NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE NEWS![]() 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.
![]() Voting for U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals is expected to begin in mid-February. Look for an email from Doximity to submit your nominations.
IDFPR Implements New CME Requirement and Extends Renewal Periods to Complete Mandated CME Topics
January 30, 2025 | 1 min. read ![]() Beginning with the 2026 license renewal, physicians must complete one hour of cultural competency training, with the flexibility to fulfill other continuing education requirements over two renewal cycles.
Applications for Health Catalyst Competition and Innovation Champions Program Due February 28
January 30, 2025 | 3 min. read ![]() The Health Catalyst Competition allows physicians to submit problems that need to be solved using technology for a chance to win funding and support to pilot solutions at NM. The Innovation Champions Program offers clinicians a hands-on opportunity to help improve health outcomes and experiences.
![]() Join us for our 7th Annual Women in Medicine Conference.
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PHYSICIANS YOU NEED TO KNOWHeeren 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.
![]() Join NM in celebrating the honors and accolades awarded during 2024.
Laser-Imaging Technology Speeds Up Diagnosis of Brain Tumors in the OR
November 27, 2024 | 2 min. read ![]() Osaama H. Khan, MD, brings laser-imaging technology to CDH that enables neurosurgeons to evaluate brain tumor tissue biopsies in the operating room immediately after samples are collected, making NM the first health system in Illinois to use the innovative approach.
Cord Sturgeon, MD, Named Vice President, Operations, Perioperative Services
November 27, 2024 | 1 min. read ![]() Effective December 1, Dr. Sturgeon will lead the daily operational, quality and strategic needs of Surgical Services at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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CLINICAL NOTES AND NOTICESImprovements to Physician Lab Coat Ordering
January 16, 2025 | 1 min. read The webstore has changed to align with the employee apparel program. Office of Well-Being IGNITE Program Celebrates 1,000 Members
January 16, 2024 | 2 min. read Participants report feeling more connected to colleagues and less burnout. Learn how you can get involved. LaborLink App Improves Physician Workflow and Well-Being
December 31, 2024 | 2 min. read The mobile application has been adopted across all NM Labor and Delivery services and continues to incorporate clinician feedback to optimize quick access and easy documentation of fetal heart tracings. |
HONORS AND RECOGNITIONSCongratulations to Physicians Recognized With Honors
December 30, 2024 | 6 min. read Join NM in celebrating the honors and accolades awarded during 2024. Oluwateniola E. Brown, MD, Receives Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Award
November 15, 2024 | 1 min. read Oluwateniola E. Brown, MD, has been named a Harold Amos Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, receiving a four-year postdoctoral research award. The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, now in its 41st year, fosters support for individuals from historically marginalized backgrounds to become leaders in academic medicine and science by recognizing scholars who have attained high levels of academic leadership and serve as role models for future generations of investigators. Robert O. Bonow, MD, Named Distinguished Scientist by American Heart Association
October 25, 2024 | 1 min. read Robert O. Bonow, MD, recently received the prestigious title, Distinguished Scientist, which is the highest honor given by the AHA. It is bestowed to only an elite group of scientists whose work has importantly advanced the understanding of cardiovascular disease, stroke and brain health. |
FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWSInfectious Disease Expert Jennifer Jao to Help Lead AIDS Clinical-Trials Network
January 16, 2025 | 2 min. read Jennifer Jao, MD, MPH, a pediatric infectious disease expert, has been selected as co-chair of the International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network, funded by the NIH. Libraries Empower Translational Science Hubs with Collaborative Resources, Expertise
January 13, 2025 | 2 min. read A recent article published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science illustrates the valuable role libraries can play in supporting Translational Science Hubs as they highlight potential areas for collaboration. Research to Prevent Blindness Grant Supports Department of Ophthalmology
January 10, 2025 | 2 min. read The Department of Ophthalmology has received a grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support investigators advancing the field of ophthalmology and vision science. |
RESEARCH AND BREAKTHROUGHSInvestigating New Treatments for Rare Skin Lymphomas
January 17, 2025 | 2 min. read A fusion protein therapy may be an effective treatment option for cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. Redefining Obesity With New Global Guidelines
January 15, 2025 | 2 min. read An international team of scientists has developed a new set of global clinical guidelines for obesity aimed at better diagnosing and categorizing the condition. Exploring Genetic Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s
January 7, 2025 | 2 min. read An international team of scientists has uncovered new insights into how previously unstudied X chromosomes in women may contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease risk. |
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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. |