Department of Pediatrics
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Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Dr. Plant is currently an attending physician in neuro-oncology at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine with a research focus on translational research and early clinical trial development for pediatric brain tumors. Currently, brain tumors are the second most common cancer diagnosis in children and the leading cause of cancer-related death in all pediatric age groups. Many children diagnosed with malignant brain tumors face a dismal prognosis at diagnosis with minimal effective treatments availabl...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition)
I am a board certified pediatric gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist with advanced training in intestinal rehabilitation, hepatology and GI/Liver transplant, and my clinical activities are divided across these areas both in the inpatient and ambulatory settings.
My research interests include consortia and collaboration-based investigation of rare diseases, with ongoing projects looking at Liver Disease in Telomere Biology Disorders and Cholangiocarcinoma in Pediatric Onset PSC-IBD. I also participate in an intestinal failure patient registry.
I have a strong interest in medical educ...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics)
Dr. O'Neill specializes in the comprehensive care of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology and pre-professional studies at the University of Notre Dame, her medical school degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a general pediatrics residency at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, and a neurodevelopmental disabilities combined residency/fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She is triple-board certified in General Pediatrics, Neurology with special qualification...
Professor, Surgery (Organ Transplantation), Microbiology-Immunology, Pediatrics
Satish N. Nadig, MD, PhD is the Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine. He is an adult and pediatric multiorgan transplant surgeon and Professor in the Departments of Surgery, Microbiology/Immunonology, and Pediatrics. He currently serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center and Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery. Dr Nadig directs the NIH-funded Comprehensive Transplant Immunobiology Laboratory and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in immunology from Oxford. He has served as a national and international visiting ...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Advanced Level Neonatal Hospitalist
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy), Pharmacology
Dr. Gertler completed her undergraduate degree in molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton University, her medical school degree at Northwestern University Feinberg school of medicine, her graduate degree studying neuromodulation in altered dopamingeric states in the basal ganglia at Northwestern University in the lab of Dr. D. James Surmeier, and her pediatrics/child neurology residency at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Dr. MacQuarrie is a physician-scientist who specializes in pediatric solid tumors. He is involved both with the care of children with such tumors, as well as basic scientific studies relevant to understanding tumor biology.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy)
My primary clinical intersest is in pediatric neurodegenerative disorders and pediatric movement disorders.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Genetics, Genomics, and Metabolism)
Genetics fascinates me because there is no foreseeable end to the expansion of technology and understanding the human genome. Medical Genetics and Genomics encompass everything I love about medicine: direct patient care, complex diagnostic skills, research, and advocacy. My passion for complex medical patient inspired my residency research focus. With my advisor, I helped develop a research project to create a medical-home model for our continuity clinic patients with chronic health conditions. The patients of this clinic are primarily composed of low-income families facing multiple life-c...
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Lurie Children's is the Feinberg School of Medicine's affiliated hospital dedicated to pediatric care. Lurie Children's is Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for children and offers patients access to world-class care in a modern, kid-friendly environment.
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