Training future generations of family physicians.
Why Choose Family Medicine?
Family medicine physicians provide comprehensive, continuous healthcare to all members of the family throughout the course of their lives. By building relationships based on communication and respect, these physicians gain a deeper understanding of the whole person, including the range of physical, emotional and socioeconomic factors that influence a person’s health status.
The Department of Family & Community Medicine integrates biological, clinical and behavioral sciences to train our physicians to provide outstanding levels of patient-centered and culturally appropriate care.
Education
Faculty Spotlight
Instructor, Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Rudolph is board-certified in Family Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed his residency at the West Suburban Family Medicine Residency in Oak Park, IL.
Dr. Rudolph's clinic interests include full-spectrum primary care that addresses social and structural barriers to good health. He is also interested in improving and innovating traditional office-based care through technologies such as point-of-care ultrasound. He is thrilled to share these passions with his patients, residents, and the Northwestern academic community.
Clinical Instructor, Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Chase has over thirty years’ experience in healthcare. He has particular clinical expertise in infectious diseases, infection control, clinical epidemiology, and population health.
Instructor, Family and Community Medicine
Please join me in welcoming Jennifer Tieman, MD, to Northwestern Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Tieman is board certified in Family Medicine. She sees patients of all ages at Northwestern Family Medicine at Delnor Hospital . She received her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzer School of Medicine and completed her residency at Mount Sinai Family Medicine Residency of Chicago and completed Clinical Medical Ethics fellowship training at the Maclean Center of the University of Chicago.
Dr. Tieman’s clinical interests include: complete care for all family members...
Clinical Instructor, Family and Community Medicine
Family physician at Erie Family Health Center.
Instructor, Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Robert Kasper completed his residency in Family Medicine at Hinsdale Hospital in 2019. He is a 2016 graduate of Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University, and a graduate with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Benedictine University in 2011. Throughout his education, he has participated in various small-scale research projects in the fields of analytical chemistry, genomics, and obstetrics/neonatal care.
He has a broad variety of personal and academic interests, including expanding the understanding and appropriate application of osteopathic manipulati...
Clinical Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Interests include quality improvement, global health, community based participatory research.
Instructor, Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Temiwumi Ojo is a graduate of Rosalind Franklin University and completed her family medicine residency at Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest.
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Adiba Khan graduated from McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest. During her residency training, she completed the Northwestern Medical Education Clinical Scholars program and served as chief resident. In addition to a strong interest in full spectrum family medicine, Dr. Khan has a special interest in women's health, reproductive health, and medical education.
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine (Geriatrics)
Dr. Woodward is a Geriatrician and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Virtual Memory Care program at Northwestern Medicine and Associate Program Director for the Geriatrics Fellowship Program. She completed her Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at Northwestern University where she was awarded the Department of Medicine Fellow Teaching Award.
Her patient-centered research focuses on implementing virtual memory care for patients with dementia in underserved areas with a goal of improving ac...
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Dr.Anna Shannahan (nee Balabanova)is currently Associate Director of Education at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern as well as Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Northwestern.Shewas born in Russia, continuing to speak fluent Russian, and spent much of her life in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As an athlete and figure skating coach who earned a US Figure Skating Association Gold Medal, she is passionate about diet, exercise, and helping others achieve their health goals. At the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern as a medical student, she ...
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