Byline: Sarah Plumridge
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Physical Therapy Students Transition to Clinical Internships
First-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students celebrated the 8th Annual Clinical Practice Ceremony on June 20, receiving patches for their white coats as they start their full-time clinical internships.
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Creating New Measurements for Spinal Cord Trauma
Mark Hoggarth, a DPT/PhD student, created a new screening measure that has the potential to decipher if a patient has whiplash and the severity of the trauma.
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Exploring the Structural Basis of Kainate Receptors
Theanne Griffith, a fourth year graduate student in the Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience PhD Program, studies the role of kainate receptors in neurons. Last year she was awarded a two-year pre-doctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association.
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New Director of the Center for Heart Valve Disease Named
James D. Thomas, MD, will join Northwestern Medicine as the director of the Center for Heart Valve Disease at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and a professor of Medicine.
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PA Class of 2016 Receives White Coats
The incoming Class of 2016 received their white coats during a ceremony that marks the beginning of their journey as physician assistant students.
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Dorschner Awarded AOA Research Fellowship
Peter Dorschner, a third-year medical student, was awarded an Alpha Omega Alpha 2014 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship to investigate hospital-acquired infections in transplant patients.
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Alumnus Connects Anesthesiology and Art
Naveen Nathan, MD ’03, GME ’07, assistant professor in Anesthesiology, has carved a career path encompassing art, anesthesiology and education.
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Students, Faculty Recognized at Honors Day
The 27 awards presented at the Second Annual Honors Day acknowledged senior medical students for their outstanding academic achievement and faculty members for their contributions to education.
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Physician Assistant Class of 2014 Celebrates Graduation
The 29 members of the Physician Assistant Program Class of 2014 received their Master of Medical Science degrees on Saturday, May 17.
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New Director of Physician Assistant Program Named
After a national search, Michael MacLean, MS, PA-C, has been named director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program.
