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Collaboration is vital when striving for excellence in patient care. The Critical Care Outreach Team at Rush has created an event designed to put this collaboration into practice. On Feb. 20, 130 attendees compr…
RUSH Medical College, Awards & Recognitions
Badrinath R. Konety, MBBS, MBA, has been appointed the next dean of Rush Medical College, Rush University announced today. Konety, who also will serve as the senior vice president for clinical affairs Rush University…
Research
Martha Clare Morris, ScD, a pioneering researcher of the connection between diet and Alzheimer’s disease, died peacefully following a battle with cancer on Feb. 15 in her home in Oak Park, Illinois, surrounded by her… 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 h… Related News View All News…
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…
