-------- The Department of Medicine hosted its annual Scholarly Activities Day on March 7th. The theme for the day was Innovations in Clinical and Basic Science Dr. Kathy Griendling, Professor of Medicine, at Emory University was the keynote speaker who gave a talk entitled Poldip2, Nox4, and Vascular Disease. The [...]
“Advances in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease” Featuring speaker Arlene Chapman, MD Tuesday, March 26, 2019 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm College of Medicine Research Building Moss Auditorium More News
UMANA’s Dr. Maria Hrycelak and Dr. George Hrycelak met with UIC’s Dr. Damiano Rondelli, Dr. Daniel Hryhorczuk and Dr. Patricia Finn on March 5 to deliver a donation to the Global BMT Training Program (Photo: UIC) The UIC Global Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) Training Program funds travel and stay for physicians from [...]
"What are We Measuring Anyway? Lessons Learned Along the Evolution of Molecular Testing" Featuring speaker John J. Friedewald, MD Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm College of Medicine Research Building Moss Auditorium More News
The American Liver Foundation hosts an annual Academic Liver Debate for the Great Lakes Region. The very popular, heavily attended and competitive event consists of the representation of all the major academic centers. With months of preparation, our Gastroenterology fellows were tasked with debating Loyola on the topic of locoregional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. The [...]
The next Medicine Grand Rounds topic of discussion will be “Stem Celled-enabled Cure of Type I Diabetes Mellitus: from Bench to Dogs to the Clinic,” featuring guest speaker Chistof Westenfelder, MD, FACP. It will be held on: Tuesday, March 12th at 12pm – 1pm College of Medicine Research Building Moss Auditorium [...]
An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and depression improved weight loss and depressive symptoms compared with routine physician care, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Obesity and depression commonly occur together. Approximately 43 percent of adults with [...]
Innovations In Clinical and Basic Science Thursday, March 7, 2019 9am - 2pm More News
The next Medicine Grand Rounds topic of discussion will be "Food as Medicine for Chronic Kidney Disease," featuring guest speaker Deidra Crews, MD, ScM. It will be held on: Tuesday, March 5th at 12pm - 1pm College of Medicine Research Building Moss Auditorium More News
Join us next week for our next free lunch lecture, featuring Kent Hoskins, MD. He will be presenting on "Precision Medicine, Cancer Genetic Risk Assessment, and Health Disparities." Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:30-1:30 PM College of Medicine Research Building Moss Auditorium Free pizza will be provided. More News
