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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Patricia Finn, MD, has been named Dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, becoming the school’s fifth dean in its 61-year history and first woman to hold the position. Her new role at UNM School of Medicine will be effective Sept. 1. Dr. Finn currently serves as head of the [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrated its 140th commencement on Friday, May 6, at Credit Union 1 Arena, with an in-person celebration taking place for the first time since 2019. The last two ceremonies took place virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony honored 375 graduating [...]
The façade of University of Illinois College of Medicine East Tower will get a much-needed update thanks to a $434 million investment in deferred maintenance projects for higher education institutions across the state. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joined College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, and local leaders at an event Friday at Student [...]
After having their scheduled ceremony postponed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Illinois College of Medicine Class of 2024 students celebrated the traditional White Coat Ceremony across the College’s three campuses in Chicago, Peoria and Rockford. Students at Peoria celebrated on April 1, while [...]
During the first in-person Match Day ceremony since 2019 on Friday, March 18, 320 medical students at the University of Illinois College of Medicine learned where they will complete their training and begin their careers. The totals included 188 students from Chicago, 65 students from Peoria, 55 students from [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine received $190.4 million in research, instructional, and other sponsored program funding during the 2021 fiscal year, a 9.5% increase over fiscal year 2020. College of Medicine awards represented more than 42% of University of Illinois Chicago’s total sponsored funding in fiscal year 2021. Federal awards account [...]