I am pleased to announce that Namandjé Bumpus has been named associate dean for basic research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Having held several leadership positions throughout her tenure at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Bumpus has seen firsthand that significant opportunities exist to enhance the environment for basic scientists in clinical departments across(...)
Computers Used at Johns Hopkins – Coming and Going
Posted by | Administration, Vice Chair ContributorsSummer is a time of comings and goings in an academic center, so it’s important to be mindful of how this relates to the electronic devices we use at work. Arriving personnel and their devices Computers purchases using Johns Hopkins funds (sponsored or non-sponsored, paid directly or reimbursed) must be made through Johns Hopkins purchasing(...)
Leff Elected to ABIM Council
Posted by | CongratulationsBruce Leff, professor in the Division of Geriatrics, was recently named the chair-elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Council. The ABIM Council designs policies and procedures for certification and maintenance of certification with peers across all the specialties of internal medicine to ensure the quality, relevance and effectiveness of ABIM's programs. Bruce also(...)
Pulmonary Effective Arterial Elastance as a Measure of Right Ventricular Afterload and Its Prognostic Value in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Pulmonary Effective Arterial Elastance as a Measure of Right Ventricular Afterload and Its Prognostic Value in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease AUTHORS: Emmanouil Tampakakis, Sanjiv J. Shah, Barry A. Borlaug, Peter J. Leary, Harnish H. Patel, Wayne L. Miller, Benjamin W. Kelemen, Brian A. Houston, Todd M. Kolb, Rachel Damico, Stephen C. Mathai, Edward K. Kasper, Paul M. Hassoun, David A. Kass, Ryan J. Tedford JOURNAL: Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Apr;11(4):e004436. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004436. Abstract BACKGROUND: Patients with combined post- and precapillary pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease have a worse prognosis compared with isolated(...)
Galiatsatos Named Daily Record VIP
Posted by | CongratulationsPanagis Galiatsatos, instructor in the Division of Pulmonary, was recently named to the Maryland Daily Record's 2018 VIP List which recognizes very important professionals successful by the age of 40. The individuals--from different cites and across a wide variety of industries--were selected by a panel of previous VIP List honorees and business leaders in recognition(...)
AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
Posted by | LeadershipThis three-day in-person meeting aims to help minorities and underrepresented populations in academic medicine develop their communications, team building and change management capabilities in order to grow in their careers. September 13-16, 2018 Phoenix, Arizona WHO SHOULD ATTEND Early career racial and ethnic minority faculty who aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine. Senior clinical(...)
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: Petros Karakousis, Infectious Diseases Sean Leng, Geriatrics John Murphy, Infectious Diseases Timothy Osborne (not pictured), Endocrinology Sarbjit Saini, Clinical Immunology Associate Professor: Justin Bailey, Infectious Diseases Lee Daugherty-Biddison, Pulmonary Seth Martin, Cardiology Stephen Sozio, Nephrology Jeffrey Trost, Cardiology Assistant Professor: Keira Cohen,(...)
Johns Hopkins Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference
Posted by | CMECourse Description Interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination is vital to facilitate early mobility and rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. A recent stakeholders’ conference aimed at improving long-term outcomes for ICU survivors identified important ‘silos’ among critical care and rehabilitation clinicians working in the ICU, with these ‘silos’ acting as a barrier to collaboratively(...)
Civic Engagement Update Spring 2018: DOM Busy in the Community
Posted by | Civic EngagementWe want to thank all of our Department of Medicine staff who participated in our spring community outreach projects--they were a huge success! In collaboration with Charlene Neal, residence service coordinator for Douglass Homes, we helped to support the Douglass Homes Health Fair on May 24, 2018. Staff from the Brancati Center for the Advancement(...)
Cumulative blood pressure from early adulthood to middle age is associate with left atrial remodelling and subclinical dysfunction assessed by three-dimensional echocardiography: a prospective post hoc analysis from the coronary artery risk development in young adults study
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Cumulative blood pressure from early adulthood to middle age is associated with left atrial remodelling and subclinical dysfunction assessed by three-dimensional echocardiography: a prospective post hoc analysis from the coronary artery risk development in young adults study AUTHORS: Henrique D Vasconcellos, Henrique T Moreira, Luisa Ciuffo, Chike C Nwabuo, Guilherme S Yared, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Anderson C Armstrong, Satoru Kishi, Jared P Reis, Kiang Liu, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Laura A Colangelo, Pamela J Schreiner, Stephen Sidney, Samuel S Gidding(...)