Care system Variable Emergency department Level I trauma center Height 136 m, 139 m to tip Number of beds 288 | Speciality Children / Pediatrics Phone +1 312-227-4000 | |
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Affiliated university Northwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine Address 225 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA Hours Open today · Open 24 hours · See hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours Similar NorthShore University HealthSystem, La Rabida Children's Hospital, Loyola University Medical, Galter Pavilion, Advocate Christ Medical | ||
Meet the staff ann robert h lurie children s hospital of chicago
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (formerly Children's Memorial Hospital) in Chicago, Illinois is a pediatric specialty hospital. Located in the downtown Streeterville neighborhood, the hospital has more than 1,200 physicians on its medical staff and 4,000 employees. Lurie Children’s offers 70 pediatric sub-specialties and has physicians at 14 other city and suburban locations. Based on volume, it is ranked #1 regionally in all pediatric specialties and is accredited by the Joint Commission (formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations). Physicians and staff provided highly specialized care for more than 148,000 children in 2011, from every U.S. state and 35 countries.
Contents
- Meet the staff ann robert h lurie children s hospital of chicago
- History
- Education
- Awards and rankings
- Building information
- References
History
Founded in 1882 as the Maurice Porter Memorial Hospital, nurse and mother Julia Foster Porter established a 4-bed cottage at the corner of Chicago’s Halsted and Belden streets after the death of her 13-year-old son. It was the first hospital in Chicago focused solely on the care of children and pediatrics. The hospital expanded, was renamed Children’s Memorial Hospital in 1904, and moved to the corner of Fullerton and Lincoln avenues. It remained in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood for 130 years. On June 9, 2012, the hospital moved to its current location, 225 East Chicago Avenue, and changed its name to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The new name recognized philanthropist Ann Lurie, and her late husband, in honor of the $100 million gift she made in 2007 to help create the new hospital and to enhance its pediatric research initiatives.
In October 2014, the hospital inaugurated its first annual Hope and Courage awards, recognizing "leaders who have demonstrated exceptional commitments to improving the health and well-being of children". The 2014 honorees were Jamarielle Ransom-Marks, who runs the Jam's Blood and Bone Marrow Drive, child product safety advocates Linda E. Ginzel and Boaz Keysar, and Senator Richard J. Durbin.
Education
As the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the hospital offers a pediatrics residency program. The Feinberg School is ranked 17th for research and 17th for primary care in the 2016-17 U.S. News & World Report rankings of top research-oriented medical schools in the country.