Endeavor Health

Hospital in Illinois, United StatesEndeavor HealthGeographyLocationIllinois, United StatesOrganizationCare systemNot-for-profitTypeTeachingServicesEmergency departmentEvanston - Level IGlenbrook - Level IIHighland Park - Level IISkokie - Level II Endeavor Swedish - Level II Northwest - Level IIBedsover 1200HistoryFounded1891; 135 years ago (1891)LinksWebsitewww.endeavorhealth.orgListsHospitals in Illinois Endeavor Health is a privately owned health system in the Chicago metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. It was formed in 2022 through the merger of NorthShore University Health System and Edward-Elmhurst Health. As of 2023, Endeavor operates nine hospitals. As of 2021, its medical group operated 70 offices with approximately 800 primary and specialty care physicians, as well as a Research Institute and Foundation. In total, the health system employs more than 10,000 people.[needs update] History NorthShore University Health System NorthShore was founded as Evanston Hospital in 1891 during an outbreak of typhoid fever. In the early 1900s Evanston Hospital expanded and became a teaching hospital. Louis W. Sauer developed a vaccine for whooping cough (pertussis) at Evanston Hos