Department of Medicine physicians have published a pivotal paper on patient care transitions in Academic Medicine. The study evaluated findings from a resident-staffed early post-discharge program. A goal of any academic medical center is to ensure a patient's safety after discharge from the hospital. This often includes visits and follow-up care at outpatient practices that are staffed by residents-in-training. However, residents may not always be comfortable managing patient care transition.
Dr. Ype de Jong was interviewed on NY1 regarding recent public outreach about hepatitis C in New York. He also spoke about the rapidly evolving management of this serious disease that infects the liver through blood products, and which can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer.
In pregnant women, the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques used for gall stones, strictures, obstructions, or other conditions within the biliary or pancreatic ductal systems, has been problematical due to exposure to radiation for the mother and the fetus. Dr. Michel Kahaleh and his team have successfully modified endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to reduce the estimated fetal radiation exposure, thereby making the procedure safe for pregnant women.
The 2,800-square-foot-center, located on 70th Street between York and First Avenue, will fill a unique niche, in that it is one of very few dedicated centers in the world addressing one of our country's most pressing health concerns, hypertension.
Drs. Oren A. Friedman and James M. Horowitz, Division of Pulmonary-Critical Care and Cardiology respectively, have recently published a paper in Endovascular Today (July 2013) on building a pulmonary embolism multidisciplinary team.
Nicole Sirotin, M.D. (co-PI, WCMC) and Sera Young, Ph.D. (PI, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Division of Nutritional Sciences) were granted an intercampus collaborative research grant. The project characterizes food insecurity in HIV-infected and -uninfected lactating women. Specifically, it is evaluating the relationship between food insecurity and maternal B12 and foliate levels, maternal depression and infant feeding practices.
The session was held in conjunction with clinician educators from University of Chicago and the novel model presented addressed the activity of handing patients off (from graduating senior residents to incoming interns) in the resident outpatient practice.
On October 11, 2012, Dr. Mark Lachs testified in Washington, D.C., providing recommendations to the Elder Justice Coordinating Council on HIPAA and IRB issues related to the investigation of elder abuse. He described the challenges faced by elder abuse researchers under HIPAA and IRB guidelines.
Dr. Linda Vahdat, Director of the Breast Cancer Research Program and Chief of the Solid Tumor Service, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, was featured in a MSNBC report on Halaven, a new drug for treating metastatic breast cancer. Halaven is derived from the sea sponge.
Dr. Gail J. Roboz is physician to ABC Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts. She treated Ms. Roberts who has MDS, or myelodysplastic syndrome, a disorder of the stem cells in bone marrow that impairs blood production.
