Category: Education News
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Aarati Didwania Named Director of Honors Program in Medical Education
Aarati Didwania, MD, ’04 MSCI, associate professor of Medicine, has been named director of the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Feinberg Welcomes New PhD Students to Campus
First-year graduate students arrive on campus to pursue degrees from the Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Medical Scientist Training Program and more.
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Incoming Medical Students Shadow Healthcare Professionals
First-year medical students at Feinberg spent part of their first week shadowing healthcare professionals during their Introduction to the Profession Module.
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Surgery Residents Work to Expand Trauma Registry in Bolivia
Residents working with the Northwestern Trauma and Surgical Initiative spent a year assisting with the improvement of a trauma and emergency response system in Bolivia.
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Students Assess Needs of Poorest Communities in Nigeria
A third-year medical student worked with law and business students at Northwestern to solve problems facing slum communities in Lagos, Nigeria, as part of a multidisciplinary course.
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Student Consulting Group Gives Back to the Community
Medical students combined their experiences from prior careers as consultants and excitement for medicine to start a student group that develops solutions for community health clinics in Chicago.
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First Week for Northwestern’s New Residents
Northwestern Medicine welcomed more than 150 first-year residents during the week of June 20, with many attending “bootcamp” training sessions.
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Resident Honored for Commitment to Diversity
Joseph Graves, ’16 GME, former co-chief resident in Radiology, received the John Franklin Commitment to Diversity award for his leadership in diversity efforts at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.
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Kundu Named Associate Dean for Admissions
Roopal Kundu, ’01 MD, ’02 GME, associate professor in Dermatology and Medical Education, has been named associate dean for admissions, effective September 1.
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Graduating Students Practice Orthopaedic Surgical Skills Before Residency
Fourth-year medical students going into orthopaedic surgery completed a four-session surgical skills course to prepare them for residency.
