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Heather Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH

Cancer Center Strategic Initiatives Director

Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
College of Medicine

Email: hprender@uic.edu

Heather Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, is Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Cancer Center. She is an administrative and academic leader with more than 25 years of combined experience in emergency medicine, health care administration, public health and translational science training. Among her many professional accomplishments, Prendergast spearheaded submission to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the Inaugural Healthcare Transformation Initiatives Collaborative on behalf of the University of Illinois Physicians Group, which resulted in a subsequent award of $17 million to establish the UI Health 55^th and Pulaski Health Collaborative. The center partners with three federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and community-based health care organizations to provide comprehensive services to residents on Chicago’s southwest side. In addition to her work at the Cancer Center, Prendergast serves in roles at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at UIC — where she earned her medical degree — as Professor, Associate Dean Clinical Affairs, Executive Director University of Illinois Physicians Group and Vice-Chair Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

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MD, University of Illinois Chicago

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