Hannah Asher

**Dr. Hannah Asher** is a Senior Attending Obstetrician-Gynecologist at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. She is portrayed by Jessy Schram.

## Background

Hannah's mother died while giving birth to her due to undiagnosed aortic stenosis. She had refused to seek earlier treatment because she wanted to be the best mother to Hannah's older siblings Elizabeth and Matt by not taking time away from them to visit a doctor. Hannah still harbors some resentment for this decision that led her to never be able to know or remember her mother.

## Biography

Hannah was able to conceal her addiction to heroin from her colleagues until Will Halstead encountered her at a safe injection site where he was volunteering. Initially this led to strain in their working relationship, with Will threatening to report her and being uncomfortable with her treating patients. Will came to care about Hannah and they eventually developed a romantic relationship, but Hannah continued to use deception and manipulation to conceal her addiction, until Will had her arrested and put into rehab by calling in an anonymous tip to police who found drugs in her car.

She struggled during rehab, being forced to quit cold-turkey without the use of methadone because of being a health care professional. After pulling through, she and Will resumed their relationship, but Will worried that Hannah was replacing an addiction to heroin with an addiction to love. At the beginning of Season 6 she was brought into the ED, again having suffered a relapse and an overdose. She decided to go into rehab again and to afterwards leave Chicago.

## Season 5

### Pain is For the Living

Hannah meets Will at an offset med center and treated her addiction to drugs. He was later shocked to discover Hannah is a doctor and was skeptical of her methods.

### I Will Do No Harm

Hannah and Will come to blows, when they threaten to expose each others unethical deeds.

However, they soon come to an understanding later when Will promised to help her with her condition. Touched by his consideration and moved by her attraction to him, Hannah invited him to her apartment, and he accepts the offer.

### Who Should Be the Judge

Hannah was late for surgery and Will was angry with her and she tried to excuse her act but he yelled at her about this even calling their encounter a mistake, to her anger. Will went as far is nearly exposing her habits to the superiors.

### The Ghosts of the Past

However, Will regrets his choice and the pair reconcile with him staying over more. When meeting someone from her past, he is upset but learns he needs to stop being critical and let her find herself. At the end, he surprises Hannah with his belief in her road to recovery and they share a hug.

## Season 6

### When Did We Begin to Change

In the span of six months, Will and Hannah became a couple and moved in with each other.

After an argument with Will, Hannah relapses and is brought into the ED by Will to be treated for a heroin overdose. Before she is brought into surgery, Will tells her that he loves her and hopes for her to come through. Hannah eventually wakes up and shares a moment with Will, apologizing for letting him down. She is touched by him voicing relief at her pulling through. She also reveals that she could hear him when she was brought in, thanking him for telling her that he loves her, but that she has decided to go into rehab. Afterwards, Hannah decides to leave Chicago, because she thinks she will never be able to rise above the stigma of being a drug addict. She asked for Will to come with her but he refuses, and she tries to tell him not to decide right away though he again denies and she states she was afraid that he most likely would not go, something that he confirms. Although she worries over a relapse without him, Will tells Hannah that he does not want to be the anchor to her sobriety but does wish her luck in her endeavors.

## Season 7

### May Your Choices Reflect Hope, Not Fear

Hannah returns after her stint in rehab, where she has been sober for almost two years. She meets Sharon Goodwin and Dean Archer for dinner, it is revealed she kept in contact with Goodwin while in rehab and the latter wanted her to know she still had friends. When Archer inquired on her decision to return to Med because of her history, Hannah stated that she was clean and is focused on staying that way. She also wants to return for a fresh start at what she knows best. Impressed, Goodwin welcomes her back.

## Season 8

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## Season 9

### Row Row Row Your Boat on a Rocky Sea

Hannah is roped in to treat patients from a mass casualty event and is devastated when she loses a patient named Ivy Vance who initially appeared fine. Together with Dean Archer she also treats a young girl named Kayla whose recently transplanted kidney has been damaged in the accident and will need to be replaced. She confronts and then comforts Dean when he doubts whether he is worthy of the transplant kidney he is about to receive from his son.

### This Town ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us

Hannah supports Sean and Dean when Dean's ex-wife Leanne shows up to the hospital in a rush and threatens to get an injunction to stop the kidney transplant. She is able to convince Dean to take the kidney as planned and the transplant is a success.

## Gallery

*For a full gallery of Hannah Asher, see Hannah Asher/Gallery.*

## Videos

Asher Loses a Patient - Chicago Med - NBC
## Appearances

 It's All in the Family
 The Ground Shifts Beneath Us

 Don't Want to Face This Now
 Letting Go Only to Come Together
 I Will Come to Save You