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Transitioning Learning to the Patient Care Setting
Third-year medical students learned new skills during Introduction to Clinical Clerkships, a week-long orientation that marked their transition from the classroom to the clinic.
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Promising New Alzheimer’s ‘Drug’ Halts Memory Loss
A new class of experimental drug-like small molecules is showing great promise in targeting a brain enzyme to prevent early memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Rewriting the Care Plan for Heart Failure
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, chief of medicine-cardiology, and a group of scientists and healthcare professionals recently published new clinical guidelines regarding the care of patients with heart failure.
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Interns Get Into Shape Before Starting Residency
Interns spent three days in an intense training “bootcamp” to get ready for their residencies, which start in July. This year, the program has expanded to include general surgery residents and two new skills: chest x-ray and EKG interpretation.
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Physical Therapy Students Receive White Coats
First-year physical therapy students celebrated the 7th Annual Clinical Practice Ceremony on June 21, receiving white coats as a symbol of their transition from the classroom to the clinic.
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Residents Receive Marco Ellis Legacy Award
Residents Rachel Issaka, MD, and Ike Okwuosa, MD, were recognized and honored with the 2013 Marco Ellis Legacy Award for their extraordinary contributions to increasing diversity at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.
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Faculty Honored for Quarter-Century of Service
The Northwestern Medicine® community recently recognized forty-nine faculty members for their 25-year careers at Feinberg. The honorees joined other active faculty who have reached the quarter-century service milestone during an evening of celebration on June 19.
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Single-Dose Radiation Effective for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Bharat Mittal, MD, has spent more than a decade looking into the treatment of skin lesions, publishing his findings in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
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Preventing Fertility Loss from Chemotherapy
Northwestern Medicine® scientists have found the molecular pathway that can prevent the death of immature ovarian eggs due to chemotherapy, potentially preserving fertility and endocrine function.
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Northwestern Part of New Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium
Meant to transform cancer research, a group of 11 schools have formed a collaboration to leverage the scientific and clinical expertise of individual institutions.
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Could Novel Drug Treat Autism and Fetal Alcohol Disorder?
In a surprising new finding, a Northwestern Medicine® study has found a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Both disorders have symptoms of social impairment and originate during brain development in utero.
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New Therapy for Fever-Induced Seizures in Children Targets Calcium Channels
Research published in The Journal of Neuroscience identifies a new key factor in the generation of febrile seizures, leading to a new therapeutic target for humans.
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New Master’s Degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics Marks Evolution in Field
The new program is a competitive, 21-month postgraduate degree offering clinically-focused education in a research-rich environment.
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Physician Assistant Program Welcomes Incoming Class
The Class of 2015 received their white physician assistant’s coats at a ceremony on Friday, June 7. Thirty students are accepted into the Physician Assistant Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine each year.
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Bilimoria Receives NCCN Young Investigator Award
Karl Bilimoria, MD, assistant professor in surgical oncology and medical social sciences, is one of four scientists receiving a $150,000 grant from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network®.
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Northwestern Ranked Highly in Nature’s Global Publishing Index
Nearly one-third of the University’s publications in this prestigious journal last year featured medical school faculty as the principal investigator.
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Biology of Cancer, Neurodegeneration Explored at Annual Symposium
The third annual event co-sponsored by neurology and the Les Turner ALS Foundation brought together scientists, students, and guests to learn more about the molecular link between two often disconnected fields of study.
