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Journeys in Medicine Opening session with panel discussion

June 1, 2015

The first session of the Journeys in Medicine: Exploring the Roles Race and Community Play in Shaping the DOM conversation held on Tuesday, May 26, brought to light the stories and challenges that several members of the Department of Medicine have had and their reactions to the riots that erupted in the streets of Baltimore […]

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kbennett ⋅ Administration Community, Journeys in Medicine, Vice Chairs ⋅

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Medicine (and Compensation) Matters: Part 5: Next Steps & Summary

May 29, 2015

There is still much to do to build a working model. We will continue to have compensation model discussions and updates at upcoming division director meetings and soon will select a compensation committee that is broadly representative of our department. In addition, the DOM administrative team will have discussions and training with division administrators, financial […]

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Mark Anderson ⋅ Administration Compensation ⋅

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Thank you for a successful Nursing Week!

May 28, 2015

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Nursing Week a huge success by celebrating our nurses for not only one week, but throughout the entire month. We held several events to show our appreciation for our dedicated nursing staff including Dr. Anderson’s Heart Healthy Thank You on May 18 where Dr. Anderson and […]

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kbennett ⋅ Administration Nursing ⋅

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Comparison of breast cancer risk in women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus in a Medicare population

May 27, 2015

ARTICLE: Comparison of breast cancer risk in women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus in a Medicare population AUTHORS: Waseem Khaliq, Rehan Qayyum Jeffrey Clough, Dhananjay Vaidya, Antonio C. Wolff, Diane M. Becker JOURNAL: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Jun;151(2):465-74. doi: 10.1007/s10549-015-3412-5. Epub  2015 May 10. Abstract Studies have suggested a decreased breast cancer risk […]

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kbennett ⋅ Article of the Week General Internal Medicine ⋅

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JHU Bootcamp for Technology Entrepreneurs

May 26, 2015

With support from President Daniels and Christy Wyskiel at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, the School of Medicine and Carey Business School are offering the second annual Johns Hopkins University Boot Camp for Technology Entrepreneurs on Tuesday, July 21, Tuesday, August 4 and Friday, August 14. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to learn how […]

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kbennett ⋅ CME

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Medicine (and Compensation) Matters: Part 4: (likely to be) Frequently Asked Questions

May 22, 2015

A model should be built on principles, but what are these principles?  One critical principle is equal work for equal pay. What does equal pay for equal work mean, precisely, and how would this principle be operationalized? Equal pay for equal work means that faculty engaged in the same activities, with the same seniority status […]

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Mark Anderson ⋅ Administration Compensation ⋅

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New Biocontainment Unit Opens

May 21, 2015

After seven months of transforming a deactivated clinical unit into a state-of-the-art facility, the new Biocontainment Unit has been unveiled. Lisa Maragakis, medical director of the unit and associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Brian Garibaldi, associate director and assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, will lead […]

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kbennett ⋅ Patient Care Biocontainment Unit, Infectious Diseases ⋅

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A Meta-analysis of the Association of Estimated GFR, Albuminuria, Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypertension With Acute Kidney Injury

May 20, 2015

ARTICLE: A Meta-analysis of the Association of Estimated GFR, Albuminuria, Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypertension With Acute Kidney Injury AUTHORS: Matthew T. James, Morgan E. Grams, Mark Woodward, C. Raina Elley, Jamie A. Green, David C. Wheeler, Paul de Jong, Ron T. Gansevoort, Andrew S. Levey, David G. Warnock, Mark J. Sarnak JOURNAL: Am J Kidney […]

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kbennett ⋅ Article of the Week Nephrology ⋅

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Journeys in Medicine

May 19, 2015

The first of the Journeys in Medicine: Exploring the Roles Race and Community Play in Shaping the DOM lecture will take place on Tuesday, May 26 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wood Basic Science Building Auditorium. Please RSVP for the first session by Thursday, May 21 by clicking here: https://jhmi.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9MOiMHJskBSiRdH All sessions are open […]

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kbennett ⋅ Administration Community, Vice Chairs ⋅

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One Minute Guide to: Fractional Excretion Indices in Acute Kidney Injury

May 18, 2015

Q: Should we always use fractional excretion indices in the evaluation of acute kidney injury? The Bottom Line: Do not order urine electrolytes to calculate fractional excretion indices as part of the initial evaluation of acute kidney injury. These indices may be helpful in differentiating pre-renal azotemia from acute tubular necrosis in oliguric patients, but […]

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kbennett ⋅ Patient Care One Minute Guides ⋅

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Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D - William Osler Professor of Medicine, director of the Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D is the William Osler Professor of Medicine, director of the Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital... read more »

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