WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY & REHABILITATION
Message from the Department Head

Jeffrey Loeb MD PhD
Our vision is to grow UIC Neurology and Rehabilitation, unite it with the other clinical neurosciences, expand its presence within our community, and interdigitate clinical, basic, and translational research programs leading to better care, outstanding learning opportunities, and new cures for our patients. UIC Neurology and Rehabilitation is in the forefront of patient care and research with outstanding training programs to attract the best and brightest students and faculty. Our most valuable asset is our faculty, residents, fellows, and students. We are currently undertaking a large, highly-selective recruitment effort with a strong emphasis on attracting clinicians and scientists who share a vision to build a strong academic department. Chicago is a warm, vibrant community and neuroscience is truly a field for the future that will only grow over time. Neurology and Rehabilitation as one clinical unit offers exceptional ways to create seamless patient care systems from the hospital to home and back to clinic.
The opportunities for UIC Neurology and Rehabilitation are boundless. Center stage are our research and multidisciplinary clinical programs that sets us apart and brings prestige to the department, hospital, and community. UIC Neurology and Rehabilitation has a long history of research. It is at the center of local and multicenter health outcome and disparity studies, poised for programmatic expansion and recruitment, ready to pursue new phase I and II translational studies, and a pioneer in integrating basic and clinical research programs. Some of the research programs currently underway include novel biomarker and clinical methods to improve the outcome of stroke patients and integrative systems biology projects that utilize human brain and spinal cord tissues to identify new ways to diagnose and treat disease. We are advancing systems biology to a new level for patients with epilepsy and ALS. Another area is the development of novel therapeutics that we are currently assessing in animal models as a prelude to clinical trials for diseases that range from ALS to multiple sclerosis, pain, spinal cord injury, brain cancers, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey A. Loeb, MD, PhD
John S. Garvin Professor & Head
DEPARTMENT NEWS AND INFORMATION
UIC Dept of Neurology Newsletter -March 2022
Message from the Head Jeffrey A. Loeb, M.D. Ph.D Welcome to the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation in 2022! I am so excited about the progress we have made in growing a top-notch Neurology and Rehabilitation department. Clinically, we have outstanding neurology sub-specialty programs in all areas of neurological disease. [...]
UIC Dept of Neurology – Newsletter 2020
Message from the Head Jeffrey A. Loeb, M.D. Ph.D Welcome to the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation in 2018! Looking back, in April this will mark my 5th year as head of the department. I am so excited with the progress we have made in growing a top notch Neurology [...]
UI Health News Roundup October 2018
UI Health Newsletter UPDATES ON THE UI HEALTH GOALS & INITIATIVES Leaders and managers recently distributed the UI Health Goals & Initiatives to all Hospital & Clinics staff. The Goals & Initiatives — both for FY19 and beyond — are vital to our long-term capabilities and future success. It is [...]
EDUCATION
The goal of the UIC Neurology Residency Training Program is to prepare our trainees with the skills necessary for the modern age of neurology. While we stress classical training in the neurological history, examination, localization, and differential diagnosis, we also want our trainees to be facile in such areas as clinical electrophysiology, critical care neurology, neuroinformatics, neuro-epidemiology, neuroimmunology, neuroimaging, neurosonology, the psychosocial issues in neurological disease, basic principles of clinical research, and practical issues of practice within our current health care system. (Read More)
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MOLECULAR AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY LABORATORY
The goal of the UIC Neurology Residency Training Program is to prepare our trainees with the skills necessary for the modern age of neurology. While we stress classical training in the neurological history, examination, localization, and differential diagnosis, we also want our trainees to be facile in such areas as clinical electrophysiology, critical care neurology, neuroinformatics, neuro-epidemiology, neuroimmunology, neuroimaging, neurosonology, the psychosocial issues in neurological disease, basic principles of clinical research, and practical issues of practice within our current health care system. (Read More)