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Start at Feinberg, with Bulls Propels Alum to Long Sports Medicine Career
Harlan Selesnick, MD, GME ’80, has been the team physician for the Miami Heat since the franchise began playing basketball in 1988. He’s also become an accomplished orthopaedic surgeon in that time.
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New Transplant Method May Allow Kidney Recipients to Live Free of Anti-Rejection Medication
New ongoing research suggests organ transplant recipients may not require anti-rejection medication in the future thanks to the power of stem cells, which may prove to be able to be manipulated in mismatched kidney donor and recipient pairs to allow for successful transplantation without immunosuppressive drugs.
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Brain Fair Gives Students Opportunity to Share Excitement over Neuroscience
Shoai Hattori and Jessica Wilson,both PhD candidates, created the Brain Fair at Nettelhorst Elementary School in an effort to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists.
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Remembering James C. Russ, CO
James C. Russ, CO, professor emeritus of orthotics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, died on Feb. 25 at the age of 77 of a heart attack in his home in Glenview, Illinois.
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Medical Students Take the Plunge to Raise Money for Special Olympics
Feinberg’s Icebergs, part of the student group Nclude, participated in Chicago’s 12th Annual Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics.
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Heart Healthy Choices Early on Pay Off Later
A new study finds maintaining a healthy lifestyle from young adulthood into your 40s is strongly associated with low cardiovascular disease risk in middle age.
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Doctor of Medicine Degree
Every fall, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine welcomes approximately 170 students to its Doctor of Medicine program. The MD curriculum centers on competency-based education and progressive skill development.
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Department of Ophthalmology Receives Research Grant
Research to Prevent Blindness awarded a grant to the Department of Ophthalmology to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
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Weissbluth Named One of 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans
Marc Weissbluth, MD, professor of clinical pediatrics, made the list of 100 most powerful Chicagoans, as picked by Chicago magazine.
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Thaxton to Speak at Town Hall Meeting on Nanoparticles
C. Shad Thaxton will be the featured speaker at a nanotechnology town hall meeting on Wednesday, February 29, on the University’s Evanston campus.
