
David Hefner appointed president of University of Chicago
Medical Center
David S. Hefner, an experienced health system executive and national academic medical center consultant, has been appointed President of the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Jeffrey Matthews appointed chairman of surgery
at the University of Chicago
Gastrointestinal surgeon Jeffrey Matthews, MD, a leading authority on the surgical treatment of diseases of the pancreas, bile ducts and liver, and a prominent scientist known for his fundamental research on defects in chloride transport in epithelial tissue, has been appointed chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago.
National leader in childhood cancer research joins University of Chicago Medical Center team
Susan L. Cohn, MD, a leader in neuroblastoma research, has been named professor of pediatrics, section chief of clinical sciences at the Institute for Molecular Pediatric Sciences and director of clinical research in pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital.