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May 31, 2013
Megan McCann

Local students don white coats as part of unique program

Erica Marsh, MD, is pictured with the three classes of Northwestern Medicine Scholars

Earlier this month, six young students from Westinghouse College Prep on Chicago’s west side, received honorary white coats at the Northwestern Medicine® Scholars Program induction ceremony. This program is a unique partnership between Northwestern Medicine and George Westinghouse College Prep High School in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. This year's class is the third class of the program designed to cultivate talented and diverse students from the school and encourage them to become physicians and biomedical scientists. During the multi-year program, the students go behind the scenes at Northwestern to learn from leading physicians and researchers. The white coat ceremony is similar to what medical students go through at the start of their medical education. The ceremony featured keynote speaker Bechara Choucair, MD, Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health and Adjunct Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

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May 31, 2013
Megan McCann

The Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Chicago Magazine Present the 13th Annual Summer Lovin’ Event

Chicago magazine and The Auxiliary Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital will introduce the magazine’s most eligible singles for 2013 at the 13th annual Summer Lovin’ party. The event will be held on Friday, June 21, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), 220 East Chicago Avenue, from 7 to 10:30 p.m.

Typically attended by more than 1,000 young professionals, Summer Lovin’ will be an evening filled with delicious food from leading Chicago restaurants, cocktails, and outstanding entertainment, as well as access to the MCA’s eclectic exhibits. Proceeds from the event will support innovative bone marrow transplant research to improve cancer care at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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May 30, 2013
Megan McCann

Northwestern Medicine Stroke Program Recognized by the American Heart Association

The Northwestern Medicine® Stroke Program has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). The award recognizes Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted guidelines.
 
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May 30, 2013
Megan McCann

We are all in the cancer fight together

Heather Schumacher (left) and Kathy Goss, PhD, on Capitol Hill

Heather Schumacher is a member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s Patient & Family Advisory Board. Hear her talk about her experience at the 20th Annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration & Walk on Sunday, June 2.

On May 16, 2012, I was sitting in a hospital room on the 15th floor of Prentice Women’s Hospital trying to convince my body to cooperate better so I could be discharged early after receiving my brother’s stem cells for my second stem cell transplant. On May 16, 2013, I was sitting in legislative offices at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. for Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) Capitol Hill Day to share my cancer journey with members of the Illinois delegation. What a huge difference one year makes!

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May 22, 2013
Kris Lathan

Dr. Kimberly S. Kenton joins Northwestern Medicine as Division Chief for Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

Kimberly S. Kenton, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS

Northwestern Medicine® welcomes Kimberly S. Kenton, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS as chief of the division of female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery (urogynecology) and director of the new fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. In addition to her responsibilities at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Kenton also serves as professor, obstetrics and gynecology and urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

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