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A file photo shows a crime scene blocked off by the Chicago Police Department. (WTTW News)
Oct 18, 2021 | Paul Caine

Amid a surge in violence, the University of Chicago aims to help make the city a model for how to rebuild traumatized communities.

Dr. Kenneth Wilson, left, medical director of University of Chicago Medicine’s trauma center, works with Lt. Col. Timothy Plackett, DO, a trauma surgeon from the U.S. Army who is spending the next three years working at the Hyde Park academic medical center. (Credit: University of Chicago Medicine)
Apr 15, 2021 | Kristen Thometz

The partnership announced Thursday will help better prepare surgeons, nurses and medics ahead of deployments by keeping their skills sharp while also supporting patients who need critical care.