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Awards & Recognitions, RUSH Medical College
September 5, 2017 Fourth-year Rush Medical College student Sean McClellan was recently named a 2017 Pisacano Scholar, one of six recipients nationally. The scholarships, valued up to $28,000 each, are awarded to U.S.…
Student Stories, College of Health Sciences
A native of Eagle Pass, Texas, young Jesus Gonzalez watched as his migrant farmer father’s backyard crops withered away and died. He wanted to know why. And with that simple question, Gonzalez began his journey as a s… Related News View All News…
Research, Innovation, Patient Care
Four of six people with paralyzing spinal cord injuries who were treated with a new cell therapy have recovered a significant level of movement on at least one side, new study results show. This 67 percent recovery ra…
Innovation, Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center’s Dr. Asokumar Buvanendran is among the first interventional pain medicine specialists in the country to implant a newly approved spinal cord stimulation device that automatically adjust… Related News View All News…
Alumni, Graduate Medical Education
“Perhaps the most important preparation one can get for medicine, or life in general, is understanding the value of integrity,” said Marc Silver, ’79/MD; GME. “And that’s exactly what I was surrounded by as a Ru…
Research, RUSH Medical College
Weightlessness takes a paradoxically heavy toll on astronauts who spend extended periods of time in zero gravity. A researcher at Rush is helping lead a National Institutes of Health-sponsored study that’s trying to h…
Alumni, College of Nursing
Spring is a time for renewal and growth. I’m proud to report that Rush is embarking on a renewal of its own through the Rush System for Health. We are uniting clinical, research and education endeavors in a new way. L…
Community
CHICAGO - West Side United, a group of Chicago health care institutions, residents, civic leaders and health care professionals that includes Rush University Medical Center, today outlined a broad series of healt…
Innovation, Patient Care
The choice between saving one’s limb or one’s life may seem obvious. However, surgical oncologist Cristina O'Donoghue, MD, MPH, knows the decision is emotionally wrenching for patients with advanced melanoma or sarcom…
Student Stories, Graduate College
A gap year wasn’t part of Emil Maric’s original plan. Rather, Maric — who received his bachelor‘s degree from Illinois Wesleyan, in Bloomington, Illinois, last spring — hoped to jump right into medical school after gr… Related News View All News…