Welcome to GME at Rush

Susan Vanderberg-Dent, MD Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education

Nikita Ross Daniel Director, Graduate Medical Education

Residency and fellowship training is an exciting and challenging phase of the education of physicians; during this period, clinical skills and professional identity are developed and refined. Rush University Medical Center is committed to maintaining excellence in our graduate medical education programs and to providing our housestaff an environment conducive to outstanding clinical experience, expert teaching and personal well-being. At Rush, we are very proud of our house officers and consider them a vital part of our health care community and our medical college faculty.

Graduate Medical Education Office (GME) is responsible for the tracking, documentation, licensure, orientation, payroll, benefits and verification for more than 640 Rush housestaff (residents and fellows) each year. The GME staff assists and supports Rush Housestaff in their hectic lives, keeping them informed of Rush requirements, changes, and any graduate medical education and human resources issues and policies that affect them.

The GME office coordinates information with over 75 academic training programs through a system of program coordinators who represent each program. The GME office serves as the principal liaison between the active Rush Housestaff Association and Medical Center management, and is an advocate and resource for all housestaff.

GME supports accreditation of programs by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and other Boards, and functions as the liaison between the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - IDFPR and many other outside agencies.

For more information about graduate medical education at Rush, please call (312) 942-5495—or browse our site to learn more about our residency and fellowship programs. Read/download the Housestaff Agreement (contract) by clicking on the link on the right nav bar.

The GME office is located in the Armour Academic Center at the corner of Paulina and Harrison Streets on the Rush University Medical Center campus in Chicago:
600 S. Paulina Street
Suite 527 Academic Facility
Chicago, IL 60612-3833
Telephone: (312) 942-5495
Fax: (312) 942-5727
Hours: 8 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday
Rush_GME@rush.edu