Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program began 10 years ago.

Medical advances allowed doctors to perform a record 148 transplants in 2024 — the most in the program’s 10-year history — and reduced the median wait time for a transplant to just four days.

Northwestern Medicine has broken a record for the number of lung transplants, thanks to new technology to widen the donor pool and shorten patient wait times.

Martinelli split a double team near the baseline and softly laid it in to give Northwestern the lead in the closing seconds.

Nick Martinelli scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and his basket with 2.6 seconds left helped Northwestern men’s basketball hold off USC 77-75 on Tuesday in Evanston.

Nick Martinelli capped a 27-point night by hitting a scoop shot with two seconds remaining to give Northwestern a 77-75 win over Southern California on Tuesday in Evanston, Ill.