Media Coverage
- Stricken Senator Makes Progress
Sen. Kirk "is doing better than I expected. I'm very happy with where we are," neurosurgeon Richard Fessler said Tuesday during a news conference at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where the senator is being treated.
- The Wall Street Journal Jan 25, 2012
- NU study compares scoliosis treatments
Scoliosis "is a surgically treatable condition, but it's a difficult surgery to go through," said Dr. Tyler Koski, a neurosurgeon at Northwestern and principal investigator of the study.
- Chicago Tribune Jan 25, 2012
- Trying to get ahead of Parkinson's
"We don't know what the trigger is for the disease," said Dr. Tanya Simuni, a neurologist with Northwestern.
- Chicago Tribune Jan 18, 2012
- With Robots, a New Way to Understand Strokes
Dr. Julius Dewald is trying to meld medicine, science and engineering in a path-breaking way to better understand such impairment and how robotic therapy might help people who have had strokes reach for a hamburger or pull on a fancy boot.
- The New York Times Jan 12, 2012
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences A recently published Northwestern Medicine report highlights promising treatments for patients and novel research.
Northwestern receives $10 million grant Gift will support graduate student training in the life sciences.
