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Celebrating a Quarter Century of Service An event is considered successful when the attendees won’t stop talking with each other long enough to walk next door into an elegant room offering a meal fit for royalty. That’s exactly what happened at the reception held June 4 at the Wyndham Chicago Hotel for faculty members who[…]

School Welcomes William Muller as Pathology Chair William A. Muller, MD, PhD, has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, effective July 1. He succeeds Janardan K. Reddy, MD, who has served in that post for the past 14 years and and will remain on the[…]

June 19, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Northwestern Finds Drug That Rejuvenates Neurons to Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease CHICAGO—Northwestern University researchers have discovered a drug that slows—and may even halt—the progression of Parkinson’s disease. The drug rejuvenates aging dopamine cells, whose death in the brain causes the symptoms of this devastating[…]

June 11, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu Many Physicians Don’t Use Use Patients’ Names on First Visit CHICAGO—Physicians do not address patients by name in half of first-time visits, even though nearly all patients want this personal greeting, according to new[…]

Pedaling Across America in 67 Days The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) will hold its annual assembly in Boston this September. As president of this medical society for some 7,000 practicing physiatrists, Joel M. Press, MD, GME ’88, plans to check out the meeting site in mid-August and at the same time,[…]

June 26, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Broadcast Media: Tamara Kerrill Field at (847) 491-4888 or attlk@northwestern.edu First Study Transplanting Angina Patients’ Purified Stem Cells Shows Safety Researcher First Tests Cell Extraction Technique on Himself CHICAGO—The first U.S. study to transplant a potent form of purified adult stem cells into the[…]

June 12, 2007 Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Feinberg School Awarded $4 Million to Train Vascular Medicine Specialists CHICAGO—Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has been awarded $4 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to train vascular medicine specialists. Northwestern is one of seven institutions around the country[…]

Legal Landscape Affects Practice of Medicine Feinberg School faculty member Katie Watson, JD, discusses recent U.S. Supreme Court cases of special interest to physicians. Katherine (Katie) L. Watson, JD, lecturer in the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, says the legal landscape affecting the practice of medicine is changing[…]

Contact: Marla Paul at (312) 503-8928 or atmarla-paul@northwestern.edu Linda Teplin Tracks Health of Youth Who Fall Between the Cracks CHICAGO—During polite chitchat at cocktail parties, someone will ask Linda A. Teplin, PhD, what she does for a living. Dr. Teplin then rivets guests with stories about her research on youth in the juvenile justice system—their[…]

Terra Incognita Premieres at Northwestern When college student Carrie Kaufman suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury after diving off a pier into a Wisconsin lake, friends quickly pulled her from the water. Although unable to move her arms and legs, Carrie had the presence of mind to offer advice to her frantic companions, according to[…]