Tag: modern

Galter Library Film Project Preserves Medical History

by Nora Dunne A gift from the family of Raymond McNealy, MD, a leading surgeon in the first half of the 20th century and chief of Surgery at Wesley Memorial Hospital (a predecessor to Northwestern Memorial Hospital), has enabled the Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center to restore teaching films that show the evolution…
Faculty Awards & Honors

Learn about the recent achievements of Feinberg School of Medicine faculty and leaders.
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…
The Long Haul

The Comprehensive COVID-19 Center is committed to patients with long-term complications from COVID-19.
Trauma Trailblazer

Hasan B. Alam, MD, takes the reins as chair of surgery.
Modern Malady

Feinberg investigators are finding new ways to tackle metabolic syndrome.
Science in Practice

Northwestern Medicine scientists are ensuring that evidence-based practices are put to use properly.
1895 – 1973 | The Chicago Maternity Center: An Important Chapter in Obstetrics

The Chicago Maternity Center — which operated from 1895 until 1973 on the near-west side of Chicago — was the only obstetrical home delivery program in the nation and the brainchild of Joseph DeLee, 1891 MD, chair of the Department of Obstetrics at Northwestern from 1896 until 1929. An advocate of specialized maternity hospitals, DeLee…
The XX/XY Factor

A breakthrough Northwestern-led study reveals the ubiquitous impact of biological sex on gene expression
In Memoriam

Northwestern Medicine expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the following alumni (listed in order of their graduation year) and faculty who have passed away. All dates are in 2020.