Dr. Stephanie "Stevie" Hammer is a former Attending Physician in Emergency Medicine at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. She is the daughter of Teresa "Terri" Hammer. She was portrayed by Kristen Hager.
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Biography[]
Stevie's mother Terri was unable to provide a stable home life, which frequently resulted in them being homeless and having to move around. Despite this, Stevie was able to put herself through medical school and become a doctor. She went to medical school with Will Halstead, where she gained the nickname "The Hammer".
Before transferring to Gaffney, she worked at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe near Detroit.
She moved back to Michigan to give her husband a second shot.
Season Seven[]
You Can't Always Trust What You See[]
Stevie teams up with Dr. Scott to treat a young lethargic girl named Jasmine Russell, who they diagnose with having had a mild stroke due to sickle cell anemia. After Stevie initially fails to realize that Jasmine did not receive the appropriate preventative treatment due to bias against African Americans in the healthcare system, she impresses Dr. Scott by deducing that Jasmine's mother Alisha is suffering from advanced arthritis because she has been living in her car to survive.
At the end of the episode, Stevie is seen visiting her mother Terri in the homeless camp where she is now living after her van broke down. Terri reluctantly lets Stevie do a medical exam and shares that she has run out of pills. Stevie begs her mother to get off the street but she refuses, saying she can take care of herself.
Things Meant to Be Bent Not Broken[]
Stevie finds out her mother Terri is being treated by Dr.Charles, and has been for several weeks. After talking with Terri, Dr. Charles tells Stevie that her mom has been diagnosed as bipolar and has been doing well. Later, when Dr. Charles asks why she never told her daughter she was at the hospital where Stevie works. She confesses she came to Stevie’s hospital to be close but as she got better she didn’t want to see her as she (Stevie) is normally negative towards her and it wasn’t what she needed in recovery. Later in the episode Stevie confesses she always was waiting for her mom to fail and just assumed she was an addict rather than mentally ill. The end of the episode Stevie is visiting Terri in her new home, both women on the road to healing their relationship with Terri's new found diagnosis.
Reality Leaves a Lot to the Imagination[]
Stevie returns from visiting her husband. She informs Will that her and Andrew have decided to give it one last try and that she is being put up for the Chief of ED at her old hospital.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
| Season 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can't Always Trust What You See | To Lean In, or To Let Go | Be the Change You Want to See | Status Quo, aka the Mess We're In | Change Is a Tough Pill to Swallow |
| When You're a Hammer, Everything's a Nail | A Square Peg in a Round Hole | Just as a Snake Sheds Its Skin | Secret Santa Has a Gift For You | No Good Deed Goes Unpunished... in Chicago |
| The Things We Thought We Left Behind | What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You | Reality Leaves a Lot to the Imagination | All The Things That Could Have Been | Things Meant to Be Bent Not Broken |
| May Your Choices Reflect Hope, Not Fear | If You Love Someone, Set Them Free | Judge Not, For You Will Be Judged | Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes | End of the Day, Anything Can Happen |
| Lying Doesn't Protect You from the Truth | And Now We Come to the End | |||