New Initiatives Update
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Partners with NorthShore University HealthSystem
On July 1, 2008, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the newly named NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly called Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH)) entered into an academic affiliation. This agreement thus launched a one-year transitional period, at the end of which students and residents from Pritzker and Pritzker-sponsored training programs will engage in educational experiences at NorthShore hospitals in Evanston, Glenbrook, and Highland Park, along with their training at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
“Health care takes place in a variety of different settings,” said Holly J. Humphrey, MD. “Medical schools achieve a diversity of settings by linking up with affiliates, in addition to their own teaching hospitals, to give students a richer variety of patient care experiences. That kind of broad education exposure is incredibly robust.” Dean James L. Madara, MD notes that the two organizations possess “a variety of differences in our enterprise strategies that actually complement rather than compete with one another.”
Some key points to the affiliation are the quality and excellence of the physicians at NorthShore, as well as an emergent program to address the needs of the underserved communities throughout the Lake County area of northern Illinois.
The NorthShore affiliation will be a topic of discussion at the October 7th State of the School Address held at 5:00 p.m. in P117. For more information or to voice your questions or concerns, please join us.
