
Jeffrey Linder, ’97 MD, MPH, will join Northwestern as the new chief of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.

Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS, ’06 GME, has been named chief of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine.

Internationally renowned Swiss neuro-oncologist Roger Stupp, MD, will join Northwestern Medicine as a professor of Neurological Surgery.

Ronald Ackermann, MD, MPH, has been named senior associate dean for public health and director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), succeeding IPHAM’s inaugural leader, Rowland Chang, MD, MPH.

Robert Brannigan, ’92 MD, ’93 ’94 ’98 GME, professor of Urology, will work with medical education staff to address student wellness, career planning and mentorship.

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin spoke to an auditorium of nearly 300 physicians and researchers at Northwestern about the critical importance of sustaining momentum in medical research funding.

Aarati Didwania, MD, ’04 MSCI, associate professor of Medicine, has been named director of the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Craig Johnson, MBA, has been appointed chief operating officer at the Feinberg School of Medicine.

William Muller, MD, PhD, Magerstadt Professor of Pathology, has stepped down as chair of the Department of Pathology after nine years of leadership in the role.

Marianne Green, MD, has been named senior associate dean for Medical Education, effective September 1.