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Awards, Rankings and Recognitions

Rush Recognized for Environmental Sustainability Efforts

Medical center is among the top 25 hospitals honored

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Spine & Back

Headset Keeps Patient in Focus During Image-Guided Spine Surgery

Neurosurgeon is first in the world to use extended reality navigation system that brings imaging, 3D models and patient into one integrated view

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Spine & Back

Sciatica: What to Do for This Very Common Condition

If you’re experiencing pain, numbness or tingling in your legs, you’re not alone

Omar Ramos hugs a participant at Waterford Place
Waterford Place

Cancer Survivors Day: An Annual Celebration of Life

Much of survivorship lives in quiet, unseen moments

Rush University alumni present their research posters.
University

Rush College of Nursing Recognized at the Historic 50th Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference

Faculty and students attended the 50th MNRS Annual Research Conference where they embodied this year’s theme of innovating and inspiring the future

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What Doctors Want Patients to Know About Organ Donation

One organ donor can save up to eight lives. A transplant hepatologist discusses more details about organ donation.

Beth Joksimovic
Cancer

Family Shows Gratitude by Supporting Oncology Nurses

Beth Joksimovic’s family carries her generous spirit forward by funding nurses’ continuing education

Dr. Salzman and his wife
Healthy Aging & Caregiving

Lifesaving Treatment Leads to a Career Driven by Compassion and a Gift for Future Physicians

Gary Salzman, MD, and his wife, Lili, seek to express their gratitude through a planned estate gift to the institution that gave them so much

Smiling staff members at Rush Day celebration
Awards, Rankings and Recognitions

Rush Among Modern Healthcare's 2026 Best Places to Work

150 healthcare organizations recognized as outstanding employers

Cardiologist Quinn Capers, MD, in the operating room
Heart Health

Why Fatal Heart Attacks Have Declined

Medications, new procedures, prevention have all saved lives