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  • Saving a Life at the Shamrock Shuffle

    Saving a Life at the Shamrock Shuffle

    Paul Jansson, a first year medical student, was volunteering at an aid station at the 2012 Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle on Sunday, March 25, when a 63-year-old man suffered sudden cardiac arrest at mile three.

  • Student receives AMA Foundation Seed Grant

    Student receives AMA Foundation Seed Grant

    Muthu Vaduganathan, a fourth year medical student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, was awarded a $2,500 grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s Seed Grant Research Program.

  • Medical Students Take the Plunge to Raise Money for Special Olympics

    Medical Students Take the Plunge to Raise Money for Special Olympics

    Feinberg’s Icebergs, part of the student group Nclude, participated in Chicago’s 12th Annual Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics.

  • Students Organize Week-long Health Disparities Lecture Series

    Students Organize Week-long Health Disparities Lecture Series

    In recognition of Health Disparities Week, the student-led Health Disparities Task Force ran a program for medical students and faculty offering a week of lunchtime speakers focused on health equity issues.

  • Northwestern Nets Presidential Award for Girls’ Science Mentoring

    A Northwestern Medicine program for mentoring urban minority high-school girls for college and careers in science and health was awarded the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

  • Musicians in Medicine, DOCappella Serve as Creative Outlet for Feinberg Students

    Musicians in Medicine, DOCappella Serve as Creative Outlet for Feinberg Students Musicians in Medicine – an ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists – and DOCappella – a group of choral, pop, and opera singers – join together for many performances, including monthly concerts at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Amid courses like problem-based learning and medical[…]

  • Feinberg Personnel Pivotal to Chicago Marathon Medical Safety

    Feinberg Personnel Pivotal to Chicago Marathon Medical Safety Northwestern medical volunteers David Salzman, MD ’05, GME ’09, a fellow in the Feinberg Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning center, and Kelly Williamson, MD, GME ’11, a recent graduate from the Emergency Medicine residency program, at the 2008 Chicago Marathon. The Chicago Marathon is the largest sporting[…]

  • CCARES Directors Work with Illinois Governor to Amend Good Samaritan Act

    Feinberg’s CCARES Helps Amend Illinois Good Samaritan Act Feinberg faculty joined Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on the Chicago campus July 18 to commemorate an amendment to the state’s Good Samaritan Act. (L-R) John Vozenilek, III, MD, George Chiampas, DO, Governor Pat Quinn, Amer Aldeen, MD, and James Adams, MD, all support the effort to train[…]

  • Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning Center Celebrates Grand Opening

    Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning Center Celebrates Grand Opening Simulation Technology and Immersive Learning Center Director John Vozenilek, MD, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, spoke to open house attendees about the center’s impact on the future of medical practice and patient care. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Simulation Technology and[…]

  • Spotlight: Continuing Medical Education

    Spotlight: Continuing Medical Education Gaurav Chaturvedi (right), instructor, department of medicine, participates in a Hospitalists procedures lab offered through A feinberg school of medicine CME program. Medical education is a lifelong process that is necessary to maintain certifications and state licensures to practice medicine. The Feinberg School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME)[…]