Kibbe Named Elcock Professor

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Melina Kibbe, M.D., associate professor of vascular surgery in the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been named the Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research.

She has received a number of awards. Notably, Kibbe was recognized by President Barack Obama in 2009 with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She is a vascular surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and serves as a staff physician and director of the vascular laboratory at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. She recently was named vice chair of research in the department of surgery and president-elect of the Association for Academic Surgery.

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