In Memoriam (Jane Eckenhoff, Paul Lazar, Susan Orden) Jane Mackey Eckenhoff, who served as secretary of the Alumni Office at Northwestern’s medical school from 1970–84, died October 12 at home in LaPorte, Indiana, of lung cancer. She was 72. Raised in South Bend, Indiana, Jane Mackey came to Chicago in the late 1950s and worked…
June 20, 2002 University Receives Grant to Study Oral Cancer CHICAGO— Oral cancer currently accounts for almost 6 percent of all malignancies, and its incidence is increasing worldwide. At least 90 percent of oral cancers are squamous cell carcinomas that originate from the oral epithelium, a thin lining of cells that covers tissues in the…
Students and McGaw Medical Center Meet Their Matches At Match Day festivities on March 21, fourth-year medical students celebrated their future plans at a pub near campus with family and friends. Of the 165 graduating students, 54 matched in internal medicine. The next largest groups matched in pediatrics (20), surgery (19), and emergency medicine (15).…
John Ansel to Lead Dermatology Department On February 1 the Medical School will welcome John C. Ansel, MD, as professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology. Dr. Ansel is professor of dermatology at Emory University and chief of dermatology at the VA Medical Center in Atlanta. In announcing Dr. Ansel’s appointment on October 16,…