Learn practical tips and transferable skills to enhance your effectiveness as educators during this summer Faculty Development Workshop Series that is created especially for UICOM teaching faculty, fellows and residents. CME credit is available (1 CME credit per session) Flexible attendance options – in-person, online synchronously, and asynchronously Interactive format to help faculty gain evidence-based [...]
The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) recently presented the Excellence in Teaching Award to Diana Kenyon, DO, FACOG, clinical assistant professor and clerkship director in the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Kenyon is an OB-GYN at Mercyhealth in Rockford. This award honors outstanding women's [...]
Representatives from Taylorville Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Jacksonville Memorial Hospital attended Convocation in order to accept the 2023 Distinguished Community Award. Three rural hospitals of the Memorial Health Network — Taylorville Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Jacksonville Memorial Hospital — were the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Community Award. [...]
Raymond Garcia, MD, accepts the Distinguished Service Award from Dean Stagnaro-Green during the Convocation Ceremony. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a nominee who demonstrates outstanding organization and leadership qualities in committee service, administration, health care and medical education at UICOMR, the university level and/or nationally. The 2023 Distinguished Service Award recipient [...]
Alex Stagnaro-Green confers upon Paul Chastain the 2023 UICOMR Distinguished Teaching Award. Each year at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford Convocation Ceremony, the Distinguished Teaching Award is presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated a longstanding history of outstanding interest in our medical students and a strong commitment to [...]
Mathew Mathew, PhD Mathew Mathew, PhD, the Cedric W. Blazer Endowed Professor of Biomedical Sciences and director of faculty research in the Office of Research, received a University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative Award from the UIC Vice Chancellor for Innovation and the Office of Technology Management. The award will fund [...]
Brianna “Bri” Sheppard, PhD, MA The National Center for Rural Health professions welcomed A. Brianna “Bri” Sheppard, PhD, MA, as the new associate director on May 16. This key leadership role will be involved with student research and education as well as program and grant development and expansion. “We are thrilled that Dr. [...]
The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford held its 49th Annual Convocation Ceremony for the Class of 2023 on Friday, April 28, 2023, at the Coronado Theater in downtown Rockford, IL. Fifty-seven graduates participated in the ceremony. Alex S. Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE, MHA, regional dean at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, [...]
Walk with U is a free program for community members to walk along with UW Health and University of Illinois College of Medicine physicians, residents and medical students • Learn about various health topics • Try out different walking paths • Get some exercise • Earn rewards for participation Upcoming Walk with U walks: Date: [...]
Mohammad Fazle Alam, PhD Mohammad Fazle Alam, PhD, started March 8, 2023, and will lead the 3D Bioprinting Laboratory on campus. Dr. Alam, a research scientist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, received master’s and doctoral degrees in biotechnology from Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India. He has been a post-doctoral fellow at [...]
