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University

$1M Gift to Expand Rush Nursing Education and Clinical Care Across Chicago

A gift from the Bedford Falls Foundation will expand clinical training for students and ensure that marginalized populations across Chicago receive care

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Research

Jump-Starting Research: Rush University Names Winners for Inaugural RUSH to Progress Awards

University’s newest award aims to provide pilot funding for innovative, investigator-initiated research

Who gets the chance to be healthy? Rush Tower message update.
Health Equity

Rush Tower Sign Starts a Conversation: Who Gets the Chance to Be Healthy?

Who gets the chance to be healthy? ‌Ideally, everyone should.

John Rich, Director of the Rush BMO Institute for Health Equity
Health Equity

John Rich, MD, Named One of Top Diversity Leaders

John Rich recognized in Modern Healthcare’s Diversity Leaders

Henry Govekar, MD, talks to a patient
RUSH People

Henry Govekar, MD, Appointed Division Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Govekar will continue his work as a surgeon at Rush University Medical Center and Rush Oak Brook

Clinical Center of Excellence and Affiliate member
Children’s Health

Rush Named Batten Disease Clinical Center of Excellence

Rush is one of nine centers named in the national program

Heaven Shelton, bariatric surgery patient who lost 100 pounds
Women’s Health

Finally Breathing Free

For Heaven Shelton, weight loss surgery was a matter of life or breath.

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Gastrointestinal Health

Rush Earns National Recognition for Pancreatitis Care

Rush University Medical Center is one of four hospitals in Illinois to earn the distinction

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Awards, Rankings and Recognitions

Rush University Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP, will aim to bring aging training program to Australia

Rob Ferrara stands with his family.
Brain Health & Conditions

Doing Right by the People He Loves Most

Veteran finds hope, healing after completing accelerated brain health program