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, [...]
After hearing from students, staff and faculty about the desire for better coffee options on campus, the College of Medicine has contracted with a vendor that will bring a food truck vendor to campus two days per week. Thank you to everyone who took the survey to determine preferences for a pilot program. The [...]
The Service of Gratitude is an annual event held at the University of Illinois College of Medicine to honor, with sincere gratitude, the selfless legacy of the women and men who have donated their remains for the advancement of medical education and research. Donors are honored through speeches, poetry, and music performed by medical students [...]
Grants will help continue UICOMR lung cancer research projects Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. About 8 million Americans are at high risk for lung cancer, but less than 6 percent will get screened using the best technology currently available, which is low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), a special type of CT [...]
In Rockford and across the nation, graduating medical students found out where they will spend the next three to seven years of their medical training on Match Day, Friday, March 18. Fifty-five students from the Class of 2022 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford matched into residency programs in 19 specialties [...]
Physicians training in the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford’s Family Medicine Residency Program will now receive experience in treating patients with substance use disorder thanks to a grant to implement a medication-assisted recovery (MAR) program at UI Health Mile Square Health Center-L.P. Johnson Rockford, 1221 E. State St. Taking the lead on the [...]
Dr. Michael Glasser Two University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford faculty members recently received emeritus status from the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Emeritus status is granted to those professors who have shown extraordinary service to the university for a number of years and recognizes Dr. Geri Fox that [...]
Funding from the UIC-OSF Community Health Advocacy Program will allow a team of researchers that includes faculty from University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford to develop standardized simulation activities with the goal of helping new health profession students develop valuable skills in discharging patients. The hope is that such simulations and interprofessional education will [...]
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Student Health and Wellness would like to welcome ALL UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford students to FREE evening yoga classes on the following Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.: October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 Classes will be taught by Javinta Armoska, CYT in Himalayan [...]
