Category: Alumni News

Progress Notes

Summer 2021 1950s Gerson Bernhard, ’53 MD, ’59 GME, has become used to video medicine precepting rheumatology fellows at University of California San Francisco and consulting with primary care physicians in Medicaid and free clinics through the MAVEN Project during the pandemic. Bernhard remarks, “While this is mutually useful, it is not the same as…
When Keeping Promises is Impossible

Obstetrics is a conspicuous thief. It has stolen weekends, my husband’s birthdays, at least two Christmas mornings, Zachary’s first day of kindergarten, and my grandfather’s funeral.
Clinical Research Innovator

Christine Dingivan, MD, ’96 GME, focuses on global public health.
In Memoriam

Northwestern Medicine expresses its condolences to the families and friends of these alumni (listed in order of their graduation year) and faculty who have passed away.
Progress Notes

Catch up on alumni milestones and achievements.
Inclusion and Allyship: Sharing Stories

Hear from our alumni about their experiences with improving people’s health and quality of life.
New Beginnings

A letter from Edward S. Kim, ’92 BS, ’96 MD (HPME), the incoming president of the Medical Alumni Association Board (MAAB).
Advocating for People Who Use Drugs

I didn’t like working with people who use drugs (PWUD) when I was a medical student. I remember Dr. John Franklin’s calming voice as he attended on those with addiction. I remember thinking, “Where does that calm come from?”
Advancing Health and Science Through Informatics

As pathologists increasingly use machine-learning technologies to analyze digitized patient slides, they face a difficult challenge.
Passing the Torch

I hope you all are staying safe as COVID-19 surges throughout the country and the world. I am hoping that, by the time you read this, we are coming out of our social-distancing measures due to a successful vaccine program.