Clinical 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
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NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE NEWS![]() NM honors pioneers in urologic care and reflects on key milestones and groundbreaking clinical advances achieved since its founding in 1900.
![]() The agreement with BayCare in West Central Florida aims to expand access to advanced medical treatments, enhance clinical research, and improve training and education for current and future physicians.
![]() Physicians from throughout the system honor their fathers on NM social media for Father’s Day.
![]() The Emergency Mass Notification System desktop alerts are designed for those using shared computers in hospital buildings who may not see email or text alerts.
Register for AI In Healthcare Conference and Visit Updated CME Resource Hub
June 5, 2025 | 2 min. read ![]() Register for the inaugural conference and explore the newly redesigned CME webpage with comprehensive resources for education and professional development.
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PHYSICIANS YOU NEED TO KNOWPhysicians 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.
![]() Larissa Pavone, MD, chief medical officer, and Anne Hubling, DNP, MHSA, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, president and chief nurse executive, work together to ensure delivery of world-class care and an exceptional patient experience.
Heeren R. Patel, MD, Spearheads Collaborative Growth in Neurology in the Northwest Suburbs
January 16, 2025 | 2 min. read ![]() Dr. Patel's leadership is expanding access to advanced neurological care.
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CLINICAL NOTES AND NOTICESUpdate 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. State Ends Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults Program on July 1
May 22, 2025 | 2 min. read The state-run program covers immigrant adults in Illinois ages 42 to 64 who are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare. |
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 NEWSAdvancing Research and Care at Alzheimer Day
May 21, 2025 | 2 min. read Patients and families joined faculty, students and trainees on May 15 for Alzheimer Day, an annual event to showcase dementia and aging research conducted throughout Northwestern and bring those discoveries to the community. Celebrating the MD Class of 2025
May 20, 2025 | 2 min. read Feinberg honored the MD Class of 2025 during the medical school’s 166th commencement ceremony held in the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier on May 19. Celebrating Honors Day
May 20, 2025 | 3 min. read Fourth-year medical students and faculty members were recognized for academic and clinical excellence during Feinberg’s Honors Day, held on May 16 in the Hughes Auditorium. |
RESEARCH AND BREAKTHROUGHSBody's Own Cannabinoids May Be Key to Reducing Excessive Fear Responses
May 19, 2025 | 1 min. read Specific cannabinoids produced by the human body may help to quell excessive fear responses in people with post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, according to an NM-led study. Medical Student Investigates New Approach to Measuring Cardiovascular Disease Risk
May 16, 2025 | 2 min. read Jim Walker, a third-year student in Feinberg’s MD/MBA program, was the lead author of a recent study published in JAMA Cardiology, which found that using the American Heart Association’s “Life’s Essential 8” cardiovascular health paradigm to measure cumulative cardiovascular health may be an effective strategy for identifying young adults at higher risk of cardiovascular disease. The Antibiotic That Takes a Bite Out of Lyme
May 12, 2025 | 2 min. read A new Northwestern study shows piperacillin, an antibiotic, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times smaller than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold-standard treatment. |
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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. |