James P. Lash, MD We are pleased to announce the appointment of James P. Lash, MD as chief of the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Lash is a professor of medicine and interim chief of Nephrology. Dr. Lash completed his medical degree at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, an internal medicine residency [...]
Dr. Ana C. Ricardo University of Illinois at Chicago researchers received $2.9 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study the outcomes of patients with sleep apnea and chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease is characterized by a slow, progressive decline in kidney function. If untreated, the [...]
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 [...]
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
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, [...]
John T. Daugirdas, MD, FASN John T. Daugirdas, MD, FASN, clinical professor of medicine in the division of nephrology, was awarded the 2018 American Society of Nephrology Belding H. Scribner Award. The Belding H. Scribner Award was established in 1995 in honor of Dr. Scribner, who developed the arteriovenous shunt that first made [...]
In the latest UI Health News video, Dr. Barish hosts Dr. Enrico Benedetti, head of the Department of Surgery, and Dr. David Perkins, director of research for transplantation at UIC, to discuss UI Health's growing transplantation program. The Division of Transplantation is one of the premier transplant programs in Chicago and Illinois and last year [...]
Congratulations to Drs. Amatur Rehman Amarah and Manpreet Singh on their winning the Controversies of Nephrology debates hosted by the National Kidney Foundation. Fellows from the major nephrology fellowship programs in Chicago compete on an annual basis at the debates, held on May 18, 2017 at Maggiano’s Little Italy. The Division of Nephrology was represented [...]
