U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois visited Rush University Medical Center on Thursday, Jan. 12th to view the Tower. He toured Rush’s new, state-of-the-art hospital with chief executive officer Dr. Larry J. Goodman, chairman of the board of trustees Richard M. Jaffe and chairman of emergency medicine Dr. Dino Rumoro.
Durbin’s visit and tour included the intensive-care unit on the 11th floor of the 14-floor hospital building, but he was particularly excited to see the new emergency department. Steadfast support from Durbin over the past decade has been instrumental in funding programmatic, and training and equipment initiatives for the Robert R. McCormick Foundation Center for Advanced Emergency Response. The new center, the first of its kind, brings an unprecedented level of preparedness to Chicago in the event of a bioterrorist attack, a deadly pandemic or an industrial accident sending hazardous materials seeping into the streets.
In addition, Durbin’s support helped advance the development of the emergency center’s GUARDIAN project, an artificial intelligence system developed by Rumoro and Rush to identify the presence of infectious diseases that may spread statewide.
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