It is a great pleasure to announce Adam Mikolajczyk, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, has accepted the associate program director for the internal medicine residency program position. In 2018, Dr. Mikolajczyk joined the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at UIC. Prior to joining UIC, he was appointed clinical instructor [...]

Brian R. Boulay, MD, MPH Please join us in congratulating Dr. Barbara Jung, who will assume the chair of Medicine position at the University of Washington on September 1. Dr. Jung has been instrumental in growing the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division. We thank her for her service to UIC and wish her the [...]

Congratulations to Dr. Sean Koppe on being named UI Health’s 2019 Physician of the Year! Dr. Koppe is director of Hepatology in the Department of Medicine. The Department of Medicine had 5 nominees for the Physician of the Year award and 3 nominees for the Resident/Fellow of the Year award. Dr. Koppe and all the [...]

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 [...]