The Davee Foundation Family Medicine Lecture and Annual Resident Research Day
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Please join Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Department of Family and Community Medicine for our Annual Davee Foundation Lecture and Resident Research Day.
We are pleased to announce that our 2026 Davee Lecture and Research Day will take place on Thursday, April 30, 2026. We are excited to invite you to this event, where our graduating family medicine residents from our three residency programs (McGaw Family Medicine Humboldt Park, Lake Forest, and Delnor) will be presenting their scholarly projects.
This resident research day event is an excellent opportunity for our residents to showcase their hard work and dedication to research, and we hope that you will join us to celebrate their achievements. This event will also feature a keynote address from a prominent figure in the field of family medicine, as part of our annual Davee Lecture.
We believe that this event will be an excellent opportunity for networking and knowledge sharing among our faculty, residents, students, and colleagues in the field of family medicine. We invite you to come and support our residents as they present their work, engage in conversation with our keynote speaker, and connect with others in the field.
Elizabeth Barker, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Increasing Advance Care Planning Conversations in a Primary Care Clinic Setting
Leanne Beasley, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Rachel Bernardo, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Assessing POCUS Utilization in Response to the Implementation of a POCUS Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency
Roberto Campos Heredia, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Impact of Interval Insulin Titration on Glycemic Control in Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes
Richard Canales, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Secondary Analysis of Obesity Medicine Training in US Family Medicine Residency Programs
Breän Derrett, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Anemia and Lead Screening Rates Among Pediatric Patients at Erie Clinic
Megha Gangadhar, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Project 1
Title: Closing the Gap: Iron Deficiency Management for Restless Legs Syndrome
Project 2
Title: An integrative Approach to the Management of Pediatric Otitis Media: A Review of Current Literature
Nikita Gourishetty, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Effectiveness of AI Health Coaching in Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care Clinics
Magdaleno Aaron Gutierrez, MD, JD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Diversity Representation of Social Media and its Influence on Family Medicine Residency Recruitment During the 2024 Match Cycle
Brittany Hsu, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Analysis of Polypharmacy Rates in a Residency Clinic Before and After an Educational Intervention
Akilah Hyrams, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Anemia and Lead Screening Rates Among Pediatric Patients at Erie Clinic
Nahae Kim, MD, MPH
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Project 1
Title: Inbox Management in Primary Care Residency Settings
Project 2
Title: An integrative Approach to the Management of Pediatric Otitis Media: A Review of Current Literature
Cory McCleave, MD, MBA
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Financial Wellness in Residency: Exploring the use of a Financial Wellness Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents
Maribel Munoz, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Assessing POCUS Utilization in Response to the Implementation of a POCUS Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency Clinic
Sydney O'Neal, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Domestic Violence Screening in Female Latin American Immigrants in the U.S.
Estelle Rousseau, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy in Parents and Promoting Flu Vaccination in Babies
Laryn Sapetti, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Enhancing Resident-Patient Interactions for Gender-Affirming Care in A family Medicine Residency Clinic
Alexandra Seas, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Management of Type 2 DM Across Four FQHC Residency Clinics: A Performance and Quality Improvement Activity
Paarul Sinha, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Using a Structured Chalk Talk Curriculum to Enhance Resident Inpatient Training
Sandra Spychalska, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Project 1
Title: Enhancing Procedural Training in Family Medicine Residency
Project 2
Title: An integrative Approach to the Management of Pediatric Otitis Media: A Review of Current Literature
Keven Stonewall, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Exploring Barbershop-Based Health Education Through a CBPR Framework
Lynn Vo, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Integrating Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Management
Brooke Yang, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Improving Resident Confidence in Obesity Medicine Competencies Through Targeted Didactic Education
Kirsten L. Young, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Trends in the Diagnosis and Management of Infantile Reflux and GERD in Pediatric Primary Care: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis
Ahmad Abdl-Haleem, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Does Providing Opiate Maintenance Therapy During Incarceration Increase Participation in Community Treatment Programs After Release?
Uroosa Amir, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Does Performing Serum IgE Testing for Allergies Improve Patient Outcomes?
Ashley Anderson, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Improving Health Literacy in Diabetes Management Through An Educational Booklet
Bushra Anis, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Perinatal Depression in the South Asian Community in the West
Autumn Bernicky, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Investigation of the Effects of a Patient Outreach Program After First Time Ischemic Stroke or TIA on Stroke Recurrence and Readmission Rates at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Sreevidya Bodepudi, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Easy as 1, 2, 3: Implementing an Advocacy Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency Program
Clare Brady, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Impact of a Gender Affirmation Curriculum on Resident Confidence and Medical Knowledge
Mahreen Bux, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Team Based Care in a Primary Care Setting
Carla Cavallin, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Body Surface Area as a Predictor of Post-partum Hemorrhage Risk in the Setting of COVID-19
Nithin Charlly, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Resident and Faculty Perspectives On MyChart Utilization Within Family Medicine
Ameel Chaudhary, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Religion and Spirituality: Protective Effects Against Burnout in Illinois Family Medicine Residents
Joseph Chmielewski, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Applicant Satisfaction with Online Residency Interviews and Recruitment
Hope Christiansen, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Primary Palliative Care in Heart Failure
Adam Corya, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Help I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
Pablo da Silva, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Pathway to Family Medicine for Community College Students
Lena Dennison, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: The Impact of Affordable Formulary Changes on Diabetes Control
Rachel Dewey, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Integration of Palliative Care Services in Heart Failure Patients
Sydney Doe, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Prevalence and Predictors of Burnout Among Resident Family Physicians
Christina du Breuil, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Towards a trauma-informed future: Analyzing the Need for and Impact of Trauma-Informed Care Training in a Family Medicine Residency Program
Ari Epstein, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: The Effect of a Novel Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Protocol on both ED Length of Stay for Patients with Moderate to Severe Opioid Use Disorder and ED Staff Wellness
Cierra French, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: The impact of COVID-19 on Family Medicine Residents
Yasmin Goelzer, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Development of Medical Spanish Curriculum in Primary Care Residency Program
Vinaya Gogineni, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Assessing the Impact of Funding Instability on the Future of Community-Based Primary Care Training
Trevor Gohl, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Broader Social Media Impacts on Family Medicine Recruitment and Engagement during the 2022-2023 Match Cycle
Maria Granadillo Castellon, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Evan Hale, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Development of an Osteopathic Curriculum in a Community-Based Family Medicine Residency Program
Cooper Hale, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Dedicated Panel Management in Residency: Using Telehealth to Improve Patient Outcomes
Shaheen Jadidi, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Comparing Meniscus Repair and Meniscectomy: A Healthcare Database Analysis in the United States
Stacey Jaimes-Herrera, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: QI Project: Development of a Health Tracking Tool for Diabetes Management
Steffy James, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: PA>IN (Prior to Admission > Inpatient Narcotics)
Lukasz Jaros, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Pre-COVID Vaccine Hesitancy: A Secondary Data Analysis of a CERA Study
Bianca Jenkins, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Danika Johnson, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Joyce Jones-King, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in the African American Community
Dillon Karst, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Prevalence Of Screening for Primary Hyperaldosteronism in Patients with Resistant Hypertension in a Primary Care Setting
Jasser Khairallah, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Proficiency in Cervical Cancer Screening in Substance Use Disorder Patients vs Non-Substance Use Disorder Patients
Lauren Knazze, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: In communities that offer a needle exchange program, does intravenous drug use increase?
Michael Kraft, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Comparing Artificial Intelligence to Routine Monitors in Neonatal Evaluation: The CARE Trial
Young Jun Lee, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Does In-Utero Exposure To Chemical Hair Relaxion Have A Negative Impact On Birth Weight Or Other Birth Outcomes For Infants Compared To Infants Who Do Not Have The Same Exposure?
Jane Lee, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Impact of Educational Interventions on Family Medicine Residents’ Knowledge and Confidence in Deprescribing
Y.C. Liu, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Cardio-Metabolic Effects of Nickel: A Narrative Review
Yu "Jayde" Liu, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) Approaches In The Treatment Of Chronic Diseases
Ariel Magallon, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Ryan Mak, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: A New Musculoskeletal Longitudinal Curriculum at an Urban FQHC-Based Residency Program
Dunia Mardini, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Assessing the Need for Nutrition Curriculum Development in FQHC-Based Family Medicine Residency Programs
Vipin Mathew, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Utilization of Patient with Suspected or Diagnosed OSA Among Family Medicine Residents at Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Kelsey McAfee, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Implementing an Advocacy Curriculum in Family Medicine Residency
Ryan McCabe, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Screening for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in Primary Care
Jessica McGee, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Francesca Meade, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: The Effects of Physical Fatigue on King-Devick Test Performance
Amaury Michel, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Help I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
Stephanie Miles, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Caitlyn Mink, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: MINDing the Gap: Addressing Disparity in Meeting the Learning Needs of Neurodivergent Medical Trainees
Roxana Moraga, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Optimizing Feedback Delivery in a Family Medicine Continuity Clinic
Matt Moran, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: PrEP Prescribing Habits Among Family Medicine Residents
Chaitasi Naik, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Body Surface Area as a Predictor of Post-Partum Hemorrhage Risk
Jason Ng, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Family History Taking in Primary Care: A Review of Current Guidelines, Challenges, Disparities and Future Directions
Jennifer Nguyen, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Teaching Health Centers in Primary Care: A Scoping Review
Brittney Nowicki, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Implementation of an Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Curriculum in an Allopathic Family Medicine Residency
Temiwumi Ojo, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in the African American Community
Beverly Onyekwuluje, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: How Does Insurance Status Relate to Trust Regarding Information About COVID-19 in Residents of the State of Illinois?
Nicole Paprocki, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Resident Readiness to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Curriculum Development, Implementation, and Evaluation at a Family Medicine Residency
Kajal Patel, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: An Evaluation of Provider Continuity In Relation to Diabetic A1c Control
Dhara Patel, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Implementation of a Simplified Outpatient Family Medicine Procedure Manual
Jay Patel, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Examining Continuity of Care in Family Medicine Residency: Implications and Impact on Resident Development
Bryanna Paunovich, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Residents Teaching Residents: Optimizing Inpatient Teaching Curriculum in a Community Hospital
Ari Pence, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Evaluation of a Novel Newborn Feeding Assessment Tool to Increase Resident Comfort and Skill in Providing Basic Breastfeeding Support to Patients
Maureen Penn, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Implementation of a Nursing Refill Protocol within a Family Medicine Residency Clinic and the Impact on Physician Inbasket Management Times
Alicia Pereslucha, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: The Impact of a Structured Inpatient Medicine Curriculum on Volume of Formal Teaching and Resident Satisfaction
Holly Perez, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Incorporating a Standardized Educational Framework to Address Social Determinants of Health within a Family Medicine Residency
Annie Phung, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Innovative Family Medicine Residency Program Approach to Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
Kyle Plante, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: How Does Insurance Status Relate to Trust Regarding Information About COVID-19 in Residents of the State of Illinois?
Carol Platt, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Improving Bone Health Screening and Treatment in an Urban FQHC Setting
Zahra Qasem, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Journal club curriculum: An evaluation of the ABFM National Journal Club Pilot Program
Kinga Radowska, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Outpatient Use of First Generation Cephalosporins for the Empiric Treatment of Uncomplicated UTI
Samuel Randall, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: A 10,000 Foot View: A Spanish Immersion and Clinical Global Health Experience for the Family Medicine Resident in Quito, Ecuador
Daniel Reine, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Christopher Rivard, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Impact of a Gender Affirmation Curriculum on Resident Confidence and Medical Knowledge
Lucia Rodriguez, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Does remote follow-up (via telehealth) after early medication abortion result in more adverse outcomes compared to in-person follow-up?
Esmeralda Rosales, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Assessing the Prevalence of Gender Microaggressions in Family Medicine
Vanessa Rose, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Gender Composition of Peer Reviewers for Family Medicine Journals
Julian Sacca-Schaeffer, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Development of Medical Spanish Curriculum in Primary Care Residency Program
Christina Salazar, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: An Evaluation of Provider Continuity In Relation to Diabetic A1c Control
Saad Siddiqui, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Nature Rx: Exploring Nature as Medicine in Humboldt Park to Develop a Sustainable Patient Centered Outcome Program at an FQHC
Cassandra Smith, DO, TIPS Fellow
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: State Noncompliance in Provision of Abortion Care Under Medicaid
Jacqueline Story-Remer, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Assessing OB/Gyn Physician Experiences with Medication Assisted Pregnancy Termination Referrals to Grayslake Family Medicine Clinic
Eric Sullivan, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Feedback on Feedback: Evaluating Satisfaction with Faculty Feedback of Residents
Roy Thomas, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Integrative Medicine Education within FM Residency at Northwestern
Catherine Tremblay, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: The Utility of Audiovisual Media in Providing Nutrition and Culinary Education for Children Ages 9-14
Trever Troutman, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: Implementation of a Nursing Refill Protocol within a Family Medicine Residency Clinic and the Impact on Physician Inbasket Management Times
Oanh Truong, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Facilitators and Barriers to Family Medicine Resident Engagement in Global Health: A Secondary Data Analysis of a CERA Study
Carla Villarreal, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Social Determinants of Health Training in Family Medicine: An Analysis of a National Survey of Program Directors
Kevin Volkema, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: From Chaos to Coordination: Strategies for Implementing and Residency Team-based Complexity Care Model
Whitney Vuong, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Project 1
Title: Implementation of an Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Curriculum in an Allopathic Family Medicine Residency
Project 2
Title: An Evaluation of Provider Continuity In Relation to Diabetic A1c Control
Ashley Watson, MD, MPH
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Improving Adult Immunization Rates Among African American Patients
Stephen Whitfield, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Does the Use of IV Blood Pressure Medications to Treat Inpatient Hypertension Reduce the Incidence of MI, Stroke, or Death?
Musa Williams, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Resident Readiness to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Curriculum Development, Implementation, and Evaluation at a Family Medicine Residency
Evan Wittke, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Same Day Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation in a Chicago Federally Qualified Health Center
J. Diego Yahuaca, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Humboldt Park
Title: Jump Start to GLP1-Agonists
KaHoua Yang, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Project 1:
Residents Teaching Residents: Optimizing Inpatient Teaching Curriculum in a Community Hospital
Project 2:
Implementing an Advocacy Curriculum in Family Medicine Residency
Erica Yeo, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: The Relationship Between Doctor-Patient Compatibility and Patient Satisfaction
Laura Zhang, MD
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest
Title: Surveying Family Medicine Residency Applicants to Improve Virtual Interviewing
Ellean Zhang, DO
Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Delnor
Title: The Utility of Audiovisual Media in Providing Nutrition and Culinary Education for Children Ages 9-14
The Davee Lectureship Series initiated in 2017 following a generous endowed gift from the Davee Foundation. The lectureship funding allows us to bring renowned family physicians to our campus to increase awareness of the national and international developments in our specialty and to engage students, residents, and faculty in discussions of interest to our discipline and the health of our nation. In 2018, we hosted the Davee Lecture in conjunction with our inaugural Resident Research.
Forum to acknowledge and inspire the scholarly work conducted by our graduating resident physicians. This tradition continues each year, and we are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of all three of our residency programs moving forward. We are enormously grateful for the Foundation’s generosity, which enables us to grow and strengthen the Family & Community Medicine Research Enterprise.
The Davee Foundation
Since the 1990s, The Davee Foundation has given more than $54 million to support Feinberg and ensured through its philanthropy that the medical school sets a high bar for excellence and innovation, especially in the areas of neurology and Alzheimer’s disease. The foundation's giving has funded groundbreaking research, one-of-a-kind fellowship programs to train the next generation of physician-scientists and five endowed professorships to ensure our leadership continues far into the future.
The Davee Foundation Family Medicine Lecture gives the Department of Family and Community Medicine the ability to attract nationally recognized family physicians to our campus. It provides Northwestern students, residents, and faculty with meaningful interactions with these noteworthy “movers and shakers” in the field who shine a spotlight on topics of interest to our discipline and the health of our nation.
The Davee Foundation was established in 1964 by Ken M. Davee, an alumnus of Northwestern University, and his wife, Adeline Berry Davee. After Adeline’s death, Mr. Davee continued management of the Foundation with his second wife, Ruth Dunbar Davee, also an alumna of Northwestern. Ruth would go on to serve as president of the Foundation after Ken’s death. Through their philanthropy, the Davees challenged organizations to be innovative and to set a very high bar for excellence.