Posts Tagged ‘Feinberg School of Medicine’

Smarter Systems Help Busy Doctors Remember, by Marla Paul

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

After one year, the software program significantly improved primary care physicians’ performance and the health care of patients with such chronic conditions as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The program, a new comprehensive approach tied to a doctor’s performance review, also boosted preventive care in vaccinations and cancer and osteoporosis screenings.

Healing the Spine

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Dr. Jack Kessler, director of the Neuroscience Institute of Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, is one of the leading stem cell researchers in the country.

“This becomes an obsession,” Kessler said with blazing enthusiasm. “This becomes the driving force of life. It’s a very personal issue now.”