Clinical Update: Streamlined Exposure Notifications for Communicable Diseases Are Now in Effect, Updated COVID-19 Clinical Clearance Guidelines, and Updates From System P&T Committee
July 9, 2025 | 4 min. read
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Important Updates for Physicians
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NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE NEWS![]() The center will include primary, specialty and immediate care services, imaging and diagnostic services, a cancer center, and programming for individual and community health.
![]() Learn how this NM Client Services team is improving health and patient care around the world.
![]() The innovative clinic offers comprehensive assessments to help patients optimize their aging process and improve their healthspan.
![]() Badge Buddies are an evidence-based intervention to help reduce role misidentifications and microaggressions.
![]() The pilot includes "Timely" as an option to bridge the gap between “Stat” and “Routine” for CT and MRI orders in the ambulatory setting. Initial performance shows notable improvements across the system.
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PHYSICIANS YOU NEED TO KNOW![]() In his new role, the first of its kind at NM, Dr. Schaeffer will lead collaboration by drawing on systemwide experts to continue advances in cancer care.
Ritu Nayar, MD, Receives 2025 Gary A. Mecklenburg Distinguished Physician Award
July 9, 2025 | 2 min. read ![]() Dr. Nayar, a pathologist, is honored for her work and accomplishments in the medical profession.
Physicians Recognized for Outstanding Contributions in Celebration of Doctors' Day
March 31, 2025 | 1 min. read ![]() This special recognition celebrates everyday examples of how physicians shine as skilled clinicians, serve as leaders and embody the core values of NM. Colleagues and peers submitted nearly 600 notes of appreciation for physicians.
Learn More About the PREVENT Risk Calculator for Cardiovascular Disease
February 27, 2025 | 2 min. read ![]() Sadiya Khan, MD, MSc, lead author in the study to develop the calculator for the AHA, discusses methodology, findings and implications.
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CLINICAL NOTES AND NOTICESClinical Informatics Update: Update Your Personal Device to Continue Using Haiku and Canto, Omron Remote Vital Monitoring Platform Retires This Month, and More Clinical Informatics Updates
June 5, 2025 | 4 min. read Read about the latest clinical informatics updates at NM. Update Your Personal Device to Continue Using Haiku and Canto on June 3
May 29, 2025 | 2 min. read Multifactor authentication is now required for Epic mobile apps to protect patient information. NM-issued devices will be updated automatically. Pilot for New Priority Option for Imaging Goes Live June 3
May 22, 2025 | 2 min. read Used for scheduling CTs and MRIs in the ambulatory imaging setting, “Timely” bridges the gap between “Stat” and “Routine” for diagnostic imaging orders. |
HONORS AND RECOGNITIONSIram Qazi, MD, Named a 2024 Top Doctor in Psychiatry
April 1, 2025 | 1 min. read Iram Qazi, MD, has been chosen by peers as one of the top doctors in psychiatry for 2024 by Washingtonian magazine. Weese-Mayer Honored with 2025 Stern Award
February 18, 2025 | 2 min. read Debra E. Weese-Mayer, MD, the Beatrice Cummings Mayer Professor of Pediatric Autonomic Medicine at Feinberg and Chief of the Center for Autonomic Medicine in Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, has been awarded the 2025 Paula H. Stern Award for Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine. Congratulations to Physicians Recognized With Honors
December 31, 2024 | 6 min. read Join NM in celebrating the honors and accolades awarded during 2024. |
FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWSNorthwestern University Accepting Nominations for $350,000 Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
July 8, 2025 | 1 min. read Northwestern University is accepting nominations for its $350,000 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science. The biennial prize will be awarded in fall 2026. Antimicrobial Resistance Expert to Lead Division of Infectious Diseases
June 18, 2025 | 2 min. read Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, associate professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the Gene Stollerman Professor and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, effective in October. Global Health Education Day Celebrates Mentorship and Collaboration
May 28, 2025 | 3 min. read Faculty, staff, students and trainees celebrated global health, education and outreach during the 6th annual Global Health Education Day organized by the Center for Global Health Education. |
RESEARCH AND BREAKTHROUGHSGestational Diabetes May Signal Poor Prepregnancy Cardiovascular Health
July 3, 2025 | 1 min. read Poor prepregnancy cardiovascular health is associated with a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes and coronary artery calcium in midlife, according to a recent NM study. Investigating Nationwide IV Shortages After Hurricane Helene
July 2, 2025 | 1 min. read Intravenous fluid use in pediatric emergency departments decreased nationwide following Hurricane Helene, according to a recent NM study, findings that may help emergency departments better allocate resources. AI Matches Doctors in Mapping Lung Tumors for Radiation Therapy
July 1, 2025 | 1 min. read NM scientists have developed an AI tool that not only matches physicians in accurately outlining lung tumors on CT scans but can also identify areas that some physicians may miss, according to a new study. |
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![]() At least 1 in 4 women reports discomfort and a negative impact on her quality of life from a pelvic floor disorder, including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary tract symptoms or incontinence, and fecal incontinence.
Moreover, nearly 1 in 5 women will undergo surgery for a pelvic floor disorder with a 30 percent risk of needing repeat surgery. With the increased prevalence of pelvic floor disorders with aging, treatment for women with these disorders is expected to increase by 40 percent over the next 40-years—from 28 million in 2010 to 43 million in 2050. Northwestern Medicine Women’s Integrated Pelvic Health Program
The Women's Integrated Pelvic Health Program provides a unique opportunity to deliver comprehensive health care for women with pelvic floor disorders from a range of specialists, including Urogynecologists, Urologists, Colorectal Surgeons, and Physical therapists. We are proud to offer a transdisciplinary approach in which specialists from different disciplines work jointly to develop innovative, integrated care plans that move beyond discipline-specific approaches to address common pelvic floor problems. Both the physicians and facilities offer state of the art resources to ensure the highest quality evaluation, medical and surgical care to women with incontinence and prolapse. Our internationally renowned faculty members are among the first specialists recognized by the American Boards of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Urology in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery and provide comprehensive clinical care and minimally invasive surgical treatments for pelvic floor disorders, childbirth injury, complications from gynecologic surgery (fistulas), and congenital genitourinary disorders. We offer comprehensive evaluation and treatment at three fully equipped clinical sites: Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Lake Forest Hospital, and Central DuPage Hospital. |
Message from the Division Chief
Program Resources and FacilitiesThe physical resources of the IPHP, Prentice Women's Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, provide a unique opportunity to deliver comprehensive health care for women with pelvic floor disorders from a range of specialists, including:
Both the physicians and facilities offer state-of-the-art resources to ensure the highest quality evaluation, medical and surgical care to women with incontinence and prolapse. Our physicians are national leaders in minimally invasive pelvic reconstructive surgery (performing the first robotic reconstructive procedures in Chicago) and sacral nerve stimulation for urinary and fecal incontinence. |