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New Evidence That Heart Scans Can Help Flag High-Risk Heart Patients Every year, thousands of people get heart scans that provide pictures of calcium deposits in their coronary arteries. Studies have shown that the coronary artery calcium score (CACS) can point to signs of atherosclerosis and predict future heart attacks. A new Northwestern University Feinberg[…]

Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Provides Research Opportunities, Teaches Feinberg Students to Practice Patient-Centered Care The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (DPT), housed in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences (NUPTHMS), can not only boast about its standing as the oldest physical therapy school in the[…]

Q&A: Dr. Tanya Simuni Discusses Latest Parkinson’s Research at Medical School Michael J. Fox, a prominent spokesperson in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, is an example of a person with young onset of the disease. Yet the reality is that Parkinson’s is the second most common chronic neurological disease of aging. The exciting question being[…]

Chicago Cubs Team Physicians Recommend a Healthy Diet, Workout Plan to ‘Spring into Shape’ When looking to get their players in shape for baseball season, the Chicago Cubs enlist a medical staff that includes a team of doctors from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The Cubs team physicians ― also faculty in the Feinberg[…]

Combined MD, Masters of Public Health Degree Offers Students a Diverse Medical Education Focused on Public Health, Policy For medical students with a special interest in public health issues and policy, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine offers the combined Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health (MD/MPH) degree. MD/MPH students are taught alongside health care[…]

Feinberg Once Again Moves Ahead in Med School Rankings For the second year in a row, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has jumped one space forward in the U.S.News & World Report rankings, moving from No. 19 to No. 18 in the category of Best Research Medical School. Feinberg shares the spot with Mount[…]

MD/PhD Student Joshua Waitzman Awarded Hertz Fellowship Joshua Waitzman is the first student in Feinberg’s combined MD/PhD degree program and the fourth Northwestern student overall to receive the honor since 1963, when the Hertz Fellowship program began. Joshua Waitzman completed his first two years of medical school at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and[…]

Feinberg’s Hunt Batjer Named One of NFL’s New Co-Chairs of Head, Neck and Spine Medical Committee H. Hunt Batjer, MD. Michael J. Marchese Professor of Neurological Surgery and chair in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery. H. Hunt Batjer, MD, Michael J. Marchese Professor of Neurological Surgery and chair in[…]

Illinois Women’s Health Registry at Feinberg Needs More Women for Research Studies More than 4,000 women have signed up to potentially be called upon for a host of research studies ranging from knee osteoarthritis to post-partum depression through the Illinois Women’s Health Registry. But many more women are needed for future and ongoing studies that[…]

Feinberg Doctor Named to Presidential AIDS Council Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on[…]