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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 E X E C U T I V E D E V E L O P M E N T A N D S T R A T E G I C C O M M U N I C A T I O N Jay Noren, MD, MPH 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 Todd Van Neck, MPP E D I T O R I N C H I E F Michael J. Wesbecher, MPH 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, Dan Baron, Eric Butterman, Bob Kronemyer, Kevin McKeough, Alice Patenaude, Susan Reich, Cheryl SooHoo D E S I G N Anne Boyle, Boyle Design Associates P H O T O G R A P H Y Lloyd DeGrane, Marie D. De Jesus, Roberta Dupuis- Devlin, Susan Reich, Diane Smutny, Chris Strong, Brian Thomas Photography, Daryl Wilson Photography O N T H E C O V E R From left to right: Peoria Regional Dean, Sara Rusch; Senior Associate Dean of Students, Kathleen Kashima; Rockford Regional Dean, Alex Stagnaro- Green; Executive Dean, Dimitri Azar; Senior Associate Dean for Education, Raymond Curry; Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Robert Barish; and Urbana Regional Dean, Michele Mariscalco. Photo by Diane Smutny Illinois Medicine is a publication of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Office of the Dean. ©2016 All rights reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to: Illinois Medicine Office of the Dean (MC 784) 1853 West Polk Street, Room 131 Chicago, Illinois 60612-7333 Phone: (312) 996-4470 Email: medcomm@uic.edu www.medicine.uic.edu features C U R R I C U L A R U P G R A D E S Transforming Illinois Medical Education 18 University of Illinois College of Medicine rolls out a bold curricular vision emphasizing active, integrated learning across campuses in Chicago, Peoria and Rockford C L I N I C A L C O N N E C T I O N S Making the Rounds 24 The college's myriad affiliations with healthcare facilities around the state provide a rich variety of experiences for both medical student rotations and residencies N E W L E A D E R S H I P A New Basic Research Foundation 28 New chairs take the helm in three of the five basic science departments: anatomy and cell biology, microbiology and immunology, and physiology and biophysics