Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
We celebrated Certified Nurses Day on Monday, March 19 with a breakfast honoring our nurses with specialty, subspecialty and advance practice certification. We appreciate your commitment to nursing excellence and the patients you care for. Thank you for all do in the Department of Medicine. -Ron Get to Know Cindy Rutledge Cindy Rutledge, nurse manager(...)
ARTICLE: Long-acting injectable atovaquone nanomedicines for malaria prophylaxis AUTHORS: Rahul P. Bakshi, Lee M. Tatham, Alison C. Savage, Abhai K. Tripathi, Godfree Mlambo, Matthew M. Ippolito, Elizabeth Nenortas, Steve P. Rannard, Andrew Owen and Theresa A. Shapiro JOURNAL: Nat Commun. 2018 Jan 22;9(1):315. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02603-z. Abstract Chemoprophylaxis is currently the best available prevention from malaria, but its efficacy is compromised by non-adherence to medication. Here we develop a long-acting injectable formulation of atovaquone solid drug nanoparticles(...)
ARTICLE: Patient Age–Associated Mortality Risk Is Differentiated by BRAF V600E Status in Papillary Thyroid Cancer AUTHORS: Xiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, David Viola, Rossella Elisei, Efisio Puxeddu, Laura Fugazzola, Carla Colombo, Barbara Jarzab, Agnieszka Czarniecka, Alfred K. Lam, Caterina Mian, Federica Vianello, Linwah Yip, Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Pilar Santisteban, Christine J. O’Neill, Mark S. Sywak, Roderick Clifton-Bligh, Bela Bendlova, Vlasta Sýkorová, and Mingzhao Xing JOURNAL: J Clin Oncol. 2018 Feb 10;36(5):438-445. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.74.5497. Epub 2017 Dec 14. Abstract Purpose(...)
CLOSLER.org, a site that exposes physicians around the world to exceptional clinician role models who are masterful in caring for patients, free of charge, launched earlier this month. Scott Wright, chief of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview, launched a free online platform, CLOSLER, to expose medical students, residents and physicians to clinically excellent patient-centered(...)
This year's Research Retreat marked the first-ever collaboration with the Whiting School of Engineering. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make the event a huge success celebrating the scientific innovations of both the Department of Medicine and the School of Engineering. David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Awards: Dale Needham, professor in the Division of Pulmonary(...)
Mohammed Al-Sofiani, fellow in the Division of Endocrinology, was selected to receive the Clinical Fellow Abstract Award in Diabetes from the Endocrine Society. He will be presented the award for his abstract entitled "Diabetes and Platelet Response to Low-dose Aspirin Therapy: The GeneSTAR Study" at the annual meeting in Chicago this month.
The annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals and Best Children’s Hospitals reputation surveys are now available to be completed by all eligible physicians. Some faculty may have already received an email to take the survey based on previous years’ participation. To vote, log in to Doximity.com or open the Doximity app. The app(...)
ARTICLE: Single-board hematology fellowship track: a 10-year institutional experience AUTHORS: Rakhi P. Naik, Kristen Marrone, Samuel Merrill, Ross Donehower and Robert Brodsky JOURNAL: Blood. 2018 Jan 25;131(4):462-464. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-11-816207. Epub 2017 Dec 11. TO THE EDITOR: In the United States, internal medicine subspecialty training is dictated primarily by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), which sets standards for clinical and education program requirements for recognized fellowships. For adult hematology and(...)
ARTICLE: An Implementation Guide to Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria AUTHORS: Michael Daniel, Sara Keller, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin, Amit Pahwa, Christine Soong JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):271-276. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7290. Abstract Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) frequently lacks appropriate indication, yet remains prevalent across settings. Numerous guidelines, professional societies, and campaigns such as Choosing Wisely advocate against this low-value practice. Efforts aimed at reducing unnecessary treatment of ASB demonstrate improved(...)
Michael Choi and John Sperati, both associate professors in the Division of Nephrology, were selected to be part of the 2018 cohort of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. They are two of 10 physicians throughout the School of Medicine to receive this honor, which recognizes them as exceptional clinicians who are committed to excellence in(...)