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Nursing Anesthesia Program Lands Top 20 Spot in Annual U.S. News & World Report Rankings
The College of Nursing’s Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist program earned 18th place out of 131 CRNA graduate programs in the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation’s Best Nursing-Anesthesia…
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‘Classmates Help Each Other’: CMS Grad Advances Legacy of Support
For Jorge del Castillo, MD ’75, emergency medicine has always been about “seeing the patients.” From broken ankles…
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The X Factor: Building a Better Paradigm
Though she deeply enjoyed her time researching at the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, working in the lab…
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Perseverance Through Experience: Lessons From Cancer and the Holocaust
When it comes to continuing a legacy and thriving in personal purpose, Alex Kor, DPM ’89, has spent a lifetime doing…
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Saving Zhang: CMS Grad Applies Human Lessons to Surgery on Lincoln Park Zoo Primate
Kerstin Stenson, MD ’88, FACS, is one of Chicago’s most experienced experts in otorhinolaryngology…
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Teachable Moments: Educating the Public on Vaccines and American History
Bridging the gap between misconception and reality has become an increasingly necessary civic responsibility in recent…
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Job For Life
Bradley Hersh, MD ’80, MPH, FACP, has spent more than 30 years traveling the globe as an epidemiologist for the CDC…
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From Los Angeles With Gratitude
From the time Carey Strom, MD ’80, was a child, he had more than an inkling that he would become a physician.
“I…
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Prioritizing Empathy
Ally Brown, PharmD ’22, navigated a challenging medical condition as she trained to become a pharmacist — an experience…
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An Enduring Legacy
Devotion to Chicago Medical School (CMS) and its students was a constant thread through the career of Matthew N. Harris…
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Parallel Tracks
Dr. Rosalind Franklin’s work more than 70 years ago at King’s College in London (September 1951–May 1953) to create…