On April 1, about 650 of over 1,000 UChicago Medicine residents and fellows signed an election petition to join the Committee of Interns and Residents labor union.
At the rally, held in subzero temperatures on January 15, UCMed nurses said that while they hoped to avoid a strike, it wouldn’t be off the table if an agreement with the hospital could not be reached.
In an exclusive interview with The Maroon, Mark Anderson, who joined UChicago last October as dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, and dean of the Biological Sciences Division, emphasized unity, equity, and innovation in research and healthcare.
On October 25, UChicago Medicine announced their participation in Cook County’s Medical Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI), abolishing $173.7 million in unpaid medical debt for 85,060 Cook County residents...
