The neighborhood of Hyde Park in south Chicago is the home of the University of Chicago. The beautiful community near the shores of Lake Michigan is rich with tradition and diversity. It is where The University of Chicago was started more than 100 years ago with a gift from John D. Rockefeller.
Home to many Nobel winners, brilliant academic scholars, scientists and artists, The University of Chicago is also home to UChicago Medicine. An academic medical center where the patient is first and science, along with research and the training of the next generation of doctors is embraced.
A very deep-seated part of our culture is to question and to challenge, and not to take for granted. And so that's foundational. And people know that when you come to the University of Chicago, that's expected of you. So even though things may have been done a certain way for the last 10, 15, 20, or 30 years, you have to figure out, is there a better way to do it.
The reason to come to University of Chicago Medicine is we offer not only innovative therapies for patients, novel therapies for patients, you will get a view into tomorrow’s therapies here today to take care of you.
UChicago Medicine is an academic medical center that trains future leaders in medicine and research.
Each July, when we get new trainees here, it brings a new life and a new breath of freshness into the institution. There's a palpable sense of excitement both from the trainees and from the faculty. And there's nothing more rewarding than to see someone come in as a timid new doctor and leave as an accomplished and confident and eminently competent physician.
The concept of being at the forefront of medicine is, honestly, true. We are very, very, very strong clinicians here at the University of Chicago. And that's across all specialties. You know, we're very, very lucky that we have not only the best clinicians in this aspect, but also researchers that every day, after they may finish rounding, they are going back to their labs or working with their clinical trials to help provide the care for these patients for tomorrow.
It's really important that you feel that the culture of the institution is one that's encouraging and one that will be supportive for you while you're here. And I think you see that on all levels-- the interactions that interplay between, like, the nurses and the case management and social workers and the physicians all working toward the goal of giving the patient the best care possible.
I thank God for the team, the healthcare team at the University of Chicago Medicine. They’re wonderful.
The answer that we got was that you don’t have to travel far. You’ve got the very, very, very best in your backyard. The University of Chicago has got this amazing program.
I was fortunate to train here many years ago. And I still carry with me the experience, the memory, the camaraderie and, I think, the wisdom that came from that decision at the time. This is a great environment for learning, it’s a great environment for teaching and a place that wants our trainees to go out and be leaders in whatever they want to do, we want to train leaders.
UChicago Medicine is based in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and includes the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Pritzker School of Medicine, and the Biological Sciences Division. Today, UChicago Medicine has expanded beyond the campus to include Ingalls Memorial, a community-based hospital and outpatient facility in Harvey, Illinois. And dozens of outpatient clinics in downtown Chicago, the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana. It is a place we call home and a place where we care about our neighbors and their future.
Actually, I'm born and raised in Chicago, grew up on the South Side of Chicago. And I've always heard wonderful things about the University of Chicago. And, as a child, it was kind of like a pillar of great health and great health standards and excellence. So ever since I was a little girl and I knew that I wanted to be a doctor, I knew that I wanted to work here.
We have so many resources from an intellectual standpoint to a physical standpoint to this beautiful hospital that we're in now. Things that are rare are not rare to us. And we're really good at taking care of the common things, too.
Research and the basic sciences are a big part of what UChicago Medicine is all about. We are constantly searching for cures for some of the most debilitating diseases people face. We want our neighbors to live happy, healthy, long lives.
The patient will benefit from innovation and innovation happens, of course, at all times in medicine, we’re never happy with where we are. And then the question is ‘where is it going to be available first? Where are the thinkers that think about tomorrow? Where are the trials where new things are tested and brought into clinical practice and allow patients to be exposed to that? And there are very few places that exceed University of Chicago in terms of that access.
The University of Chicago is a unique place where the clinical care is closely coupled, it's on the same campus as, the basic science research. And you have every component of medical care here-- adult, pediatrics, the entire spectrum. So, it's a unique place and institution not only within Chicago, but even in the United States.
It's not just our doctors and scientists that make UChicago Medicine special. Nurses and other frontline caregivers give the best care possible to patients.
Our nurses here at University of Chicago Medicine are really second to none. Our recent magnet designation just validates what we all know. Our clinical outcomes related to our nursing care are consistently amongst the best in the nation.
It’s an environment and culture here that’s surrounded by people asking critical questions and performing the types of clinical and even basic research that all comes back to a patient that’s suffering from a disease. And that’s really important. And part of that’s really maintaining that legacy by training the future leaders and scientists that are going to do this as we go on in our careers. It’s a really special place in that regard.
UChicago Medicine has always been different. Our scientists constantly question and look for other, better ways of doing things. Clinical curiosity and academic rigor are welcomed here as well as the desire to provide the best care possible to those who need us.
As long as you are smart, and you're hard working, and the ideas are good, even though they're unconventional, we give them a chance. We don't assume that they're correct, obviously. But we give them a chance to prove that their idea is better than everybody else's. And that is not something that you can take for granted at every institution.
