It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  The Department comprises of seven surgical divisions covering all the fields of modern surgery.  We are home to the largest program in non-urological robotic surgery in the world, one of the top five islet transplant programs in the country, the single most active living donor liver-bowel transplant program worldwide. 

The faculty is dedicated to clinical as well as academic excellence.  Our educational programs include fully accredited residency in surgery and Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Surgery.  We have accredited fellowship in cardio-thoracic, colo-rectal, minimally invasive and bariatric and transplant surgery. Our research expenditures were over $7.5 million in 2007. 
Please do not hesitate to contact me directly for any questions related to the Department of Surgery.Thank you for visitng our homepage.
Sincerely,
Enrico Benedetti, MD, FACS
Professor and Head