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Flanagan, Eleni

Flanagan Named Director of Nursing for the Departments of Medicine and Radiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital

May 27, 2022

It is our pleasure to announce that Eleni Flanagan, DNP, MBA, RN-BC, has been appointed to the position of director of nursing for the Departments of Medicine and Radiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, effective May 22. Eleni has served as the interim director of these departments since October 2021 and, prior to that, was […]

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Ambulatory Updates: May 27, 2022

May 26, 2022

Monkeypox The Maryland Department of Health urges Maryland clinicians to follow the “Identify, Isolate and Inform” paradigm for possible monkeypox:  Identify - Monkeypox should be considered in the differential for patients presenting with skin lesions, even in the absence of known travel. Symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle aches, lymphadenopathy, and a rash that may […]

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Spatiotemporal Phylodynamics of Hepatitis C Among People Who Inject Drugs in India

May 25, 2022

ARTICLE: Spatiotemporal Phylodynamics of Hepatitis C Among People Who Inject Drugs in India AUTHORS: Steven J Clipman, Shruti H Mehta, Mary A Rodgers, Priya Duggal, Aylur K Srikrishnan, Shanmugam Saravanan, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Canjeevaran K Vasudevan, Stuart C Ray, Muniratnam S Kumar, Thomas C Quinn, Gavin A Cloherty, Gregory M Lucas, Sunil S Solomon JOURNAL: Hepatology. 2021 Oct;74(4):1782-1794. doi: 10.1002/hep.31912. Epub 2021 Aug 25. Abstract Background and Aims: Implementing effective interventions for HCV […]

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Association Between Chronic Use of Immunosuppresive Drugs and Clinical Outcomes From Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Large US Health System

May 25, 2022

ARTICLE: Association Between Chronic Use of Immunosuppresive Drugs and Clinical Outcomes From Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospitalization: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Large US Health System AUTHORS: Kathleen M Andersen, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Natasha Palamuttam, Daniel Ford, Brian T Garibaldi, Paul G Auwaerter, Jodi Segal, G Caleb Alexander JOURNAL: Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 6;73(11):e4124-e4130. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1488. Abstract Background: It is unclear whether chronic […]

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Medical Nursing Professional Practice Awards

May 24, 2022

This year, 1-3 nurses were nominated by their unit’s nurse manager to be the winner of the Professional Practice Award. Eligible bedside nurses must have demonstrated key components of our Professional Practice Model (We Care, We Excel, We Influence, We Empower), to help the Department of Nursing meet JHM strategic goals (We Achieve). Nominees were […]

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Health Care Leaders’ Perspectives on the Maryland All-Payer Model

May 23, 2022

Health Care Leaders’ Perspectives on the Maryland All-Payer Model When: Friday, June, 17, 12-1 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting: https://jh.zoom.us/j/94891403056?pwd=b2UrQ3BWTUFzUnRQWCtGUGxvendUZz09 Meeting ID: 948 9140 3056 Passcode: 718265 Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Austin Kilaru, MD […]

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A Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Antivirals for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: The PRIORITIZE Study

May 18, 2022

ARTICLE: A Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Antivirals for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: The PRIORITIZE Study AUTHORS: Mark S Sulkowski, Juhi S Moon, Kenneth E Sherman, Giuseppe Morelli, Jama M Darling, Andrew J Muir, Mandana Khalili, Dawn A Fishbein, Federico Hinestrosa, Mitchell L Shiffman, Adrian Di Bisceglie, K Rajender Reddy, Brian Pearlman, Anna S Lok, Michael W Fried, Paul W Stewart, Joy Peter, Summer Wadsworth, Scott Kixmiller, Anquenette Sloan, Monika Vainorius, Patrick M […]

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Host lipidome and tuberculosis treatment failure

May 18, 2022

ARTICLE: Host lipidome and tuberculosis treatment failure AUTHORS: Rupak Shivakoti, John W Newman, Luke Elizabeth Hanna, Artur T L Queiroz , Kamil Borkowski, Akshay N Gupte, Mandar Paradkar, Pattabiraman Satyamurthi, Vandana Kulkarni, Murugesh Selva, Neeta Pradhan, Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra Shivakumar, Saravanan Natarajan, Ramesh Karunaianantham, Nikhil Gupte, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Oliver Fiehn, Renu Bharadwaj, Anju Kagal, Sanjay Gaikwad, Shashikala Sangle, Jonathan E Golub, Bruno B Andrade, Vidya Mave, Amita Gupta, Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini JOURNAL: Eur Respir J. 2022 Jan 6;59(1):2004532. doi: 10.1183/13993003.04532-2020. Print 2022 Jan. […]

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Cammarato and Tampakakis Receive Catalyst Awards

May 17, 2022

Dr. Antony Cammarato, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, and Dr. Emmaunouil Tampakakis, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, were recently named two of 38 honorees representing dozens of fields to receive 2022 Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards. These awards of $75,000 support the promising research and creative endeavors of early career faculty with the […]

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Apply to be a Design Lab Fellow

May 16, 2022

Have you ever wanted to pursue a career in entrepreneurship? Apply to find out how! The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is offering a unique opportunity for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and medical residents interested in healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship, specifically in the areas of psychiatry and geriatrics. Selected applicants will participate in a 16-week course with full-time […]

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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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