The Feinberg School of Medicine is on course to achieve the vision—developed with its academic medical center partners—of moving “into the forefront as one of the nation’s pre-eminent medical schools as measured by the excellence of our students and faculty members, the success and innovative nature of our research and educational programs, and the quality of clinical care we provide to patients.”  The last five years were marked by investment, growth, and improvement. During the next five years,
- substantial new research space will be online and productive.
- clinical facilities will be further expanded and modernized.
- new departments, centers, and institutes will be created.
- the school’s sesquicentennial will be celebrated.
- new leadership will be in place at several Northwestern academic medical center institutions.
Our medical school—the 30th oldest medical school in the country—will observe its sesquicentennial in 2009. Beyond being a celebration of our rich history and longevity (more than one-third of U.S. medical schools were established in the last 40 years), this occasion provides an opportunity to reflect on the role of a leading academic medical center for the coming decades and to position ourselves for that challenge and privilege.
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