News and Announcements
Browse the articles below to learn more about our faculty’s latest achievements, awards and honors.
04.22.2025WGN recently featured our pathology team’s crucial role in advancing cancer detection and treatment through cutting-edge technologies and expert collaboration. Click here to read more.
04.01.2025Proud to announce Drs. Mark Montgomery and Gokce Deniz Ardor as this year’s incoming Chief Residents! We are in good hands!
03.31.2025Thank you to our outgoing Chief Residents, Drs. Margarita Loxas and Krupa Merchant, for your remarkable leadership and inspiration this past year. You exceeded all expectations!
03.30.2025Today, we celebrate the dedication, compassion, and hard work of our incredible physicians. Constantine Kanakis, MD, MSc was recognized by Northwestern Medicine for his outstanding contributions. Learn more here.
03.27.2025Cell death has been found to be a driving factor in glioblastoma progression, according to a Northwestern-Medicine-led study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
02.18.2025Glenn Ramsey, MD, FCAP attended Northwestern’s 35th Annual Faculty Recognition Dinner, where President Michael Schill congratulated him on receiving the 2024 CAP Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations, Dr. Ramsey! Click here to learn more.
02.17.2025Kalliopi P. Siziopikou, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Director of Breast Pathology will be teaching at the CAP Pathology on the Coast Course, that focuses on breast, gynecologic and lung pathology, June 9-12, 2025, in Hilton Head, SC. Learn more at cap.org.
01.22.2025The Young Physician-Scientist Award recognizes physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research. The ASCI honors Waihay J. Wong with one of these 50 awards. Congratulations to Dr. Wong. Learn more at ASCI.org.
01.21.2025The Young Physician-Scientist Award recognizes physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research. The ASCI honors Jonathan H. Chen with one of these 50 awards. Congratulations to Dr. Chen. Learn more at ASCI.org.
01.08.2025New research from scientists at Northwestern Medicine and Penn State describes PlacentaVision, a computer program that can analyze a simple photograph of the placenta to detect abnormalities associated with infection and neonatal sepsis.
10.09.2024Investigators have discovered that targeting specific mechanisms linked to lipid metabolism in immune cells within tumors may improve response to current and future cancer immunotherapies, according to a recent study published in the journal Immunity.
09.10.2024Investigators have demonstrated how molecular profiling of tumors can be used to help predict treatment response and survival in patients with meningiomas, the most common type of primary brain tumor, according to a recent study published in Nature Medicine.
07.01.2024Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered how a single protein contributes to heart transplant tolerance in mice, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
05.29.2024Tommy Gruchala, a third year student at the Feinberg School of Medicine, was recently awarded the College of American Pathologists Distinguished Medical Student Award!- 04.30.2024
Kalliopi P. Siziopikou, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Director of Breast Pathology was recently invited to visit Guy's Hospital Cancer Center at King's College in London, England to give the talk: "HER2-Low Breast Cancer; Current Recommendations and Challenges."
04.15.2024Carla Ellis, MD, MS was named the Department of Pathology's inaugural Vice Chair Health Equity and Advocacy. This role will lead and develop departmental initiatives to ensure that everyone has access to the resources, care, and support they need to achieve optimal health.
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Kalliopi P. Siziopikou, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Director of Breast Pathology is invited to teach at the Barcelona 2024 Breast Pathology Course in Barcelona, Spain. To learn more, visit hmarpathology.com
03.18.2024The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute recognized Dr. Lawrence Jennings, Director of Genomic Pathology, for his leadership and service in standards development.
01.05.2024Chairman Dr. Daniel J. Brat will be teaching at the AANP/USCAP Co-Branded Interactive Microscopy Course, Updates of the WHO Classification of Brain and Pituitary Tumors. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2z9dea9z.
12.31.2023Dr. Lee Cooper led a groundbreaking study on the usage of AI to predict breast cancer outcomes. Read more in the feature from the Feinberg School of Medicine.
11.08.2023Dr. Ronen Sumagin was awarded the 2023 Cotran Early Career Investigator Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology. This highly prestigious award recognizes an investigator whose research and leadership is considered particularly impactful.
10.06.2023Professor Emeritus Dr. Nabeel Yaseen led a groundbreaking study that found a potential genetic linkage to vegetarianism.
10.05.2023Dr. Ritu Nayar was recently named the Executive Vice Chair of Pathology. This role recognizes her unparalleled dedication to education, training and faculty development.
07.31.2023Dr. Ritu Nayar has been awarded the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology.