Photo by Paul Balash

Photo by Marc Brand, MD

Photo by Ruben Gil

Photo by Bruce Orkin, MD

Photo by Teresa Deziel

Photo by John Dewey

Photo by Paul Balash

Photo by Janet Tigas Wilson

Photo by Paul Balash

Photo by Evelyn Perez

Photo by Rita Johnson

To decorate its new clinic at Rush, the Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery held a contest asking people to submit photos representing the Chicago area to help decorate the new space.

“We hoped to create a clinic space that was warm and welcoming, comforting and interesting, while being efficient and functional,” says section chief Bruce Orkin, MD.

After receiving more than 250 submissions from a broad range of people, including doctors at Rush, nurses, students, researchers and family members, a panel of judges selected 45 photos to be displayed in the new space, which opened in January.

“Once matted, framed and hung,” Orkin writes in the introduction to a book featuring many of the photos, “they transformed the suite into a vibrant gallery of artwork.”