The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved the University of Chicago Medicine’s plans to build an $815 million, 575,000-square-foot building dedicated to cancer research and care on its medical campus on the city’s South Side.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center was added as a member institution to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Jasmin A. Tiro has been named associate director of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center.
In July, the Cancer History Project is highlighting the founders of cancer centers and cancer organizations, including John Ultmann, founding director of University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, now University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center—and the first subscriber to The Cancer Letter.
Following its proposal for a $633 million, 500,000-square-foot cancer center on Chicago’s South Side, the University of Chicago Medicine is beginning its community engagement effort with a virtual public meeting, set by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for 10 a.m. Feb. 15 (The Cancer Letter, Feb. 4, 2022).
The University of Chicago Medicine plans to build a $633 million, 500,000-square-foot facility dedicated to cancer care on its medical campus on the city’s South Side.
M. Eileen Dolan was named deputy director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center.
