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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The New York Times
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Is Longevity Medicine Going Mainstream?
At Northwestern’s Human Longevity Clinic the clinical practice is informed, in part, by research at the university’s Potocsnak Longevity Institute.
Northwestern’s longevity clinic does not offer whole body M.R.I. screenings, said Dr. Baljash S. Cheema, a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine and the longevity clinic’s medical director, because there is a lack of evidence that its use lengthens life; nor do they offer genome sequencing.
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Crain’s Chicago Business
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Northwestern Medicine Embeds AI Decision Support Inside EHR
Northwestern has embedded artificial intelligence software from OpenEvidence into its Epic-based electronic health record to provide clinicians with medical search and decision support.
“When evaluating new technologies for our clinical teams, our top priority is that they address real clinical needs and it has the ability to be scaled effectively across the health system,” Dr. James Adams, chief medical officer of Northwestern Medicine, said in the release. “By making OpenEvidence available directly in the EHR, we’re giving clinicians a single, trusted source for evidence-based answers at the point of care.”
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Cardinal Cupich Says He Was Shocked by Pope Leo’s Cancer Diagnosis
“Age is the number one risk factor for developing cancer,” said Dr. Mohammed Abazeed, chair and professor of radiation oncology at Northwestern Medicine. “As all of us get older our body has this incredible task it has to take every part of our DNA and replicate it billions of times and when it does that sometimes it makes mistakes.”
Abazeed said environmental factors can also play a role in cancer risk.
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WGN
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Examining Pope Leo’s Lung Cancer Diagnosis
In the wake of Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer diagnosis, thoracic surgeon with Northwestern Medicine Dr. Andrew Arndt joins the Lisa Dent Show to discuss the severity of the Pope’s type of lung cancer as well as how the disease can form in someone who doesn’t smoke.
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The Washington Post
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Why the Ovary Still Matters Well Beyond Menopause
A study published Wednesday in the journal Aging Cell shows that an ovary continues to play an important role even in its retirement years, with functions that do not diminish and may still affect the rest of the body.
“People talked about the postmenopausal ovary as this defunct organ,” said study co-author Francesca Duncan, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. “They called it a shriveled husk.”
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CBS News
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Pope Leo’s Lung Cancer Prognosis Could Depend on These Factors, Doctors Say
“It’s very common and also generally a very good prognosis when found early on,” Dr. Kalvin Lung, a thoracic surgeon at the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, told CBS News 24/7 on Tuesday.
The surgery Leo underwent “is also something we commonly do, and it’s a very successful surgery and people can recover very quickly from it,” Lung said.
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ABC 7 Chicago
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Northwestern Medicine Using AI to Advance Breast Cancer Screenings
Northwestern Medicine is turning to artificial intelligence to elevate screenings by improving accuracy, which could help find cancers that might otherwise go undetected.
Doctor Georgia Spear, the chief of breast imaging at Northwestern Medicine, joined ABC7 to share how they are using AI tools.
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WGN
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Mammograms Can Be Used to Indicate Potential Sign of Heart Disease
Diagnostic radiologist with Northwestern Medicine Dr. Georgia Spear joins Lisa Dent to highlight a new law in Maryland requiring mammography centers to inform patients when their scans show signs of breast arterial calcification, a warning sign for heart disease.
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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.
