News and Events

Each year the graduating class presents four awards to residents and faculty that have made a positive impact on their educational experience at Rush. Learn about this year’s awards recipients, selected by the Class of 2019.

Rush University Medical Center has launched a fully accredited Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, building on the strength of the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the clinical and academic strength of the Division of Neonatology.

This year, three Rush Medical College graduates – Jack Favorite, Hunter Philips and Kathryn Sulkowski – will become physicians in the military. Prior to coming to Rush, the students decided to join the military and were accepted into the Health Professions Scholarship Program.

Laurie Gillard leads the Specialist in Blood Banking Certification program and was drawn to her work by interests in immunohematology and patient safety.

While medical professionals identify race as a risk factor for many diseases, the authors argue that racism also be identified as a root cause of health inequities. This article examines how one woman’s breast cancer battle illustrates the impact of structural racism: the convergence of social, cultural, economic and institutional forces to perpetuate racial group inequity.

Rush University Medical Center was ranked as one of the top 50 hospitals in the United States and one of the world’s best hospitals by Newsweek magazine. Rush was ranked 29 out of 250 U.S. hospitals and among the top 1,000 hospitals in the world.