Northwestern Medicine scientists take innovative cell-based approaches to induce immune tolerance In kidney transplant recipients.
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Fourth-year medical students going into orthopaedic surgery completed a four-session surgical skills course to prepare them for residency.
Two Feinberg medical students gained research experience working in a lab with faculty from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
A landmark national study has shown allowing surgical residents the flexibility to work longer hours does not pose any greater risk to patients.
Scientists develop a new biodegradable material with built-in vitamin A, which has been shown to reduce scarring in blood vessels.
Five recipients receive seven organs from a single donor, all over the course of 34 hours.
New neurosurgery chair, Maciej S. Lesniak, MD, MHCM, combats brain cancer with a multifaceted biological approach.
Karl Bilimoria, MD, director of the Northwestern Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, discusses his team’s research to elevate the quality of care patients receive.
Faculty Stephen Hanauer, MD, and Scott Strong, MD, co-lead Northwestern Medicine’s Digestive Health Center, which aligns physicians, surgeons and other healthcare providers to treat gastrointestinal diseases.
In two recent studies, the lab of Ramille Shah, PhD, assistant professor in Surgery, developed new methods to create viable biomaterials for 3-D printing, expanding the tools available to scientists to build a vast array of functional artificial tissues and organs.