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At the Forefront of Medicine

Three University of Chicago Medicine specialties — cancer (No. 31), ear, nose and throat (36), gastroenterology and GI surgery (22), gynecology (34), nephrology (31) and urology (32) — were recognized as being among the best in the country in the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings. Three other specialties were ranked as high performing — geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery and orthopaedics.

In the publication's 2019 survey of graduate schools, the Pritzker School of Medicine was ranked 18 in the country and the graduate programs in the biological sciences ranked 13 (paleontology at 1, ecology and evolution at 8).

From left: Nita Lee, MD, assistant professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology; Meaghan Tenney, MD, assistant professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology; Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD, chairman, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology; and Diane Yamada, MD, chief, Section of Gynecologic Oncology; outside the operating room in the Center for Care and Discovery

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Why Choose UChicago Medicine

We are advancing the forefront of health every day by bringing research to reality and advanced care closer to our patients. Welcome to the forefront.

Debra Albert, Sr. VP Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, speaks as UChicago Medicine celebrates receiving Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center during a conference call in the lobby of the Center for Care and Discovery April 26, 2018
Awards & Accreditations
Ankur Shah, MD, Farah Hasan, MD, Patient Byron Thoren, Murtuza Rampurwala, MD and Stephen Bennett, MD at the University of Chicago Medicine for Advanced Care at Orland Park
Care Closer to Home
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Community Engagement
Dr. Roderick Tung in his Arrhythmia Technology Suite in Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital on the University of Chicago campus in Chicago, IL
Expertise & Experience
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Quality & Safety
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Research & Innovation
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Awards & Accreditations

UChicago Medicine is continually recognized as a leader in medicine — both in patient care and research.

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Care Closer to Home

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Community Engagement

UChicago Medicine is committed to improving health and wellness in the communities where our neighbors live, work, learn and play. Through valued partnerships, UChicago Medicine leverages the strengths and talents of existing community relationships to address chronic conditions and other complex health needs on Chicago's historic South Side and in our Southland region.

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Expertise & Experience

UChicago Medicine is one of the nation's leading academic medical institutions. We have been at the forefront of medical care since 1927, when we first opened to patients.

Quality & Safety

At UChicago Medicine, providing highly effective, safe patient care is central to everything we do. Here, teams of experts work together to ensure we follow the highest standards for quality care — from preventing infections and continuously improving surgical care to achieving high success rates and patient volumes for even the most complex procedures.

Research & Innovation

UChicago Medicine is home to physicians who are pioneers in their fields, bringing research to reality and making the extraordinary possible. From breakthroughs in immunotherapy to game-changing orthopaedics, we bring you the most advanced health care treatments.

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