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“As with everything we do, whether at the bedside, in the classroom or in the laboratory, we are constantly striving for excellence.”
Douglas E. Vaughan, MDDedicated 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.
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Associate Professor of Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
Asthma, Hay fever, Idiopathic anaphylaxis, Sinusitis, Urticaria
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Global Health/International Health, Tropical Medicine, Bacterial Infections, Parasitic Infections, Viral Infections, Diabetic Foot Infections, Osteomyelitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis, Travel Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
Living Kidney Donation, Kidney allocation, Highly Sensitized and incompatible patients, Kidney Paired Donation, Transplant Genomics and Biomarker Development, acute renal failure, humoral allograft rejection
Professor of Surgery (Thoracic Surgery) and Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Dr Meyerson is Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Thoracic Surgery and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. She trained in General Surgery at the University of Chicago Hospitals and then completed her Thoracic Surgery training at Duke University in 2006. She is an active member of Graduate Medical Education Committee and Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators at Northwestern.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
I am a practicing hospitalist, both in Internal Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital as well as in Pediatrics at Lurie Children's Hospital. I love caring for patients and bringing compassionate, patient-centered care to the folks I meet. In addition, I serve as key clinical faculty in the Internal Medicine Residency. This role affords me the opportunity to further the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine among our trainees.
Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
The overarching goal of my involvement in translational research is to improve the outcome of patients with lymphoma. With scientists in the US and abroad, we are currently investigating novel signaling pathways in lymphoma, using cell lines and animal model systems. More specifically, our research focuses on the biology of reactive oxygen species signaling pathways in lymphoma. Active investigations include: 1) the biology of the lactone diterpenoids in lymphoma; 2) the development of all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and curcumin loaded nanodisks as a drug delivery vehicle in mantle cell lympho...
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department
Home Mechanical Ventilation/Noninvasive Ventilation in Neuromuscular Disease, Chronic Respiratory Failure, Sleep Disorder Breathing, Peri-operative OSA management
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Dr. Cohen practices General Gastroenterology with additional special focuses on Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and non surgical treatment of hemorrhoids. Dr. Cohen is originally from Potomac, Maryland. He completed his undergraduate work at Cornell University and medical school at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cohen moved to Chicago in 1998 where he completed his residency at Northwestern followed by a 4 year combined clinical and research GI fellowship under an NIH training grant at the University of Chicago. He has been in practice at Northwestern since 2005. Dr. Cohen is board certi...
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Dr. Linda A. Teplin is the Director of the Health Disparities and Public Policy Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is the Primary Investigator for the Northwestern Project, the first large-scale longitudinal study of mental health needs and outcomes of delinquent youth after detention. For nearly two decades, the Northwestern Project has tracked and re-interviewed nearly 2000 participants, first recruited when they entered the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention center when they were ages 10-18 years. The Northwestern Project assesses a broad range of out...
Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics) and Medical Education
Clinically I am interested in the primary care of adults with acute and chronic illness. I value shared decision making with my patients and my role as care coordinator for patients with complex illnesses who see multiple providers. Academically I am interested in competency assessment for both undergraduate medical students and practicing physicians.
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Pulmonary Morning Report - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Fa...
October 15
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
"Mitochondrial ROS-induced Ca2+ influx via TRPV4 and microvascula...
October 15
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday Noon Research Conference | Speaker: TBD
October 15
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM