ARTICLE: Management of patients with increased risk for familial pancreatic cancer: updated recommendations from the International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening (CAPS) Consortium AUTHORS: Michael Goggins, Randall Brand, Sapna Syngal, Marco Del Chiaro, Detlef K Bartsch, Claudio Bassi, Alfredo Carrato, James Farrell, Elliot K Fishman, Paul Fockens, Jeanin E van Hooft, R H Hruban, Fay Kastrinos, […]
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Giardiello and Pasricha Honored by the AGA
Posted by | CongratulationsFrank Giardiello and Jay Pasricha, professors in the Division of Gastroenterology, were honored by the American Gastroenterological Association for their distinguished careers as mentors and leaders. The AGA Research Foundation program recognizes individuals who have had a pivotal role in shaping the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology and helps to raise funds to support future investigators. They will […]
Reverend Melvin B. Tuggle East Baltimore Community Excellence Award
Posted by | Civic Engagement, ResearchOne award will be given to a graduate student, resident or postdoctoral fellow working in the East Baltimore community to target opportunities for youth and adults by addressing access to health care, prevention programs and/or mitigation of social issues related to health. Rev. Tuggle highly valued work that demonstrates compassion for the East Baltimore community. […]
9th Annual Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference
Posted by | CMEThe 9th Annual Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference sponsored by the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will take place on November 5-7, 2020. Early rehabilitation of hospitalized patients can reduce muscle weakness, physical impairments and delirium. Yet achieving these outcomes is no simple task. […]
Hopkins Conte Digestive Diseases Basic Research Core Center Grant
Posted by | ResearchThe Pilot/Feasibility Projects (P/FP) are key components of Core activities. The goal of this program is to provide seed money for projects, eventually leading to successful competition for funding at the national level. The P/FPs provide $10,000-$25,000, typically given each year to up to four investigators/projects. Alternatively, up to $50,000 can be awarded for collaborative […]
2020 DOM/WSE Research Retreat Recap
Posted by | ResearchThank you to everyone who participated in today's Department of Medicine/Whiting School of Engineering Research Retreat. Our third annual collaboration with the Whiting School of Engineering proved to be another great success. We would also like to thank keynote speaker Dr. Steven Chu for an enthralling talk on Application or Rare-Earth Up-Converting Nanoparticles in Neuron […]
Epic Tip of the Week: February 28, 2020
Posted by | Patient Care**Quarterly Upgrade – March 19, 2020** Inpatient & Ambulatory: Storyboard [NEW LOOK - Effective 3/19/2020] Storyboard will replace the Header/Banner and varies based on user role, encounter type/location Activity tabs display across the top [old Header/Banner position] and the Storyboard [new Header/Banner] now displays on the left vertical side of the workspace Storyboard decreases the […]
Nursing Matters
Posted by | Nursing MattersYour Opinion Counts: 2020 Gallup survey to be held March 16 to April 5, 2020. Make sure you take the survey! Did you know? DOM Leadership Rounds has begun. Nurses and leaders from the Department of Medicine have begun rounding on unit huddle boards (Meyer 8 & Nelson 7). We are measuring lunch breaks compliance […]
Stable ischemic heart disease: how to keep it that way
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Stable ischemic heart disease: how to keep it that way AUTHORS: Thorsten M. Leucker, Steven P. Schulman and Gary Gerstenblith JOURNAL: J Clin Invest. 2020 Jan 27. pii: 135959. doi: 10.1172/JCI135959. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract The vast majority of the over 18 million Americans with known coronary atherosclerosis have stable disease (i.e., they do not have nor […]