In the first large-scale longitudinal study of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the postpartum period, a new Northwestern Medicine® study found 11 percent of women at two weeks and six months postpartum experience significant obsessive-compulsive symptoms compared to 2 to 3 percent in the general population.
Deborah Clements, MD, nationally recognized for her contributions to education policy, will join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on May 1 as professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
A Northwestern Medicine® study aims to compare the long-term effects of a pregnant woman’s blood sugar levels on her child to the effects of her body weight. The study includes participants from around the world and will also determine a mother’s long-term risk for developing diabetes mellitus.
Arun K. Sharma, PhD, research assistant professor in urology, has published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences regarding a unique approach to bladder regeneration that capitalizes on the potential of two distinct cell populations harvested from a patient’s healthy bone marrow.
Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, an internationally-renowned neurosurgeon specializing in complex tumors of the brain and spine, will join the medical school on July 1 as the Michael J. Marchese Professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery. His wife, Charlotte Shum, MD, a hand and upper extremity specialist, has been named associate professor of orthopaedic surgery. She will join the medical school in the fall.
The Physician Assistant Program accepts 30 students every year. Half of the two-year program is spent gaining hands-on experience during clinical rotations throughout Chicago, with the other half devoted to classroom instruction.
Jeffrey Barsuk, MD, MS, presented information about the central line insertion simulation training program he developed and implemented with Diane Wayne, MD, to a national audience during an AAMC webinar.
From groundbreaking research to an exciting new curriculum, Feinberg achieved a number of accomplishments in 2012. Take a look at our top 25 stories.
A new study by C. Shad Thaxton, MD, and Leo Gordon, MD, shows that synthetic HDL nanoparticles killed B-cell lymphoma, the most common form of the disease, in cultured human cells.
As the NHL season is set to begin, Michael Terry, MD, associate professor in orthopaedic surgery and team physician for the Chicago Blackhawks, prepares for the unexpected, on the ice and off.
