More suspected stroke victims received emergency care and potentially life-saving treatments in Chicago’s stroke centers thanks to a 2011 policy change under the Illinois Primary Stroke Center Act.
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Graduates of the sixth class of the Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety program and the third class of the Master of Science in Health Services and Outcomes Research program were recognized at the Center for Education in Health Sciences 2013 Convocation on June 29.
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, chief of medicine-cardiology, and a group of scientists and healthcare professionals recently published new clinical guidelines regarding the care of patients with heart failure.
Interns spent three days in an intense training “bootcamp” to get ready for their residencies, which start in July. This year, the program has expanded to include general surgery residents and two new skills: chest x-ray and EKG interpretation.
The Northwestern Medicine® community recently recognized forty-nine faculty members for their 25-year careers at Feinberg. The honorees joined other active faculty who have reached the quarter-century service milestone during an evening of celebration on June 19.
Bharat Mittal, MD, has spent more than a decade looking into the treatment of skin lesions, publishing his findings in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
In a surprising new finding, a Northwestern Medicine® study has found a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Both disorders have symptoms of social impairment and originate during brain development in utero.
Research published in The Journal of Neuroscience identifies a new key factor in the generation of febrile seizures, leading to a new therapeutic target for humans.
Susan Quaggin, MD, chief of the Division of Nephrology, has been given the Alfred Newton Richards Award from the International Society of Nephrology for basic science research in the field. The honor was presented June 2 in Hong Kong during the World Congress of Nephrology, the leading biennial educational event in international nephrology.
Addie Boone, a second-year medical student, received one of 31 Schweitzer Fellowships, which support public health research. She will use the award to develop a partnership between the medical school, Northwestern University Law School, and community clinics to help underserved patients with poorly-controlled asthma encourage their landlords to comply with habitability laws.