Michael Fingerhood, associate professor and director of the Division of Chemical Dependence, Nancy Schoenborn, assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics, and William Yang, senior resident in the Bayview Internal Medicine Residency, were recently selected to be inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Members are selected based on scholastic achievement, demonstrated professionalism, leadership capabilities, adherence to(...)
Epic Tip of the Week
Posted by | Patient CareInBasket – Using and Creating QuickActions QuickActions can be used to review results in chart review, reply to patient calls and refill protocols. Providers can either use system QuickActions or create their own to send result notes in fewer clicks. There are 16 system QuickActions [‘gears’ symbol]. Here are 4 examples: Results => Result Note(...)
SOM Faculty Open Photo Shoot
Posted by | AdministrationAll full-time School of Medicine faculty members who have not taken a formal photo in the last five years are invited to sit for a professional portrait. Photos will be used for Johns Hopkins related marketing and communications materials, and you will be provided with an electronic version that you may use for Johns Hopkins(...)
Preprints in the Scholarly Ecosystem– Panel Discussion
Posted by | ResearchMany scholars are uncertain about or unaware of preprint servers like bioRxiv; however, their popularity is increasing and they are accepted for submission by an increasing number of high impact journals (e.g. the JCI: Journal of Clinical Investigation, currently housed at Johns Hopkins). Preprints have the potential to simplify/standardize some aspects of submission, and address(...)
Members of the DOM Honored by the IEE
Posted by | Congratulations, EducationMembers of the DOM received five of the eight Outstanding Educator Awards distributed at the Annual Institute for Excellence in Education (IEE) Conference and Celebration held on Friday, April 12. Lifetime Achievement in Education Award John Burton, professor in the Division of Geriatrics, received the Martin D. Abeloff Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical and Biomedical Education.(...)
A Genetic Risk Score Associated with COPD Susceptibility and Lung Structure on Computed Tomography
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: A Genetic Risk Score Associated with COPD Susceptibility and Lung Structure on Computed Tomography AUTHORS: Elizabeth C Oelsner, Victor E Ortega, Benjamin M. Smith, Jennifer N. Nguyen, Ani W Manichaikul, Eric A. Hoffman, Xiuqing Guo, Kent D Taylor, Prescott G Woodruff, David J Couper, Nadia N Hansel, Fernando J. Martinez, Robert Paine III, MeiLan K Han, Christopher Cooper, Mark T Dransfield, Gerard Criner, Jerry A Krishnan, Russell Bowler, Eugene R Bleecker, Stephen Peters, Stephen S.(...)
AAIM Executive Leadership Program
Posted by | LeadershipSince 2002, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Executive Leadership Program has provided approximately 500 individuals from nearly 150 departments of internal medicine the skills and knowledge necessary for managerial success. Thee 2019 AAIM Executive Leadership Program will take place on August 5-10 at Le Meridien Cambridge in Cambridge, MA. Registration will close on Wednesday, April(...)
Rock Receives Top Poster Abstract Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchClare Rock, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Top Poster Abstract Award for the SHEA Spring 2019 Conference in Boston. She will present her abstract entitled "Evaluating the Accuracy of Sampling Strategies for Fluorescent Gel Monitoring of Patient Room Cleaning" at the conference later this(...)
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: Joseph Cofrancesco (pictured), GIM Maureen Horton (pictured), Pulmonary Associate Professor: Oscar Cingolani, Cardiology Christine Durand, Infectious Diseases Maura McGuire, GIM Satish Shanbhag, Hematology Assistant Professor: Michael Albert, GIM Lee Haselhuhn, GIM Varsha Singh, GI Joshua Sloan, GI Instructor: Jenny Pena Dias, Endocrinology We would(...)
Epic Tip of the Week
Posted by | Patient CareInBasket External Email Reminders Providers can subscribe to reminder emails about unread InBasket messages. This is useful for part-time clinicians who don't log into Hyperspace frequently. Click on InBasket, then the settings icon on the toolbar, check the "subscribe with email address" box, and enter the email address where you would like the messages sent. A(...)