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Northwestern Medicine
@NorthwesternMed
With five Northwestern Medicine hospitals ranked among “America's Best” by U.S. News & World Report, 2025 – 2026, our legacy of better medicine continues.
Chicago, IL
Joined February 2009
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    Two survivors. Four new lungs. One pioneering #NorthwesternMedicine team. Meet the first known patients in the United States to receive double-lung transplants due to #COVID19, performed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. #DoubleLungTransplant
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    Gold looks good with purple! Congratulations to @TjongOrthoMD, who brought home the gold with @USWNT as a team physician in the #Olympics. @NMOrthopaedics #GoldMedal #NMBetter
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    An Olympic gold medal.
    An Olympic gold medal.
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    A first at Northwestern Medicine! Go inside the operating room and witness surgeons performing a #KidneyTransplant on a patient who was awake for the entire procedure. @NM_Transplant #NMBetter
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    As sure as the setting sun, we’re here for you, Chicago. #COVID19 #NMBetter 💜
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    These are just some of the faces on the front lines in the battle against #COVID19. To all of the #HealthcareHeroes at #NorthwesternMedicine, we thank you. #NMBetter
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    Get to know Dinee C. Simpson (@DineeMD), MD, FACS, Northwestern Medicine’s Chief Health Equity Executive. She's leading efforts across Northwestern Medicine to make health care more equitable for all. #HealthEquity #HealthCare #SocialDeterminants #LifeAtNM ms.spr.ly/60199i11V
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    As our physicians and physicians across the nation protest for racial justice, we stand with you. Together we are united in the fight against racism that impacts the health of black people in America. #WhiteCoatsForBlackLives #BlackLivesMatter
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    All patients have a fundamental right to comprehensive health care. #RoeVWade #NMBetter
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    Thank you to Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedic Specialist Samer Attar, MD (front left), who is volunteering in #Kyiv, #Ukraine, to help treat people wounded during the war with Russia. You make the world #NMBetter. @sams_usa
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    From Chicago to Paris, we’re cheering on Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon Vehniah Tjong, MD, (@TjongOrthoMD) as she and @USWNT bring home the gold at the #Olympics! @NMOrthopaedics #NMBetter
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    Our #HealthcareHeroes make us better. From the lab to the bedside, their dedication to patients is relentless. So is our gratitude. #HeroesForBetter #COVID19 #Coronavirus #NorthwesternMedicine #NMBetter 💜
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    Samer Attar, MD, a Northwestern Medicine orthopaedic surgeon, is in #Syria providing emergency surgical care after two powerful #earthquakes devastated the area on February 6. Traveling with the @sams_usa, his team performed more than 20 surgeries during their first day.
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    These are the heroes of the night. Better care doesn’t stop when the sun goes down. Thank you to the tireless #FrontLineWorkers on the night shift in the #COVID19 Intensive Care Unit. #NightShift #ICU #HealthcareHeroes #NorthwesternMedicine