[domweek] DOM Week, June 13-17, 2022

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]

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DOM Week
June 10, 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
Beeson Award
[cid:image002.png at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]Congratulations to Dr. Laura Renata Thronson, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) who received the 38th annual Paul B. Beeson Award and was honored at Medicine Grand Rounds today. Dr. Thronson was chosen by the medicine residents in recognition of outstanding clinical teaching and for exemplifying scholarship, humility, compassion, and integrity.

The award commemorates Dr. Paul Beeson, a distinguished physician at the Seattle VA in the 1970s, who was celebrated for his teaching skills.


Education news
Dr. Omar Bayomy, fellow (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) has been [Dr. Omar Bayomy] selected as the new Chair of Development for the University of Washington Housestaff Quality & Safety Committee (HQSC) leadership board for the 2022-23 academic year.

The HQSC is a trainee-led organization chartered under UW Graduate Medical Education and the UW Patient Safety & Quality Coordinating Committee that strives to engage trainees in the quality and safety work pursued everywhere throughout UW Medicine.

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Boise VA provides unique opportunities for trainees
[cid:image006.jpg at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]The Boise VA is doing it all: improving the lives of veterans and their families, providing top-tier medical education, increasing the physician workforce<https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/03/16/more-residency-spots-are-needed-to-grow-and-retain-idaho-physicians/> and being recognized by VA employees as the "Best Place to Work<https://www.va.gov/files/2022-04/Annual%20Report%20FY21_1.pdf>" out of all VA hospitals.

Dr. Moe Hagman is the program director for the Boise Internal Medicine Residency Program. Currently, residents in the UW Boise Internal Medicine Residency spend all three years of their training in Boise, highlighting a dedication to training physicians for Idaho and its neighboring states - and the shift seems to be working, with 60% of residents in the program staying in Idaho to practice and 15% practicing in neighboring states. The opportunities for residents training at the VA are also unique. The VA is a managed care system in which a patient and their clinician can decide what a patient would like to have for their care and then make it happen.

Read the full story in The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3MInC7T>.

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UW Awarded Hematology-Focused Fellowship Training Program
[cid:image009.jpg at 01D87CC3.AEE21A30]The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Hematology-Focused Fellowship training Program<https://bit.ly/3ayRnu4> (HFFTP) is an exclusive pathway that offers physicians the opportunity to pair comprehensive classical hematology training with career-enhancing education in transfusion medicine, sickle cell disease, hemostasis/thrombosis, as well as fields like medical education, systems-based hematology, outcomes research, health equity research, global health, safety/quality improvement, lifespan hematology, and more.

Funded entirely by ASH, 10 new hematology-focused fellowship tracks have been created within existing hematology-oncology programs at nine rigorously selected institutions accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) across the United States. HFFTP aims to strengthen the next generation of hematologists, with the goal of producing 50 new academic hematologists by 2030.

The UW HFFTP<https://bit.ly/3zlEv5d> will be led by Hematology Professors Dr. Mike Linenberger, program director, and Dr. David Garcia, associate program director.


Faculty news
2022 Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to the following Department of Medicine faculty whose promotions are effective July 1, 2022:


  *   To associate professor: Tyler Albert, Kevin Cheung, Solomon Graf, Joshua Hill, Jared Klein, Elizabeth Krakow, Radhika Narla, Meena Ramchandani, Matthew Rivara, Rashmi Sharma, Matthew Triplette, Masumi Ueda Oshima, Lisa Vande Vusse, Michael Wagner, David Watkins, Kaylyn Kit Man Wong, Susan Wong
  *   To professor: Nazem Akoum, Nisha Bansal, Shailender Bhatia, Creighton Don, Petros Grivas, Christopher Knight, Cynthia Ko, Catherine Liu, Anne Manicone, James McCabe, Joshua Schiffer, Nona Sotoodehnia, Judith Tsui

  *   To research associate professor: Roxanne Kerani, Christopher Peterson, Leila Zelnick

  *   To research professor: Rozenn Lemaitre

  *   To clinical assistant professor (salaried): Laura Buck, Alicia Carrasco, James Darnton, Andrew Hahn, Raouf Maoud, Thomas Newman, Alexander Vengerovsky
  *   To clinical associate professor (salaried): Gabrielle Berger, Ginger Evans, Anila Finnegan, Sharon Gill, Jason Harper, Susan Hunt, Gorav Kalra, Peter Kliewer, Cary Paine, Reddy Laxminarsimha, Karen Segerson, Yutaka Tomizawa
  *   To clinical professor (salaried): Renuka Bhattacharya

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[cid:image008.jpg at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]Dr. Anneliese Schleyer, professor (General Internal Medicine) will take on new leadership roles as interim chief medical officer of UW Medicine and interim vice president for medical affairs University of Washington, effective July 1.

As interim chief medical officer, Schleyer will oversee more than 4,500 clinicians, provide strategic guidance on the integration of clinical practice with education and research activities across all UW Medicine sites, and is responsible for physician led activities to improve the quality of care and clinical practice transformation.

Read more from The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3NCrBUM>.


Research news
New PNW COVID vaccine study
[cid:image011.jpg at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]Pacific Northwest researchers will soon begin enrolling 3,500 children and adults to participate in the CASCADIA study<https://bit.ly/39itR4t> to assess how well COVID-19 vaccines protect against infection in the community.

While individuals ages 6 months to 49 years will be included in the study, the primary goal of the study is to assess how well COVID-19 vaccines protect children ages 5 to 18 years. Researchers will also evaluate infections among all participants, young and old, vaccinated and unvaccinated, to better understand the role that viral variants have in infection and the effect of risk factors, such as age, health status and sociodemographic characteristics. Testing will also be done for flu and other viruses.

At $78 million, the work is one of the larger studies the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding, said Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) who's co-leading the research. "This information will be vital for understanding how well vaccines work in the community over time, how long immunity lasts, and when boosters will be needed," she said.

Read more from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3xmZ4eI> and the Seattle Times<https://bit.ly/3HdOpaL>.
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Tietze Awards
[cid:image013.jpg at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]Drs. Laura Crisa, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition) and Farid Moussavi-Harami, assistant professor (Cardiology) have received prestigious awards from the John H. Tietze Foundation Trust that will help fuel promising research underway in their labs.

With the John H. Tietze Stem Cell Scientist Award, the Crisa Lab will use tissue-chip technology to investigate mechanisms of resistance to metabolic stress in human stem cell-derived pancreatic islet cells. The researchers hope the findings will inform more effective transplant therapies for type 1 diabetes and other degenerative diseases.

The Jaconette L. Tietze Young Scientist Award will allow the Moussavi-Harami lab to engineer a new stem cell tool to directly measure sarcomere calcium levels in cardiomyopathy cells and in the presence of genetic mutations and medications that alter contractility. The goal is to better understand the mechanisms by which abnormal calcium levels contribute to cardiomyopathies.

Learn more from the ISCRM website<https://bit.ly/3xs1tpM>.

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[cid:image015.jpg at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]Dr. Petros Grivas, associate professor (Medical Oncology) received the inaugural Next Generation Disruptor Award<https://bit.ly/3MnHBZ5>. Presented by Healio at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference, this award honors an up-and-coming physician who is already disrupting the status quo in the field, whether through new techniques, new thoughts, questioning methods or breakthrough research.

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[cid:image017.jpg at 01D87CEA.DFE13720]Dr. Cory Simpson, assistant professor (Dermatology) has received Innovation Pilot Award from the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM) to support research to understand how epidermal differentiation goes awry in rare diseases in dermatology and to find new treatments.



Recent publications
Dr. Nauzley Abedini, assistant professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is lead author and Dr. Rashmi Sharma, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "End-of-life healthcare utilization and palliative care use among older adults with limited English proficiency<https://bit.ly/3MtZ6qI>" in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. DOM co-authors are Lois Downey, Ruth Engelberg and J. Randall Curtis.

Dr. Matthew Altman, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "DNA methylation signatures in airway cells from adult children of asthmatic mothers reflect subtypes of severe asthma<https://bit.ly/3Q9pjOp>" in PNAS.

Dr. Anthony Back, professor (Medical Oncology) talked to NPR in "Psychedelics might be the next big thing in mental health care, experts say<https://n.pr/3mvyGu9>."

Dr. Rotonya Carr, associate professor and head (Gastroenterology) is co-author of "A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological validation<https://go.nature.com/3xymkb8>" in Nature Genetics.

Dr. J. Randall Curtis, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "Stress-Related Disorders of Family Members of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With COVID-19<https://bit.ly/3kpgUb3>v" in JAMA Internal Medicine. DOM co-authors are Ruth Engelberg, Joanna Heywood, Tijana Milinic, Elizabeth Nielsen, and James Wykowski.

Dr. Terry Gernsheimer, professor (Hematology) is lead author of "Prophylactic tranexamic acid in patients with hematologic malignancy: a placebo controlled, randomized clinical trial<https://bit.ly/3xkhAEt>" in Blood.

Dr. Lorenzo Giacani, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Syphilis-Naive Patients Achieve Treatment Success More Quickly: A Comparison of Time to Syphilis Treatment Success in Patients With Repeat Versus Naive Infection<https://bit.ly/3O52uJX>" in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Jason Goldman, clinical assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of "COVID-19 and Cancer: Special Considerations for Patients Receiving Immunotherapy and Immunosuppressive Cancer Therapies<https://bit.ly/3MBJyBh>" in American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book. DOM co-author is Michael Gonzalez.

Drs. Vishesh Kapur, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and Bruce Psaty, professor (General Internal Medicine) wrote the editorial "Obtaining Valid Estimates of the Effect of CPAP Therapy<https://bit.ly/3zkE9eR>" in Chest.

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 NEJM.

Drs. Anneliese Schleyer, professor and Maya Narayanan, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of "Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention and diagnosis in COVID-19: Practice patterns and outcomes at 33 hospitals<https://bit.ly/3GWAxS3>" in PLOS One. Dr. Schleyer is also co-author of "Choosing Wisely in Adult Hospital Medicine: Co-creation of New Recommendations for Improved Healthcare Value by Clinicians and Patient Advocates<https://bit.ly/3axRGW3>" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Matthew Triplette, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of "Patient Perspectives on Longitudinal Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening<https://bit.ly/39cDmly>" in Chest. DOM co-authors are Erin Kross and Kristina Crothers.


In the news
Dr. Rotonya Carr, associate professor and head (Gastroenterology) is featured in "Setting Women Up For Success in Gastroenterology<https://bit.ly/3NxrTMm>" in Digestive Disease Week News.

Drs. Connie Celum and Julie Dombrowski (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are featured in "Widely available antibiotic helps prevent bacterial STIs in certain populations, UW clinical trial finds<https://bit.ly/3aBx8fm>" in the Seattle Times.


Events of interest
Medicine Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds will resume in the Fall.


Weekly Calendar, June 13-17, 2022
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Women Faculty Leadership Series
Sponsored by the Dean's Standing Committee on Women in Medicine and Science, this series is designed to empower UW School of Medicine women faculty with tools to thrive in their careers.


  *   Not Imposter Syndrome. June 14, 9-10am
  *   Difficult Conversations. September 20, 4-5pm
  *   How to Build and Lead Diverse Teams - Strategy. January 12, 2023, 9-10am

For more information and to register, please visit the SOM faculty website<https://bit.ly/3aHoGbp>.

Trauma Stewardship Institute Workshop
UW Medicine and the School of Medicine are partnering with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and the Trauma Stewardship Institute to address the accumulative toll of the pandemic on UW Medicine healthcare staff and providers through a 2-hour system-wide workshop. Recordings will be posted online for those unable to attend live.
June 21, 4-6pm. Register here<http://discover.uw.edu/MTMxLUFRTy0yMjUAAAGC9mKmnJwnjMoaLOcXVeLaMwTs3bay1GilR5I0B4eODjVFNAEcwrD-sP5C91458N2AIB827n0=>.

Youth Global Health and Innovation Conference
This conference aims to gather high school and undergraduate students from around the world to initiate conversations about topics which significantly impact global health. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with global health professionals through a series of keynote speakers and activities. DOM faculty speakers include Drs. Eric Chow, Carey Farquhar, Douglas Paauw, and Leo Morales. This will be held virtually June 22-24, 2022. For more information, please visit the conference website<https://bit.ly/3MR9J8a>.


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