Awards & Recognition

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

• Northwestern Ranks No. 1 in Chicago in New U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Metro Area Ranking
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• Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD Recipient of the American Heart Association's 2010 Chairman's Award
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• Small Assist Device Used in Emergency Case as Twin, Heart Booster Pumps for First Time in U.S.
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• U.S. News & World Report Ranks the Heart and Heart Surgery Program at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Among the Best in the Nation
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• Robert O. Bonow, MD Recipient of the American Heart Association's James B. Herrick Award
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• Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers Awarded to Melina R. Kibbe, MD
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• The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute’s Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance Programs: Exceptional Programs with Exceptional Clinicians
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• The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Illinois’ Highest-Rated Program for Heart & Heart Surgery and Among America’s Best in 2009 U.S. News Rankings
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• Kathleen L. Grady, RN, PhD, Receives Coeur d’Or Award from the American Heart Association
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• More Than 300 Northwestern Memorial Physicians Honored as Among the "Best Doctors in America"
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• Division of Vascular Surgery Receives Grant to Fund Limb Preservation Clinic
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• William H. Pearce, MD Receives 2008 Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
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• The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Illinois’ Highest-Rated Program for Heart & Heart Surgery and Among America’s Best in 2008 U.S. News Rankings
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• Melina R. Kibbe, MD Elected to Distinguished Fellows Status with the Society for Vascular Surgeons
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• Center for Heart Failure: First in Illinois to offer CardioMEMS to NYHA Class III Heart Failure Patients
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• Heart Transplant Program Receives High Scores with Press Ganey - May
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• Robert O. Bonow, MD: Cardiology Leader Honored by the American College of Cardiology
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• VentrAssist: Third Generation Ventricular Assist Device Implanted at Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute - First in Illinois
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• Patrick M. McCarthy, MD Receives 2008 Socrates Award from the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association
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Contact

For more information regarding the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, please call 1-866-662-8467 or request an appointment online.