The Forefront

Learn easy ways to choose a primary care physician, their role in preventive and ongoing healthcare, and why having one is important for your long-term well-being.

New research from the University of Chicago Medicine shows that a simple opt-out, technology-based outreach program is an effective and efficient way for cancer centers to make smoking cessation a routine part of patient care.

Vincent Kampstra suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after his motorcycle was hit by a car in Northwest Indiana. When he arrived at the University of Chicago Medicine's emergency department via helicopter, his life was hanging in the balance. But UChicago Medicine's expert neurotrauma team kicked into action. Not only did Kampstra survive, but is making a remarkable recovery. “This level of care was something that only could have been done at the University of Chicago Medicine,” said his neurosurgeon, Sean Polster, MD.

When Porscha Lacey-Johnson worried her autoimmune disease would prevent her from having a second child, doctors at UChicago Medicine stepped in to help.