First-Year Medical Students Welcome New Academic Year at Founders’ Day 2023

First-year medical students donned their white coats for the first time at Founders’ Day on August 4 at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.

Dopamine Controls Movement, Not Just Rewards

A new Northwestern University-led study has discovered that dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought, opening new research directions for further understanding and potentially even treating Parkinson’s disease.

Medical Students Named Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows

Kai Holder, a fourth-year medical student, and Sydney Love Cush, a second-year medical student, have been named 2023-2024 Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows.

Make-A-Wish Participant and Kidney Transplant Recipient Experiences a Day as a Doctor

A twelve-year-old kidney transplant patient experienced a day as a doctor thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Northwestern, and Lurie Children’s Hospital.

Northwestern Medicine Surgeons Perform Double-Lung Transplants on Two Patients Born With ‘Flipped Organs’

For the first time at a Northwestern Medicine hospital, surgeons have successfully performed double-lung transplants on two patients with situs inversus, a rare genetic condition where the organs in the chest and abdomen develop in a reversed or mirrored image from their normal positions.

Wahidi Becomes Medical Director of Canning Thoracic Institute and Health System Director of Interventional Pulmonology

Momen Wahidi, MD, discusses his commitment to expanding access to lung care, accelerating the impact of Canning Thoracic Institute and partnering with interventional pulmonologists across the health system.

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