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Patient Care, College of Nursing
Erik McIntosh, a Rush University Medical Center nurse practitioner, is working to improve health care for LGBTQ patients.
Research
Rush University Medical Center researchers have proposed a one-to-10 rating system that standardizes and combines scoring data from five leading hospital rating systems into an easy-to-understand composite score that will help guide consumer hospitals choice.
College of Health Sciences
As the field has expanded exponentially, the master’s program in the College of Health Sciences prepares today’s students for critical roles in health care.
Research
Findings published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine suggest that a type of white blood cell called tumor associated macrophages that have been deceived by pancreatic cancer cells into not attacking them can be “reprogrammed” by a specially designed molecule that activates a protein found on their surfaces.
Innovation, Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center is the first hospital in Chicago to use a new technology that enables specially trained physicians to use a single stitch to close an opening between the upper chambers of the heart.
Awards & Recognitions, Rush Medical College, Research
The National Institutes of Health recently announced that third-year Rush Medical College student Kathryn Wrobel was accepted to its Medical Research Scholars Program. Wrobel will spend one year at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland working on a translational research project on neurological disorders beginning in July 2019.
Patient Care
Rush University Medical Center celebrated the groundbreaking Wednesday for a new, 10-story, 480,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art outpatient care center and the announcement of the largest philanthropic gift in Rush’s history.
Careers, Rush Medical College
Learn what grad school interviews are like, and tips on how to prepare for them.
College of Health Sciences, Research
Lauren Little, PhD, develops occupational therapy programs to help autistic children while considering the circumstances of their families.
Innovation, Patient Care
A new technology that increases the safety and precision of spinal fusion surgeries while reducing the time needed for the procedure now is available at Rush University Medical Center. Called the Mazor X Robotic Guidance Platform, the technology combines imaging prior to surgery and image guidance during the procedure, which enhances surgical planning and precision.
