Kenneth S. Polonsky, the Richard T. Crane Distinguished Service Professor, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine, and Executive Vice President for Medical...Read more

Ernest Page, professor emeritus in Medicine and Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, died from complications of long-term neuromuscular disease on July 21 at his home in Jerusalem. He was 85. Page,...Read more

A $23 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will energize the University of Chicago’s efforts to harness innovative medical research for interventions that lead to better health for...Read more

Charles E. Metz, professor of radiology and a member of the Committee on Medical Physics at the University of Chicago Medicine, died from pancreatic cancer on July 4 at his...Read more

Update: A memorial service for Joseph B. Kirsner will be held Friday, Sept. 14 from 2-3:30 p.m. at Rockfeller Memorial Chapel. A reception will follow in the Quadrangle Club. Renowned...Read more

Sho Yano to become youngest student to get MD from Pritzker

In an effort to address urban violence on the South Side, the University of Chicago Medicine is partnering with CeaseFire Chicago to sponsor a “Violence Interrupter,” who will focus on...Read more

The University of Chicago Medical Center, one of the leading academic medical institutions in the country, is introducing a new brand as it prepares to open a modern 10-story hospital...Read more

Laila M. Rashid has been appointed vice president for development at the University of Chicago Medical Center and associate dean in the Biological Sciences Division. She has served in this...Read more

Pegloticase, a modified porcine enzyme, can produce significant and sustained clinical improvements in two out of five patients with chronic gout that is resistant to conventional therapies, researchers report in...Read more

Former White House adviser Susan S. Sher will return to the University of Chicago on Aug. 1, in a new role as Executive Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Public...Read more

U.S. News & World Report has selected the University of Chicago Medical Center as one of the finest hospitals in the United States in its 2011-12 Best Hospitals survey ...Read more

President Barack Obama on Feb. 24 announced his intent to appoint Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade , the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, Associate Dean for...Read more

A budget bill that would reduce the National Institutes of Health budget by $1.6 billion over the next seven months would have long-term economic and health care consequences in the...Read more

Cost–effectiveness analysis should play a bigger role in the American health care system, argued a University of Chicago researcher Friday at the annual conference of the American Association for the...Read more

A leader in the early days of radiation therapy for cancer, Melvin L. Griem, professor emeritus in radiation and cellular oncology, died of pneumonia Feb. 7 at The Grove at...Read more

The Urban Health Initiative of the University of Chicago Medical Center has provided a $50,000 grant to the inaugural CommunityHealth Englewood Clinic to support area residents in need of health...Read more

Although the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 60 million people and hospitalized more than 250,000 in the United States, it also brought one significant benefit—clues about how to...Read more

Eugene Goldwasser, the scientist who first purified erythropoietin—the hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells—died from complications related to advanced prostate cancer on Friday, Dec. 17 at his...Read more

Kathleen A. DeVries, a specialist in external relations and business strategy for academic medical centers, has been appointed Vice President for Marketing and Communications at the University of Chicago Medical...Read more