OB GYN In Evanston

I agree with what people have said about AGSO. My doctor is Dr. Forbes and she is WONDERFUL! I had a great pregnancy and delivery experience with her.

I just had my fourth child at Evanston Hospital with a certified nurse midwife, Kathy Puls.

It was a great hospital birth, and the thing I loved most was knowing that I would see her at each appointment and for delivery. She is in a group of doctors, that are available to assist in an emergency, but she is independent in the sense that you don't rotate through various doctors, and end up with the luck of the draw when you go into labor!

She stayed with me the entire time and took such great care of me! She was really serving me throughout labor, bringing me water, asking if I needed something to eat, roaming the halls with me, bringing me blankets, preparing the water in the tub in my room, and so on. My husband was there too,of course, but she was phenomenal. I would recommend her unconditionally! Very supportive of how I wanted the birth experience to be.

I also chose no separation between myself and my baby, so she gave my daughter her bath there in the room.

I also have to mention that I chose to do cord blood banking. If you want to do it I could get you a discount. She collected the cord blood and got an amazing amount of cells. They were really impressed at the cord blood bank! It was the first time I had done that!

Anyhow, I could go on and on, but here's her info, and you can judge for yourself. At each appointment they schedule an ample timeslot and you never feel like she's rushing out.

Partners in Womencare
Obtetrics and Gynecology/Nurse Midwifery

Katherine S. Puls, C.N.M., M.S.
Certified Nurse Midwife

1000 Central Street, Suite 752
Evanston, Illinois 60201
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Last but not least, the office staff are also the best I have encountereed in the state of illinois! Very polite and friendly. I knew the first time I called, that I had been sent to the right place! and they're right next to the hospital!
Hope you find what you're looking for!
Best Regards,
gretchen

I use Dr Forbes at AGSO in Evanston...they are directly across from the hospital. I think they are GREAT (and a couple of my friends who have used her love her too). I don't think the ENH MEdical Group has an OB practice so any doctor that admits to Evanston Hospital is an independent practice.

All of the docs at AGSO are great...many of the nurses and administrators at ENH use this practice (I used to work with them before I had kids).

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Dr. Pellar at Partners in Woman Care - located just across from ENH Hospital. She is fantastic. I just had my 2nd baby in October and she made the experience so much more enjoyable than my first pregnancy and delivery. ###-###-#### Good Luck.

Hi J.,

You've probably already found someone, but wanted to put in another vote for Dr. H. Jacob Saleh at North Shore Associates. He has a 4% c-section rate (or did when I checked awhile ago) as he happens to be trained in turning babies, etc. He is also a very fine surgeon if you need it. My midwife also told me she was impressed with one of the other drs. in the practice when she saw him save the live of a patient during birth. And the third doc I met during my last birth and like her as well.

Good luck!

Barbara

I second the recommendation of AGSO - I use Carol Ellman and she is WONDERFUL. Their nurse-midwife, Linda Given-Welch is also excellent and I have heard great things about Dr. Hoprasart too. I work at Evanston Hospital and most of my colleagues use this group for their own OB care.

Hi J.,

I go to Traci Kurtzer who is part of the ENH medical group and I like her. I also used to go to Partners in Womancare and they were very good - they are a larger practice with 3 OB's. Good luck,

Bobbi

Hi J. -
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OB GYN
Associates in Gynecological Surgery and Obstetrics, S.C. and see Dr. William Banzhaf. I don't think he's taking new patients, but there's other docs in the practice I love. If I needed to switch or see a different dr, I'd go to Carol Elman or Jill Hoprasart. They're amazing! They're not ENH Med Grp affiliated anymore (they were when I started w/ them years ago) but know all the ENH Med Grp docs. They're next to ENH Evanston Hopital. Also have offices near ENH Glenbrook Hospital.

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The North Shore Associates group is associated with ENH and delivers there. The Drs. Goodwin/Saleh/Kosinski are great. I delivered with the midwifes there (Debi Lesnick, Rose Baldwin) - but the drs. have a good reputation too. Number is ###-###-####.

My midwife is awesome and delivers out of evanston but I don't think she is ENH - not sure. She is AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!

I just delivered at Evanston and it was a wonderful experience. I would definitely recommend my OB GYN, her name is Dr. Stephanie Shisler. She will be going on maternity leave, but anyone in her group is just as great.