Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation | 3,137 followers on LinkedIn. Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation (the Foundation) is a premier, multi-specialty physician organization committed to providing high quality care to patients, and to supporting the research and academic endeavors of the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Founded in 1980, we are an independent not-for-profit organization, governed by a Board of Directors. Foundation physicians are full-time faculty members or researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine and are on the attending physician staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.