Tag: Awards
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3-D Printed Models Provide Lifelike Simulations for Training Pediatric Surgeons
Katherine Barsness, MD, ’11 MS, created life-sized, reusable models of a newborn’s ribcage with 3-D printing technology to provide uniquely authentic simulation-based education to training pediatric surgeons.
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Thomas Receives Family Medicine Teaching Award
Alisha Thomas, ’05 MD, instructor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, received the 2014 Illinois Family Medicine Teacher of the Year Award by the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians for her outstanding contributions to the field.
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Physician Assistants Celebrate a Growing Profession
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) program raised awareness about the training and career of PAs as part of National Physician Assistant Week.
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Remembering Martha Pitel, Former Chair of Nursing
An October 21 memorial will be held in honor of Martha Pitel, PhD, RN, professor emerita and former chair of nursing education at Northwestern University.
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Cella Honored for Career Focusing on Patient Voices
David Cella, PhD, chair of Medical Social Sciences, received the prestigious John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize for his contributions in the field of patient-reported outcome measures.
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Platanias Appointed Director of Lurie Cancer Center
Leonidas Platanias, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a position he has served in interim since January.
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Teachers Become Learners at Medical Education Day
At the fourth annual Medical Education Day, Feinberg educators gathered for presentations, workshops and discussions to exchange ideas about their craft.
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Feinberg Professor Mark Hersam Named MacArthur Fellow
Mark C. Hersam, PhD, a Northwestern University materials engineer and Feinberg School of Medicine professor has been named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow.
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Feinberg Faculty Review NIH Grant Applications
Dane Chetkovich, MD, PhD, and Brian Mustanski, PhD, are the latest of many faculty members who are members of National Institutes of Health (NIH) study sections, through which they peer review NIH research grant applications.
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Residents Give Advice to Medical Students at First Annual Career Fair
Medical students discussed choosing specialties with residents and faculty members during a panel and career fair.
