WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.958 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:00:02.958 --> 00:00:04.440 align:middle line:90% 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:06.760 align:middle line:84% The neighborhood of Hyde Park in South Chicago 00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:09.420 align:middle line:84% is the home of the University of Chicago. 00:00:09.420 --> 00:00:12.040 align:middle line:84% The beautiful community near the shores of Lake Michigan 00:00:12.040 --> 00:00:14.470 align:middle line:84% is rich with tradition and diversity. 00:00:14.470 --> 00:00:16.149 align:middle line:84% It is where the University of Chicago 00:00:16.149 --> 00:00:18.970 align:middle line:84% started more than 100 years ago, with a gift 00:00:18.970 --> 00:00:20.620 align:middle line:90% from John D. Rockefeller. 00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:23.630 align:middle line:84% Home to many Nobel winners, brilliant, academic scholars, 00:00:23.630 --> 00:00:26.290 align:middle line:84% scientists, and artists, the University of Chicago 00:00:26.290 --> 00:00:28.630 align:middle line:84% is also home to UChicago Medicine, 00:00:28.630 --> 00:00:31.090 align:middle line:84% an academic medical center, where the patient is first, 00:00:31.090 --> 00:00:33.510 align:middle line:84% and science, along with research and training 00:00:33.510 --> 00:00:36.240 align:middle line:84% of the next generation of doctors, is embraced. 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:39.070 align:middle line:10% A very deep-seated part of our culture 00:00:39.070 --> 00:00:42.590 align:middle line:10% is to question, and to challenge, 00:00:42.590 --> 00:00:45.720 align:middle line:10% and not to take for granted. 00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:50.480 align:middle line:10% And so that's foundational. 00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:53.030 align:middle line:84% And people know that when you come to the University 00:00:53.030 --> 00:00:57.430 align:middle line:84% of Chicago, that's expected so that even though things may 00:00:57.430 --> 00:01:00.850 align:middle line:84% have been done a certain way for the last 10, 15, 20, 00:01:00.850 --> 00:01:04.000 align:middle line:84% or 30 years, , you have to figure out, 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:05.950 align:middle line:90% is there a better way to do it? 00:01:05.950 --> 00:01:08.470 align:middle line:10% The reason to come to University of Chicago Medicine 00:01:08.470 --> 00:01:12.550 align:middle line:10% is we offer not only just innovative therapies 00:01:12.550 --> 00:01:16.060 align:middle line:10% for patients, novel therapies for patients, 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:21.550 align:middle line:10% you will get a view into tomorrow's therapies here today 00:01:21.550 --> 00:01:23.050 align:middle line:10% to take care of you. 00:01:23.050 --> 00:01:25.960 align:middle line:84% UChicago Medicine is an academic medical center 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:29.370 align:middle line:84% that trains future leaders in medicine and research. 00:01:29.370 --> 00:01:33.430 align:middle line:10% The answer that we got was, you don't have to travel far. 00:01:33.430 --> 00:01:37.440 align:middle line:10% You've got the very, very, very best in your back yard. 00:01:37.440 --> 00:01:39.060 align:middle line:84% They said, University of Chicago's got 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:40.580 align:middle line:90% this amazing program. 00:01:40.580 --> 00:01:43.420 align:middle line:84% UChicago Medicine is based in the Hyde Park neighborhood 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:46.090 align:middle line:84% of Chicago and includes the University of Chicago Medical 00:01:46.090 --> 00:01:48.400 align:middle line:84% Center, the Pritzker School of Medicine, 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.725 align:middle line:84% and the biological sciences division. 00:01:50.725 --> 00:01:53.710 align:middle line:84% Today, UChicago Medicine has expanded beyond the campus 00:01:53.710 --> 00:01:56.800 align:middle line:84% to include Ingalls Memorial, a community-based hospital 00:01:56.800 --> 00:01:59.350 align:middle line:84% and outpatient facility in Harvey, Illinois, 00:01:59.350 --> 00:02:01.600 align:middle line:84% and dozens of outpatient clinics in downtown 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:05.200 align:middle line:84% Chicago, the south suburbs, and Northwest Indiana. 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:07.120 align:middle line:84% It is a place we call home, and a place 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:09.550 align:middle line:84% where we care about our neighbors and their future. 00:02:09.550 --> 00:02:11.950 align:middle line:10% Actually, I'm born and raised in Chicago-- 00:02:11.950 --> 00:02:13.560 align:middle line:10% grew up on the south side of Chicago. 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:16.900 align:middle line:10% And I've always heard wonderful things 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:19.030 align:middle line:10% about the University of Chicago. 00:02:19.030 --> 00:02:24.920 align:middle line:84% And as a child, it was kind of like a pillar of great health, 00:02:24.920 --> 00:02:27.450 align:middle line:84% and great health standards, and excellence. 00:02:27.450 --> 00:02:29.324 align:middle line:84% So ever since I was a little girl 00:02:29.324 --> 00:02:30.990 align:middle line:84% and I knew that I wanted to be a doctor, 00:02:30.990 --> 00:02:32.590 align:middle line:84% I knew that I wanted to work here. 00:02:32.590 --> 00:02:34.510 align:middle line:84% Research and the basic sciences are 00:02:34.510 --> 00:02:37.250 align:middle line:84% a big part of what UChicago Medicine is all about. 00:02:37.250 --> 00:02:39.130 align:middle line:84% We are constantly searching for cures 00:02:39.130 --> 00:02:41.320 align:middle line:84% for some of the most debilitating diseases people 00:02:41.320 --> 00:02:41.950 align:middle line:90% face. 00:02:41.950 --> 00:02:45.580 align:middle line:84% We want our neighbors to live happy, healthy, long lives. 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:48.040 align:middle line:10% University of Chicago is a unique place, 00:02:48.040 --> 00:02:51.640 align:middle line:10% where the clinical care is closely coupled-- 00:02:51.640 --> 00:02:53.380 align:middle line:10% it's on the same campus-- 00:02:53.380 --> 00:02:55.960 align:middle line:10% as the basic-science research. 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:58.720 align:middle line:84% And you have every component of medical care 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:02.810 align:middle line:84% here-- adult, pediatrics, the entire spectrum. 00:03:02.810 --> 00:03:08.120 align:middle line:84% So it's a unique place and institution, 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.126 align:middle line:84% not only within Chicago, but even in the United States. 00:03:11.126 --> 00:03:13.810 align:middle line:84% UChicago Medicine has always been different. 00:03:13.810 --> 00:03:16.060 align:middle line:84% Our scientists constantly question and look 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:18.190 align:middle line:84% for other, better ways of doing things. 00:03:18.190 --> 00:03:20.050 align:middle line:84% Clinical curiosity and academic rigor 00:03:20.050 --> 00:03:21.910 align:middle line:84% are welcomed here, as well as the desire 00:03:21.910 --> 00:03:24.940 align:middle line:84% to provide the best care possible to those who need us. 00:03:24.940 --> 00:03:27.520 align:middle line:84% As long as you're smart, and you're hard working, 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.540 align:middle line:84% and their ideas are good, even though they're unconventional, 00:03:31.540 --> 00:03:33.610 align:middle line:90% give them a chance. 00:03:33.610 --> 00:03:35.710 align:middle line:84% We don't assume they're correct, obviously. 00:03:35.710 --> 00:03:38.860 align:middle line:84% But we give them a chance to prove that their idea is better 00:03:38.860 --> 00:03:39.970 align:middle line:90% than everybody else's. 00:03:39.970 --> 00:03:42.010 align:middle line:84% And that is not something that you 00:03:42.010 --> 00:03:45.580 align:middle line:84% can take for granted at every institution. 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:51.466 align:middle line:90%