MacNeal Hospital Celebrating Centennial Anniversary
October 2, 2019Categories: MacNeal Hospital
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MAYWOOD, IL – MacNeal Hospital is celebrating its 100th anniversary on October 3, 2019.
On October 3, 1919, Dr. Arthur MacNeal opened a clinic in his 10-room Berwyn home. This clinic, founded in his living room, would go on to become one of the nation's Top 50 cardiovascular hospitals and certified as a Primary Stroke Center.
"MacNeal Hospital's rich history starts with humble beginnings," said MacNeal Hospital president M.E. Cleary. "We have grown to be a highly respected institution in the Chicago area and beyond."
The hospital, located in Berwyn, just a few miles outside of Chicago, may have started in Dr. MacNeal's living room, but it quickly grew. In 1924, a 3-story building was constructed on the MacNeal family grounds. A fourth story added in 1929, boosted the number of beds to 75. MacNeal's clinic was given to the Berwyn community in 1931, and renamed to MacNeal Hospital in 1932 upon Dr. MacNeal's passing.
In 1941, a 165-bed facility was built, and in 1955, another expansion brought the hospital to 276 beds.
In 1958, an outpatient clinic to care for patients referred by welfare agencies and physicians was added. In 1964, an intensive coronary care unit opened followed by a respiratory care facility in 1965, and a psychiatric division opened in 1966. In 2009, the MacNeal Center for Advanced Spine and Joint Care opened, as well as the MacNeal Pain Center. MacNeal delivered its 25,000th baby in 1952.
The hospital would go on to join Loyola Medicine, a regional health system and member of Trinity Health, and a Catholic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Chicago, in 2018. Also in 2018, and again in 2019, MacNeal was awarded an 'A' grade for safety from the Leapfrog Group
MacNeal Hospital was among the first hospitals to start a graduate residency program in pharmacy, and was home to Illinois' first department of family medicine residency programs aimed at training family physicians. Since 2014, MacNeal's Nursing Professional Practice Model has served as a guide to nursing practice – with the patient and family at its center.
"MacNeal has grown exponentially over that past 100 years. We are incredibly proud of all that MacNeal has accomplished and look forward to continued growth and innovation in the future," said Shawn P. Vincent, president and CEO of Loyola Medicine.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
Established in 1961, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park that includes the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care, Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, acute rehabilitation, a transitional care center, childcare center and fitness center. MacNeal Hospital is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services and a 68-bed behavioral health program.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).