{{Short description|Hospital in Elgin, Illinois, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Advocate Sherman Hospital | org_group = Advocate Aurora Health | image = Advocate Sherman Hospital.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | logo = <!-- Please conform to copyright --> | logo_size = <!-- Use to limit the logo size --> | location = 1425 North Randall Road | region = Elgin | state = Illinois | country = US | coordinates = {{coord|42.0699014|-88.3302400|region:US-IL_type:landmark |format=dms|display=inline,title|notes=<ref>{{GNIS|type=retired|418365}}</ref>}} | healthcare = <!-- UK:NHS. AU/CA: Medicare. ELSE freetext, e.g. Private --> | funding = <!-- Non-profit, For-profit, Government, Public - will generate linka --> | type = <!-- Community, District, General, District General, Teaching, Specialist --> | speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (i.e. not a broad spectrum of specialities) and Type=Specialist/Teaching --> | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = Level II trauma center | helipad = yes | affiliation = <!-- 'None' or Medical School and university affiliations (medical or paramedical) --> | patron = <!-- 'None' or the individual who acts as the hospital patron --> | network = <!-- Hospital network, non-owner --> | beds = 255 | founded = 1888 | closed = | website = {{URL|https://www.advocatehealth.com/sherman/}} | other_links = }} '''Advocate Sherman Hospital''' is a hospital located in Elgin, Illinois. It contains 281 beds, and is one of the most premier regional hospitals in the country, specializing in heart surgeries. It is ranked "high performing" in dealing with heart failure by U.S. News.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sherman Hospital rankings|url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/il/sherman-hospital-6431610|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609125059/http://health.usnews.com:80/best-hospitals/area/il/sherman-hospital-6431610 |archive-date=2013-06-09 |access-date=December 10, 2020|website=}}</ref> It performs more cardiac procedures than any other hospital in Kane, McHenry, DuPage, Lake and Will counties. Other services include a level II trauma center, cancer care services, diabetes center, orthopedic care and the birthing center with a neonatal intensive care nursery. The hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.
Advocate Sherman is considered to be above average,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Advocate Sherman Hospital - Elgin, IL {{!}} Healthgrades|url=https://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/illinois-il-chicago-metro-area/advocate-sherman-hospital-hgstbd246f56140030|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.healthgrades.com}}</ref> and is ranked in the top 100 hospitals in the United States, out of a group of around 3,100.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Advocate Aurora Health hospitals named among nation's top 100, Advocate Aurora Health|url=https://www.advocateaurorahealth.org/news/advocate-aurora-health-hospitals-named-among-nations-top-100|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Advocate Aurora Health|language=en}}</ref>
== History == Sherman Hospital opened on July 7, 1888,<ref>{{citation|title=Elgin Hospital to Mark 70th Anniversary|date=July 20, 1958|journal=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> in a two-story Elgin house donated by local drug store owner and prominent businessman, Henry Sherman. There were four beds and one operating room. After numerous additions between 1895 and 1999, the hospital had grown to 353 beds. Advocate Sherman's first open-heart surgery was performed in 1972. It was also one of the first open heart surgeries performed in a community hospital in the USA.<ref>{{Cite web|last=reporter|first=Richard Wronski, Tribune staff|title=Elgin hospital OKd for heart surgeries|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-04-22-0404220274-story.html|access-date=2020-12-11|website=chicagotribune.com|date=22 April 2004 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History {{!}} Elgin IL {{!}} Advocate Sherman Hospital|url=https://www.advocatehealth.com/sherman/patients-visitors/hospital-information/history|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.advocatehealth.com|language=en}}</ref>
In 2009, in need of a new and more modern campus, a new building was constructed on Randall Road, and opened on December 15, 2009. It included a 15-acre geothermal lake to heat and cool the hospital, making it the largest geothermal system in Illinois, and one of only two hospitals in the United States using this method.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Geothermal Lake {{!}} Elgin IL {{!}} Advocate Sherman Hospital|url=https://www.advocatehealth.com/sherman/patients-visitors/hospital-information/geothermal-lake|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.advocatehealth.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shermanhealth.com/about_history.php |title=Over a Century of Growth and Caring |publisher=Sherman Health |date=2009-12-15 |accessdate=2014-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424041838/http://www.shermanhealth.com/about_history.php |archive-date=2014-04-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Scenes from the 2011 movie ''Contagion'' were shot in the old Sherman Hospital<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|title='Contagion' to be filmed at old Sherman Hospital in Elgin|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bn-xpm-2010-10-06-28518320-story.html|access-date=2020-12-10|website=chicagotribune.com|date=6 October 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref>
On March 30, 2020, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker announced that the partially demolished old Sherman Hospital would be converted into an overflow center for COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Private contractors and the US Army Corps of Engineers began work converting the abandoned building into a 230-280 bed facility equipped to handle a surge in hospitalizations caused by the virus. As of December 2020, the site had yet to be used, but the building was in standby mode, ready to accept patients as needed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Guerrero|first=Rafael|title=Transforming old Sherman Hospital into COVID-19 overflow facility has been 'challenging' but on schedule, officials say|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-old-sherman-hospital-coronavirus-st-0417-20200416-n7tm3rcbpvfcjkhadsmg6ayudm-story.html|access-date=2020-12-10|website=chicagotribune.com|date=16 April 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-31|title=Coronavirus In IL: Shuttered Medical Facility To Reopen|url=https://patch.com/illinois/elgin/coronavirus-elgin-shuttered-contagion-hospital-reopen|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Elgin, IL Patch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|title=Crews Working Around The Clock To Get Sherman Hospital In Elgin Ready For Patients|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/04/07/crews-working-around-the-clock-to-get-sherman-hospital-in-elgin-ready-for-patients/|access-date=2020-12-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also== * Advocate Lutheran General Hospital * Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.shermanhealth.com}} {{Illinois Trauma Centers}}{{Kane County, Illinois}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Elgin, Illinois Category:Hospitals established in 1888 Category:Hospitals in Illinois Category:Hospital buildings completed in 2009 Category:1888 establishments in Illinois Category:Trauma centers