The Rural Medicine Education Program first enrolled four students at the the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford 28 years ago. This fall, the program has 100 students enrolled across all four years of medical school for a total of 100 RMED students at the Rockford campus — a first in RMED history.
$2.3-Million Grant Awarded to Expand Obstetrics Training to Family Medicine Residents
Thanks to new federal funding, the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford (UICOMR) will be able to enhance family medicine residents’ training in obstetrical procedures, thereby allowing them to provide more of the pregnancy-related services that are much-needed in rural and other medically underserved areas. The $2.3 million that will fund the program for [...]
James Scholar Project Accepted for Presentation
Jordan Saeed Congratulations to fourth-year medical student Jordan Saeed whose James Scholar project entitled Impact of Visible Tattoos on Patients’ Confidence in Healthcare Providers as Measured in a Medical School Population was accepted for presentation at the Urgent Care Association (UCA) Annual Convention 2021, originally scheduled to take place in New Orleans this October. Unfortunately the [...]
Congratulations to Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees
Congratulations to the newest Gold Humanism Honor Society members: Allison Beggin, Joshua Dein, Lucendia Adams, Ande Marchini, Audrey Shoemaker, Emily Nepomuceno, Noemi Moreno, Rachel Miller, Sonia Gilani and Brooke Heibel. Ten UICOMR medical students were recently inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Gold Humanism Honor Society. Members are peer-nominated and recognized for [...]
Students Inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha
Congratulations to the UICOMR students inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society: Jamal Azhari Mariaelana Brenner Joshua Dein Oren Feldman-Schultz David Fischer Tara Gill Vanessa Jerger Michael Niederbrach Jr Jordan Saeed Umber Waheed Alpha Omega Alpha, founded in 1902, is the national medical honor society. Its mission is dedicated to the belief [...]
White Coat Ceremony for Class of 2025
Watch the livestream of our 2021 White Coat Ceremony for our Class of 2025 students at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 21, or check out the video after the ceremony on our YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/channel/UCZ2-jr5m_pzPN2UkUi-bYjA. Attendance at the live ceremony is limited to 4 guests invited by the student over age 12 who can [...]
Rockford Family Medicine Residency Program Announces Chief Residents
Sallini Kalachandran, MD, and Yahiya Syed, MD, were named co- Dr. Sallini Kalachandran chief residents for the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford Family Medicine Residency Program. Both in their third and final year of the residency program, Dr. Kalachandran and Dr. Syed were nominated by their peers to take on the [...]
New Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow Announced
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford welcomes Kate Stankiewicz, MD, as the newest fellow in the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Stankiewicz earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and environmental studies from Dartmouth College. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed a residency in [...]
College of Medicine Rockford Announces New Building Plans
This architectural illustration of the proposed Rural Health Sciences Education Building was created by the design firm HED. Alex Stagnaro-Green, dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, announced to attendees at the Rockford Chamber of Commerce “Heartbeat of Healthcare” luncheon on August 12 that planning is underway for a new [...]
College of Medicine Rockford Announces New Surgery Chair
Fazlur Zahurullah, MD, MBA The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford has named Fazlur R. Zahurullah, MD, MBA, FACS, as the chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialties. Dr. Zahurullah has been on the faculty since 2001 and is a clinical associate professor in the department. He has served as [...]