Tag: Awards

Of the 350 physicians selected as “Top Doctors” by Chicago magazine, one- third are on faculty at the Feinberg School of Medicine. The magazine’s January 2004 issue identifies physicians in 58 specialties who garnered recognition through a survey conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Castle Connolly contacted thousands of health care professionals in metropolitan Chicago,[…]

December 18, 2002 Gene Therapy Used in Cancer Cure CHICAGO— Using a novel gene therapy approach that boosts the body’s immune system, a Northwestern University researcher has cured cancer in laboratory mice. In experiments reported in the Dec. 15 issue of Cancer Research, Chung Lee, PhD, and colleagues at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine[…]

In Memoriam (William Roach) William R. Roach, MD , professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology and former chief of staff at Passavant Memorial Hospital (later Northwestern Memorial Hospital [NMH]), died October 20 of cancer in his Oak Park, Illinois, home. A native of Marquette, Michigan, Dr. Roach earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of[…]