NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE NEWSTodd Barrowclift, DO, and Thomas Moran, MD, Appointed to New CMO Roles, and Other Leadership Changes
December 7, 2023 | 2 min. read ![]() Dr. Barrowclift has been named vice president and chief medical officer of Palos Hospital. Dr. Moran has been named vice president and chief medical officer of Central DuPage Hospital.
Expanded Access to Epic SlicerDicer Offers Opportunities for Insights
December 7, 2023 | 4 min. read ![]() Learn how other members of the workforce are using it to address problems.
Support Local Communities and Each Other This Holiday Season
December 7, 2023 | 1 min. read ![]() Donate to one of three funds in the Workplace Giving Program through Northwestern Memorial Foundation.
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PHYSICIANS YOU NEED TO KNOWNM Physicians Discuss Health Equity in Recent NU Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
November 22, 2023 | 1 min. read ![]() Kimbra A. Bell, MD, Douglas E. Vaughn, MD, and Clyde W. Yancy, MD, host a panel presentation with Ann Hall, vice president, NMHC, on the impacts of health equity.
From Inception to Evolution of Palliative Care With Martha L. Twaddle, MD
November 22, 2023 | 4 min. read ![]() NM was the first academic medical center in the U.S. to launch a palliative medicine graduate fellowship training program. Dr. Twaddle shares her perspective on the field's development.
A Mission to Improve Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
October 26, 2023 | 4 min. read ![]() Sarah Maier Friedewald, MD, vice chair of Women's Imaging, is focused on making breast cancer screening and diagnosis more readily available, with faster and more accurate results.
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CLINICAL NOTES AND NOTICESNew Opioid Treatment Program Reporting Feature on ILPMP, AGP List Updated, and Flu Vaccination Deadline Extended to December 31
November 22, 2023 | 3 min. read Public Act 102-0527 mandates Opioid Treatment Program reporting data to the ILPMP with patient written consent. Effective immediately, high-flow nasal oxygen and noninvasive ventilation-related procedures are no longer considered AGPs. The required flu vaccination must be documented on employee health records by December 31. Epic Workflow Enhancements Go Live November 29 With Hyperdrive
November 22, 2023 | 2 min. read This is the final wave of sites to move to the web-based platform. Updates Coming to Legal Sex and Sex Assigned at Birth Fields in Epic
November 9, 2023 | 2 min. read Beginning December 15, the option "X" will be available as a sex designation in Epic. |
HONORS AND RECOGNITIONSFeinberg Investigators Recognized on 2023 ‘Highly-Cited’ List
November 27, 2023 | 1 min. read Twelve Feinberg faculty members were named to the 2023 “Highly Cited Researchers” list, published by Clarivate Analytics. The annual list identifies investigators who have demonstrated significant influence in their field through the publication of highly cited publications during the past decade. Deborah Clements, MD, Receives AAFP Family Medicine Award
October 31, 2023 | 2 min. read Dr. Clements has been honored with the American Academy of Family Physicians Thomas W. Johnson Award for her significant contributions to family medicine education. Vinai Gondi, MD, Receives Award at ASTRO Annual Meeting
October 1, 2023 | 5 min. read Dr. Gondi wins the 2023 Steven A. Leibel Award as principal investigator for, “Primary Endpoint Results of NRG CC003: Phase IIR/III Trial of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) with or without Hippocampal Avoidance (HA) for Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC).” |
FEINBERG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NEWSPioneering Biochemist Named Winner of 2024 Kimberly Prize
December 5, 2023 | 2 min. read Renowned biochemist Craig M. Crews, PhD, who pioneered the pharmaceutical field of targeted protein degradation, has been named the winner of the annual $250,000 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. Feinberg Investigators Recognized on 2023 ‘Highly-Cited’ List
November 27, 2023 | 1 min. read Twelve Feinberg faculty members were named to the 2023 “Highly Cited Researchers” list, published by Clarivate Analytics. The annual list identifies investigators who have demonstrated significant influence in their field through the publication of highly cited publications during the past decade. Student Investigates AI Solutions to Medical 'Loose Ends'
November 14, 2023 | 2 min. read Roger Smith, an eighth-year student in Feinberg’s Medical Scientist Training Program, is developing an artificial intelligence tool to tie up medical loose ends identified in electronic health records. |
RESEARCH AND BREAKTHROUGHSNew Therapeutic Strategies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
December 4, 2023 | 3 min. read Modulating the activity of a kinase in motor neurons may help mitigate mitochondrial defects and other symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy, offering a new therapeutic avenue for the devastating disease, according to an NM study. Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures Show Similar Long-Term Survival Rates
November 27, 2023 | 2 min. read Patients with severe aortic stenosis who underwent a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement procedure had similar long-term survival rates compared to patients who underwent traditional surgery, according to a recent study. New Human Gene Cluster Sequence Discovered
November 22, 2023 | 2 min. read Investigators from the laboratory of Ali Shilatifard, PhD, have discovered a new repeat gene cluster sequence that is exclusively expressed in humans and non-human primates. |
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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. |