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My Northwestern Medicine November 9, 2016

New Drug Clears Atopic Dermatitis in Clinical Trials

New Drug Clears Atopic Dermatitis in Clinical Trials

Nearly 40 percent of patients with atopic dermatitis saw their disease completely or almost completely cleared with a new drug called dupilumab, according to the results of a Northwestern Medicine clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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NMH Nurse Saves Construction Worker's Life

On her day off and with no medical support or supplies on scene, a nurse saved a construction worker who lost his arm in an accident.

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PhD Student Explores the Development of Eosinophils in Allergic Diseases

A Northwestern Medicine study led by a PhD student demonstrated that a cytokine important in allergic disease plays a key role regulating stem cells.

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Linder Joins Northwestern as Chief of General Internal Medicine

Jeffrey Linder, ’97 MD, MPH, will join Northwestern as the new chief of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine.

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Taiwo to Lead Division of Infectious Diseases

Babafemi Taiwo, MBBS, ’06 GME, has been named chief of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine.

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A First for the North

Ian D. Cohen, MD, has received the first Lake Forest Hospital investiture as the newly created Charles and Barbara Strang Medical Director for Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in the North Region.

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