Chairman's
Letter
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The Department of Urology
at Loyola University Medical Center has been singled
out as one of the most excellent programs in the nation by U.S.
News and World Report.
An intense dedication to providing the highest attainable clinical
care while preserving the individuality, privacy and dignity
of the patient--along with a commitment to offering the best
in medical education--are values that have been integral to
the department since its inception in 1919, long before Loyola's
Foster G. McGaw Hospital opened its doors. |
Through the years, the Department of Urology, along with the entire
Stritch School
of Medicine, has grown in both size and diversity. The most
dramatic change came in 1969 with the opening of the medical center
campus, at which time then-Chairman Dr. Roland R. Cross, Jr. combined
the previous Hines VA program with Loyola's new hospital. By the
mid-seventies, Loyola had become a stable entity with programs that
began to flourish in the 1980s.
In the past decade, the number of faculty in the department has
doubled, and now includes sixteen full-time members consisting of
eleven urologists, three urogynecologists, and two research scientists,
as well as seven voluntary faculty. Other changes in the department
include its expansion to outpatient satellite clinics; the addition
of specialists in male infertility, laparoscopy
and renal transplant; the use of
radiation seed implants and cryosurgery for cancer treatment; and
most recently, the development of a multidisciplinary female
pelvic medicine service.
The residency program has also
expanded, accepting three new physicians per year for the six-year
program. The faculty strives to provide the best and most complete
clinical training and research experiences to the residents in all
areas of urology.
Our physicians provide a comprehensive array of general, tertiary
and subspecialty care to adults and children. Current specialties
include urologic oncology, renal
transplant, pediatrics,
stone disease, incontinence and
female pelvic medicine, erectile
dysfunction and male infertility. The faculty is also dedicated
to the study of diagnostic and predictive factors influencing disease,
and the development of treatments and surgical techniques to improve
patient outcomes.
The Urology faculty conducts research
and provides patient care at both Foster
G. McGaw Hospital/Ronald
McDonald Children’s Hospital and its neighboring Edward
Hines VA Hospital, as well as several of Loyola’s satellite clinics.
The Oncology Institute and Cardinal
Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola provides a unique setting
for outpatient assessment and treatment of prostatic, testicular,
renal and bladder cancers, and allows expansion in the area of research.
The new division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
is a national model for the integration of urologists and gynecologists
in the care of female voiding dysfunction and pelvic prolapse.
The growth and development of the Department of Urology at Loyola
has ensured its status among the nation's finest. I thank the department's
outstanding faculty and staff for their continuous commitment to
excellence, which allows us to provide the best training to our
students and patient care to the population we serve. We remain
particularly proud of the department's many important research programs
and the role they play in advancing medical care for patients.
Sincerely,
Dr. Robert
C. Flanigan
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