University of Chicago Medicine

A 3,000-year-old patient

Radiologists and Egyptologists team up to analyze Meresamun, a nearly 3,000 year-old-Egyptian mummy.


Suzanne Wilder

Surgeon pioneers minimally invasive ‘heart’ surgery

University of Chicago’s Sudhir Srivastava is one of the few surgeons worldwide to use minimally invasive robotic tools.


Megan Seery

Bringing Health Care to the Neighborhood

UChicago Comer Children's Hospital Mobile Healthcare Van is connecting the South Side with much-needed pediatricians.


How sleep affects human health, explained

We spend a third of our lives asleep, and it’s as important as food, water or air to our survival. But scientists are still working to understand the exact nature of sleep and why it’s so important.