1980s - Higgins

Robert S.D. Higgins, M.D. ’85, the Mary and John Bent Chair of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, was honored as a leader in public health and medicine by the Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network and its African American Task Force at a ceremony in Chicago in November. Higgins was honored for establishing a standard of excellence, improving the health of communities and supporting efforts to save and improve lives through organ and tissue donation.