UI COM Celebrates Graduating Students with 141st Commencement

The University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrated its 141st  commencement on Friday, May 5, at Credit Union 1 Arena. The ceremony honored 338 graduating students from its various degree programs, with 277 receiving their MD degree, constituting one of the largest graduating medical school classes in the United [...]

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Inspiring grads: Kate Rahbari

April 24, 2023 Four years as an undergraduate. Two years as a National Institutes of Health research fellow. Eight years as a student in UIC’s combined MD-PhD program at the College of Medicine. Altogether, that’s more than a decade of study and research, and hundreds of hours helping patients during clinical rotations. For 2023 [...]

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Class of 2023 Celebrates Match Day

Nearly 300 fourth-year medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine learned where they will complete their training and begin their careers during Match Day ceremonies on Friday, March 17, at each of the College’s three campuses. The 276 students comprise 166 students from Chicago, 54 from [...]

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Faculty named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Lijun Rong Jan Kitajewski (Photo: Ian Battaglia) Giamila Fantuzzi (Photo: Ian Battaglia) January 31, 2023 Three scientists from the University of Illinois Chicago have been elected 2022 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the top honors within the scientific community. Giamila Fantuzzi, [...]

By |2023-02-07T12:47:10-06:00February 7th, 2023|COM News, UICOM|0 Comments

UI COM’s HCOE Receives Sprague Memorial Institute Grant to Support Programming

The University of Illinois College of Medicine’s Hispanic Center of Excellence (HCOE) has been chosen to receive a $120,000 grant from the Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute. The Sprague Grant will allow us to fund and expand two of our programs: the Program Advancing Research for Equity (PARE) and the Latino Health Sciences [...]

By |2023-01-26T13:01:16-06:00January 26th, 2023|COM News, UICOM|0 Comments

College of Medicine Sponsored Funding Achieves Record of $205 Million Annually with Increases in Interdisciplinary Research

December 2, 2022 The University of Illinois College of Medicine received $205.0 million in research, instructional, and other sponsored program funding during the 2022 fiscal year, a 7.7% increase over fiscal year 2021. College of Medicine awards represented more than 44% of University of Illinois Chicago’s total sponsored funding in fiscal year 2022. Federal [...]

By |2022-12-06T08:04:45-06:00December 6th, 2022|COM News, UICOM|0 Comments

Faculty Honored During Annual Ceremony

The University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrated its faculty Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the Faculty Alumni Lounge during the 2022 Faculty Recognition Ceremony. College Awards, UIC Faculty Awards, Chicago Departmental Rising Star and Faculty of the Year recipients were honored, with Executive Dean Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, MBA, MHA, and Associate Dean for Faculty [...]

By |2022-11-28T12:21:07-06:00November 22nd, 2022|COM News, UICOM|0 Comments

Ukrainian Physician Delegation Visits UIC to Learn About Advances in Blood Transfusion Services

October 20, 2022 A delegation of physicians from Ukraine, including Dr. Oleksandr Sarzhevskyi, Dr. Oleksandr Serhiienko, and Dr. Nataliia Mizynets, spent a full day on October 19 in meetings and tours with faculty, physicians, and administrators at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and the UI Health Hospital & Clinics. The purpose of the [...]

By |2022-10-24T13:33:57-05:00October 21st, 2022|COM News, UICOM|0 Comments

Specialty Care Building at UI Health opening up access to care, jobs

September 19, 2022 The exterior of the Specialty Care Building. (Photo: Joshua Clark/UIC) The newest clinical building on the University of Illinois Chicago’s health sciences campus will open to patients Sept. 26. Leadership from UIC and its health system, UI Health and the University of Illinois College of Medicine, marked the occasion with a [...]

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College of Medicine Celebrates Incoming M1 Students at White Coat Ceremonies

More than 300 first-year University of Illinois College of Medicine medical students were celebrated Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, during White Coat ceremonies across three campuses. The Chicago campus, with 175 first-year students, held its White Coat Ceremony at the Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum. “Today we’re here to share in one [...]

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