While working to meet strategic goals and attract the best and the brightest students, faculty and staff, it takes a team of individuals to ensure that Feinberg maintains effective and efficient operations. Through the establishment of a new department and several centers in 2009 (as underlined below), the medical school was able to enhance its roster of strong leaders and unique program offerings.

School Officers

  • J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
    Vice President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean
  • Jeffrey Glassroth, MD
    Vice Dean and Chief Academic Officer
  • Jeffrey C. Miller
    Vice Dean and Chief Operating Officer
  • Michael Abecassis, MD, MSc, MBA
    Dean for Clinical Affairs
  • Rex L. Chisholm, PhD
    Dean for Research
  • Raymond H. Curry, MD
    Dean for Education
  • Katherine Kurtz
    Dean for Development
  • William L. Lowe, Jr., MD
    Dean for Faculty Affairs
  • Robert M. Rosa, MD
    Dean for Regulatory Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer
  • Lisa Anastos
    Assistant Dean for Hospital Affairs at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
  • David H. Browdy
    Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Management
  • Wendy Weinstock Brown, MD, MPH
    Associate Dean for Hospital Academic Affairs at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
  • Rebecca Cooke
    Senior Associate Dean for Administration
  • Ginny Darakjian
    Assistant Dean for Alumni Relations
  • Sharon L. Dooley, MD, MPH
    Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
  • John E. Franklin, MD, MSc
    Associate Dean for Minority and Cultural Affairs
  • Tom Garritano
    Senior Executive Director of Communications
  • Marianne M. Green, MD
    Associate Dean for Medical Education and Competency Achievement
  • Philip Greenland, MD
    Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
  • David Johnson, PhD
    Associate Dean for Research Operations
  • Todd A. Kuiken, MD, PhD
    Associate Dean for Hospital Academic Affairs at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Jonathan Lewis
    Assistant Dean for Management Information Systems
  • Rick McGee, PhD
    Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development
  • Edward S. Ogata, MD
    Associate Dean for Hospital Academic Affairs at Children’s Memorial Hospital
  • Michael Ruchim, MD
    Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
  • Sandy Sanguino, MD, MPH
    Associate Dean for Student Programs and Career Development
  • James L. Schroeder, MD
    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
  • James Shedlock
    Director, Galter Health Sciences Library
  • John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD
    Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
  • Linda V. Van Horn, PhD, RD
    Associate Dean for Faculty Development
  • Warren H. Wallace, MD
    Associate Dean for Admissions
  • Charles M. Watts, MD
    Associate Dean for Hospital Academic Affairs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Marcie B. Weiss
    Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs
  • Sigmund Weitzman, MD
    Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
  • Randy Wilson, CPA
    Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Budget and Chief Financial Officer

Department Chairs

  • Anesthesiology
    M. Christine Stock, MD
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
    Robert D. Goldman, PhD
  • Dermatology
    Amy S. Paller, MD
  • Emergency Medicine
    James G. Adams, MD
  • Family and Community Medicine
    Russell G. Robertson, MD
  • Medical Social Sciences
    David Cella, PhD
  • Medicine
    Douglas E. Vaughan, MD
  • Microbiology–Immunology
    Laimonis A. Laimins, PhD
  • Molecular Pharmacology and
      Biological Chemistry
    Eugene M. Silinsky, PhD
  • Neurological Surgery
    H. Hunt Batjer, MD, FACS
  • Neurology
    John A. Kessler, MD
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Sherman Elias, MD
  • Ophthalmology
    Lee M. Jampol, MD
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
    Michael F. Schafer, MD
  • Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
    Robert C. Kern, MD
  • Pathology
    William A. Muller, MD, PhD
  • Pediatrics
    Thomas P. Green, MD
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Elliot J. Roth, MD
  • Physical Therapy and Human
      Movement Sciences
    Jules P.A. Dewald, PT, PhD
  • Physiology
    D. James Surmeier Jr., PhD
  • Preventive Medicine
    Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    John G. Csernansky, MD
  • Radiation Oncology
    Bharat B. Mittal, MD, FACR, FASTRO
  • Radiology
    Eric J. Russell, MD
  • Surgery
    Nathaniel J. Soper, MD
  • Urology
    Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD

Centers and Institute Directors

  • Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders
  • Buehler Center on Aging,
      Health & Society
    Linda L. Emanuel, MD, PhD
  • Biostatistics Collaboration Center
    Alfred Rademaker, PhD
  • Center for AIDS Research
    Steven M. Wolinsky, MD
  • Center for Bioethics, Science,
      and Society
    Laurie S. Zoloth, PhD
  • Center for Communication in Healthcare
    Michael Wolf, PhD, MPH
  • Center for Comparative Medicine
    Philippe J.R. Baneux, DVM, DCLAM
  • Center for Education in Medicine
    Raymond Curry, MD (interim)
  • Center for Genetic Medicine
    Peter A. Kopp, MD (interim)
  • Center for Global Health
    Robert Murphy, MD

 

  • Children’s Memorial Research Center
    Mary J.C. Hendrix, PhD
  • Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s
      Disease Center
    M. Marsel Mesulam, MD
  • Comprehensive Transplant Center
    Michael Abecassis, MD, MSc, MBA
  • Evelyn Frances Feinberg Clinical
      Neuroscience Research Institute
    John A. Kessler, MD
  • Feinberg Cardiovascular
      Research Institute
    Douglas W. Losordo, MD
  • Institute for BioNanotechnology
      in Medicine
    Samuel I. Stupp, PhD
  • Institute for Healthcare Studies
    Jane L. Holl, MD, MPH (interim)
  • Institute for Women’s Health Research
    Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD
  • Interdepartmental Immunobiology Center
    Stephen D. Miller, PhD
  • Multidisciplinary Clinical Research
      Center in Rheumatology
    Richard Pope, MD
  • Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute
    James P. Chandler, MD
    Jeffrey Raizer, MD
  • Northwestern Center for
      Bleeding Disorders
    Anaadriana Zakarija, MD
    David Green, MD, PhD
  • Northwestern Comprehensive Center
      on Obesity
    Lewis Landsberg, MD
  • Northwestern University Clinical and
      Translational Sciences Institute
    Philip Greenland, MD
  • Northwestern University Interdepartmental
      Neuroscience Program
    John F. Disterhoft, PhD
  • Northwestern University Parkinson’s
      Disease and Movement Disorders
      Center
    Tanya Simuni, MD
  • Northwestern University Prosthetic-
      Orthotic Center
    Michael Brncick, M.Ed., CPO
  • Northwestern University Prosthetics
      Research Laboratory & Rehabilitation
      Engineering Research Program
    Steven A. Gard, PhD
  • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer
      Center of Northwestern University
    Steven T. Rosen, MD
  • Skin Disease Research Center
    Amy S. Paller, MD

Medical Affairs Committee

Northwestern Board of Trustees

  • David B. Weinberg
    Chair
  • Judith S. Block
  • Deborah L. DeHaas
  • J. Douglas Gray
  • Ann Lurie
  • Jerry K. Pearlman
  • Jane DiRenzo Pigott
  • Michael J. Sacks
  • Muneer A. Satter
  • D. Gideon Searle
  • Andrew E. Senyei, MD
  • Howard J. Trienens
  • Julia A. Uihlein

Ex Officio

  • Eleanor R. Baldwin
  • Thomas Cole
  • Janice L. Feinberg, PharmD, JD
  • Dean M. Harrison
  • Patrick Magoon
  • J. Christopher Reyes
  • Joanne Smith