Stephanie Esterland BSN, RN, OCN of Sandwich, Illinois, is an oncology nurse at RUSH Cancer Center who was driving her son to work on a dark July 2021 morning. On the side of the road, she came upon what she thought might be a yard fire, but instead realized it was a blazing car fire […]
On September 16, The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center hosted its annual fall benefit, “Illuminate,” at Theater on the Lake in Chicago. Nearly 400 guests gathered to raise funds for the medical center’s education, research and community service programs, as well as The Woman’s Board Fund for Excellence in Cellular Therapy. Theater on […]
Six million people in the United States are currently living with Alzheimer’s, a disease that is also the sixth leading cause of death in this country. To discuss on the future of Alzheimer’s research and the introduction of The U.S. POINTER Study, two leaders in the field, Olivia Matongo, Vice President of Programs at the […]
After two years of virtual celebrations, The Woman’s Board of RUSH University Medical Center is ready to shine its light on the beloved Fall Benefit with its return as an in-person event on Friday, September 16. “I think we’re ready to strike the word ‘pivot’ from our vocabulary and to hold the Fall Benefit the […]
The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center hosted its 27th Annual Spring Luncheon on Monday, May 9 at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago. Headlining the luncheon: Ali Wentworth, actor, comedian and New York Times best-selling author, known for her roles on shows such as In Living Color and Seinfeld and in the films Jerry Maguire, Office […]
The Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center is hosting their Annual Spring Luncheon on May 7 at the Hilton Chicago and will feature keynote speaker President Mary Robinson. This is the 25th consecutive year for the luncheon, which kicked off with speaker Grace Mirabella, former Vogue editor and founder of the popular 90s magazine Mirabella. Mark Hampton, Doris Kearns […]
Joycee Jenkins noticed something wasn’t right with her son, Jacob, when he was about 6 months old. “He wasn’t laughing, wasn’t alert, was always such a serious baby, and he wasn’t looking at me the way my other child looks at me,” Jenkins recalls. Although numerous doctors told her not to worry and attributed the […]
