MD Class of 2022 Celebrates Commencement

Faculty, family and friends honored the MD Class of 2022 during the medical school’s 163rd commencement ceremony, held in person for the first time since 2019.

Study Identifies New Therapeutic Target for Most Common Type of Pancreatic Cancer

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a potential therapeutic target for the most common type of pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Developmental Cell.

Celebrating Honors Day 2022

Dozens of faculty members and fourth-year medical students were recognized for their scholarly and clinical excellence at Feinberg’s Honors Day, held May 20.

Morhardt Appointed to Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Elder Law

Darby Morhardt, PhD, LCSW, research professor in the Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease and of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Public Health Practice, was recently appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Elder Law.

Mehta Leads Life-Saving Code Aorta Program

Christopher Mehta, MD, is the director of the program that creates a streamlined pathway to the Northwestern Memorial operating room for aortic emergencies across Chicagoland and allows surgeries to take place almost two hours sooner.

Most COVID-19 ‘Long Haulers’ Continue to Experience Symptoms 15 Months After Initial Infection

Most non-hospitalized COVID-19 “long-haulers” at the Northwestern Medicine Neuro COVID-19 Clinic continued to experience symptoms including brain fog, dizziness and fatigue 15 months after disease onset, according to a new study.

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