Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Michael Choi, associate professor and clinical director of the Division of Nephrology, received the National Kidney Foundation’s Garabed Eknoyan Award recognizing his contributions to the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) and clinical research in the field of kidney disease. Dr. Choi is a member of the National Kidney Foundation’s board of directors and vice […]
The 6th Annual Cardiovascular Research Retreat will be held on Friday, May 22, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the Albert Owens Auditorium in the Koch Cancer Research Building on the JHMI campus at 1551 East Jefferson Street. The deadline to submit an abstract for award consideration is Friday, May 8 at midnight. Monday, May 18 is […]
ARTICLE: Phosphodiesterase 9A controls nitric-oxide-independent cGMP and hypertrophic heart disease AUTHORS: Dong I. Lee, Guangshuo Zhu, Takashi Sasaki, Gun-Sik Cho, Nazha Hamdani, Ronald Holewinski, Su-Hyun Jo, Thomas Danner, Manling Zhang, Peter P. Rainer, Djahida Bedja, Jonathan A. Kirk, Mark J. Ranek, Wolfgang R. Dostmann, Chulan Kwon, Kenneth B. Margulies, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Walter J. […]
In celebration of National Nurses Week, I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to our entire nursing staff. Nurses account for the largest portion of personnel in our department and have an immeasurable impact in each of our tripartite missions. From creating teachable moments for our Medicine trainees, to being compassionate care givers, […]
Sanjay Desai, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and director of the Osler Medical Training Program was named the Young Leader to Watch at the national meeting of Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) as part of the spotlight series. The APDIM Member Spotlight Series is a program […]
The 4th Annual Kenneth L. Baughman Lecture in Cardiology will feature Dr. Charles Lowenstein, a former Cardiology faculty member who is now a professor and chief of Cardiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. The lecture will take place on Monday, May 18 at 4 p.m. in the Chevy Chase Auditorium […]
Q: Should I treat my inpatients with asthma and COPD with bronchodilators via nebulizers or metered-dose inhalers? The Bottom Line: Patients with asthma and COPD admitted to the hospital should be given aerosolized medications via MDIs with spacers and diskus inhalers as soon as they are medically able, as these therapies are equivalently efficacious as […]
Jen Hayashi was selected by the Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council to receive a 2015 Diversity Recognition Award along with Chelsea Ngongang, senior resident in the Bayview medicine program who has been a staunch advocate for diversity and inclusion in our residency programs and Bayview senior resident, Rachel Kruzan who has done extensive outreach work […]
I am writing today and every Friday in May to begin a conversation about compensation in earnest. Please be an active participant in this process and take the opportunity to be informed with each post. What are we expecting from compensation? This is a question I have wrestled with since becoming a leader in academic […]
Research in cardiovascular disease is key to understanding the pathophysiology of disease and unlocking new treatments. It is with these thoughts that Dr. Robert Bonow, program chair of the Eleventh Annual Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators’ Forum, is hosting this CME-accredited program. The forum is designed for junior faculty and fellows enrolled in U.S.-based cardiology fellowship […]