Abdulhamied Alfaddagh, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, has been selected to receive the 2020 Fellow Teaching Award by the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He was recognized by colleagues for being not only a great clinician, but an amazing teacher and mentor.
Kelsey Bennett
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PKG1α Cysteine-42 Redox State Controls mTORC1 Activation in Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy
ARTICLE: PKG1α Cysteine-42 Redox State Controls mTORC1 Activation in Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy AUTHORS: Christian U Oeing, Taishi Nakamura, Shi Pan, Sumita Mishra, Brittany Dunkerly-Eyring, Kristen M Kokkonen-Simon, Brian Leei Lin, Anna Chen, Guangshuo Zhu, Djahida Bedja, Dong I Lee, David A Kass and Mark J Ranek JOURNAL: Circ Res. 2020 May 12. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.315714. Online ahead of print. […]
Berkowitz Named Chief Population Health Officer and VP of Population Health for JHM
Scott Berkowitz, associate professor in the Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatrics, is the new chief population health officer and vice president of population health for Johns Hopkins Medicine. From Kevin Sowers: I am pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A., as chief population health officer and vice president of population health for […]
Thank You For All You Do: Addiction Medicine and Infectious Diseases
No one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
A Role for Actin Flexibility in Thin Filament-Mediated Contractile Regulation and Myopathy
ARTICLE: A Role for Actin Flexibility in Thin Filament-Mediated Contractile Regulation and Myopathy AUTHORS: Meera C Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Peter Franz, Michael J Rynkiewicz, Christopher S Newhard, Aditi Madan, William Lehman, Douglas M Swank, Matthias Preller, Anthony Cammarato JOURNAL: Nat Commun. 2020 May 15;11(1):2417. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15922-5. Abstract Striated muscle contraction is regulated by the translocation of troponin-tropomyosin strands over the thin filament surface. Relaxation relies […]
Lee Receives Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award
Hans Lee, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, was selected to be the 2020 recipient of the Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award for Advances in Interventional Pulmonology from the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. He was recognized as an asset to the IP community who has focused his career on mentorship and education.
Director’s Reflections: Managing Stress During Crisis
Now that we have been in crisis management mode for about two months it may seem as though we’ve hit our stride in managing the pandemic, but for many, this is the time that the endorphins wear off and the stress hits harder. From a psychological standpoint, this has been called the disillusionment stage. George […]
Epic Tip of the Week May 22, 2020
Inpatient & Ambulatory: Haiku/Canto Patient Lists – Infection/Isolation Icon [Effective May 21, 2020] Haiku/Canto versions 9.2.2 or 9.3 display an infection/isolation icon in Patient Lists when appropriate. This icon will not display if you have not updated to versions 9.2.2 or 9.3 Inpatient & Ambulatory: Zoom Upgrade Zoom will stop working on 5/30/20 if you […]
2020 SOM Convocation Awards
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony took place virtually on Wednesday, May 20. Many of the awards for faculty were given to members of the Department of Medicine. George J. Stuart Award Khalil Ghanem, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases The Stuart Award was established in 1969 following the bequest […]
Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages
ARTICLE: Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages AUTHORS: David A Kass, Priya Duggal, Oscar Cingolani JOURNAL: Lancet. 2020 May 16;395(10236):1544-1545. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31024-2. Epub 2020 May 4. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was first reported in China in late December, 2019, and […]