The Department features an unusually broad range of clinical programs across 11 specialties.
- All surgeons hold faculty appointments at the University of Chicago
- The clinical teams include highly trained nurses, physicians assistants, technicians, clinic coordinators, and pharmacists, as well as collaborations with aneasthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, oncologists and other medical specialists
We provide clinical services at the main hospital in Hyde Park and in several off-site facilities, including Weiss Memorial Hospital and Mercy Hospital in the city of Chicago and at Matteson Surgical Center and Palos Heights in south and southwestern suburbs and Merrillville, Indiana. - 17,000 surgical cases on site;
- 75,000 outpatient procedures and visits
The clinical productivity has continued to increase. - Our current faculty increased their productivity from 210.7 cases per FTE (Full-time equivalent) to 216.1 cases, an increase of 2.6% over the previous year.
| | Our surgical specialities are consistently ranked among the top in Illinois and contribute to the University of Chicago Hospitals’ achieving U.S. News and World Report’s Honor Roll status in 6 of the last 8 years.
- This robust clinical activity provides the opportunity for trainees to develop their skills while working along side some of the nation’s finest surgeons.
- Technological developments benefit many of our clinical programs
- Robotic surgery is now used in cardiac surgery, general surgery, plastic surgery and urological surgery
- Minimally invasive procedures are used in virtually every surgical discipline
- New approaches to old problems
- Lumbar monitoring system to assist spinal cord surgery
- Multi-plane osteotomy
- Rigid titanium plate fixation to prevent post-sternotomy mediastinitis
- Radical prostatectomy using robotic devices
- Brain Tumor Center for multidisciplinary care
- Surgical oncology is a vital component of the National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, complementing the nationally recognized hematology-oncology and radiation-oncology programs.
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