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First Known Awake Kidney Transplant With Next-Day Discharge at Northwestern Medicine

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Access to Care: Spotlight on Family Health Partnership

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Better When We Are In It Together: 2023 Community Impact

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Community Engagement: Addressing Barriers to Employment and Basic Safety

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Access to Care: Health Education and Screenings in Our Communities

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Community Engagement: Mental Health First Aid Training at Kelly Hall YMCA

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Simple, Effective Abdominal Ultrasound at Northwestern Medicine

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute offers a simple, noninvasive test called an abdominal ultrasound. It can help you know your risk for an abdominal aortic aneurysm and empower you to take steps to prevent a rupture.
To schedule an abdominal ultrasound, visit northwesternmedicine.nm.org/preventive-cardiovascular-care/

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First Known Awake Kidney Transplant With Next-Day Discharge at Northwestern Medicine

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First Known Awake Kidney Transplant With Next-Day Discharge at Northwestern Medicine

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For the first time at Northwestern Medicine, surgeons have performed a kidney transplant for a patient who was awake during the entire surgery and who was discharged home the next day. The patient, John Nicholas of Chicago, Illinois, felt no pain during surgery and was home less than 24 hours later. Instead of using general anesthesia, John’s Northwestern Medicine care team used a spinal anesth...

Access to Care: Spotlight on Family Health Partnership

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Access to Care: Spotlight on Family Health Partnership

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One of the ways Northwestern Medicine supports access to affordable health care is through clinical partnerships with free care clinics and federally qualified health centers. Learn how Family Health Partnership cares for uninsured adults of McHenry County with compassion and respect.

Better When We Are In It Together: 2023 Community Impact

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Better When We Are In It Together: 2023 Community Impact

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At Northwestern Medicine, we know how social determinants of health - such as access to healthy food, safe neighborhoods, and employment - impact our patients and communities. That’s why we are working to increase equity and remove barriers to better care in the communities we serve. Learn more about our community impact at nm.org/community

Community Engagement: Addressing Barriers to Employment and Basic Safety

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Community Engagement: Addressing Barriers to Employment and Basic Safety

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Learn how programs like our tattoo removal program are removing barriers to better health and job opportunities. We help those with facial, hand or visible arm tattoos feel safer in their community and unlock new career pathways.

Access to Care: Health Education and Screenings in Our Communities

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Access to Care: Health Education and Screenings in Our Communities

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Northwestern Medicine Community Affairs brings health education, resources and screenings to communities throughout the region. They teach people about health risks and preventive care, and connect them to community resources that help remove barriers to better health.

Community Engagement: Mental Health First Aid Training at Kelly Hall YMCA

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Community Engagement: Mental Health First Aid Training at Kelly Hall YMCA

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Access to behavioral and mental health services is a growing national concern. The Northwestern Medicine Community Education team hosts multiple Mental Health First Aid trainings to help community partners identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in the communities we serve. See how this training supports the team at Kelly Hall YMCA.

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Tarita O. Thomas, MD, PhD

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Tarita O. Thomas, MD, PhD is a Radiation Oncology physician at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. For more information, please visit https: www.nm.org/doctors/1659572014/tarita-o-thomas-md-phd

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Navdeep K. Bhatti, MD

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Navdeep K. Bhatti, MD is a Cardiology physician at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. For more information, please visit https: www.nm.org/doctors/1538587035/navdeep-k-bhatti-md

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Shea Welsh, MD

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Shea Welsh, MD is a Family Medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. For more information, please visit https: www.nm.org/doctors/1134483233/shea-welsh-md

Chicago Police Captain Gets Double-Lung Transplant After Facing COVID-19 and Cancer

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Chicago Police Captain Gets Double-Lung Transplant After Facing COVID-19 and Cancer

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For the first time at Northwestern Medicine, surgeons have successfully performed a double-lung transplant on a patient who had one lung damaged from lung cancer and the other damaged by COVID-19. If you are interested in being evaluated for a lung transplant, please contact the referral line at 844.639.5864. For more information about the Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program and our t...

Inside the Northwestern Medicine Mobile Stroke Unit

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Inside the Northwestern Medicine Mobile Stroke Unit

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When it comes to stroke treatment, every minute matters. That’s why the Northwestern Medicine Mobile Stroke Unit makes such a difference to people in the west suburbs of Chicago. Tour the only mobile stroke unit in Illinois, and see why it’s such a game-changer for our patients.

Tennessee Grandmother’s Tumor Caused by Freckle That Turned into Eye Cancer

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Tennessee Grandmother’s Tumor Caused by Freckle That Turned into Eye Cancer

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When a Tennessee grandmother’s freckle turned into eye cancer, physicians at Northwestern Medicine used proton therapy to treat the rare case of melanoma. For more information about proton therapy and other treatments for eye cancer, visit nm.org.