Lurie Children's Hospital

Founded in 1882 as the Maurice Porter Memorial Hospital, an 8-bed cottage exclusively for children aged 3–13 at the corner of Chicago's Halsted and Belden streets was established by nurse and mother Julia Foster Porter after the death of her 13-year-old son.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-04-29-ct-met-hospital-history-box-20120429-story.html|title=Children's Memorial Hospital history|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|website=Chicago Tribune|date=April 29, 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064011/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-04-29-ct-met-hospital-history-box-20120429-story.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=April 30, 1982|title=A century of healing children|pages=26|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67827816/a-century-of-healing-children/|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072604/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67827816/a-century-of-healing-children/|url-status=live}} The site today is home to the DePaul University College of Education building and has a historic plaque at its entrance.{{Cite web |title=Original Site of The Children's Memorial Hospital Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=261228 |access-date=January 23, 2025 |website=hmdb.org |language=en}}

Two years later in 1884, Porter acquired another property a few blocks away from the original building and built a three-story replacement hospital with 22 beds. In 1896 Porter planned and supported another expansion that increased the hospital's capacity to 50 beds.{{Cite journal|last=Shulman|first=Stanford T.|date=June 1, 2012|title=End of an Era: Farewell Chicago Children's Memorial Hospital|url=https://www.healio.com/pediatrics/journals/pedann/2012-6-41-6/%7B8c9533d3-76f1-4184-a9b0-34f8b8144ec4%7D/end-of-an-era-farewell-chicago-childrens-memorial-hospital|url-status=live|journal=Pediatric Annals|language=en|volume=41|issue=6|pages=215–216|doi=10.3928/00904481-20120525-01|pmid=22694229|issn=0090-4481|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803101303/https://www.healio.com/pediatrics/journals/pedann/2012-6-41-6/%7B8c9533d3-76f1-4184-a9b0-34f8b8144ec4%7D/end-of-an-era-farewell-chicago-childrens-memorial-hospital|archive-date=August 3, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021}}{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=14|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072610/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Children_s_Memorial_Hospital_of_Chicago/UwVZAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0|url-status=live}}

In 1903, Porter was given a large gift that allowed for the purchase the triangular block of land on which the new Maurice Porter Children's Hospital was built. It remained in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood for 130 years.{{Cite web|date=June 11, 2012|title=Children's Memorial Hospital: 131 Years of History|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-quirk/2012/06/childrens-memorial-hospital-131-years-of-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223003849/http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-quirk/2012/06/childrens-memorial-hospital-131-years-of-history/|archive-date=December 23, 2019|access-date=April 11, 2020|website=chicagonow.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=January 9, 2014|title=Doctor Publishes Book Detailing History Of Children's Memorial Hospital|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/09/doctor-publishes-book-detailing-history-of-childrens-memorial-hospital/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223003848/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/01/09/doctor-publishes-book-detailing-history-of-childrens-memorial-hospital/|archive-date=December 23, 2019|access-date=April 11, 2020|website=CBS Chicago|language=en-US}}

The hospital underwent further reorganization in 1904, ultimately changing the hospital's name from the Maurice Porter Children's Hospital to Children's Memorial Hospital (CMH).{{Cite web|title=Who We Are|url=https://foundersboard.luriechildrens.org/en/who-we-are/|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=foundersboard.luriechildrens.org|language=en|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028050318/https://foundersboard.luriechildrens.org/en/who-we-are/|url-status=live}}{{Cite journal|title=The Children's Memorial Hospital|year = 1950|pmc = 3802938|last1 = Bigler|first1 = J. A.|journal = Quarterly Bulletin of the Northwestern University Medical School|volume = 24|issue = 1|pages = 26–33}} A few years later, in 1907 the hospital was gifted an X-ray machine by local philanthropist, John Borland.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=19|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072610/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}}

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By 1908, capacity reached 108 beds after the opening of the "Cribside Pavilion", also allowing admission of infants for the first time in the hospital's history.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=18, 19, 20|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072654/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}} In 1912, CMH was again expanded allowing the hospital to have a total capacity of 175 beds. Generous philanthropic support from the community, including endowments of between $350 and $500 to support a patient bed for 1 year, allowed the hospital to continue providing free care.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=27–28|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072605/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}}

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In 1926, CMH constructed the new "Martha Wilson Memorial Pavilion", increasing total hospital capacity to 272 beds. During construction of the new pavilion, they also built a residence for nurses and interns on the site of the former 1886 hospital.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=36|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072659/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}}

In the 1940s, doctors from CMH pioneered one of the earliest pediatric surgery programs in the country. Surgeons Willis J. Potts and Sidney Smith invented a number of surgical tools used to operate on blood vessels and they devised a new surgery to treat blue baby syndrome.{{cite news|title=Dr. Willis Potts, physician, was 75|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/05/08/88942445.html?pageNumber=44|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 8, 1968|access-date=December 7, 2017 |page=44 |url-access=subscription}}

In 1957, it was decided by CMH administration that a new modern hospital building was needed to replace the Maurice Porter and Agnes Wilson pavilions.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=95|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072606/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}} Three years later, in 1960 demolition was started and ground was broken to make way for the new patient tower, research building, and administrative offices. Two years later, on October 11, 1962, the new patient tower officially opened, with the research tower opening in 1963.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=95, 96, 97, 98, 99|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053600/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}} In the 1960s Children's Memorial Hospital's department of anesthesia first established a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at CMH with the capacity of 10 beds.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=109|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053549/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}}

In June 1979, former McDonald's CEO, Ray Kroc made a donation to the hospital that funded the addition of a three-story building named the "Ray A. Kroc Diagnostic and Treatment Center" in his honor.{{Cite web|last=Napoli|first=Lisa|date=January 18, 2017|title=Exploring Ray Kroc's Chicago|url=https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/ray-kroc-chicago-mcdonalds-map|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Curbed Chicago|language=en|archive-date=December 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220145546/https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/ray-kroc-chicago-mcdonalds-map/|url-status=live}} The building included new operating rooms, a new 25-bed emergency department and a radiology suite.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&q=Ray+A.+Kroc+Diagnostic+and+Treatment+Center&pg=PA108|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=108|language=en|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053610/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=Ray+A.+Kroc+Diagnostic+and+Treatment+Center&source=bl&ots=k-YIp8uo0L&sig=ACfU3U0ucsRr-_8wMyanW5q1waUDRWVajg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil7oSRtqTuAhVpEFkFHc7MA9UQ6AEwBHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=Ray%20A.%20Kroc%20Diagnostic%20and%20Treatment%20Center&f=false|url-status=live}}File:children's memorial hospital Lincoln park.jpg In 1982 CMH added on a four floor expansion to the main hospital bed tower. The four floors were topped with a new rooftop helipad and one of the floors served as the neonatal intensive care unit for the hospital.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=107|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053549/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}} Also in 1982, CMH successfully separated a pair of conjoined twins during a nine-hour operation. The twins were previously joined at their pelvises.{{Cite news|date=July 29, 1982|title=One Siamese twin leaves hospital|pages=21|work=Herald and Review|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67827926/one-siamese-twin-leaves-hospital/|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053549/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67827926/one-siamese-twin-leaves-hospital/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=July 29, 1982|title=One of the Siamese twins goes home after surgery success|pages=8|work=The Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67827978/one-of-the-siamese-twins-goes-home/|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053605/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67827978/one-of-the-siamese-twins-goes-home/|url-status=live}}

File:Former Children's Memorial Hospital.jpgIn 2006, hospital administration had announced plans to build an entirely new children's hospital closer to downtown Chicago and closer to the campus of their academic affiliate, Northwestern University.{{Cite web|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago {{!}} ZGF|url=https://www.zgf.com/project/lurie-childrens/|access-date=January 31, 2021|website=www.zgf.com|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607204007/https://www.zgf.com/project/lurie-childrens/|url-status=live}} In 2008, the hospital administration and CEO were victims of extortion by then-governor Rod Blagojevich for $8 million of state funding in exchange for a $25,000 fundraiser.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-viz-blagojevich-schemes-breakdown-20200218-c2lhuicqg5br7indvtsbmxymha-htmlstory.html|title=Blagojevich's crimes: 20 charges, 3 schemes and a lie|last=Rumore|first=Jonathon Berlin, Kori|website=Chicago Tribune|date=February 18, 2020 |access-date=February 22, 2020|archive-date=February 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221230135/https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-viz-blagojevich-schemes-breakdown-20200218-c2lhuicqg5br7indvtsbmxymha-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=SIMON|first=SCOTT|date=December 13, 2008|title=Blagojevich: Playing Politics Against Sick Children?|url=https://www.npr.org/2008/12/13/98224022/blagojevich-playing-politics-against-sick-children|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222045856/https://www.npr.org/2008/12/13/98224022/blagojevich-playing-politics-against-sick-children|archive-date=February 22, 2020|access-date=February 22, 2020|website=NPR.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2020/02/18/chicago-childrens-hospital-shaken-down-by-blagojevich-no-comment-on-trump-sentence-commutation/|title=Children's Hospital Shaken Down By Blagojevich: No Comment On Trump Sentence Commutation|last=Japsen|first=Bruce|date=February 18, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064012/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2020/02/18/chicago-childrens-hospital-shaken-down-by-blagojevich-no-comment-on-trump-sentence-commutation/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}}

After the move, the old buildings on the former site sat empty for years becoming an "eyesore" that angered the local community.{{Cite web|date=May 16, 2013|title=One Year Later, Little Movement To Redevelop Old Children's Hospital Site|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/16/one-year-later-little-movement-to-redevelop-old-childrens-hospital-site/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053553/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/16/one-year-later-little-movement-to-redevelop-old-childrens-hospital-site/|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=CBS Chicago|language=en-US}} In 2016, demolition on the former Children's Memorial Hospital began to make way for low-rise apartment and retail space.{{Cite web|title=Demolition begins on Children's Memorial Hospital|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-childrens-memorial-hospital-demolition-20160607-story.html|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Chicago Tribune|date=June 7, 2016 |archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930003515/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-childrens-memorial-hospital-demolition-20160607-story.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Bradley|first=Tahman|date=June 7, 2016|title=Remembering Children's Memorial Hospital as demolition begins|url=https://wgntv.com/news/demolition-begins-at-former-childrens-memorial-hospital-on-north-side/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053539/https://wgntv.com/news/demolition-begins-at-former-childrens-memorial-hospital-on-north-side/|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|publisher=WGN-TV|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Popa|first=Rachel|date=June 8, 2016|title=Demolition begins on Children's Memorial Hospital site – Chicago Agent Magazine Local News|url=https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/2016/06/08/demolition-begins-on-childrens-memorial-hospital-site/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053614/https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/2016/06/08/demolition-begins-on-childrens-memorial-hospital-site/|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Chicago Agent Magazine|language=en-US}}

On June 9, 2012, the hospital moved from their old campus to its current location in Streeterville, in a coordinated move of 200 children that took over 10 hours.{{Cite web|date=June 8, 2012|title=Fullerton Avenue To Close All Day Saturday As Children's Memorial Moves|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/08/fullerton-avenue-to-close-all-day-saturday-as-childrens-memorial-moves/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064012/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/08/fullerton-avenue-to-close-all-day-saturday-as-childrens-memorial-moves/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=CBS Chicago|language=en-US}} The hospital also changed its name to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/08/fullerton-avenue-to-close-all-day-saturday-as-childrens-memorial-moves/|title=Fullerton Avenue To Close All Day Saturday As Children's Memorial Moves|date=June 8, 2012|language=en-US|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064012/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/08/fullerton-avenue-to-close-all-day-saturday-as-childrens-memorial-moves/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://annlurie.com/|title=Ann Lurie|date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628001220/http://annlurie.com/|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=June 28, 2019}}{{Cite web|last=Gamble|first=Molly|date=June 4, 2012|title=Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago Adopts New Name Today|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/childrens-memorial-hospital-in-chicago-adopts-new-name-today.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053538/https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/childrens-memorial-hospital-in-chicago-adopts-new-name-today.html|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Beckers Hospital Review}} More than just a donation, Ann Lurie secured funding from other philanthropists and gave tours of the hospital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-philanthropist-gives-away-more-than-331-million-with-handson-approach-20120409-story.html|title=Philanthropist gives away more than $331 million with hands-on approach|last=Shropshire|first=Corilyn|date=April 9, 2012|website=Chicago Tribune|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411181442/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-philanthropist-gives-away-more-than-331-million-with-handson-approach-20120409-story.html|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}} She also served on the board of the hospital. The donation was the largest that the hospital had ever received.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20070905/NEWS/200026262/children-s-memorial-to-get-100-million-gift|title=Children's Memorial to get $100-million gift|last=Colias|first=Mike|date=September 5, 2007|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064023/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20070905/NEWS/200026262/children-s-memorial-to-get-100-million-gift|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}}

The staff moved 170 patients and their parents, traveling by ambulance and escorted by the Chicago Police Department.{{Cite web|url=http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2016/11/11/childrens-story/|title=Children's Story – Fourteen East|last=HAPPOLD|first=MADELINE|date=November 11, 2016|website=14 East|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064012/http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2016/11/11/childrens-story/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}} The move was designed to allow the hospital to be closer to its academic partner Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, attract and retain the best staff, foster stronger, collaboration with adult researchers and clinicians, improve transition of patients into adult care, and provide even faster transport for critically ill newborns from neighboring Prentice Women's Hospital.{{Cite book|last=Komiski|first=Bruce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKp1AgAAQBAJ&q=Children's+Memorial+Hospital+of+Chicago+move|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago|date=November 23, 2013|publisher=Images Publishing|isbn=978-1-86470-521-8|language=en|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053537/https://books.google.com/books?id=aKp1AgAAQBAJ&q=Children%27s+Memorial+Hospital+of+Chicago+move|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Breu|first=Giovanna|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/us/04cnchospital.html|title=Hospital's Design Is Guided by Experiences of Youth|date=June 4, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325171016/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/us/04cnchospital.html|url-status=live}}

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File:Rooftop Hospital Heliport.jpgThe new {{Convert|1.25|e6sqft|adj=on|abbr=off}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zgf.com/project/lurie-childrens/|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago {{!}} ZGF|website=www.zgf.com|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607204007/https://www.zgf.com/project/lurie-childrens/|url-status=live}} building cost $605 million (excluding land) and was completed in June 2012. The building featured 23 floors and was envisioned by ZGF Architects, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and Anderson Mikos Architects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scb.com/project/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital/|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago|website=SCB|language=en-US|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926053834/https://www.scb.com/project/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital/|url-status=live}} Structural engineering services for the new building was provided by Magnusson Klemencic Associates.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mka.com/projects/featured/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital|title=Magnusson Klemencic Associates {{!}} Projects {{!}} Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago|website=www.mka.com|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411065903/https://www.mka.com/projects/featured/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital|url-status=live}} Construction of the building was managed by a joint venture of Mortenson Construction and Power Construction.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7471-ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago-by-zgf-architects-solomon-cordwell-buenz-and-anderson-mikos-architects?v=preview|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago by ZGF Architects, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and Anderson Mikos Architects|website=architecturalrecord.com|language=en|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813235317/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7471-ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago-by-zgf-architects-solomon-cordwell-buenz-and-anderson-mikos-architects?v=preview|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mortenson.com/chicago/projects/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago|title=Ann and Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago {{!}} Chicago {{!}} Mortenson|website=www.mortenson.com|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411065906/https://www.mortenson.com/chicago/projects/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago|url-status=live}}

The new hospital was set to have a rooftop helipad for the critical transport of pediatric patients, which angered local residents and pilots citing safety and noise concerns of a rooftop helipad. A local resident organization eventually filed a lawsuit to try and stop the helipad, ultimately losing the case.{{Cite web|date=December 22, 2011|title=Lawsuit Seeks To Block Construction Of New Children's Memorial Heliport|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/12/22/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-construction-of-new-childrens-memorial-heliport/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124002405/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/12/22/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-construction-of-new-childrens-memorial-heliport/|archive-date=November 24, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=CBS Chicago|language=en-US}}

The unique design of the hospital included many firsts in hospital design that included the emergency room being on the second floor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/architecture/innovative-design-solutions-second-floor-emergency-department/|title=Innovative design solutions: Second floor emergency department?|date=July 31, 2010|website=Healthcare Design Magazine|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411181444/https://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/architecture/innovative-design-solutions-second-floor-emergency-department/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}} The hospital included almost double the space of the previous hospital and include much needed amenities including outdoor spaces for patients and families, playrooms, and private patient rooms.{{Cite book|last1=Wagenaar|first1=Cor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7KPDwAAQBAJ&q=Hospitals+:+a+design+manual|title=Hospitals: A Design Manual|last2=Mens|first2=Noor|last3=Manja|first3=Guru|last4=Niemeijer|first4=Colette|last5=Guthknecht|first5=Tom|date=March 5, 2018|publisher=Birkhäuser|isbn=978-3-0356-1125-0|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926053847/https://books.google.com/books?id=t7KPDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Hospitals+:+a+design+manual&hl=en|url-status=live}} Design of the hospital has been industry praised and featured in many prominent publications.{{Cite book|last=Komiske|first=Bruce King|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x--iUlZFMhoC&q=lurie+children's+hospital|title=Designing the World's Best Children's Hospitals 2: The Future of Healing Environments|date=2005|publisher=Images Publishing|isbn=978-1-920744-32-8|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926053849/https://books.google.com/books?id=x--iUlZFMhoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lurie+children%27s+hospital&hl=en|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthdesign.org/research-services/pebble-project/partners/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-chicago|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago {{!}} The Center for Health Design|website=www.healthdesign.org|date=October 5, 2010|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411181453/https://www.healthdesign.org/research-services/pebble-project/partners/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-chicago|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/architecture/city-city-lurie-children-s-hospital/|title=Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital|last=Silvis|first=Jennifer|date=October 31, 2012|website=Healthcare Design Magazine|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411181445/https://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/architecture/city-city-lurie-children-s-hospital/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}} The new hospital also includes multiple terraces with plants and trees to help calm patients and families with a new helipad on top for transport of critically ill pediatric patients.{{Cite web|url=http://airnav.com/airport/75IS|title=AirNav: 75IS – Lurie Childrens Hospital Heliport|website=airnav.com|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412055421/http://airnav.com/airport/75IS|url-status=live}}

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".{{Cite web|date=October 10, 2014|title=Lurie Children's Honors Patient, Community Advocate and Government Leader for Exceptional Child Health Commitment|url=https://www.luriechildrens.org/en-us/news-events/Pages/lurie_childrens_honors_patient_community_advocate_and_government_leader__158.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024831/https://www.luriechildrens.org/en-us/news-events/Pages/lurie_childrens_honors_patient_community_advocate_and_government_leader__158.aspx|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2021|publisher=Lurie Children's Hospital}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/serving-the-community/hope-courage-awards/2014-honorees/|title=2014 Hope and Courage Award Honorees|date=October 1, 2014|website=luriechildrens.org|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411064019/https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/serving-the-community/hope-courage-awards/2014-honorees/|archive-date=April 11, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}}

In 2016, Lurie Children's announced their plans for a $51 million expansion that would add 44 pediatric intensive care beds and four neonatal intensive care beds to existing space within the hospital.{{Cite web|last=WLS|date=December 30, 2016|title=Lurie Children's Hospital proposes $51M expansion|url=https://abc7chicago.com/1678518/|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=ABC7 Chicago|language=en|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053552/https://abc7chicago.com/1678518/|url-status=live}} The hospital cited the need for more intensive care beds due to the fact that they were often at capacity, and previously had to turn away patients.{{Cite web|last=Frillman|first=Carrie|date=January 2, 2017|title=Lurie Children's Hospital Reps Propose $51M Expansion|url=https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/lurie-childrens-hospital-reps-propose-51m-expansion|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104084620/http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/lurie-childrens-hospital-reps-propose-51m-expansion|archive-date=January 4, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Chicago, IL Patch|language=en}}

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In 2019, Chicago native Alex Pancoe started a fundraiser where he committed to climb Mount Everest to raise funds for the hospital with a goal to raise $1 million.{{Cite web|last=Keilman|first=John|date=March 20, 2019|title=Chicago adventurer who almost died training for rarely achieved exploring feat is tackling Mount Everest next|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-mt-everest-explorer-20190307-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702185510/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-chicago-mt-everest-explorer-20190307-story.html|archive-date=July 2, 2019|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Chicago Tribune}} Pancoe was previously treated at Lurie Children's Hospital for a brain tumor when he was in college.{{Cite web|title=Chicago Man Prepares to Climb Mount Everest With Special Flag|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-man-to-scale-everest-to-plant-special-flag/146544/|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=NBC Chicago|date=March 20, 2019 |language=en-US|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923033239/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-man-to-scale-everest-to-plant-special-flag/146544/|url-status=live}}

In March 2020, Lurie Children's Hospital announced that they would transfer children from other area-hospitals to Lurie to make way for adult COVID-19 surge capacity at the adult hospitals and allow for the adult hospitals to convert their pediatric beds.{{Cite web|last=Schorsch|first=Kristen|date=March 30, 2020|title=Hospitals Transfer Child Patients To Make Room For The COVID-19 Surge|url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/hospitals-transfer-child-patients-to-for-covid-19-surge/b8b43edf-5538-487b-a8dd-30192a1314f8|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026034702/https://www.wbez.org/stories/hospitals-transfer-child-patients-to-for-covid-19-surge/b8b43edf-5538-487b-a8dd-30192a1314f8|archive-date=October 26, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=WBEZ Chicago|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=GOLDBERG|first=STEPHANIE|date=March 25, 2020|title=Lurie Children's preps for more patients|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/lurie-childrens-preps-more-patients|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053615/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/lurie-childrens-preps-more-patients|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en}} The next month, in April 2020, Lurie Children's Hospital loaned out many of their ventilators to adult hospitals in the area (including neighboring Northwestern Memorial Hospital) to help deal with the adult ventilator shortage because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Hart|first=Rob|date=April 6, 2020|title=Lurie Children's Hospital Loans Ventilators To Hospitals|url=https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/articles/lurie-children-s-hospital-loans-ventilators-to-hospitals|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919133924/https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/articles/lurie-children-s-hospital-loans-ventilators-to-hospitals|archive-date=September 19, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=radio.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=April 5, 2020|title=Lurie Children's Hospital Loaning Out Ventilators For Adults With COVID-19|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/05/lurie-childrens-hospital-loaning-out-ventilators-for-adults-with-covid-19/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420184732/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/05/lurie-childrens-hospital-loaning-out-ventilators-for-adults-with-covid-19/|archive-date=April 20, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=CBS Chicago|language=en-US}}

In May 2020, it was announced that two employees had viewed over 8,000 HIPAA-protected patient records without permission throughout the previous year.{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Jessica Kim|date=May 11, 2020|title=Lurie Children's sued over two recent data breaches|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/lurie-childrens-sued-over-two-recent-data-breaches|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908042103/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/lurie-childrens-sued-over-two-recent-data-breaches|archive-date=September 8, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en}} The two employees were fired, but a class-action lawsuit was filed against the hospital for the breach of privacy.{{Cite web|last=Drees|first=Jackie|date=May 11, 2020|title=Lurie Children's sued for medical records privacy breach|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/lurie-children-s-sued-for-medical-records-privacy-breach.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127033819/https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/lurie-children-s-sued-for-medical-records-privacy-breach.html/|archive-date=November 27, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Beckers Hospital Review}}{{Cite web|last=Dudek|first=Mitch|date=May 8, 2020|title=Lurie Children's sued over patient information breach|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/8/21252223/lurie-childrens-hospital-lawsuit-patient-information-unauthorized-access-employees|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601141622/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/8/21252223/lurie-childrens-hospital-lawsuit-patient-information-unauthorized-access-employees|archive-date=June 1, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}} In December 2020, doctors from Lurie Children's pioneered the use of gene replacement therapy to treat a case of a baby with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that deteriorates the muscles.{{Cite web|last=Bomke|first=Natalie|date=December 16, 2020|title=8-month-old baby one of the first to receive a revolutionary new treatment at Lurie Children's Hospital|url=https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/8-month-old-baby-celebrates-first-christmas-thanks-to-new-treatment-at-lurie-childrens-hospital|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=FOX 32 Chicago|language=en-US|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217041617/https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/8-month-old-baby-celebrates-first-christmas-thanks-to-new-treatment-at-lurie-childrens-hospital|url-status=live}} In early 2021, management from both Lurie Children's and Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) announced that they would be forming a pediatric alliance to better deliver pediatric care throughout the region.{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Stephanie|date=January 22, 2020|title=Lurie, Rush unveil pediatric care pact|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/lurie-rush-unveil-pediatric-care-pact|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125112457/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/lurie-rush-unveil-pediatric-care-pact|archive-date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en}} The alliance would officially start on February 1, 2021, and would align both inpatient and outpatient pediatric services at RUMC under the "Lurie Children's umbrella", known as "Lurie Children's & Rush Advancing Children's Health".{{Cite web|last=Channick|first=Robert|date=January 22, 2021|title=Lurie Children's and Rush form partnership to expand pediatric care in Chicago|url=https://news.yahoo.com/lurie-children-rush-form-partnership-002400466.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072613/https://news.yahoo.com/lurie-children-rush-form-partnership-002400466.html|archive-date=January 31, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Yahoo! News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Klinger|first=Tobin|date=January 22, 2021|title=Lurie Children's and Rush Announce Affiliation to Advance Pediatric Care|url=https://www.rush.edu/news/lurie-childrens-and-rush-university-system-health-announce-affiliation-advance-pediatric-care|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124040012/https://www.rush.edu/news/lurie-childrens-and-rush-university-system-health-announce-affiliation-advance-pediatric-care|archive-date=January 24, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=Rush University System for Health|language=en}}

As the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,{{Cite web|url=https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/patient-care/index.html|title=Patient Care: Feinberg School of Medicine: Northwestern University|website=feinberg.northwestern.edu|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619131539/https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/patient-care/index.html|url-status=live}} the hospital has a pediatrics residency and fellowship program, maintaining close affiliations with Northwestern. 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.{{cite web|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/northwestern-university-feinberg-04029|title=U.S. News Top Medical Schools|access-date=July 14, 2014|archive-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129060827/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/northwestern-university-feinberg-04029|url-status=live}}

A formal pediatric research program at the hospital dates back to 1982 when the Children's Memorial Research Center was established. Additional floors for research were dedicated in 2004.{{Cite book|last=MD|first=Stanford T. Shulman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-1108-9|location=|pages=113|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053629/https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVZAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}}

When the hospital moved to their new campus in 2012 and changed names, the research institute was renamed to the Lurie Children's Research Institute.{{Cite web|date=February 23, 2015|title=10 things to know about Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/10-things-to-know-about-ann-robert-h-lurie-children-s-hospital.html#:~:text=Children%27s%20Memorial%20Hospital%20was%20founded,cottage%20that%20housed%20eight%20beds|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707132951/http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/10-things-to-know-about-ann-robert-h-lurie-children-s-hospital.html#:~:text=Children%27s%20Memorial%20Hospital%20was%20founded,cottage%20that%20housed%20eight%20beds.|archive-date=July 7, 2017|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Beckers Hospital Review}} In 2014, the Lurie Children's Research Institute received a donation from philanthropist, Stanley Manne. The donation prompted hospital officials to rename the research arm to the Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute to honor Manne.{{Cite web|last=Candid|title=Lurie Children's Hospital Receives Gift for Pediatric Research|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/lurie-children-s-hospital-receives-gift-for-pediatric-research|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|language=en|archive-date=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724123846/http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/lurie-children-s-hospital-receives-gift-for-pediatric-research|url-status=live}} In 2019, the institute was relocated from its original location in Lincoln Park to the current location in the Northwestern University owned, Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center.{{Cite web|title=Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute Moves Onto the Campus of Its Medical Partners Creating The Promise of Greater Impact for Pediatric Research|url=https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/news-stories/stanley-manne-childrens-research-institute-moves-onto-the-campus-of-its-medical-partners-creating-the-promise-of-greater-impact-for-pediatric-research/|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=luriechildrens.org|language=en|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020022316/https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/news-stories/stanley-manne-childrens-research-institute-moves-onto-the-campus-of-its-medical-partners-creating-the-promise-of-greater-impact-for-pediatric-research/|url-status=live}}

The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has a variety of patient care units to care for pediatric patients aged 0–21 throughout Chicago.{{Cite web|title=Nursing Professional Opportunities|url=https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/for-healthcare-professionals/nursing/professional-opportunities/|access-date=November 15, 2020|website=luriechildrens.org|language=en|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930090219/https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/for-healthcare-professionals/nursing/professional-opportunities/|url-status=live}}

• 48-bed general medical & medical observation units
• 40-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
• 48-bed pediatric hematology and oncology unit
• 44-bed cardiac care unit
• 64-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• 45-bed emergency department
• 23-bed pre and post operative
• 12-bed psychiatric unit (ages 3–17)

In addition to the pediatric patient care units, Lurie Children's Hospital has 21 operating rooms and a sky garden to help relax families at the hospital.{{Cite web|last=Bean|first=Mackenzie|date=August 14, 2019|title=Spotlight on Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: 4 quick facts|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/ann-robert-h-lurie-children-s-hospital-of-chicago-4-quick-facts.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913220254/https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/ann-robert-h-lurie-children-s-hospital-of-chicago-4-quick-facts.html|archive-date=September 13, 2019|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Beckers Hospital Review}}

Opened in 2012, about five blocks away from Lurie Children's Hospital is the Ronald McDonald House Near Lurie Children's Hospital (RMCH), one of many in the Chicago region.{{Cite web|title=Our Houses & Family Rooms|url=https://rmhccni.org/our-houses-family-rooms/|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & NW Indiana|language=en-US|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020094339/https://rmhccni.org/our-houses-family-rooms/|url-status=live}} The house has 70 all-private guest rooms to serve families of pediatric patients aged 21 years or younger in treatment at Lurie Children's, neonates at Prentice Women's, and pediatric rehabilitation patients from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.{{Cite web|title=Apply to Stay|url=https://rmhccni.org/staying-with-us/application/|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & NW Indiana|language=en-US|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053600/https://rmhccni.org/staying-with-us/application/|url-status=live}} The house provides places to sleep, meals, and entertainment to siblings and families for free. Additionally, Lurie Children's hosts a Ronald McDonald family room on site that offers nine sleep rooms, showers, and other amenities to families with children being treated at the hospital.{{Cite web|title=Ronald McDonald Family Room in Lurie Children's|url=https://rmhccni.org/lurie-family-room/|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & NW Indiana|language=en-US|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024211629/https://rmhccni.org/lurie-family-room/|url-status=live}}

Before Lurie Children's Hospital moved to their current location, Children's Memorial Hospital featured a 21-room RMCH near their campus. When Lurie Children's moved to the Streeterville neighborhood, a new $40 million, 14-story RMCH was built five blocks away, and nine rooms were built into the Lurie Children's building.{{Cite web|date=June 25, 2012|title=New Ronald McDonald House To Open In Streeterville|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/25/new-ronald-mcdonald-house-to-open-in-streeterville/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907132953/http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/25/new-ronald-mcdonald-house-to-open-in-streeterville/|archive-date=September 7, 2015|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=CBS Chicago|language=en-US}} The former house near the defunct hospital was later demolished.{{Cite web|last=Sudo|first=Chuck|date=August 24, 2012|title=In Pictures: Old Ronald McDonald House Demolition|url=https://chicagoist.com/article/undefined|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106193205/https://chicagoist.com/2013/12/02/the_gathering_of_the_juggalos_leavi.php|archive-date=November 6, 2017|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=The Chicagoist}} In August 2018, pharmaceutical company, AbbVie donated $100 million to the nationwide Ronald McDonald House charities, and set aside $3 million for the Chicago Ronald McDonald houses, with AbbVie officials later touring the house.{{Cite web|last=Bertagnoli|first=Lisa|date=August 20, 2018|title=AbbVie donates $100 million to Ronald McDonald House|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/abbvie-donates-100-million-ronald-mcdonald-house|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109001527/https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/abbvie-donates-100-million-ronald-mcdonald-house|archive-date=November 9, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en}} In November 2019 the house unveiled a four-room expansion to increase their capacity and serve more families.{{Cite web|date=November 15, 2019|title=Ronald McDonald House Near Lurie Children's Hospital Unveils Expansion|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/ronald-mcdonald-house-near-lurie-childrens-hospital-unveils-expansion/|access-date=January 17, 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805191428/https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/ronald-mcdonald-house-near-lurie-childrens-hospital-unveils-expansion/|url-status=live}} In August 2020 the house underwent minor damage after a group of looters taking advantage of a local police shooting protest shattered the glass front door of the house.{{Cite web|title=Ronald McDonald House near children's hospital damaged during recent Chicago looting|url=https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/clinical-care/ronald-mcdonald-house-near-childrens-hospital-damaged-during-recent-chicago-looting|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053541/https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/welcome-ad?toURL=%2Fclinical-care%2Fronald-mcdonald-house-near-childrens-hospital-damaged-during-recent-chicago-looting|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=healthleadersmedia.com|language=en}} Additionally, families inside the house were placed on lockdown to ensure their safety.{{Cite web|last1=Hauck|first1=Grace|last2=Miller|first2=Ryan W.|date=August 13, 2020|title=Ronald McDonald House near children's hospital damaged during recent Chicago looting|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/13/chicago-looting-ronald-mcdonald-house-childrens-hospital-damaged/3362666001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211154844/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/13/chicago-looting-ronald-mcdonald-house-childrens-hospital-damaged/3362666001/|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=USA Today|language=en-US}}

• As the first free-standing children's hospital in the country and the first hospital in Illinois, the hospital was granted in 2001 the first of its four Magnet designations which it received again in 2005, 2010 and 2015.{{Cite web|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago|url=https://www.childrenshospitals.org/Directories/Hospital-Directory/A-E/Ann--Robert-H-Lurie-Childrens-Hospital-of-Chicago|access-date=January 31, 2021|website=childrenshospitals.org|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411054145/https://www.childrenshospitals.org/Directories/Hospital-Directory/A-E/Ann--Robert-H-Lurie-Childrens-Hospital-of-Chicago|url-status=live}} Less than one percent of all hospitals have achieved this accomplishment of redesignation three or more times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nursingworld.org/MapOrganizationBlock/DownloadFormatMapData?type=Magnet|title=Magnet Hospitals|website=American Nurse Credentialing Center|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426125955/https://www.nursingworld.org/MapOrganizationBlock/DownloadFormatMapData?type=Magnet|archive-date=April 26, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2020}}
• Upon the opening of the new Lurie Children's Hospital in 2012, the building was designated as LEED Gold certified for environmentally-friendly features like their green roof and stormwater management system.{{Cite web|date=June 4, 2013|title=Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital a Model of Evidence-Based Design|url=http://icon.asid.org/index.php/2013/06/04/chicagos-lurie-childrens-hospital-a-model-of-evidence-based-design/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125223746/http://icon.asid.org/index.php/2013/06/04/chicagos-lurie-childrens-hospital-a-model-of-evidence-based-design/|archive-date=November 25, 2020|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=ASID Icon|language=en-US}}
• In 2012 the hospital received a design award from the magazine Modern Healthcare for the advanced design and construction practices used to build the new Lurie Children's Hospital.{{Cite web|date=September 15, 2012|title=Design Awards – 2012|url=https://www.modernhealthcare.com/gallery/20120915/PHOTO/915009999/design-awards-2012|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Modern Healthcare|language=en|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053602/https://www.modernhealthcare.com/gallery/20120915/PHOTO/915009999/design-awards-2012|url-status=live}}
• The hospital is one of only 10 children's hospitals nationwide, and the only one in Illinois, to be named a "Top Hospital" for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group, a national consortium of healthcare payers that promotes "leaps" in patient safety.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leapfroggroup.org/ratings-reports/top-hospitals|title=Top Hospitals {{!}} Leapfrog|date=June 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613184843/http://www.leapfroggroup.org/ratings-reports/top-hospitals|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2016}}
• The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of healthcare organizations in America, named the hospital as one of three of the nation's top performers on key quality measures. Children's hospitals were ranked in one area – children's asthma.{{cite web |url=http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx |title=Search |access-date=June 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627081316/http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx |archive-date=June 27, 2012 }}
• In 2014 the hospital was recognized on the Becker's Hospital Review list of "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare".{{cite web|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/150-great-places-to-work-2014/ann-robert-h-lurie-children-s-hospital-of-chicago-gptw-14.html|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago – 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare – 2014|website=Beckers Hospital Review|date=May 2, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2019|archive-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729060833/http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/150-great-places-to-work-2014/ann-robert-h-lurie-children-s-hospital-of-chicago-gptw-14.html|url-status=live}}
• In July 2016, the hospital became the first children's hospital in Illinois to be designated as a level 1 pediatric surgery center by the American College of Surgeons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/childrens-surgery/childrens-surgery-verification/centers|title=Verified Children's Surgery Centers|website=American College of Surgeons|language=en|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=November 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107133955/https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/childrens-surgery-verification/centers|url-status=live}} The hospital is 1 of 24 nationwide that have received this designation.
• In both 2019 and 2020, Lurie Children's Hospital was named as a best midsize employer (2019), and a best employer in Illinois (2020) by Forbes magazine.{{Cite web|title=Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago/|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912211707/https://www.forbes.com/companies/ann-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago/|url-status=live}} Also in 2020, Lurie Children's was designated as a "level 8 acute" hospital by the CHIME "most wired" hospital survey for their advanced use of technology.{{Cite web|title=2020 Digital Health Most Wired Results|url=https://chimecentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Most-Wired-Level-7-10-Acute.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053538/https://chimecentral.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Most-Wired-Level-7-10-Acute.pdf|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=College of Healthcare Information Management Executives}}

On the 2007–08 rankings, Children's Memorial Hospital was ranked #25 best children's hospital in the U.S. on the U.S. News & World Report rankings of pediatric hospitals in the United States.{{Cite web|last1=McFarlane|first1=E|last2=Olmsted|first2=M|last3=Murphy|first3=J|last4=Drozd|first4=E|last5=Pitts|first5=A|year=2007|title=America's Best Children's Hospitals: 2007 methodology|url=https://www.rti.org/publication/americas-best-childrens-hospitals-1/fulltext.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053554/https://www.rti.org/publication/americas-best-childrens-hospitals-1/fulltext.pdf|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2020|work=U.S. News & World Report}}

On the 2010–11 rankings, Children's Memorial Hospital was ranked #10 in pediatric cancer, #10 in pediatric gastroenterology, #18 in pediatric cardiology, #10 in pediatric nephrology, #15 in neonatology, #10 in pediatric neurosurgery, #18 in pediatric orthopedics, #19 in pediatric pulmonology, and #5 in pediatric urology on the U.S. News & World Report rankings of pediatric hospitals in the United States.Olmsted, M. G., McFarlane, E., Murphy, J., Severance, J., Pitts, A., Morley, M., & Drozd, E. M. (2010). [https://www.rti.org/publication/us-news-world-report/fulltext.pdf U.S. News & World Report: Best Children's Hospitals 2010 methodology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053541/https://www.rti.org/publication/us-news-world-report/fulltext.pdf |date=January 18, 2021 }}. U.S. News & World Report.{{Cite web|date=November 3, 2011|title=Children's Memorial Hospital – US News Best Children's Hospitals 2011|url=http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/children%27s-memorial-hospital-6430560|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103005623/http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/children%27s-memorial-hospital-6430560|archive-date=November 3, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2020}}

Ranked #6 among only 11 children's hospitals nationwide to qualify for the Honor Roll in the 2016–17 U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals rankings.{{Cite web|date=June 12, 2017|title=Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in Chicago, IL – Rankings, Ratings & Photos {{!}} US News Best Hospitals|url=http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/il/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago-6430560|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612151422/http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/il/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago-6430560|archive-date=June 12, 2017|access-date=April 11, 2020}}

The hospital was ranked as the #10 best children's hospital in the country on the 2018–19 U.S. News & World Report list of honor roll children's hospitals.{{Cite web|last1=Harder|first1=Ben|last2=Comarow|first2=Avery|date=June 26, 2018|title=Best Children's Hospitals 2018–19: Honor Roll and Overview {{!}} Best Hospitals {{!}} US News|url=https://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-childrens-hospitals/articles/best-childrens-hospitals-honor-roll-and-overview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029164121/https://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-childrens-hospitals/articles/best-childrens-hospitals-honor-roll-and-overview|archive-date=October 29, 2018|access-date=January 18, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Schencker|first=Lisa|date=June 26, 2018|title=Lurie again ranked among nation's top 10 children's hospitals|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/ct-biz-lurie-top-ten-childrens-hospital-0626-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118053544/https://www.baltimoresun.com/ct-biz-lurie-top-ten-childrens-hospital-0626-story.html|archive-date=January 18, 2021|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=The Baltimore Sun}}

As of 2021 Lurie Children's has placed nationally in all 10 ranked pediatric specialties on U.S. News & World Report.{{Cite web|date=July 28, 2020|title=Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in Chicago, IL – Rankings, Ratings & Photos {{!}} US News Best Children's Hospitals Rankings|url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/il/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago-6430560|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728101909/https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/il/ann-and-robert-h-lurie-childrens-hospital-of-chicago-6430560|archive-date=July 28, 2020}}

• Robert Satcher – Former physician, and NASA Astronaut
• Susan L. Cohn – Physician and pediatric oncology chief at Comer Children's Hospital, completed pediatric fellowship at Children's Memorial Hospital.{{Cite web|title=Susan L. Cohn, MD|url=https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/susan-l-cohn|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=uchicagomedicine.org|language=en|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125084753/https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/find-a-physician/physician/susan-l-cohn|url-status=live}}
• John F Sarwark – Physician and head of pediatric orthopedics at Lurie Children's.{{Cite web|date=June 10, 2010|title=John F. Sarwark, MD|url=http://www.orthopaedics.northwestern.edu/faculty/bio%20sarwark.html|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610090301/http://www.orthopaedics.northwestern.edu/faculty/bio%20sarwark.html|archive-date=June 10, 2010}}
• Willis J. Potts – Pioneered one of the country's first pediatric surgery programs at Children's Memorial Hospital.
• Orvar Swenson – Former surgeon-in-chief at Children's Memorial Hospital.
• Frank Spooner Churchill – President of the medical staff at Children's Memorial Hospital from 1909 to 1917.{{cite book|author=Shulman, Stanford T.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTxoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA26|title=Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago|publisher=Arcadia|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4396-4445-4|series=Images of America|location=Charleston|page=26|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131072610/https://books.google.com/books?id=nTxoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}
• Stephen Dolgin – American pediatric surgeon who completed fellowship at Children's Memorial Hospital.
• Wolf W. Zuelzer – Pediatric pathologist who completed residency at Children's Memorial Hospital.
• Rebekah D. Fenton – American physician who works in the department of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Lurie Children's Hospital.
• Marc Weissbluth – American pediatrician and author trained at Children's Memorial Hospital.
• George J. Mohr – Completed pediatric internship at Children's Memorial Hospital.
• Nadia Dowshen – American pediatrician who completed fellowship at Lurie Children's Hospital.
• Ellen Sidransky – American pediatrician who completed residency at Lurie Children's Hospital.

• List of children's hospitals in the United States
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Advocate Children's Hospital

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• [https://www.luriechildrens.org/ Lurie Children's home page]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130323051340/http://www.luriechildrensresearch.org/ Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute home page]}}
• [http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings/ U.S News Best Children's Hospitals 2016–17]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180813083952/http://childrensmrc.org/ Children's Memorial Research Center homepage]

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