Dr. Wertheim received a DOD award from the U.S. Medical Research Acquisition Activity for his project entitled “Uncovering the circulating factor in FSGS” for a total $316,000 for two years.

The Department of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine announces Resident as Teacher and Fellow as Teacher Awards each year. Awards are bestowed to surgical trainees who serve as excellent role models, clinicians, and learners. These individuals embody the educational mission of Northwestern and prioritize learning.

This academic year (2017-2018), four vascular trainees were awarded:

Fellows as Teacher

Michael Soult, MD and Gabe Wallace, MD

Resident as Teacher

Matt Chia, MD and Courtney Furlough, MD 

Congratulations to Dr. Anthony Yang who received the Clinical Pathways In Breast Cancer award from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and Pfizer. His project is titled "Statewide Learning Collaborative to Improve Adherence to Breast Cancer Guidelines" and was awarded  for a total of $230,000.

Congratulations to Dr. Swati Kulkarni who received the Lynn Sage award from the Northwestern Memorial Hospital for her project entitled, “Alterations in gene expression and ER-alpha binding profile in mammary tissue after bariatric surgery” for a total of $50,000.

Dr. Heron Rodriguez is the recipient of the Distinguished Fellow Award from the Society of Vascular Surgery. The award recognizes continual contributions in research, education, and service. Click to learn more about Dr. Rodriguez.

Congratulations to Jimmy Su, BS and his mentor, Dr. Jason Wertheim, who received an NIH F31 award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for their project entitled, “Microenvironmental Signaling Cues to Model Glomerular Endothelial Cell and Podocyte Interactions” for a total of $112,983 for 3 years. 

The division welcomes Dr. Andres Guerra, MD and Dr. Gabe Wallace to the division of Vasular Surgery. Dr. Guerra is our new intern within the Integrated Vascular Surgery Program (0+5). He is a recent graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where Andres earned his M.D.

Dr. Wallace is joining the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program (5+2) after completing his general surgery residency at the University of Washington. Our new trainees come to us after Dr. Courtney Morgan (0+5) and Dr. Micah Girotti (5+2) have successfully completed their training.

Fellow as Teacher and Resident as Teacher awards are bestowed on those Department of Surgery trainees who are regarded as excellent role models, clinicians, and learners to their peers, students, and other health professionals.  They are noted to make teaching a purposeful activity in their daily efforts and reliably participate in Department of Surgery education-related activities and reporting systems.  We thank them for their dedication to teaching and learning. 

Resident as Teacher:  Brian Brajcich (General Surgery), Ben Deschner (General Surgery), Brett Duncan (General Surgery), Michael Gart (Plastic Surgery), Sumanas Jordan (Plastic Surgery), Azad Karim (Thoracic Surgery), Erberto Michel (Thoracic Surgery), William Phillips (General Surgery), Chad Purnell (Plastic Surgery), Ravi Rajaram (General Surgery), and Tarik Yuce (General Surgery). 

Fellow as Teacher:  Jonathan Bean (Surgical Critical Care), Micah Girotti (Vascular), and Ashish Jain (Vascular).