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college of MedIcIne AdMInIstrAtIon e x e C u t i v e D e a n Dimitri t. azar, MD, MBa r e g i o n a l D e a n , P e o r i a sara l. rusch, MD, res '81, FaCP r e g i o n a l D e a n , r o C k F o r D alex stagnaro-green, MD, MhPe '05 r e g i o n a l D e a n , u r B a n a - C h a M P a i g n Michele Mariscalco, MD s e n i o r a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r e D u C a t i o n raymond h. Curry, MD, FaCP a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r F a C u l t y a F F a i r s timothy erickson, MD a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r a D M i s s i o n s a n D s P e C i a l C u r r i C u l a r P r o g r a M s Jorge a. girotti, PhD C h i e F D e v e l o P M e n t o F F i C e r a n D v P, u n i v e r s i t y o F i l l i n o i s F o u n D a t i o n stephanie grinage s e n i o r a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r s t u D e n t s kathleen kashima, PhD a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r t e C h n o l o g i C a l i n n o v a t i o n a n D t r a i n i n g Bellur Prabhakar, PhD a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r C l i n i C a l a F F a i r s David schwartz, MD s e n i o r a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r r e s e a r C h larry tobacman, MD a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r C l i n i C a l a F F a i r s a n D e x e C u t i v e D i r e C t o r o F M e D i C a l s e r v i C e P l a n Patrick a. tranmer, MD a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r a D M i n i s t r a t i o n todd van neck, MPP a s s o C i a t e D e a n F o r D i v e r s i t y a n D i n C l u s i o n William Walden, PhD IllInoIs MedIcIne edItorIAl stAff P u B l i s h e r stephanie grinage e D i t o r i n C h i e F Michael J. Wesbecher M a n a g i n g e D i t o r ed Finkel C o P y e D i t o r Patrick kampert C o n t r i B u t i n g W r i t e r s richard asa, Bob kronemyer, Bridget kuehn, Melissa Maleske, kevin Mckeough, alice Patenaude, susan reich, Cheryl soo hoo, kate tormey D e s i g n anne Boyle, Boyle Design associates P h o t o g r a P h y Joshua Clark, lloyd Degrane, roberta Dupuis-Devlin, Dave haney, Jennifer Mazza, Mike McCafrey, Wendy Maclaurin richardson, Mark, simon, Diane smutny, Chris strong Illinois Medicine is a publication of the university of illinois College of Medicine office of the Dean. ©2015 all rights reserved. all inquiries should be addressed to: Illinois Medicine office of the Dean (MC 784) 1853 West Polk street, room 115a2 Chicago, illinois 60612-7333 Phone: (312) 996-4470 email: medcomm@uic.edu www.medicine.uic.edu features r e - e n g I n e e r I n g c o l l A B o r A t I o n s Innovative Medicine 16 Medical faculty find synergies with colleagues in other disciplines, growing incubators and catalyzing cross-campus discovery. g l o B A l U n d e r s t A n d I n g Impassioned Medicine 21 the global Medicine education Program accepts 12 students per year, who learn what leads to international health disparities and develop skills to address growing needs. c o M M U n I t Y h e A l t h Inclusive Medicine 26 Community engagement ensures that urban and rural areas across illinois receive care, while complementary educational programs prepare graduates to serve those populations.

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