General News
$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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Medical Student to Present at 90th Annual Plastic Surgery Meeting
Congratulations to Sydney Mathis, MD candidate 2024, whose submission entitled Same-Day Virtual Reality Surgical Planning and Intraoperative Navigation: A New Surgical Workflow for Craniofacial Trauma and Reconstruction was accepted for presentation at the 90th Annual [...]