Articles tagged with 'patient story' | Northwestern Medicine

By combining cutting-edge technologies such as “lungs in a box” and “lungs in a fridge,” new technologies widen the donor pool and shorten the wait time for patients, including those with advanced-stage cancers

At 36-weeks pregnant, MaKenna Lauterbach was flown to Chicago for an emergency cesarean birth where a healthy baby was delivered on Easter Sunday, followed by cancer treatment and surgery

Nurses pulled together a last-minute ceremony so Annesley Clark could tie the knot before the high-risk procedure

 Louis Smith received his medical treatment through an onsite heart failure clinic for veterans

Last year while on the transplant waitlist, Batbayar Tserendorj trained for his first Chicago Marathon; in 2024 he ran again – this time with his new liver

After an eight-year battle, Mandy Wilk was discharged from the hospital on her 42nd birthday and rang the bell signaling she was cancer-free

Seeking a second opinion, Arthur “Art” Gillespie turned to Northwestern Medicine for a life-saving double-lung transplant procedure and shares his story for National Police Week

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine utilized “lungs in a box” technology to repair donor lungs that were not immediately suitable for transplant, saving the life of a man with terminal lung cancer who couldn’t afford to wait for an ideal …

Gary Gibbon, MD, a pulmonologist and allergist from Santa Monica, traveled to Chicago for a first-of-its-kind transplant procedure, becoming the first person in the U.S. to receive a double-lung and liver transplant for advanced lung cancer

Northwestern Memorial Hospital nurses print off the patient’s last few steady heartbeats from the EKG machine, place the sheet of paper in a glass bottle and attach a ribbon with the patient’s name

Primary tumors of the heart impact less than .02% of the population

A patient with stage 3 lung cancer was the first at Northwestern Medicine to undergo the innovative procedure

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute cardiologists established an advanced heart failure clinic at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago

During an innovative procedure, surgeons removed 34-year-old Davey Bauer’s infected lungs, created an artificial lung to keep him alive, placed breast implants inside the chest cavity to keep the heart in place, and listed Bauer for a double-lung …

First in Chicago to offer an innovative treatment plan outside of clinical trials for pregnant patients, as the CDC releases new guidelines for testing infants exposed to the virus during pregnancy

17-year-old Josh Burton was turned down by more than 20 hospitals for a retransplant before making his way to Chicago where one set of doctors saved his life, and another set gave him the chance to live out his dream 

After receiving new lungs, 64-year-old Dan Spees regained the ability to practice trumpet with the support of a Northwestern Medicine occupational therapist

The Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute Hispanic Program focuses on patients who prefer to communicate in Spanish and offers culturally competent medical care

During his stroke workup at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Alex McKeown was found to have an aortic root aneurysm and a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), which affects about 1% of the population

WHEATON, Ill. -  After a terrifying fall, classically trained ballet and tap dancer Mauricio Fernandez almost had to put his dancing shoes away forever.  Physical therapists at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation …

In February 2020, Shelly Battista of Arlington Heights, Ill., was breastfeeding her newborn daughter, Emilia, when she felt a lump. She thought it was a clogged milk duct, but when it didn’t get better, Shelly went to the doctor and received a …

Erika Aleman ran the marathon on Sunday, had breast cancer surgery on Friday