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Supporting our students
Our medical students face tremendous pressures. That’s why we
are putting so much energy into the area we used to simply call
“student affairs.” This fall, we continue our enhancement of
these services as we welcome Sandra M. Sanguino, MD ’93,
GME ’96, MPH, as associate dean for student programs and
career development.
Dr. Sanguino is a Northwestern “lifer.” She received both her
undergraduate (1989) and MD (Alpha Omega Alpha, 1993)
degrees from Northwestern. She then completed a pediatric residency
and served an additional year as chief resident at Children’s
Memorial Hospital. She joined the medical school faculty
after finishing a fellowship in general academic pediatrics and
receiving a master’s degree in public health at the University of
Illinois at Chicago.
Currently an assistant professor of pediatrics, Dr. Sanguino
has served as director of the pediatrics clerkship since 1999 and
has chaired the medical school’s Curriculum Committee for the
past two years. She has been involved in pediatric education at the
national level through the Ambulatory Pediatric Association and
serves on the executive committee of the Council on Medical
Student Education in Pediatrics. Dr. Sanguino is a Pediatric
Academic Society Educational Scholar. In 2006 she received the
Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence at the medical school.
Thrilled with this opportunity, Dr. Sanguino intends to intensify
our support services to students, helping them anticipate their
needs and put solutions in place before problems arise. The Student
Programs staff will guide students’ choices as they prepare
for careers in medicine; help them attend to their own health in
order to take better care of others; teach them how to manage the
Brain Tumor Institute co-directors,
Drs. James Chandler (left) and Jeffrey
Raizer share a photo opportunity with
Bonnie hunt.
6 ward rounds fall 2009
Dr. Raymond Curry welcomes medical school alumna and faculty
member Dr. sandra sanguino to her new role as associate dean for
student programs and career development.
debt they are going to assume; help with housing, financial aid,
and personal issues; and support them as they navigate the match.
While it may not take a Northwestern alum to empathize
with all that goes into graduating from the medical school today,
it certainly makes Dr. Sanguino proud to be serving her alma
mater in this new role. She says, “Privileged to be a student and
train here, I now have a chance to give back. What a fabulous job:
helping students become whatever they want to be.”
Indeed, that is our primary goal as an academic institution.
We look forward to Dr. Sanguino’s contributions. Welcome
Dr. Sanguino!
Raymond H. Curry, MD, GME ’85
Dean, Education
Celebrity Bonnie Hunt hosts fundraiser
You know her as an actress and talk show host, but Bonnie Hunt was once an oncology
nurse in Chicago. Lending her celebrity support, Hunt hosted the September 29 event
launching the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute—a groundbreaking collaboration
among Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Feinberg School of Medicine, and the
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. More than
600 patients, physicians, families, donors, and friends attended the event that raised more
than $800,000 to help advance brain and spinal tumor care and research at Northwestern.
Hunt shared her own family’s recent history with a brain tumor diagnosis.
Commenting on the fear and confusion that accompany the simple sentence, “You
have cancer,” she shared how necessary it was for anyone diagnosed to hear the next
sentence, “And there is something we can do about it.”
“Events that support the amazing work of this institute and cancer researchers and
physicians at Northwestern are what make that second statement possible,” she said.
Before the event drew to a close, attendees watched a moving documentary highlighting
the challenges and triumphs of patients, caregivers, and physicians intimately
involved with the institute. Visit WardRoundsOnline.com for more information
about the Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute and Bonnie Hunt’s commitment.