Tag: Winter 2020

No Backing Down

Daniela Matei’s career has been devoted to treating rare gynecologic cancers.
Right to the Heart

Northwestern Medicine leads the development of a revolutionary cardiac procedure.
Keeping the Beat

Northwestern’s new Center for Arrhythmia Research will develop novel ways to treat irregular heartbeats.
A Natural Networker

Luisa Iruela-Arispe heads the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology.
A Year of Discovery

by Will Doss and Melissa Rohman Feinberg has had an exceptional year of scientific inquiry, ranging from examining the most basic systems that make our bodies tick to developing breakthrough therapies and treatment strategies. With the opening of the new Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center, the pace of discovery will…
Ward Rounds | 1885 & 2020 | Learning Then and Now

Evolution of Medical Education Northwestern has come a long way since the days of lecture halls filled with male students clad in black suits. The contrast could not be more stark between this Feinberg anatomy class from 1885 and Feinberg’s new Premier Active Learning Environment (pictured at right), which opened late last year in the…
An Ever-Evolving Medical School

As 2019 came to a close, I looked back on the year’s accomplishments with a sense of pride. We opened a world-class research building — the largest of its kind in the United States: the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center — making national headlines and cementing our stature as a world-class destination for biomedical research.…
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. ALUMNI James Oliver, ’43 MD, Moorhead, Minnesota, died December 1, 2019 Edward A. Millar, ’45 MD, ’50 GME, Libertyville, Illinois, died January 3, 2020 Robert M. Herman, ’50 MD, Los Gatos, California,…
Progress Notes

Letter to the Editor I read with great interest about the work of Dr. Jeremiah Stamler, professor emeritus of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology (“A Trailblazing Professor Turns 100 Next Month,” Fall 2019). I was in the first graduating class of Feinberg’s public health program in 1981 — one of two students. Dr.…
Giving

Campaign Update Generosity from 66,000+ donors helping Northwestern Medicine transform human health. Thanks to committed alumni, faculty, friends, and foundation and corporate partners, we have surpassed our $2 billion goal for WE WILL. The Campaign for Northwestern Medicine. Gifts since the campaign launched in September 2014 have funded scholarships for our students, important clinical and…