Media Coverage
The work done by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members (and even some students) is regularly highlighted in newspapers, online media outlets and more. Below you’ll find links to articles and videos of Feinberg in the news.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Chicago doctors Explain Pope Leo XIV’s Cancer Diagnosis; Prayer Held at His Childhood Home in Dolton
Doctors removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung during a procedure that followed the recent discovery of a mass. The disease is believed to be in its early stages and is described as the most common form of lung cancer.
Dr. Justin Karush, a thoracic surgeon with the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, said it had appeared likely the mass was cancerous.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Bucktown Church Holds Prayer for Pope Leo Ahead of his Lung Surgery: ‘South Siders Are Tough’
Catholics in the Chicago area joined others around the world in supporting Pope Leo ahead of the procedure. The surgery is intended to remove a nodule on his lung, which the pontiff has said is in a very initial phase and well localized.
“Once a piece of lung with the nodule is removed, all of it goes to the lab to be processed, and depending on how complicated the diagnosis is, we can get the answer pretty quickly,” said Dr. Kalvin Lung of Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute.
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ABC News
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Pope Leo to Be Admitted to Hospital on Tuesday for Lung Nodule Surgery, Vatican Says
Dr. Samuel Kim, a professor of surgery at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, told ABC News owned station WLS that he is optimistic about the pope’s health.
“Even at an advanced age, I know the pope is in his 70s, but he’s in very good health and active,” Kim said. “The pope should be able to have the operation pretty well and recover. So, I’m very optimistic about the prognosis for our pope.”
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CBS News Chicago
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As Pope Leo XIV Prepares to Have Lung Nodule Removed, Lung Health and Screening Get the Spotlight
Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to have surgery to have a nodule in his lung removed, which Northwestern Medicine experts say has put lung health into a needed spotlight.
“The lung health center is designed to offer all adults an opportunity to screen their lungs,” said Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery. “Lung nodules are very common. Not all lung nodules need to be removed.”
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Is Pope Leo’s Lung Surgery a Common Operation?
Pope Leo is undergoing surgery tomorrow to remove a nodule in his lung. Doctor Kalvin Lung, thoracic surgeon at the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, joined ABC7 to talk about the operation.
“Sometimes nodules are very common, and we don’t really know what the diagnosis is yet, but there are different ways to understand what the nodule is for, and one of those ways is surgery,” said Lung.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Chicagoans Offer Prayers as Pope Leo Prepares for Lung Nodule Surgery
Samuel Kim, a professor of surgery at Northwestern Medicine, said he is optimistic about the pope’s outlook.
“Even at an advanced age, I know the pope is in his 70s, but he’s in very good health and active. The pope should be able to have the operation pretty well and recover. So, I’m very optimistic about the prognosis for our pope,” Kim said.
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NPR
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Here’s What to Know if You’re Unsure About your Measles Immunity Status
People born before 1957 are presumed to be immune because back then, measles was so common, just about everyone got it in childhood, says Dr. Larry Kociolek, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
He says anyone who’s ever had measles can be confident they’re protected.
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TIME
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The Benefits of Prescribing Food as Medicine
Knowing what to eat and being able to eat that way are, however, not the same thing, writes Dr. Sadiya S. Khan, a cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Eating a healthy diet is not simply a matter of individual choice; it also depends on whether you can afford healthier foods, which often cost more. Nearly 1 in 7 U.S. households struggled with having enough food to eat at some point in 2024, according to the latest USDA data.
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WGN
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Dr. Santina Wheat on Illinois Menopause Awareness Week
Illinois second annual Menopause Awareness Week is October 11-17. Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Wendy for this week’s health update. They answer listener questions about menopause and provide a vaccination update.
For more information about Menopause Awareness Week, visit illinois.gov.
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NBC News
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What to Know About Pope Leo’s Lung Surgery
There are several approaches to surgery, depending on the size and location of the nodule and whether doctors suspect cancer, said Dr. Ankit Bharat, the chief of thoracic surgery at Northwestern Medicine.
“When doctors decide to proceed directly to surgery rather than first obtaining a biopsy, it can suggest a higher level of concern on the lung scan,” Bharat said.
