Pritzker Societies The Pritzker Societies were formed as a venue for continuous mentoring of medical students from their entry into medical school to graduation, and beyond. The societies are vertically integrated to enhance collaboration between classes and to foster mentoring between new students, more experienced students, and faculty. Each society is headed by two faculty Career Advisors. Each incoming Pritzker student is assigned to a society and to one of that society’s advisors. The four Pritzker societies are named after individuals who made significant contributions to medicine at the University of Chicago.

Coggeshall Huggins The Coggeshall Society The Huggins Society is is named for Lowell T. named for Charles B. Huggins (1901-1997) who won the Coggeshall (1901-1987) Nobel Prize for Medicine who served as Dean of the in 1966 for his pioneering Biological Sciences Division discoveries regarding and the Medical School of the relationship between hormones and prostate cancer. the University of Chicago In his most important research, for 16 years. Dr. Coggeshall’s he proved that administration greatest contribution to of the female hormone estrogen slowed the growth American medical education of prostate cancer in males. was his role in reshaping the Hormone therapy, also called AAMC into an effective voice androgen ablation, is now a for academic medicine. common treatment for prostate cancer.

DeLee Rowley The DeLee Society is named The Rowley Society is named for Joseph B. DeLee (1869- 1942) who is often called for Janet Rowley (1925- the father of modern 2013) who was a pioneer in obstetrical care. DeLee connecting the development earned his international of cancer with genetic reputation through his work, The Principles and abnormalities. Rowley’s Practice of Obstetrics, and findings opened the door to numerous other articles and drug development directed publications. He served as Chair of the Department of at cancer-specific genetic Obstetrics and Gynecology at abnormalities, and in 2009 the University of Chicago and she was awarded the in 1914, Dr. DeLee established Presidential Medal of Freedom. what later became Chicago Lying-In Hospital.

More information about the Societies can be found at:

pritzker.uchicago.edu/resources/career-advising-pritzker