The University of Chicago Medical Center earned its 22nd consecutive “A” grade in hospital and patient safety, continuing its 10-year run of scoring top honors from the watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group. Meanwhile, UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial earned its third consecutive "B" in the Fall 2022 report card.
Renowned UChicago Medicine health disparities researcher Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, MsC, was one of 100 people elected to the 2022 class of the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the field. Peek, an internist and the Ellen H. Block Professor for Health Justice, was elected for her international leadership in reducing health disparities through research examining how structural racism and the social determinants of health perpetuate disparities in Black communities.
