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Northwestern Medical Student Studies French Health Care SystemGlobe trotting for second-year medical student Adam L. Trotta means seeing the world not just for traveling’s sake but also for sharing and learning. This former Peace Corps volunteer spent six weeks in a French hospital this summer, where he studied immigrant health care in the greater Paris[…]

Blood Drive Slated for October 3 In cooperation with the American Red Cross, medical students at the Feinberg School of Medicine are organizing a blood drive on Monday, October 3, to aid those in need in the Gulf Coast region affected by Hurricane Katrina. The blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 4[…]

September 20, 2005 Institute for Healthcare Studies Formed The Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies and the Center for Healthcare Studies have merged to form the Institute for Healthcare Studies. Kevin B. Weiss, MD, professor of medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, was named director of the new institute. The institute’s mission[…]

Contact: Charles R. Loebbaka at 847/491-4887 or atc-loebbaka@northwestern.edu September 20, 2005 Northwestern Offers Graduate Degree in Medical Informatics CHICAGO—The Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies will offer a new master of science in medical informatics (MMI) degree program in partnership with the University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. The deadline for submitting applications to enroll in[…]

In Memoriam (David Smith) David W.E. Smith, MD, professor emeritus of pathology at the Feinberg School, died September 12 of complications from multiple sclerosis (MS). He was 71. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Smith joined the medical school faculty in 1969 as professor of pathology. He earned his MD degree from Yale University[…]

Breast-Saving Surgery Underused by Some CHICAGO—Asian American and Pacific Island women, particularly those born abroad, are less likely to receive breast-conserving surgery for early-stage breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, according to a study published in the online Journal of General Internal Medicine. “Differences in use of breast-saving surgery among foreign-born Asian American and Pacific[…]

Founders’ Day Welcomes Entering Class Good teachers are the foundation of any educational institution, so it seemed fitting that the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Founders’ Day convocation on August 26 officially opened the academic year by honoring top teachers from the past year and, of course, welcoming the entering Class of 2009. This year’s 171[…]

August 2, 2005 Mentally Ill More Likely to Be Victims of Violence CHICAGO—More than one-fourth of individuals with severe mental illness were victims of violent crime in the past year, almost 12 times general population rates, according to a study in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. Depending on the type of violent[…]

Summer Program Helps Aspiring Physicians by Symone Young Young (pictured below) spent the summer as an intern in the Dean’s Office at the Feinberg School of Medicine. If you’ve ever wondered what life is like being a medical student or physician—or going into medicine has always been your primary interest—then the Summer Medical Education Program[…]