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Senior Scholar, Dr. Marshall Chin Wins Prestigious Award

We are proud to announce that Dr. Marshall Chin, University of Chicago physician and Bucksbaum Senior Faculty Scholar, has been honored with the Robert J. Glaser Award by the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM). This prestigious award recognizes Dr. Chin’s exceptional contributions to research, education, leadership, and mentoring in the field of General Internal Medicine.

The Robert J. Glaser Award is the highest accolade given by the SGIM. It honors individuals who have demonstrated outstanding contributions within the field of Internal Medicine. Nominees for this award are recognized for their depth of research, significant educational contributions, exemplary leadership, humanism, altruism, and effective mentorship across varied disciplines. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Chin on this remarkable achievement!

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Bucksbaum Pilot Grant Research Spotlight

Be sure to check out our news series highlighting the wonderful work our scholars and their colleagues are doing to improve the doctor-patient relationship through funding from the Bucksbaum Institute Pilot Grant Program! Each week, this series will highlight one of the many research projects that support our Institute's goals of improving the physician-patient relationship.

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Dr. Dee Fenner Announced as Recipient of Inaugural Bucksbaum Clinical Excellence Award

We are proud to announce that Dr. Dee Fenner, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan, has been named as the inaugural recipient of the Bucksbaum Award for Clinical Excellence. This award, presented by the Bucksbaum Institute, recognizes her outstanding commitment to clinical excellence, the doctor-patient relationship, mentorship, reducing health disparities, and scholarly research. Dr. Fenner's noteworthy contributions in female pelvic floor dysfunction and medical education, extensive research, and leadership roles in professional organizations underscore her exceptional achievements. Please Join us in congratulating Dr. Fenner!

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The Clinical Excellence Podcast

Please join Dr. Adam Cifu and Dr. Matt Sorrentino for a deep dive into critical concepts and components of the doctor-patient relationship, all in an effort to improve clinical care.
New episodes of the Clinical Excellence Podcast are uploaded every other Tuesday. Listen now!

Clinical Excellence Podcast

The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence

The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence was created to improve patient care; to strengthen the doctor-patient relationship; to enhance communication and decision-making in health care through research and education programs for medical students, junior faculty, and master clinicians; and to reduce health care disparities.

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People

The Bucksbaum Institute has appointed 514 faculty, medical students, and undergraduate pre-medical student scholars across 8 scholar groups over the last 10 years.

Programs

The Bucksbaum Institute has developed 30 programs for scholars and the larger University of Chicago community over the past 10 years.

Partnerships

The Bucksbaum Institute has begun to develop new strategic partnerships to increase education and research on the doctor-patient relationship, shared decision-making and other critical efforts to improve patient care.

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Several Bucksbaum Scholars Announced as 2024 BSD Distinguished Faculty Award Winners

We are pleased to share that seven Bucksbaum Institute Scholars have been among those named as winners of the 2024 Annual Distinguished Faculty Awards for the Biological Sciences Division (BSD). These awards honor faculty members for their exceptional contributions to education, research, diversity and inclusion, program innovation, community service, and patient care. The winners were selected by the BSD Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC), which has been recognizing outstanding faculty since 2011.

Bucksbaum Faculty Scholars named as some of the 2024 award winners for the are:

  • “Distinguished Clinician” award, Dr. Nora Jaskowiak, Senior Faculty Scholar.
  • “Distinguished Educator and Leader” award, Dr. James Woodruff, Senior Faculty Scholar.
  • “Distinguished Community Service and Advocacy” awards, Drs. Daniel Johnson and Nita Lee, Senior Faculty Scholars.
  •  “Distinguished Leaders in Program Innovation”, Dr. Andrew Fisher, Junior Faculty Scholar.
  • “Distinguished Leaders in Diversity and Inclusion”, Dr. Jessica Donington, Senior Faculty Scholar.
  • And finally, one of the “Gold Key Award” recipients, Executive Director of the Bucksbaum Institute, Dr. Mark Siegler.Please join us in congratulating these remarkable scholars of the Bucksbaum Institute!

The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence

The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence at the University of Chicago aims to enhance the skills of physicians as advisers, counselors, and navigators to help patients make informed decisions when facing complex treatment choices.

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