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MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS AND NEWS UPDATES FOR PHYSICIANS FROM NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE
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Breakthroughs for Physicians provides timely updates on the clinical breakthroughs and scientific advances made by Northwestern Medicine physicians and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine faculty members. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Medicine is achieving medical breakthroughs through innovative research and leading-edge clinical trials while delivering world-class patient care.
Continue reading to learn about news updates, the latest research, informative articles and other medical topics. |
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uPDATES FROM nORTHWESTERN mEDICINE
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January 2026 Featuring: Anita W. Asgar, MD, and Jyothy J. Puthumana, MD
Join Anita W. Asgar, MD, and Jyothy J. Puthumana, MD, in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab as they perform a MitraClip™ procedure on a clinically complex patient with severe mitral regurgitation. |
A multidisciplinary panel explores advances in inflammatory myopathy care, highlighting a streamlined clinic model, current and refractory treatment options and emerging cellular therapies, including CAR‑T trials.
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Featuring: Ayush Batra, MD
When a person suffers a stroke, restoring blood flow to the brain can save their life, but the sudden rush can also trigger a second wave of damage, killing brain cells and fueling inflammation. A Northwestern Medicine study published in Neurotherapeutics describes an injectable regenerative nanomaterial designed to protect the brain during this vulnerable window.
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Featuring: A. Aziz Aadam, MD
A. Aziz Aadam, MD, shares a complex case of treating type 2 achalasia with POEM (Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy). Learn how this minimally invasive procedure restores normal swallowing and allows patients to recover quickly.
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September 2025 Featuring: Wei Zhang, PhD
A novel approach to detect RNA modification patterns in patient blood samples may be a promising tool for the early detection of colon cancer, as detailed in a recent study published in Nature Biotechnology.
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Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute has successfully performed the first known robotic double-lung transplant in Illinois, bringing this advanced minimally invasive surgical option to patients in the region.
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Featuring: Emily Szmuilowicz, MD
While menopausal hormone therapy increased cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women older than 70 years with vasomotor symptoms, hormone therapy did not significantly affect cardiovascular disease risk in younger postmenopausal women, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Continuing medical education (CME)
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The Northwestern Medicine Department of Urology is dedicated to supporting the ongoing professional development of physicians through continuous medical education, which is why we offer a comprehensive range of educational opportunities, including live events and on-demand videos and podcasts.
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Through May 6, 2028
The Breakthroughs podcast is a series of in-depth conversations with Northwestern Medicine faculty about their leading-edge research. Each episode offers a first-person narrative of new discoveries and findings that may be unknown to the medical community. The podcast format assists in translating complicated medical research on an array of medical topics to a wide physician audience. |
For a full list of CME opportunities, visit Continuing Medical Education at Feinberg School of Medicine.
Clinical Trials
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A Study of Intravesical BCG in Combination With ALT-803 in Patients With Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Principal Investigator: Joshua J. Meeks, MD, PhD
MISCEND Healthy Control Esophageal Registry and Biorepository Principal Investigator: Dustin A. Carlson, MD, MS
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To view all clinical trials, visit Clinical Trials at Feinberg School of Medicine.