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The outcomes of the program’s first 75 patients will also be tracked in a new research registry

Northwestern Medicine is one of only 46 sites worldwide to participate in the pivotal study of Medtronic’s Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

When medications and breathing machines aren’t enough, ECMO can serve as a ‘bridge’ to medical improvement or a lung transplant

Wheaton, Ill. -  After a terrifying fall, classically trained ballet and tap dancer Mauricio Fernandez almost had to put his dancing shoes away forever.  Physical therapists at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Ill. ...

In February 2020, Shelly Battista of Arlington Heights, Ill., was breastfeeding her newborn daughter, Emilia, when she felt a lump. She thought it was a clogged milk duct, but when it didn’t get better, Shelly went to the doctor and received a shocki...

CHICAGO – January 5, 2023 – Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) named Howard Chrisman, MD, as the health system’s new chief executive officer, succeeding Dean Harrison as of January 1, 2023.“Dr. Chrisman has the perfect blend of clinical experien...

The 32-year-old received a “Christmas miracle” last year when she walked into one of the few hospitals in the U.S. to offer specialized surgery for CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension)...

PALOS HEIGHTS, ILL. - Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital will now be home to the new Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Outpatient Cardiology Clinic. Opening to patients on December 14, the clinic will feature 16 exam rooms — with two designed as “Clin...

Northwestern Medicine “Secret Shopper” study is the first to identify guideline-discordant practices among online men’s health providers

Born in the Philippines, Patricio Collera moved to the United States and worked as a Northwestern Medicine nurse for several years. On Aug. 24, he received the call that organs were available. Thanksgiving Day marks three months since receiving the l...

Donor heart is kept pumping outside of the body until it can be transplanted

Erika Aleman ran the marathon on Sunday, had breast cancer surgery on Friday

Jason DePetris of Long Beach, California, set a personal record at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 9, and was reunited at the race with his Northwestern Medicine neurosurgeon

Chicago, IL – As Grace Hinchman returns to school this fall, the Loyola University Chicago volleyball player is literally “one in a million.”In June, the 20-year-old from Geneva, Ill., was diagnosed with an extremely rare and catastrophic epilepsy co...

Brothers Stephen and Nicholas Kolpack attended the 4th of July parade in Highland Park because it was one of Stephen’s wife’s favorite childhood memories. They looked forward to continuing the tradition with their two young children, one-year-old Wya...

CHICAGO – August 25, 2022 – Northwestern Medicine serves patients across more than 10,000 square miles of Northern Illinois. To better address the diverse needs of individual communities, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare launched a grant initiative t...

After being hospitalized for 422 days at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 57-year-old Colette Hurd of Chicago is heading home after receiving Northwestern Medicine’s first positive crossmatch lung and kidney transplant.“I now call myself ‘Colette 2.0’...

Northwestern Medicine hospitals are among “America’s Best Hospitals” in annual rankings 

Bacteria stuck to a heart valve and flicked infected pieces into Jay Keller's brain causing a stroke

Northwestern Medicine is planning for a new 120,000-square-foot advanced outpatient care center on the 4800 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue

A new study looked at the evolution of neurologic symptoms in non-hospitalized COVID-19 long-haulers

Six months after surgery, the patient has no signs of cancer in his body, providing new hope for lung cancer patients