Abdullah Hasan-Pratt, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine

Dr. Abdullah Hasan Pratt is an Assistant Professor and Emergency Medicine Physician at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. Known as “Dee,” Dr. Pratt’s goal has always been to have a career advocating for underserved communities and addressing systemic healthcare disparities. His lifetime as a resident of Chicago’s South Side has shaped and guided his career to this point. He attributes this commitment to his childhood experiences witnessing the poor health conditions, premature deaths, and day-to-day struggles from a lack of access to proper healthcare by the people he cared about. This was most evident in the wake of his older brother’s murder secondary to gun violence, where, in coping with the loss, he dedicated his efforts toward mentoring at-risk youth, coaching youth football, and community organizing around violence prevention.

As an Emergency Medicine physician, he has vigorously worked to improve health literacy and emergency preparedness through teaching South Side residents how to properly respond to cardiac arrests, penetrating traumas (gunshot victims), and strokes prior to the arrival of medical assistance.

A pivotal point in Dr. Pratt’s career came in the year between his third and fourth years of medical school, where he directed his actions toward advocating for a new Level One Trauma Center for Chicago’s South Side. It would be the experiences he gained during this work with both the protesting community organizations, as well as the University of Chicago administration, that fueled Dr. Pratt’s desire to have a career within Emergency Medicine. In this capacity, his daily exposure to gun violence, drug abuse, and emergencies related to chronic diseases directs his community outreach efforts to prevent these emergencies from taking place. As an Emergency Medicine physician, he has vigorously worked to improve health literacy and emergency preparedness through teaching South Side residents how to properly respond to cardiac arrests, penetrating traumas (gunshot victims), and strokes prior to the arrival of medical assistance.

Recently, Dr. Pratt assumed the position of inaugural Faculty Director of Community Engagement for the school. The newly established role falls under the Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI) unit of the medical school. In 2025, Dr. Abdullah Pratt was named to the distinguished Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 list.