[domweek] DOM Week, July 25-29, 2022

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]


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DOM Week
July 22, 2022
News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine <http://bit.ly/1TemKEY>

(If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf at uw.edu<mailto:amyf at uw.edu>)


Awards
Distinguished Alumnus Award
[image004.jpg]Congratulations to Dr. Peter Kudenchuk, professor (Cardiology) who received the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award<http://bit.ly/2Se83IV>. This award recognizes an alumnus or alumna whose professional achievements and cumulative contributions have brought personal distinction, enhanced the general health and well-being of the public through professional practice, research or public policy, and brought honor to their alma mater. Dr. Kudenchuk was honored for his distinguished career in cardiology, improving patient health and outcomes through leadership and innovation in the prevention and treatment of cardiac arrest.

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Call for nominations: 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Nominations for the 2023 UW School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Awards<http://bit.ly/2Se83IV> are now open. Now is the time to honor the colleagues and classmates who inspire you – by nominating them for one of four awards: the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award, the Alumni Humanitarian Award, the Alumni Service Award and the Alumni Early Achievement Award. Please contact the alumni office at medalum at uw.edu<mailto:medalum at uw.edu> with questions.


Education news
New Medicine Student Programs leadership
Clerkship Director
[image006.jpg]Dr. Jennifer Wright, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is our new Clerkship Director for Medicine Student Programs. In this role, she will oversee the teaching responsibilities and site directors at all the Seattle and WWAMI sites, develop and maintain a vision for the short and long-term activity of the clerkship, and assure comparability of educational experiences and equivalency of student assessment and feedback across all clerkship sites.

Dr. Wright is currently the associate director for the Medicine Required Clerkship and the site director for the Outpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship at UWMC Roosevelt Clinic.

Site Director
[image008.jpg]Dr. Neha Deshpande, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is our new UWMC Site Director for the Medicine Clerkship. In this role, she will run teaching sessions, lead feedback sessions with faculty and residents, and meet with and provide feedback to students.

Dr. Deshpande is currently the associate director for Medicine Student Programs.

Wright and Deshpande take the helm from Dr. Douglas Paauw, who has been the director of student teaching for the Department of Medicine since 1992.


Faculty news
[image010.jpg]Dr. Ian de Boer, professor (Nephrology) has been named as the holder of the Joseph W. Eschbach, M.D. Endowed Chair in Kidney Research. The endowed chair was created in recognition of Dr. Joseph Eschbach’s enduring contributions to the well-being of people living with kidney disease, and was established in support of the Director of the Kidney Research Institute, a position de Boer assumed earlier this year.

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[image012.jpg]Dr. Ann O’Hare, professor (Nephrology) has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Bill Peckham Endowed Fund for Person-Centered Care. This endowed fund was established in the loving memory of Bill Peckham, who developed kidney failure in his early 20s and spent decades on home hemodialysis. O’Hare’s work has been extremely influential in the field as it has spurred innovative interventions to make the care more person-centered, including in our own community with the establishment of the Kidney Supportive Care program at the Northwest Kidney Centers.



Research news
Renewed action on hypertension to improve health and reduce global inequalities
[image014.jpg]Historically, hypertension control has been neglected in global and national health policies. A study<https://go.nature.com/3ochYB1> published this week in Nature Medicine suggests that if 80% of individuals with hypertension were screened, 80% received treatment, and 80% then reached guideline-specified targets, up to 200 million cases of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and 130 million deaths could be averted by 2050.

"We need to reprioritize hypertension care in our practices," said senior author and principal investigator Dr. David Watkins, associate professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and global health. “Only about one in five persons with hypertension around the world has their blood pressure well controlled. Oftentimes, clinicians are focused on addressing patients' other health needs, many of which can be pressing in the short term, and we forget to talk about blood pressure, which has more than earned its reputation as 'the silent killer.’”

Read more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3om7dw3>.
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Surges in influenza-like illness may herald next pandemic
[image016.png]Tracking surges in influenza-like illnesses might help researchers and global health doctors anticipate future respiratory viral pandemics, according to research published in PLOS Medicine<https://bit.ly/3yYFyGu>. Scouring thousands of routine surveillance data points from the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System, a UW Medicine team evaluated time-series outliers among people who had an influenza-like illness but tested negative for influenza.

The group examined the incidence of non-influenza respiratory illnesses before the first COVID-19 cases were positively identified, and found spikes in 16 of 28 countries involved in the study. Influenza-like illnesses jumped about 13 weeks before the first confirmed COVID-19 peaks in 2020.

“We really didn’t expect to see such large spikes in so many countries,” said Dr. Natalie Cobb, clinical instructor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and lead author on the study. “COVID-19 took us all by surprise, and I think it would have been beneficial to have something in place to alert us that a pandemic might be coming.”

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3PChXBZ>.


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[image018.jpg]Dr. Laura Feemster, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) was awarded the Respiratory Health Association’s 2022 Solovy Award for Advancement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is an awarded annually to recognize individuals who have made significant research contributions to improving the lives of patients with COPD, and includes $20,000 of research funds.


Recent publications
Dr. Shiv Bhandari, R2, is lead author, and Dr. Nicholas Johnson, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of “Investigating the Airway Opening Index during cardiopulmonary resuscitation<https://bit.ly/3IVR3mh>” in Resuscitation. DOM co-authors are Jason Coult and Thomas Rea.

Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of “Blood glucose targets in the critically ill: is one size fits all still appropriate?<https://bit.ly/3z18ygL>” in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. DOM co-author is Michael Schwartz.

Dr. Edward Libby, associate professor emeritus (Medical Oncology) is co-author of “Triplet Therapy, Transplantation, and Maintenance until Progression in Myeloma<https://bit.ly/3tmGEtq>” in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Andrew Raikhel, clinical instructor, is lead author and Dr. Jeffrey Redinger, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “An Interactive COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Workshop for Internal Medicine Residents and Medical Students<https://bit.ly/3OrPQ7z>” in Cureus. DOM co-authors are Kevin Blau and Katherine Alberty.

Dr. Veena Shankaran, professor (Medical Oncology) is senior author of “Financial Navigation in Cancer Care Delivery: State of the Evidence, Opportunities for Research, and Future Directions<https://bit.ly/3cy28ht>” in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Philip Vutien, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. George Ioannou, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of “Combining FIB-4 and liver stiffness into the FIB-5, a single model that accurately predicts complications of portal hypertension<https://bit.ly/3BodmQb>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.


In the news
Dr. Catherine Butler, acting assistant professor (Nephrology) is quoted in “Underrepresented patients on dialysis report unmet existential and supportive care needs<https://bit.ly/3zfC0Rf>” in Healio.

Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in “As diabetes during pregnancy grows more common, experts point to a need for preventive care<https://bit.ly/3v3fhFN>” in STAT.

Dr. Wayne McCormick, professor and head (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is quoted in “CR’s Ultimate Heat Survival Guide<https://bit.ly/3B6dEL7>” in Consumer Reports.

Dr. Stephanie Page, professor and head (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in “Vasectomy Inquiries Soar as Roe v. Wade Sparks Male Contraception Debate<https://bit.ly/3AZNaea>” in Newsweek.

Dr. Sarah Struthers, clinical assistant professor (Nephrology) talked to Healio Nephrology for “Q&A: The American Society of Nephrology calls for action against climate change<https://bit.ly/3OcI55b>.” Dr. Struthers was co-author on the ASN Statement on Climate Change<https://bit.ly/3zglP6s>.


Weekly Calendar, July 25-29, 2022
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Research Fellows Orientation Course
Everything you need to know to survive & thrive in academics! Please join us for the annual Department of Medicine Workshop: “Surviving and Thriving During the Research Years”, a course covering skills necessary for academic success, such as grant writing, teaching & oral presentations, job negotiations, appointments & promotions, and breakout sessions on opportunities in industry or the public health & policy sector. The course is designed for fellows navigating their research path and is open to fellows and early-stage faculty from all departments. There is no charge to attend this virtual course. Aug. 29, 8:30am-3pm. For more details and to register, please visit our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/education/fellows/research-fellows-orientation-course>.

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Amy Fields, Editor
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