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Surgeon Devotes Career to Service in India
Marian Boehr, MD’51, spent 38 years performing surgery in Nellore, India. She believed it was her mission in life to serve others. During her career, she completed 34,000 surgical operations.
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Race, Ethnicity Affect Obstetric Care, Outcomes
William Grobman, MD, MBA, professor in obstetrics and gynecology-maternal fetal medicine, reviewed data from 115,502 women over a three year period and determined that race and ethnicity affect obstetric care and outcomes.
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Unknowns in Osteoporosis, Bone Metastases Keep Stern on Path to Discovery
Having dedicated her career to investigating how bones are developed and the mechanisms that cause their deterioration, Paula Stern, PhD, recently published an article on vitamin D and its effect on osteoperosis.
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Neon Exposes Hidden ALS Cells, Helps Scientists Study Why They Die
In a new preclinical study, a Northwestern Medicine® scientist has isolated the motor neurons in the brain that die in ALS and, for the first time, dressed them in a green fluorescent jacket. As a result, scientists will now be able to track what goes wrong in these cells to cause their deaths and be…
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Interventional Radiology Research Projects Lead to Formation of Student Group
Third-year medical students Alexander Sheu and Patrick Tyler received awards at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting for their research in the field. This interest led them to start a student group to promote research opportunities and mentoring in the specialty.
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New Study Finds Digoxin Safe Despite Recent Reports
A Northwestern Medicine® and University of Alabama study published recently in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data.
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Building a Human Kidney
Within the next few decades, getting a new kidney could be as simple as having a doctor order an engineered organ that will be developed in the laboratory with a patient’s own cells. Delivery could take a few months and, theoretically, a patient might not need immunosuppressant drugs because his body would recognize the kidney…
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Personalizing Prostate Cancer Screening
With the help of genetics, prostate specific antigen (PSA) screenings may become more accurate and reduce the number of unnecessary prostate biopsies.
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Success Spurs Expansion of ‘Neighbor Carts’ Program
A Northwestern Medicine® study has found Chicago’s Neighbor Carts pilot program last year was profitable for the vendors selling fresh produce and a boon for customers buying fruit, vegetables, and nuts. It was so successful, in fact, that this year the program will expand from eight to 30 carts, with new ones rolling out this…
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Students Support Local Charities with Annual Fusion Show
Showcasing the cultural diversity of the student body through song, dance, and artistic performance, Fusion 2013 included 13 acts. The event, held April 20, benefited five local charities.
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Alumni Return to Greet Old Friends, See Evolving Campus
More than 600 alumni, guests, faculty, and students took part in the annual celebration of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates.
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Physical Therapy Students Celebrate Graduation
Part of the longest continually accredited physical therapy school in the nation, 74 Feinberg PT students graduated on Saturday, April 20, after three years of classroom and clinical instruction.
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Narahashi, Founding Father of Modern Pharmacology, Remembered for Six Decades of Research
Colleagues remember Toshio Narahashi, PhD, John Evans Professor of Pharmacology, for his contributions to the field and his dedication to mentoring.
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Haiti Cholera Strain Evolves
The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine® study.
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Shedding New Light on Brain Circuit Involved in Parkinson’s
Postdoctoral fellow Kelly Glajch, PhD’12, received a prestigious fellowship from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation to support the study of neuron signaling changes in the striatum region of the brain, an area associated with the disease.
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Education, Adherence to Medical Regimen Increase Survival Following Heart Transplant
A new Northwestern Medicine® study has shown that survival following heart transplantation is associated with several patient characteristics, including education, higher social and economic satisfaction, and adherence with the medical regimen.
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Accepted Students Take a Second Look at Feinberg
The Office of Admissions at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine hosted the annual Second Look event on April 11-12, giving prospective medical students an opportunity to learn more about Feinberg before making a final decision on where to go to medical school.
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Genes Reveal Patients Who Will Benefit from Scleroderma Drug
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare autoimmune connective tissue disorder that’s difficult to treat. However, thanks to new research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, doctors may be able to treat some patients more effectively.
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Feinberg, RIC Announce Expanded Collaboration
A new agreement with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) means the RIC will provide the clinical venue for Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences faculty, expand clinical education experiences for students, create a joint Northwestern-RIC physical therapy residency program, and allow Feinberg and RIC researchers the ability to better pursue investigative questions…
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Remembering Raisbeck, Alumnus and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Clifford Clinton Raisbeck Jr, MD’53, GME’61, orthopaedic surgeon and strong supporter of the medical school, died on March 29 from complications of pneumonia. He was 84.
