Heather Prendergast, MD, professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Dean Clinical Affairs, has been selected for the 2026–27 University of Illinois System OpEd Project/Public Voices Fellowship. The fellowship helps faculty bring their expertise…
The UIC Department of Emergency Medicine has received support through the Resilient Chicago Fund to develop CONNECT-ED in collaboration with UI Health and community partners. The emergency department-to-community platform is designed to identify…
The Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to congratulate Jing Li, MD, FAHA, Research Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Translational Science and Education at the Center for Advanced Resuscitation Medicine,…
Contributed by Stacey Chamberlain, MD|Posted on June 11, 2026
Global Emergency Care (GEC) and the Global Emergency Care Investigator Group (comprised of UIC emergency physician and CGH faculty Dr. Stacey Chamberlain and three other national collaborators) received the prestigious Global Emergency Medicine…
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, including Janet Lin, MD, faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine, have co-authored a study published in Journal of Diabetes Research (2025) examining diabetes screening in…
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Public Health, have released the latest Illinois Homelessness Mortality and Morbidity Report, a comprehensive statewide…
Heather M. Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, MHA, MBA, FACEP, has been appointed Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. A longtime Emergency Medicine faculty leader, nationally recognized…
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Samantha Hay, Assistant Professor and Director of Health Equity and Population Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has been selected as a BIRCWH Scholar (Building…
This August, Dr. Chamberlain, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Academic Programs at the UIC Center for Global Health, partnered with MedGlobal to launch the Refugee and Immigrant Health Course, a two-week…
We are proud to share that Karolina Marczewski has been selected as the 2025 UI Health Program Coordinator of the Year! This award recognizes one GME professional who exemplifies UI Health’s ICARE values…
The Department of Emergency Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Terry Vanden Hoek, Professor and Head of Emergency Medicine in the UIC College of Medicine, has been named a University of Illinois…
We are proud to celebrate Dr. Sanché Mabins, Social Emergency Medicine Fellow, who was awarded First Place at the Georges C. Benjamin Research Forum during the 2025 National Medical Association (NMA) Convention for…
Dr. Bunney is a co-author of a new study examining long-term trends in heart disease and stroke mortality across U.S. counties. Conducted in partnership with the CDC and researchers from the University of…
In a newly published study in JAMA Cardiology, UIC Emergency Medicine faculty member Dr. Heather Prendergast led a first-of-its-kind NIH-funded clinical trial showing that a simple intervention during an emergency department visit —…
Between 2021 and 2023, the city saw a 14.6% increase in bystander CPR rates — and more lives saved through immediate action, including Narcan administration for opioid overdose. ILHR Executive Director Courtney Schwerin…
We are pleased to share that Dr. Vemuri S. Murthy, adjunct faculty in our department, recently led the first Indo-US Collaborative Emergency Medical Care Workshop at Guntur Medical College in Andhra Pradesh, India.…
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital has been ranked among “America’s 50 Best” hospitals by Healthgrades, recognizing its excellence in patient care and clinical outcomes. As a premier Level I pediatric trauma center and a…
Illinois Heart Rescue (ILHR), the initiative dedicated to improving cardiac arrest survival rates pioneered by UIC Emergency Medicine, earned international recognition at the 2nd Arab Resuscitation Council Scientific Conference, held from November 22-24,…
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Pavitra Kotini-Shah, Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, has received national recognition as the recipient of the Max Harry Weil Early Career Award at…
College of Medicine Faculty were honored on November 14 at the 2024 Faculty Recognition Ceremony. The Department of Emergency Medicine proudly celebrates the achievements of its faculty and alumni, who were recognized for their…
