Background
Dr. Amelia Bartholomew, MD, MPH, FACS, will guide the development of the Science Department at Three Hierarchs Orthodox Christian High School and teach Biology. Dr. Bartholomew currently serves as Professor of Surgery and Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There she is the Chief of Translational Research for the Department of Surgery, Director of Medical Student Surgical Education, and Co-Director of SHARP! the Summer High School Apprenticeship Program in AI, Robotics, and Bioengineering.
Dr Bartholomew teaches microsurgery, surgical skills and case discussion, and the Anatomy and Surgery Intensive and serves on the Program Curricular Committee at the medical school. Her research laboratory focuses on the effects of electromagnetic waves on tissue injury and regeneration. She has over 100 publications including original manuscripts, abstracts, book chapters, and patents and has received over $40 million in research funding from government, industry, and private foundation sources. Dr. Bartholomew completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees in the Honors Program in Medicine at Northwestern University, a general surgical residency at the University of Illinois, a solid organ transplant fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard University, and a master’s degree in public health with a focus in nutrition from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
She holds a Higher Education Teaching Certificate from the Derek Bok Center of Teaching and Learning at Harvard University. Dr. Bartholomew is an active member of St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church where she serves as the high school Sunday School teacher. She resides in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin along with her husband, two sons, and a lovable, rescued dog named Percy.