Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
ARTICLE: Empirical Antituberculosis Therapy in Advanced HIV Disease - Too Much, Too Late AUTHORS: Richard E Chaisson JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 18;382(25):2459-2460.… Read More »Empirical Antituberculosis Therapy in Advanced HIV Disease – Too Much, Too Late
I am delighted to announce that the 2020 recipient of the Belding H. Scribner Lifetime Achievement Award is Josef Coresh, MD, PhD. The Scribner Award… Read More »Coresh Receives Scribner Award
On July 9, the Task Force on Women’s Academic Careers in Medicine hosted a virtual meet and greet and panel discussion. The virtual event was… Read More »Update from the Task Force on Women’s Academic Careers in Medicine
Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Associate Professor Monica Mukherjee, Cardiology Nazareno Paolocci, Cardiology Clare Rock, Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor Frederick… Read More »Faculty Promotions and Additions
ARTICLE: Association of Normal Systolic Blood Pressure Level With Cardiovascular Disease in the Absence of Risk Factors AUTHORS: Seamus P. Whelton, John W. McEvoy, Leslee… Read More »Association of Normal Systolic Blood Pressure Level With Cardiovascular Disease in the Absence of Risk Factors
Dr. Sanjay Desai, professor in the Division of Pulmonary, vice chair for education and director of the Osler Medical Residency, was named the inaugural Dr. Myron L.… Read More »Desai Named Myron L. Weisfeldt Professor
Dr. David Kass, professor in the Division of Cardiology, was selected to receive the 2020 the Louis and Artur Lucian Award from McGill University in… Read More »Kass Receives Lucian Award
COVID-19 has touched all of us in many ways. Unfortunately, COVID-19 has added powerful financial stresses to our university, school and department. In order to… Read More »Financial Impacts of COVID-19
FYI: Quarterly Epic Upgrade July 16, 2020 Inpatient & Ambulatory: Less Cluttered Problem List [NEW LOOK – Effective 7/16/20] Labels removed from several button icons… Read More »Epic Tip of the Week: July 10, 2020
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… Read More »Thank You For All You Do: Endocrinology and Hematology