Northwestern Medicine Newsroom

Welcome to the Newsroom. Northwestern Medicine's Media Relations Department is a full-service public and media relations office. We are available to assist members of the media 24/7. To reach our team, please call 312.926.7432.

Our press releases showcase the most recent news about programs, events, medical breakthroughs and announcements throughout Northwestern Medicine.

• Woman receives area’s first robot-assisted knee replacement surgery at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital January 15, 2020
• Northwestern Medicine Physicians First in Illinois to Implant Nerve Stimulator to Control Incontinence Northwestern Memorial Hospital January 13, 2020
• 100th Lung Transplant Performed at Northwestern Medicine Northwestern Memorial Hospital January 10, 2020

View recent medical stories featuring experts from Northwestern Memorial HealthCare.*

• Coronavirus therapies slowed by intermittent nature of outbreaks

  Technology   January 23, 2020
• ‘I’m just glad I was able to do a good deed’: Chicagoan pulled over to check out an accident scene and ended up delivering donated organs to Northwestern

  Orlando Sentinel   January 23, 2020
• Chicago has one female, African-American organ transplant surgeon. She fights disease — and distrust of doctors

  Orlando Sentinel   January 23, 2020
• Coronavirus Arrival in U.S. Makes Travelers Nervous

  AARP   January 22, 2020