33 individuals representing Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Greece, Nepal, Nigeria and Ukraine, with the largest representation from the University of Ioannina in Greece (12 individuals), were selected for this year’s program.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Vijayakrishna (V.K.) Gadi, MD, PhD as director of Medical Oncology, Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Gadi’s experience as an academic leader, clinical trialist, and esteemed member of the medical oncology community. He is an outstanding individual to lead these efforts. Dr. Gadi has [...]

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the Coleman Foundation to develop a screening process for prescribing opioids and managing opioid use disorders in cancer patients who receive care at UI Health, UIC’s clinical health enterprise. More than 70% of cancer patients use opiates following radiation treatment, said Lawrence Feldman, MD, [...]

Dr. Peter Ogundeji (Ibadan, Nigeria), Dr. Eleftheria Hatzimichael (Ioannina, Greece), Dr. Damiano Rondelli (UIC), Dr. Arina Martynchyk (Kyiv, Ukraine), Dr. Abiola Bolarinwa and Amanda Rivera (UIC) A team of doctors from around the globe are in Chicago to attend the 2nd Global BMT training course and learn more about blood and marrow transplant [...]

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 [...]