Lloyd M. Nyhus, MD

It is with great sadness that the UIC Department of Surgery announces the loss of a great luminary in the field of  surgery, Professor Lloyd M. Nyhus, who passed away on the evening of December 15, 2008.  Professor Lloyd M. Nyhus received his MD from the University of Alabama, Birmingham in 1947.  After two tours of duty in WWII, he completed his surgical training at the University of Washington at Seattle.  It was there that he developed an interest in hernia repair and diseases of the stomach and duodenum.  He came to UIC in 1967 as only the second full-time member of the surgery team.  Over his career, the surgery program at UIC expanded to include 42 full-time faculty members and a surgical residency program.  During this time, Professor Nyhus helped train over 300 graduates of the program and also became a successful medical editor with over 100 titles to his name.  Professor Nyhus' interests expanded over the years to include all areas of surgical practice.  He was recognized by the National and International Surgical Associations as a distinguished leader and invaluable teacher in academic surgery.

His life will be remembered in a memorial service held
February 7, 2009 at 10 am at Ascension Lutheran Church, 460 Sunset Ridge Road, Northfield, Illinois.
We hope you will be able to join with his family and major of his collegeues and trainees in remembering him.

For more information or to send a memorable story about Dr. Nyhus to the UIC Department of Surgery Web page, please contact Rachel Paus, rpaus@uic.edu.

In accordance to his family's wishes, an endowed lecture was estabilished by the Department of Surgery at UIC. Our goal, over the next several months, is to raise $ 100,000 to host the first annual Lloyd M. Nyhus Memorial Lecture in Surgery in December 2009. We ask for your support in funding this program that will bear his name. We greatly appreciate your generosity.