October 1, 2012
$4M Grant to Study Impact of Policy, Environment on Kids’ HealthUIC’s ImpacTeen project to study influences on youth nutrition, physical activity
August 31, 2012
First Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplant, Sleeve Gastrectomy PerformedA 35-year-old Chicago woman is the first patient in the world to have a combined procedure that offers new hope for obese kidney patients.
April 4, 2012
Chicago Man Receives Robotic Kidney Transplant After 17 YearsRobotic surgery permitted surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System to transplant a kidney into a morbidly obese Chicago man — who had survived 17 years on dialysis waiting for the procedure.