UIC's Robotic Surgery Program is proclaimed as "2009 Finalist" for the prestigious Chicago Innovation Awards. Announcement of winners occurred on Tuesday, October 20. Read More about why UIC "rated" the nomination.
Dr. Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti is considered, by many, to be the world’s preeminent specialist in robotic surgery. What motivated this "tier one" surgeon to join UIC? More
Dr. Enrico Benedetti and his team at the University of Illinois Medical Center (UICMC) performed the first fully robotic enabled kidney transplant in the Midwest. Read More
Message from the Chairman
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Surgery at the University of Illinois Chicago. The department is comprised of seven surgical divisions, covering all fields of modern surgery. We are home to the largest program in non-urological robotic surgery in the world, among the top five islet transplant programs in the country and, the single most active living donor, liver-bowel transplant program, worldwide. More
Ivo Tzvetanov, MD joins the Division of Transplant Surgery as Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hoonbae Jeon MD, FACS joins the Division of Transplant Surgery as Associate Professor of Surgery and Director, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary surgery
Dr. Anuja K. Antony is welcomed as Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Plastic Surgery
We welcome Dr. Murtuza Habeeb, Assistant Professor within the Division of Vascular Surgery
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Surgery at the University of Illinois Chicago. The department is comprised of seven surgical divisions, covering all fields of modern surgery. We are home to the largest program in non-urological robotic surgery in the world, among the top five islet transplant programs in the country and, the single most active living donor, liver-bowel transplant program, worldwide. 
