About the University of Chicago Medicine

Dr. Mustafa Hussain talking with a patient's family member in the CCD lobby

At the Forefront of Medicine Since 1927

The University of Chicago Medicine, with a history dating to 1927, is a not-for-profit academic medical health system based on the campus of the University of Chicago on the city's South Side, and with hospitals, outpatient clinics and physician practices throughout Chicago, its suburbs and Northwest Indiana. UChicago Medicine unites the University of Chicago Health System, the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine to fulfill its tripartite mission of patient care, research and education.

Meet Our Leaders

Headshot of UChicago Medical Center Dean Mark Anderson

Dean Mark Anderson, MD, PhD

A renowned scholar, physician and caregiver, Dean Mark Anderson heads the medical and biological research, education, care delivery, and community-engagement enterprises. He is also President of the UChicago Medicine health system and reports directly to the University president.

UChicago Medical Center president Tom Jackiewicz

President Tom Jackiewicz

Tom Jackiewicz leads the clinical enterprise, including the integration of the patient care mission of the Medical Center with the education and research missions of the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division.