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Founders’ Day Celebrates Opening of 2011-12 Academic Year, Welcomes ‘Doctors of Tomorrow’ The 2011 Founders’ Day Convocation on August 26 kicked off Feinberg’s 153rd academic year and officially welcomed the Class of 2015. After a week of introductions and team-building activities, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2011 Founders’ Day Convocation on August 26[…]

Major ALS Breakthrough The underlying disease process of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims, has long eluded scientists and prevented development of effective therapies. Scientists weren’t even sure all its forms actually converged into a common disease process. But a new Northwestern Medicine study for[…]

Student Group Action for Young Athletes in Chicago Offers Sports Medicine Care to North Side Teens Second-year feinberg student Anita Goyal, past president of the student-led Action for Young Athletes in Chicago, performs a sports medicine physical exam on an Uplift Community High School student. Members of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine student[…]

Eric G. Neilson, MD, to lead Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Eric G. Neilson, MD, has been appointed dean of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs, effective September 1. Eric G. Neilson, MD, the Thomas Fearn Frist Senior Professor of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,[…]

How Healthy is Your Chicago Neighborhood? The south and southwest sides of Chicago suffer the most in terms of residents’ health and access to basic health resources, according to a new study of 77 Chicago neighborhoods. The study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in collaboration with the Chicago Department of Public Health is[…]

2011-2012 Student Senate Executive Board Meet the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students who comprise the 2011-12 Student Senate Executive Board and committee chairs, including Paul Bottone, president; Chris Childers, vice president; Alex Sidlak, treasurer; Matt Hire, secretary; Bruce Henschen, Academic Affairs Committee chair; Michael Luo, Student Organizations Committee chair; and Kate Peng, Campus[…]

Three Feinberg Students Earn Prestigious Howard Hughes Research Fellowships Three Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine students were recently named fellows of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Alexander Sheu, Adrienne Smith, and Lauren Smith – all members of the Honors Program in Medical Education – were selected along with 111 peers from across[…]

Feinberg Co-hosts ‘Playing It Safe’ Concussion Safety Symposium Hunt Batjer, MD, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery and co-chair of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Medical Committee, discusses concussion safety with high school athletic directors, coaches, and administrators. Sports medicine experts from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH)[…]

Feinberg Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling Preparing students for research and clinical careers Feinberg’s Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling serves as the only program of its kind in Illinois and the only program in the country to offer the option to earn a dual degree in medical humanities and bioethics. The Graduate Program in Genetic[…]

Dr. Michael Abecassis to Lead New Transplant Center Dr. Michael Abecassis (right) The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is pleased to announce the creation of its Comprehensive Transplant Center. The center will build on and extend Northwestern’s considerable strengths in transplantation to further the role of our academic medical center as a national leader[…]