About Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The primary mission of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is to educate the next generation of physicians. We offer a full-time MD Program, graduate medical education and continuing medical education. Our undergraduate medical education includes four joint-degree programs: the MD-MA, the MD-MS, the MD-MPH and the MD-PhD.
Our 2009 incoming class comprises 164 outstanding individuals selected from a pool of 6,750 applicants. Their mean age is 23; 90 are male, 74 are female. This class is one of the most highly credentialed of any year, with a mean overall GPA of 3.74 and a mean MCAT score of 12.16 in biological sciences, 11.89 in physical sciences and 10.52 in verbal skills. Overall, our student body totals 700.
While education is the defining mission of the medical school, we are also deeply committed to research, patient care and community service. Our school stands out among the nation's research-intensive medical schools and we consistently receive high marks in U.S. News & World Report surveys. We employ nearly 4,000 faculty members, of which more than 1,900 are full- or part-time faculty, including 284 research faculty, with the remainder including emeritus and contributed service faculty members. With our affiliates, we provide patient care to thousands of individuals every year and we play an integral part in the communities we serve.
Our graduates include the first female surgeon in the United States, the first full-time president of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the founder of the first African- American-owned and -operated, interracial medical institution in the nation, the co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, the first surgeon to perform a successful liver transplant and the first physician in space.
Our faculty members have included one of the first surgeons to perform a successful open heart surgery, the founder of the Chicago Medical Society and the Chicago Academy of Sciences, the first scientist to identify the genes responsible for Lou Gehrig’s disease, the founder of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the inventor of a neuro-controlled prosthetic arm and the first orthopedic surgeon in space.
Feinberg was founded in 1859, and our first dean was Nathan Smith Davis, who was instrumental in establishing the American Medical Association. The medical school plays a significant part in the vibrant educational and cultural community of Northwestern University, an independent private institution founded in 1851, and we comprise a major component of a premier academic medical center, Northwestern Medicine.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is one of the country's premier academic medical center hospitals and serves as the primary teaching hospital for Feinberg. NMH is a major referral center for the Midwest and beyond, and it provides a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services and delivers care through 854 beds in its Feinberg Pavilion, Prentice Women's Hospital and Stone Institute of Psychiatry.
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation (NMFF) is a premier, multi-specialty physician organization and the principal practice plan of full-time faculty for Feinberg. NMFF provides exceptional care to patients and supports the research and academic endeavors of its members.
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Children's Memorial Hospital is Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for kids and is highly ranked in almost every major pediatric specialty. The hospital is the pediatric training center of Feinberg and it provides residencies in both pediatrics and pediatric surgery. Children Memorial Hospital’s research center is also one of the 29 interdisciplinary research centers and institutes of Feinberg.
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is one of the world's largest free-standing hospitals especially designed for patient care, education and research in physical medicine and rehabilitation. RIC is home to Feinberg’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and it operates one of the largest and most prestigious physiatry residency programs in the United States. RIC also operates day-rehabilitation centers and outpatient centers throughout Chicagoland and maintains strategic alliances with healthcare providers throughout Illinois and north central Indiana.
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center provides medical, surgical, rehabilitative and mental health care to veterans in Chicago and surrounding areas. It has an extensive research and development program and provides training for residents from the Northwestern University McGaw Center for Graduate Medical Education.
Cook County Bureau of Health Services
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital is part of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services, the largest component of the safety net for healthcare in Chicago and suburban Cook County. The hospital is located in Chicago's near west side. Residents from Northwestern McGaw train in obstetrics and gynecology, urology, neurosurgery, ENT and orthopaedics.
MacNeal Health Network
The MacNeal Health Network serves the healthcare needs of more than 1 million people in the near west and southwest suburbs of Chicago. Along with MacNeal Hospital, their network is comprised of 10 primary care centers, a resource library, a school for at-risk children and many other programs. The fully accredited teaching hospital offers community-based general surgery training for Northwestern McGaw and students for Feinberg.
Methodist Hospitals
Methodist Hospitals is a not-for-profit, community-based healthcare system that is governed by a 20-member board of directors. Their primary service areas are Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana, and their network includes two full-service campuses, two outpatient centers and a rehabilitation center. Three positions in emergency medicine at their Gary, Indiana campus provide Northwestern McGaw residents with community hospital experience.