Department of Medicine
About UsDedicated to the future of care
The Department of Medicine provides residents with a thorough, broad-based education while giving patients individualized care through Feinberg-affiliated hospitals and care sites and conducting high-level basic and clinical research through our 12 specialized internal medicine divisions.
The unique culture at the Department of Medicine is built on its rich history of research and clinical innovation embedded in an exceptional clinical environment, driven by faculty and staff whose commitment and talent create patient care improvements through scientific advance.
These extraordinary strengths allow the Department to adapt to tremendous challenges and opportunities that are arising in healthcare. We have seen more change over recent years than in many preceding decades. As each of us contributes to expanding what we can achieve, we are driven by the same core mission: Patients First.”
What We Do
Faculty Spotlight
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
Studying devices for ventilatory support used in home based settings. This is most relevant to those with neuromuscular disorders and sleep related breathing disorders.
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Anesthesiology and Medicine (Rheumatology)
Research activities of our group focus on two major clinical areas: musculoskeletal pain and bone. In collaboration with Dr. A. Vania Apkarian in the Department of Physiology, our pain research focuses on understanding the basis for pain chronification, utilizing brain imaging and psychophysical methodologies. Current NIH-funded studies are evaluating the transition that occurs in individuals who progress from acute to chronic pain and attempting to modulate this by pharmacologic interventions. On a more applied level, the development and characterization of analgesic agents for the management...
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Dr. Wilcox is a an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Associate Director of the T1 Center for Cardiovascular Therapeutics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Wilcox is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant and Echocardiography. In addition to caring for patients with advanced HF/transplants and mechanical assist devices (including durable LVADs and temporary support devices) on the inpatient service, Dr. Wilcox is the director of the Myocardial Recovery Clinic for patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. She also has expertise in muscular dystr...
Professor of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Microbiology-Immunology and Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
Interferon, STAT
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
General gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
Research interest: Examining the potential benefits of integrative medicine therapies (complementary and alternative medicine) for a range of conditions.
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Medical Education
Nutrition and Weight Management, Medical care of the patient with overweight or obesity, Preventive medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Dr. Daniel Schimmel is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and Hospital practicing interventional cardiology in the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Schimmel attended medical school at Rush University and completed residency and fellowship training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. As Chief Medical Resident and Chief Fellow, he was dedicated to research and education. He also holds Master’s degrees in Exercise Science and in Clinical Investigation.
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Pathology
Opportunistic infections, Transplant infectious disease
