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Awards & Recognitions, College of Nursing
RUSH University College of Nursing rose to the No. 1 spot among 183 schools eligible for the graduate nursing programs category in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Online Programs list released today. “We coul… Related News View All News…
Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center is the first health care organization to launch medical record company Epic’s module for genomic results, giving providers the tools they need to tailor patient care at the molecular lev… Related News View All News…
Research
Kyran Quinlan, MD, MPH, a pediatrician at Rush University Medical Center, has focused his research and advocacy on making microwave ovens safer to protect young children from severe scalds. He and his team’s efforts o…
Research
Up to 10% of patients who are hospitalized or undergo surgery will experience acute kidney injury (AKI), and as many as 50% of patients in intensive care units will meet the criteria for AKI, the National Kidney Found…
Patient Care
Negative experiences when seeing a health care provider are common for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Up to one-third of transgender and gender-nonconforming patients reported havi… Related News View All News…
Patient Care
Recent changes to cannabis laws have been praised by some as a breath of fresh air. Researchers, however, need time to catch their breath as the constantly evolving science unfolds. In 1937, cannabis was criminalized… Related News View All News…
Awards & Recognitions
Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) has selected Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc, Rush University president, and 24 other C-level and senior executives for the second cohort of the Daniel Burnham Fellowship. The fellowship,…
Alumni, RUSH Medical College
Betty Pitcher, MD ’76/RMC, faced a great deal of adversity in her life. With every challenge she encountered, the OB/GYN specialist, who practiced for nearly 25 years before retiring in 2001, not only overcame the obs…
Community, Patient Care
A nonprofit organization that helped narrow the racial gap in breast cancer deaths has expanded its scope to eliminating cervical cancer deaths for all women in Chicago. Housed and developed at Rush Unive… Related News View All News…
Student Stories, RUSH Medical College
For Tim Lee, the decision to become a physician wasn’t just a career choice. He sees it as a necessity. As a high school art teacher in North Philadelphia, Lee went to work every day fearing yet another member of the… Related News View All News…