Celebrating the life and work of surgeon Christian Fenger Christian Fenger grew up in Denmark as the son of a farmer, but Fenger wasn’t content…
Above: Sauer with research collaborator Eva Markley (1953). Courtesy of NorthShore University HealthSystem Photo Archives. Inventor of the whooping cough vaccine, Louis Wendlin Sauer, MD,…
Princess Diana's Legacy at Northwestern Her memory lives on at Northwestern, particularly for her commitment to cancer research. by Gina Bazer In June of 1996,…
Occupational Health Pioneer The story behind Alice Hamilton, MD, a champion of public health in the U.S. by Gina Bazer Alice Hamilton, MD With the…
Trailblazers in Orthopaedics How a close-knit, multigenerational group of Black orthopaedic surgery residents put their mark on Northwestern Medicine by Gina Bazer Back row, left…
by Gina Bazer Robert H. Lurie A little over three decades ago, while receiving treatment for colon cancer at what was then simply known as…
by Will Doss An oil portrait of John B. Murphy, MD, donated to the medical school by his great granddaughter Theodore Roosevelt had a penchant…
by Nora Dunne A still from one of the newly digitized films shows Dr. McNealy demonstrating how to repair an inguinal hernia A gift from…
Dr. Beatrice Tucker (L), talking with a patient. The Chicago Maternity Center — which operated from 1895 until 1973 on the near-west side of Chicago…
Magnuson (right) presents President Harry Truman with a report of “The President’s Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation” in 1952. The Northwestern surgeon who,…