The Department of Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center is dedicated to excellence in patient care, research and education. Our physicians and scientists are national and international leaders, setting standards of excellence in research that leads to improved health outcomes for people of all ages. The department is also a leader in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education, fostering the dissemination of new knowledge and the goal of training a broad range of health care providers.

Internal medicine services at Rush encompass a full spectrum of care, from primary medicine to state-of-the-art specialty services.

For information about primary care and specialty medicine patient care services within the Department of Internal Medicine, see web pages for individual sections and divisions:

• Cancer Programs (Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Myeloid Diseases)
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatric Medicine
• Hepatology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Primary Care Services (including General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine)
• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Rheumatology

To find a primary care physician or specialty physician on the faculty of Rush, call (888) 352-RUSH. Or search online using the Find a Doctor database (link at left).

The multiple clinical, research and educational programs of the Department of Internal Medicine are under the direction of Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, the department chairperson. More than 250 clinical faculty members provide top-quality, compassionate primary and specialty care.