Save the Date: Ideas on Tap Research Mixer – January 23, 2020 GallerySave the Date: Ideas on Tap Research Mixer – January 23, 2020
Department of Medicine, DOM AIM News, DOM Cardiology News, DOM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism News, DOM Gastrenterology & Hepotology News, DOM Hematology and Oncology News, DOM Infectious Diseases News, DOM Nephrology News, DOM Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy News, DOM Rheumatology News
Program to address opioid prescribing for lung, head and neck cancer patients
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, [...]
Global transplant program welcomes international doctors to UIC
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 [...]
Dr. Irum Khan presented with grant from Leukemia Research Foundation
Irum Khan, MD Dr. Irum Khan, assistant professor of hematology/oncology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine was one of 12 scientists in the United States chosen to receive a grant from The Leukemia Research Foundation. Dr. Andrei Gartel, associate professor in the Department of Medicine's Division [...]
Department of Medicine FY2018 Annual Report GalleryDepartment of Medicine FY2018 Annual Report
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Department of Medicine FY2018 Annual Report
Dear Colleagues, I am excited to present our inaugural Annual Report of the Department of Medicine (DOM) at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. The report highlights accomplishments for the fiscal year 2018. Since arriving in the DOM, it has been my pleasure to welcome seven new division chiefs, all who are [...]
UIC’s global transplant program expands in Ukraine
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 [...]
22 department of medicine providers named among the region’s top physicians
Department of Medicine, DOM AIM News, DOM Cardiology News, DOM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism News, DOM Gastrenterology & Hepotology News, DOM Hematology and Oncology News, DOM Infectious Diseases News, DOM Nephrology News, DOM Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy News, DOM Rheumatology News
22 department of medicine providers named among the region’s top physicians
Twenty two department of medicine providers were named among the region's top physicians by Castle Connolly, the consumer healthcare guide. Seven of the recognized providers were featured in Chicago magazine's January 2019 "Top Doctors" list. More News
University of Illinois Hospital ranked “High Performing” in Nephrology and Cancer divisions for 2018-19 US News and World Report
2018-19 U.S. News and World Report ranking U.S. News and World Report, online news magazine have released the National 2018-19 Best Hospital rankings for the 29th Annual year running. The online news magazine best known for ranking all the Colleges, Universities, Hospitals nationally has compared more than 4,500 medical centers across 25 specialties, [...]
Lung cancer screening guidelines inadequate for high-risk minorities
Lawrence E. Feldman, MD Mary Pasquinelli, APN Data from a lung cancer screening program at the University of Illinois at Chicago provides evidence that national lung cancer screening guidelines, which were developed based on the National Lung Screening Trial, or NLST, in 2011 and recommend screening based on age and smoking [...]
Global Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) training program supports development of international bone marrow transplant programs
Training program participants and staff (from left): Dr. Ariel Amaru (San Andres University, La Paz, Bolivia); Dr. Kateryna Filonenko (National Cancer Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine); Dr. Olowoselubaba Olowoselu (University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria); Amanda Rivera, Global BMT program assistant, UIC hematology-oncology staff; Damiano Rondelli Global BMT initiative founder and director and chief of hematology/oncology; Dr. [...]