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ILLINOIS MEDICINE
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d e p a r t m e n t s
1 Dean's Message
4 Campus News
12 Faculty News
40 Alumni Connections
42 Class Notes
48 In Memoriam
52 Five Questions
C L I N I C A L U R B A N I M P A C T
Taking Health Care to the Streets 30
COM and UI Health programming brings health care to the homeless—and attempts to find them
housing, which reduces dependence on emergency services
R E U N I O N A N D G A L A
Festivities Celebrate Illinois Medicine 35
COM alumni return to reminisce and reinvigorate the mission of innovation and inclusion during
the Reunion and Illinois Medicine Gala celebrations
I L L I N O I S M E D I C I N E A W A R D S
Julius Richmond Served as Surgeon General,
First Project Leader of Head Start 36
In addition to naming Richmond its 2016 Pioneer in Medicine, the COM gave Binay Shah the
Sweeney Spirit of Medicine Award, Mary Jo LaDu the Innovator of Today Award, Abbas Hyderi
the Emerging Innovator Award, and Lester Salans the Distinguished Alumnus Award
