The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Email Format
Hospitals and Health CareUnited States201-500 Employees
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, based in Chicago, Illinois, is an academic medical institution within The University of Chicago that emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarship and discovery. It is dedicated to inspiring diverse students of exceptional promise to become leaders and innovators in science and medicine for the betterment of humanity. The school traces its origins to 1927, when it matriculated its first medical class, and was renamed in 1968 to recognize support from the Pritzker family. The school emphasizes a full-time teaching faculty, robust research, and translating biomedical advances to patient care, and it is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education to award the MD degree. As a longstanding part of Chicago's academic medical landscape, it maintains a staff of a few hundred and recently announced a leadership transition with an interim director taking office in 2025.