Dr. Joseph Maurice completed medical school at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL. Dr. Joseph Maurice completed his OBGYN residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL. This was followed by a Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) fellowship at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Joseph Maurice has a Focused Practice Designation in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Following fellowship, Dr. Joseph Maurice joined the faculty at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, where he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor and served as the Director for the divisions of Gynecology and MIGS. After completing a Master of Science in Clinical Research, Dr. Joseph Maurice joined the Department of OBGYN at Carle Illinois College of Medicine in Champaign, IL, where he established and led the inaugural OBGYN residency program. Throughout his career, he served on numerous advisory committees for the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL).  In 2009 and again in 2016, he received the National CREOG Award for Excellence in Resident Education. On a national level, Dr. Joseph Maurice has been a delegate to the American Medical Association for the past 7 years and is a consultant to the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, United States Food and Drug Administration.  Dr. Joseph Maurice also serves on the Editorial Board of Surgery U.

Dr. Joseph Maurice has been known to the Department of OBGYN at UIC since 2022 as the Associate Head for Faculty Affairs. In this senior leadership position, he significantly mentored and advanced our faculty’s promotion dossiers. His surgical, teaching, and educational skills were equally impressive, with outstanding marks from the medical students, OBGYN residents, and faculty within and outside the department. In 2023, Dr. Joseph Maurice became Professor and Chair of the Department of OBGYN at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE. His tenure as OBGYN Chair at Creighton University was transformative in the clinical, educational, and research arenas. Under Dr. Joseph Maurice’s leadership, new faculty were recruited, the quality of residency training excelled, and new research programs that utilized virtual reality to train physicians on how to heal disparities in Black maternal health care.

Personal and professional paths take unexpected turns, and today’s return to UIC aligns better with Dr. Joseph Maurice’s family and career goals. At UIC, Dr. Joseph Maurice will develop a comprehensive strategic plan to enhance clinical training and scholarly activities within the Department of OBGYN. He will provide leadership, mentorship, and oversight of the department’s GYN surgical research development program, specifically focusing on simulation and robotic training. Dr. Joseph Maurice will develop monitoring programs to evaluate our faculty's surgical, clinical, and research skills and will continue to pursue his already established research pathways that includes applying for NIH funding.