart valve therapy.
Glenbrook Hospital’s (GBH) much-anticipated John and Carol Walter Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) officially opens.
A NorthShore Orthopaedic Surgeon brings knowledge and training of an advanced ACL surgery to the United States from Europe.
NorthShore pledges $1.8 million to the Erie Family Health Center to operate a new clinic serving low-income patients in Evanston and Skokie.
NorthShore and Mayo Clinic join forces.
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