In honor of October’s Liver Cancer Awareness Month, we asked Anjana Pillai, MD, Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Director of the UChicago Medicine Liver Tumor Program, to talk about liver cancer, what it is, who’s at risk and what you can do to lower …
UChicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital has once again been named one of the top pediatric hospitals in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Comer is ranked No. 2 in Illinois for the fifth …
The University of Chicago Medicine is known worldwide for its liver transplant expertise. Its transplant team performs more than 100 liver transplants per year and routinely handles complex cases and multi-organ transplants – with higher-than-expected …
Anthony Amunategui is no stranger to hernias. He’d already had three operations for hernias located in his belly button and groin when he noticed a lump last January on his lower right abdomen. After having his appendix removed last September, a hernia the …
Sarah Shubeck, MD, MS, consults with a patient. Mammograms are our most important screening tool for finding breast cancer, which is one of the most common cancers and makes up almost a third of cancers in women every year. As a breast surgical oncologist …
Raised in a Christian home by a single mother, Lisa Howard always helped others in her South Side community. Even when she was diagnosed with cancer, she continued to help by enrolling in a clinical trial as part of her treatment at the University of …
Marquita McCarter, a patient advocate with UChicago Medicine’s Medical Home and Specialty Care Connection program, helps connect patients and families to the care they need. As a volunteer for the University of Chicago Medicine's Hospital Welcome and …
The 2025 RBC Race for the Kids at Comer Children’s will be held on Sunday, October 5, at the University of Chicago’s Main Quadrangle in Hyde Park. The annual 5K event raises money for childhood illness research, patient care and therapeutic programs at …
A program that helps patients navigate the healthcare system with help from patient advocates significantly reduces repeat emergency department (ED) visits for low-acuity medical issues (minor or non-urgent needs), according to a new study by University of …
The University of Chicago Medicine has released its 2024–25 Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs), the result of an 18-month process that engaged thousands of residents and stakeholders across the Chicago's South Side and south suburbs. Conducted …
The University of Chicago Medicine invested $715 million in community benefits in fiscal 2024, according to its newly released Community Benefit Report. This includes $29.2 million in financial assistance (charity care) provided to patients across its …
As one of the country’s top basketball players in his age division, Mel Mocco was devastated last year when he learned his colon had to be removed. It meant he would have to wear an ostomy bag — a pouch that attaches to the body and collects stool — for …
In this video, Blase Polite, MD, physician-in-chief at UChicago Medicine Crown Point, shares about his own colonoscopy at the Crown Point multispecialty facility to highlight the availability and ease of scheduling the lifesaving screenings, as well as the …
The University of Chicago Medicine urogynecologic surgeons As a urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon, I often encounter patients who think bladder leakage, otherwise known as urinary incontinence, becomes normal after a certain age. This is …
When it comes to aging, attitude is everything. At the University of Chicago Medicine South Shore Senior Center, Stacie Levine, MD, sees patients 65 years and older, with most in their 80s and 90s. Their outlook? “They view aging very positively — and they …
We want to get to our guest, who has been gracious enough to join us in studio. We love company. We really do. We are so excited to have with us in ongoing conversations Dr. Vanessa Buie. She's an MD, MBA, assistant professor of surgery and bariatric …
The University of Chicago Medicine earned the highest level of distinction as an American Medical Association (AMA) Joy in Medicine health organization for its work reducing physician burnout and enhancing the professional fulfillment of its doctors. …
When someone mentions the word “toxicity” in relation to cancer treatment, they’re usually referring to the negative physical side effects and complications that can result from therapies like radiation and chemotherapy. But researchers at the University …
Researchers at the University of Chicago developed a “universal” chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) platform that offers enhanced safety, adaptability, and the potential to overcome long-standing barriers in cancer immunotherapy. Promising initial testing …
Abhinav Sidana, MBBS, MPH, created a comprehensive focal therapy program at the University of Chicago Medicine. The program gives prostate cancer patients every available option for minimally invasive treatments. The University of Chicago Medicine’s focal …
