Bydon succeeds Bakthiar Yamini, MD, who has been serving as Interim Chair since the department’s inception in 2021. Yamini has led efforts to build the foundation for the department’s patient care and research missions, assembling a highly skilled faculty of sub-specialized neurosurgeons, developing multidisciplinary collaborations with closely aligned service lines, and building a research portfolio with one of the highest amounts of per capita extramural funding among neurosurgical departments in the country. Yamini has been instrumental in expanding the department’s clinical footprint in the west and southwest suburbs and in Northwest Indiana, and led the growth of its educational mission, including expanding the residency program.

“We are deeply grateful to Dr. Yamini for his exceptional leadership in laying the foundation for this department,” said Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Chicago. “With Dr. Bydon’s appointment, we are poised to build on that foundation and position UChicago Medicine as a global leader in neurosurgical care, education and research.”

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