Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Talented high school students across Baltimore dream of becoming health care professionals. You can help make their dreams a reality. Volunteer this summer with… Read More »Inspire Baltimore’s Aspiring Health Care Professionals This Summer with MERIT
I am delighted to announce that Derek Fine has agreed to serve as interim director of the Division of Nephrology effective March 1. We are… Read More »Fine Named Interim Director of Nephrology
ARTICLE: A View from the Front Line — Physicians’ Perspectives on ACA Repeal AUTHORS: Craig Evan Pollack, Katrina Armstrong and David Grande JOURNAL: N Engl… Read More »A View from the Front Line — Physicians’ Perspectives on ACA Repeal
We would like formally recognize the accomplishments of our staff and show our gratitude to staff members who have exemplified outstanding service. With this, we… Read More »DOM Staff Recognition Awards – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
On February 9, the BCU team co-hosted a symposium on transportation for patients with highly infectious diseases at the American Society of Microbiology Biothreats Conference… Read More »Gearing Up for Spring
Henry Fessler, professor and fellowship director in the Division of Pulmonary, was recently named the 2017 recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award from the American… Read More »Fessler Receives Outstanding Educator Award
David Feller-Kopman, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, and Sophie Lanzkron, associate professor in the Division of Hematology, were recently selected to become members of… Read More »Feller-Kopman and Lanzkron to be Inducted into Miller-Coulson Academy
Happy belated Valentine’s Day! I hope you had a fabulous holiday. If not, there's always St. Patrick’s Day! I don’t know about you, but I am… Read More »February Updates
ARTICLE: Wearable Technology and Long-term Weight Loss AUTHORS: Timothy Plante and Seth Martin JOURNAL: JAMA. 2017 Jan 17;317(3):318-319. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.19265. To the Editor After successful weight loss… Read More »Wearable Technology and Long-term Weight Loss
Sherita Golden, professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was recently selected to become a member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA) on the basis… Read More »Golden Named Member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association