Integrating biology & medicine
Known for rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary collaborations, our offerings include undergraduate, graduate, medical, and postgraduate programs.
Ashley Suah, one of the country’s only Black female transplant surgeons, promotes education and equity
Dr. Suah is driven not only to be an outstanding kidney and liver transplant surgeon to all people, but also to foster strong relationships outside of the operating room.
Uncovering how skin stem cells survive the stressful environment of wounds
Researchers at UChicago have identified how epithelial stem cells survive in the harsh environment of a wound to regenerate skin cells.
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UChicago Medicine
At the forefront of medicine since its founding in 1927, the University of Chicago Medicine is a not-for-profit academic medical health system that includes hospitals, outpatient clinics and physician practices throughout Chicago and its suburbs. UChicago Medicine unites five organizations to fulfill its tripartite mission of medical education, research and patient care: Pritzker School of Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, Medical Center, Community Health and Hospital Division, and UChicago Medicine Physicians.
Our Clinical Departments are tightly integrated with UChicago Medicine with many of our faculty also being practicing physicians.