2019 Dean’s Progress Notes · 2019-10-29 · Abbott Hall (1940) Built with $1.7 ... Office,...
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2019 Dean’s Progress Notes
Transcript of 2019 Dean’s Progress Notes · 2019-10-29 · Abbott Hall (1940) Built with $1.7 ... Office,...
2019 Dean’s Progress Notes
Abbott Hall (1940)Built with $1.7 million from Abbott Laboratories and named after Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott, the founder of Abbott Laboratories, this multi-use skyscraper dormitory was used to not only house medical students but also, leading up to and during WWII, Navy recruits, most famously President John F. Kennedy. Until 2012, Abbott Hall housed around 40 student apartments, and now contains the bookstore, Wildcard Office, Bursar’s Office, Religious Life Center, Financial Aid, Women’s Center, and Human Resources. Ten floors provide space for Feinberg’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, and Department of Psychiatry labs, among others.
Ward Building (1927)The Montgomery Ward Memorial Building was funded by Elizabeth Ward, widow of pioneer mail-order retailer and civic leader Aaron Montgomery Ward. She contributed $2.5 million toward the construction of the 19-story building, which was the world’s first academic skyscraper. Home of Galter Library and the Office of Medical Education along with many labs and classrooms.
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (2017)In March of 2017, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) evolved to become the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. This new 1.2 million square foot facility became the first-ever “translational” research hospital in which clinicians, scientists, innovators, and technologists work together in the same space, surrounding patients, discovering new approaches, and applying research in real-time. Recognized as No. 1 in rehabilitation for 28 years in a row, the AbilityLab is made up of five innovation centers: brain; spinal cord; nerve, muscle, and bone; pediatric; and cancer.
Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center (2019)June 2019 marked the official opening of the new Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center. With 12 floors of space dedicated to scientific inquiry, this is the largest building solely intended for biomedical research at an American medical school. With curved glass exteriors, light-filled laboratory neighborhoods, and critical connections to existing buildings and hospitals on campus (including a physical connection to the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center next door), this new center for discovery is enabling scientific innovation and collaboration to thrive on our campus. More on page 11.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (1972)In 2019, U.S. News and World Report ranked Northwestern Memorial as the top hospital in both Chicago and Illinois for the eighth consecutive year and No. 10 in the nation. It is the flagship campus for Northwestern Medicine and the primary teaching hospital for Feinberg. Northwestern Memorial provides a total of 894 inpatient beds and encompasses more than 3 million square feet of medical buildings. Nearly every medical specialty is represented by over 1,900 physicians on the medical staff at Northwestern Memorial who also carry faculty appointments at Feinberg.
Ann. & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (2012)The hospital formerly known as Children’s Memorial Hospital moved to the Streeterville location from Lincoln Park in June 2012. The move was designed to foster collaboration with the medical school and to allow the transition of younger patients into adult care at Northwestern Medicine hospitals. In 2016, the hospital became the first children’s hospital in Illinois to be designated as a level 1 pediatric surgery center by the American College of Surgeons.
Details courtesy of Joseph Gugenheim, ’72 MD. Learn more during his annual campus walking tour during Alumni Weekend.
Babette Henderson Director, Alumni Engagement
Your connection to the medical school and your Medical Alumni Association (MAA) is important to us. We hope that you have seen and taken part in our expanded alumni engagement efforts! Our alumni relations team has listened to so many of you who have provided ideas and ways to keep the community engaged. We have expanded our reach to make our work more meaningful, impactful, and helpful to all Northwestern medical alumni and current students.
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Engagement
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31,422* Total Alumni Count
MD: 9,102
HPME: 2,047
GMER/GMEF: 11,666
PT: 3,087
PA: 201
NUPOC: 1,084
Nursing:** 789
Dental:** 5,128
PhD, MS, MPH: 2,389
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* Many of our alumni hold multiple degrees.
** Though the Nursing and Dental Schools at Northwestern closed in 1990 and 2001, respectively, these alumni are still valued and important parts of our community.
Events
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Over the last three years, we have held nearly 75 events across the country, expanding our reach to connect with alumni. Come say hello this year as we embark on even more adventures!
Alumni Weekend has become the cornerstone event for the Medical Alumni Association. Each year, hundreds of alumni return to campus to reconnect, reminisce, and learn more about the incredible advances being made in the field of medicine at their alma mater. This unique weekend celebration welcomes alumni from all over the country and the world, as they come together to build a stronger Northwestern medical alumni community.
Reunion
Want to host or attent an event in your area? Please contact us: [email protected].
Save the Date Alumni Weekend 2020 April 24–25
Want to get more involved with your reunion or class scholarship?
Contact us! [email protected]
“The reunion was a blast! Not even the snow could dampen the enthusiasm. It went by so fast. Everyone did such a wonderful job!”
—Kenneth W. Merkitch ’82, ’84 MD, ’88 GMER
Reunion Honor RollTo celebrate and honor their days in medical school, many alumni choose to make a special gift during their reunion year. Last year, these went to support many areas of Feinberg from student scholarships to academic innovations to unparalleled learning experiences.
n Alumni Reunion donors: 318
n Reunion year dollars raised (gifts and commitments): $515,707
n The MD classes of 1966 and 1969 endowed their class scholarships.
n The MD Class of 1989 members opened their class scholarship, joining 19 other classes that have come before them, forever ensuring that their class legacy lives on at their alma mater.
We are proud to celebrate our alumni’s generosity and participation!
EngagementTotal Number of Alumni Weekend Attendees: 600+Alumni and Guests (MD, PA, PT): 49114 Reunion Classes 3 Days54 Events
Volunteer OpportunitiesBecome a Class Representative Class reps contact their classmates, invite them to reunion events, and act as reunion ambassadors to make everyone feel welcome. Reps also are in charge of organizing any class activities outside of those planned by the University and lend their name to reunion communications.
Become an Outreach Volunteer The success of our reunion program is achieved by engaging and connecting alumni with their alma mater. Class committee volunteers reach out to their classmates to invite them to reunion and provide information on reunion events.
Host a Reunion Event in Your Area Excited about your upcoming reunion? Help us connect reunion alumni with one another in your area. Please let us know if you are interested in hosting a pre-reunion event, and we’ll help plan it!
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September 2019Birmingham, MI
April 2020New Orleans, LA
August 2020Milwaukee, WI
April 2020Alumni Weekend
Chicago, IL
March 2020Mesa, AZ
Early 2020San Diego, CA
Early 2020Palm Springs, CA
November 2019 & March 2020
Phoenix, AZ
Early 2020Orange County/San Diego, CA
February 2020Naples. FL
May 2020Columbus, OH
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Mentoring is more important than ever in the growing landscape of medicine. We offer several opportunities for you to make a difference by mentoring students and fellow alumni, both on campus or from your home. We are always looking for new alumni mentors.
Mentoring
“We all strive to hold ourselves to perfection. Life and the world we live in aren’t perfect. Always do your best for your patients but remember perfection is an elusive, unattainable goal. Be kind to yourself when you were not perfect, but did the best you could do.”
—David A. Lickstein, ’93 MD, ’94 GMER, FACS, giving advice to a graduating M4
Become a mentor! [email protected]
242 alumni from states are participating
Connects alumni with fourth-year medical students as they begin their long-anticipated interview season. Through HOST, Feinberg alumni help offset the financial burden of travel for residency interviews by offering housing, meals, and/or transportation, as well as invaluable advice about the community in which they are interviewing.
“The HOST program was incredibly valuable to me during my interview travels. I found so much joy
connecting with alumni in cities around the country and hearing about their careers at Northwestern
and beyond. It was wonderful to return to the comforts of a home after interviews and pre-interview
dinners, getting an idea of what it’s like to live in various cities. The monetary savings of the HOST
program were also a huge benefit during a costly interview season! I could not recommend HOST
enough—it’s a truly unique feature from Northwestern that I felt lucky to take advantage of.”
—Arianna Yanes, ’19 MD
“The HOST program not only
eases the burden of travel
expenses for fourth-year
medical students as they
travel to all of their residency
interviews, it also helps
connect students with alumni,
and it’s a great way for
alumni to learn more about
the experiences of current
medical students. For those
who are unable to return to
campus regularly, the HOST
program allows alumni to stay
up-to-date on the current
state of the medical school.”
—Emily M. Jones, ’08 MD,
’11 GMER
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This program unites alumni with students who want to learn about the lives of physicians—how they made their specialty choice, what they actually do all day, how they balance work, family, and life, lessons they have learned, and what they would do differently. Each session is held on the medical school campus.
244
ALUMNI FROM 33 STATES ARE
PARTICIPATING
(CLASS OF 1961 THROUGH CLASS
OF 2019)
147
FEINBERG STUDENTS
ARE PARTICIPATING
These casual alumni-hosted dinners give current students the opportunity to discuss careers in medicine and to develop mentoring relationships. These intimate affairs typically pair 4–6 students per alumni physician, and allow students to learn about daily work and lives outside of medicine, as well as how to make the most of their medical school, residency, and fellowship training.
12 53SESSIONS IN FY19
SESSIONS SINCE INCEPTION
(61 TOTAL ALUMNI PHYSICIANS FEATURED)
Alumni Physicians of Feinberg
HOST: Help Our Students Travel Program
Northwestern Network Mentoring Program
Dinners with a Doc
3 Dinners with a Doc(20 since inception)
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Philanthropy
Scholarships
Donors by the Numbers
Oldest Alumni Donor–Class of 1944
Youngest Alumni Donor–Class of 2019
Interested in becoming a member? See our website for the list of membership groups.
feinberg.northwestern.edu/giving/give/nsds
The Nathan Smith Davis Society recognizes the generous contributions of Feinberg alumni and other supporters of the medical school. This giving society honors their philanthropic commitment and the achievements that would not be possible without this partnership.
Alumni and friends have made such an incredible impact. Thanks to your generous support, we have raised nearly $100 million designated for scholarships during the last 5 years. We have now eclipsed $211 million toward an $800 million goal of providing tuition support to all medical students.
During the 2018-2019 school year:
Out of 684 medical students, 291 (42.5%) received some level of financial support from named scholarships.
Nearly 12% of these students received in excess of $29,000.
Nearly 70% of these students were provided $15,000 or more in funds.
Of Feinberg medical students who have debt, the average amount is $198,044, reflecting both tuition and cost of living. (Compared to our peers, we are still at the higher end of debt but are making inroads through the support of alumni and friends.)
We were pleased to be on the forefront of top medical schools making scholarship support a priority. Other elite schools have similarly launched full tuition initiatives, so we must continue to emphasize scholarship fundraising as we compete for the best students nationally.
We still have a lot more to do and are grateful for your partnership in this endeavor.
MD Alumni Donors (519 of these are HPME Alumni Donors and 286 are AOA members)
PT Alumni Donors
GMER/GMEF Alumni Donors
PA Alumni Donors
Feinberg Faculty Donors(4,600 of overall faculty)
Areas of Support
Alumni Members of the Nathan Smith Davis Society
1,449
209
416
17
663
201
634
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A message to all those who give back
to support medical education. You make this possible.
Through We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern Medicine,
the generosity of thousands of alumni, faculty, and friends
is helping us to impact the health of humankind.
Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center
The medical school is proud to have 183 endowed professorships, including
76 established since the start of the campaign.
ENDOWED
PROFESSORSHIPS
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65,000 DONORS HAVE HELPED US RAISE 105% OF OUR $2 BILLION CAMPAIGN GOAL.
$2.11 BILLION
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Largest new biomedical academic research building in the US with over
625,000 sq. ft. of research space
Intended for collaboration, the building brings together physicians and scientists from the Feinberg School of Medicine,
McCormick School of Engineering, and Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, along with clinical affiliates Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
of Chicago, and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
12 stories with up to 23 research groups per floor and designed with the possibility of future expansion
Simpson Querrey
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Shauntee Randle Development Assistant [email protected] 312-503-1165
Kirsten Byers ’19 KSMSenior Associate Director, Annual [email protected]
Vic Maurer Senior Associate Director [email protected] 312-503-2417
Larry Kuhn ’02 KSMAssociate Dean, [email protected]
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We want to hear from you! Please contact us with any questions, ideas, or updates. Give anyone of us a call!
Dan Schwarzlose ’95Assistant Director, Alumni [email protected]
Meghan Monaghan ’19 KSMDevelopment and Communications [email protected]
Babette HendersonDirector, Alumni [email protected]
Jillian Kurtz Brubaker ’18 MSCAssistant Director, Alumni Communication and [email protected]
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