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Dean's Media

Dean Neilson offers his perspective and insights through a variety of publications at Feinberg, Northwestern Medicine, and our greater Chicago community.

July 29, 2020 | Science Advances

Medical Education in the Time of COVID-19

The persistence of SARS-Cov-2 may fundamentally alter the landscape of medical education and hospital training, according to this Northwestern Medicine editorial. Read more


September 10, 2019 | JAMA

Medical Education 2020—Charting a Path Forward

This editorial explores the importance of MD curricula that prioritizes the carefully considered skills and competencies students and trainees will need to modernize clinical practice. Read more


May 2, 2017 | JAMA

Teaching Medical Students About Conflicts of Interest

This editorial explores the need for MD curricula that educates students about potential influences, bias, and their consequences, as well as how to identify, evaluate, and manage potential conflicts. Read more


July 30, 2013 | Crain's Chicago Business

Faculty foundation doctors vote to join Northwestern Memorial

An announcement of the merger of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Read more


September 5, 2012 | Chicago Sun Times

A choice: Save Prentice or save lives, add jobs and research dollars

A proposal to make the old Prentice Women's Hospital a Chicago landmark threatens to prevent Northwestern University from building a new facility that would bring hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funds. That would in turn thwart the creation of thousands of jobs, obstruct lifesaving medical science and block plans to make the city a global hub for jobs fueled by technology and innovation.


August 16, 2012 | Crain's Chicago Business

Prentice building proposal ignores Northwestern's research needs

A proposal to make the old Prentice Women's Hospital a Chicago landmark threatens to prevent Northwestern University from building a new facility that would bring hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funds. That would in turn thwart the creation of thousands of jobs, obstruct lifesaving medical science and block plans to make the city a global hub for jobs fueled by technology and innovation. Read more

Northwestern Medicine Magazine

Dean Neilson contributes the leadership message to Northwestern Medicine Magazine, a publication of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.