Illinois Medicine
volume 24, number 1 | summer 2023
1 Dean's Message
4 Campus News
11 White Coat
12 Faculty News
35 Reunion Recaps
38 Class Notes
39 In Memoriam
40 Five Questions
C O V E R S T O R I E S
Biomedical Informatics in Ophthalmology
Link Bench to Bedside 25
AI scientist Darvin Yi, PhD, and his team of researchers are working at the intersection of data
science and medical science, leveraging AI and informatics to inform research, fuel innovation and
advance patient care.
Grounded in Reality: Artificial Intelligence
in Medical Education 28
Linda Chang, PharmD '97, MPH '05; Radhika Sreedhar, MD, MS, FACP; and colleagues with
expertise in AI, informatics and instructional design are developing AI courses for the physicians,
nurses and pharmacists of the future.
P H I L A N T H R O P Y I N A C T I O N
Endowing Excellence 30, 32
After decades of serving humanity through research, education and patient care, Alfonse T. Masi,
MD, DrPH, MPH, and J. Usha Raj, MD, MHA, are advancing medicine through philanthropy.
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