Advancing Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease

A novel deep brain stimulation device significantly improved quality of life for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease while also reducing common physical side effects from medication, according to findings published in The Lancet Neurology.

Abdulkadir Wins 2020 Tripartite Prize

Sarki Abdulkadir, MD, PhD, has been named the winner of the 2020 Tripartite Legacy Faculty Prize in Translational Science and Education for his work investigating the molecular pathways that drive prostate cancer.

Green, Garcia Receive Top Honors from AAMC

Two Feinberg faculty members in the Department of Medical Education have been honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges, for humanism in medicine and excellence in teaching.

First-year Medical Student Shares Her First Impressions of Feinberg

Kayla Giger, a first-year medical student, shared her thoughts about her first week of medical school and, in the future, working with Feinberg’s Education Centered Medical Home.

Collaboration Brings Virtual ICU to Northwestern Medicine McHenry And Huntley Hospitals

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital now have virtual Intensive Care Unit capabilities, thanks to an innovative cross-regional collaboration that began during the initial COVID-19 response.

Patient Receives Innovative Surgery that Combines Chest Tumor Removal, Heated Chemotherapy

Teams from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital partnered to perform thoracic chemoperfusion, a first in Illinois and at Northwestern Medicine hospitals.

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