University of Chicago Medicine: At the Forefront of Care and Discovery
Learn how advances in neurological medicine have created opportunities to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with neurological disorders. Internationally-renowned neurologist Jeffery Frank and neurosurgeons Issam Awad and Peter Warnke will explore the tools and techniques at the frontier of diagnostic testing and treatment in brain disorders. The look at the future of medicine will continue with Dr. Kyle Hogarth, Director of Bronchoscopy and Minimally Invasive Diagnostics at the University of Chicago Medicine, showcasing groundbreaking 3-D imaging technology used to detect and biopsy lung cancer. Attendees will also be offered a rare preview of the University of Chicago Medicine?s new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in February.
*REQUIREMENTS: Must be 15 or older to participate. Closed toed shoes required.
About the Organization:
When the University of Chicago Medical Center opened its doors to the community in fall 1927, it had two clinical departments: medicine and surgery. Since then, the medical campus has grown to include 60 adult and 44 pediatric specialties. The Medical Center ranks among the best in the country in cancer treatment, digestive disorders, diabetes and endocrinology, according to U.S. News & World Report?s survey of the nation?s hospitals. University of Chicago physician-scientists performed the first organ transplant and the first bone marrow transplant in animal models, the first successful living-donor liver transplant, the first hormone therapy for cancer and the first successful application of cancer chemotherapy. Its researchers discovered REM sleep and were the first to describe several of the sleep stages. Twelve of the Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with the University of Chicago Medicine.
