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Awards and Rankings

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and its clinicians continually receive awards and rankings for innovative heart and vascular disease treatments and procedures.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
As one of the country's great academic medical centers, Northwestern Memorial Hospital is proud of the awards and rankings it has received for its excellence in healthcare.

Melina R. Kibbe, MD Elected to Distinguished Fellows Status with the Society for Vascular Surgeons June 2008

Robert O. Bonow, MD: Cardiology Leader Honored by the American College of Cardiology March 2008

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD Receives 2008 Socrates Award from the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association January 2008

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Physicians Named in Chicago Magazine as “Top Docs” December 2007

Prestigious Thomas W. Smith Memorial Lecture Given by Douglas W. Losordo, MD November 2007

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Receives Top Honors for Outstanding Cardiovascular Outcomes November 2007

American Heart Association Bestows the Katharine A. Lembright Award to Kathleen L. Grady, PhD, for Achievements in Cardiovascular Nursing Research October 2007

William H. Pearce, MD Receives the 2007 Surgery Mentoring Award from the American Heart Association October 2007

2007 National Research Corporation Consumer's Choice Award September 2007

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Ranks Among America's Best Heart & Heart Surgery Programs in U.S.News & World Report's Annual Rankings July 2007

Mark K. Eskandari, MD Elected to Distinguished Fellows Status with the Society for Vascular Surgeons July 2007

Kathleen L. Grady, PhD, Receives International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant Award for Research June 2007

James T. Yao, MD, PhD, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Vascular Surgery June 2007

Muneera R. Kapadia, MD, Northwestern University Resident, Receives the Resident Research Prize from the American Vascular Association June 2007

Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine Receives 4 Million Dollar Award to Train Vascular Medicine Specialists May 2007

Robert O. Bonow MD, receives the Gold Heart Award, the American Heart Association’s Highest Award March 2007

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Response Time Ranks Among the Best in the Country March 2007

$15 Million Research Grant Funds Northwestern Study on New Therapy for Heart Attack Patients with Low Heart Rates March 2007

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Center for Heart Failure Receives Medicare Approval for Heart Transplantation November 2006

Crain's "40 under 40" features Cardiothoracic Surgeon Edwin C. McGee, Jr., MD October 2006

Vascular Surgeons Receive Excellence in Teaching Award through Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine October 2006

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital Named as Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care June 2006

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Earns Magnet Status for Nursing Excellence June 2006

Vascular Surgeon Receives Grant from State of Illinois for Stem Cell Research May 2006

Melina Kibbe, MD Awarded Multiple Grants for Vascular Disease Research Using Nitric Oxide-based Therapy May 2006

Division of Vascular Surgery Mentors Students at Illinois Math and Science Academy May 2006

Diana Eastridge, RN, MS, receives Best Poster Presenter award from the Society for Vascular Nursing April 2006

Robert O. Bonow, MD Awarded the 2006 American College of Cardiology Distinguished Service Award March 2006

Dr. Neil J. Stone Receives the Susanne and Milton Davidson Distinguished Physician Award March 2006

Center for Vascular Disease Physicians Named in Chicago Magazine as Top Doctors January 2006

Three Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Cardiologists Named in Chicago Magazine as Top Doctors January 2006

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD Featured in Chicago Magazine as One of Chicago's Top Doctors January 2006

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Web Site Receives eHealthcare Leadership Awards December 2005

Martha Gulati, MD Named to Crain's "Top 40 under 40" Elite Award November 2005

Chicago Hospital News names Mark J. Alberts, MD, and Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, as "Top Physicians" October 2005

Todd Kuiken, MD Wins National Awards for Developments in Prosthetics October 2005

Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD Receives Young Investigator Research Award October 2005

Robert O. Bonow, MD Receives Highly Prestigious European Society of Cardiology Award: The Denolin Lecture September 2005

Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Receives American Heart Association Achievement Award August 2005