[domweek] DOM Week, February 13-17, 2023

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter]


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DOM Week
February 10, 2023
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>)



Division spotlight: Gastroenterology
[image004.png]As part of our 75th Anniversary, we plan to spotlight each of our divisions over the course of the year, in the order they were established. The Division of Gastroenterology was established in 1949 by Dr. Wade Volwiler, who led the division for 31 years.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3DJY1cY>.



Awards
David B. Thorud Leadership Award nominations
Recognizing outstanding leadership since 2006, the Thorud Leadership Award is the highest leadership honor at the University of Washington.

Congratulations to this year’s nominees:

  *   Shireesha Dhanireddy, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  *   Carolyn Keller, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine)

Distinguished Staff Award nominations
Congratulations to the nominees from the Department of Medicine for the Distinguished Staff Awards – individuals and teams that exemplify UW staff excellence:

The nominees are:

  *   Innovation award category, Husky Coronavirus Testing Team
Julia Bennett, Amanda Casto, Natalie Lo, Kyle Luiten, Devon McDonald, Jessica O’Hanlon, Caitlin Wolf, Tessa Wright


  *   Diversity, Equity and Inclusion category, IM Residency Program Team
Andréa Campbell, Kelli Corning, Gevelle Cullen, Whitney Harper, Keli Lock



Faculty news
In memoriam: Dr. J. Randall Curtis
[image006.jpg]Dr. Randy Curtis passed away on Feb. 6 surrounded by family. Dr. Curtis was a professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and holder of the  A. Bruce Montgomery - American Lung Association Endowed Chair in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

He had an outstanding national and international reputation as a scholar. His investigative work focused on end-of-life and palliative care with the goal of improving the care for people with terminal conditions by improving the patient clinician communication about end-of-life care and the integration of palliative care in the ICU setting. In 2012, he founded and directed the Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence.

He received countless awards and accolades and was an inspirational mentor, which he said was one of the most rewarding parts of his job.

Read more about him on our news site<https://bit.ly/3lhte0D>.

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has announced that Dr. Curtis is the 2023 winner of the Edward Livingston Trudeau Award, which will be awarded posthumously at ATS 2023. In recognition of his contributions to the ATS, they have also established an award in his honor, the J. Randall Curtis Humanism Award. It recognizes and celebrates individuals whose work reflects the ideals espoused by Randy throughout his career of compassion, humanism, and mentorship. The inaugural recipient will be recognized at the ATS conference in May.

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[image008.jpg]The UW School of Medicine Dean's Standing Committee for Women in Medicine and Science has selected Dr. Nauzley Abedini, assistant professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) as one of two junior faculty to receive sponsorship for the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar to take place July 18-21, 2023 in Boston.

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[image010.jpg]Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Schiffer, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) who has been elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Election to the ASCI is a milestone in the physician-scientist career path. The society is an honor society of physician-scientists, who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice.

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Staff news
[image012.jpg]Glenda Roberts, director of external relations and patient engagement (Nephrology), has been elected to the LifeCenter Northwest Advisory Board for a 3-year term. LifeCenter Northwest is a non-profit, federally-designated organ procurement and accredited tissue recovery organization, working to save lives through organ and tissue donation.



Education news
Soldotna IM Residency Program Accredited
[image014.jpg]At its January meeting, the ACGME gave Initial Accreditation to a new Internal Medicine residency program based in the Department of Medicine.

Known as the University of Washington-Alaska Internal Medicine Rural Residency Program (UW AK IM RRP), the program’s mission is to provide an intensive Alaska-based, rural primary care-focused training experience in internal medicine. This is the very first accredited rural residency training program in Internal Medicine in the country.

Dr. Ken Steinberg, IM residency program director, will serve as the initial program director but much credit goes to two other Department of Medicine faculty members: Dr. Gail Pokorney, clinical assistant professor, who will be the site director in Soldotna, and Dr. Megan Roosen-Runge, clinical instructor, who will be core faculty in Soldotna, for their hard work and leadership in developing this program.

“To be the first accredited IM rural residency in the country for this type of innovative training program is truly an accomplishment. I am so grateful for the support from the Department, UW Medicine, Peninsula Internal Medicine in Soldotna, and to everyone who worked on this project with us, especially Gail and Megan,” said Ken Steinberg.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/3YhWLWP>.

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[image016.jpg]The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, took to social media<https://twitter.com/surgeon_general/status/1623435688979886085?s=46&t=i8nh6pCi-avI41B_-zyDIQ> to highlight the efforts of Dr. Justin Bullock, fellow (Nephrology) who advocates for greater mental health support for health workers.



Research news
[image018.jpg]Stigma, lack of support limit HIV testing in Côte d’Ivoire
To improve HIV testing rates in the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire, community health workers need more training and support, researchers from the UW and the Institute de Recherche et Actions en Afrique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire report in a new study.

In this study, the team of researchers sought to determine, from the perspective of healthcare providers in Cote d’Ivoire, major challenges to identifying people infected, given that less than 40 percent of people with HIV infection knew they were infected. “We need to identify people who are infected if we are going to treat them, but identification can be the hardest of the three 95 percent goals to achieve,” said Dr. Nancy Mugisha, fellow (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and lead author of the paper published in PLOS ONE<https://bit.ly/40JTRM7>.

Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom<https://bit.ly/3Icv5gp>.

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[image020.jpg]Dr. Andrew Stergachis, assistant professor (Medical Genetics) is the 2023 recipient of the Young Physician-Scientist Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). The ASCI Council Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.


Clinical news
Ending medical discrimination against patients with substance use disorder
[image022.jpg]While medications for opioid use disorder are life-saving, many skilled nursing facilities deny admission to patients who take them. In a recent commentary published in the Annals of Internal Medicine<https://bit.ly/3lo6Brt>, co-authored by Dr. Kathryn Bolles, clinical instructor (General Internal Medicine), the authors discuss the urgency of ending opioid use disorder-based discrimination in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to save lives amidst the escalating overdose crisis, as well as the legal liability skilled nursing facilities can face when engaging in such discrimination.

Read the full story on our news site<https://bit.ly/3HGkSXY>.

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Quality Improvement Accelerator Program
The Quality Improvement Accelerator<https://bit.ly/3I39U0d> program provides faculty, staff, and trainees with additional mentorship and data support. We are able to cover the cost of up to 5 Department of Medicine projects this year. The QI Project Accelerator includes 3 components: 12 hours of one-on-one project mentorship, 40 hours of data service from experts in the AID/DOM Research Collaboratory, and 6- and 12-month progress reports co-developed by the fellow and faculty member to fellowship, division, and unit leaders. To learn more and apply, please visit their website<https://bit.ly/3I39U0d>.


Recent publications
Dr. Chloe Bryson-Cahn, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Genomic reconstruction and directed interventions in a multidrug-resistant Shigellosis outbreak in Seattle, WA, USA: a genomic surveillance study<https://bit.ly/3ROcWsv>” in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Catherine Butler, assistant professor (Nephrology) is senior author of “The nephrologist's role in supporting people with chronic kidney disease and unplanned pregnancy post-Dobbs<https://bit.ly/3HNioqS>” in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Larry Corey, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Rapid Development of an Integrated Network Infrastructure to Conduct Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Trials<https://bit.ly/3YnVc96>” in JAMA Network Open, “Immune correlates analysis of the PREVENT-19 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial<https://go.nature.com/3YrvZuv>” in Nature Communications, and senior author of “Real-World Effectiveness of Sotrovimab for the Early Treatment of COVID-19 During SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron Waves in the USA<https://bit.ly/3jEgIIb>” in Infectious Diseases and Therapy.

Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of “Anti-HLA antibodies in recipients of CD19 versus BCMA-targeted CAR T-cell therapy<https://bit.ly/3jJAUsb>” in the American Journal of Transplantation. DOM co-authors are Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, Damien Green, David Maloney, Cameron Turtle, and Christopher Blosser.

Dr. Brian Kraemer, research professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine) is senior author of “Tau-RNA complexes inhibit microtubule polymerization and drive disease-relevant conformation change<https://bit.ly/3X35oD6>” in Brain. Read more in “Overlooked tau-RNA interaction plays key role in dementia<https://bit.ly/3YrGQEP>” from UW Medicine Newsroom.

Dr. Adelaide McClintock, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of “When I say … engagement<https://bit.ly/3YEquZN>” in Medical Education.

Dr. Olusegun Soge, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of “Whole Genome Sequencing to Predict Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles in Neisseria gonorrhoeae<https://bit.ly/3HKYeOd>” in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Lisa Strate, professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of “Management of Patients With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Updated ACG Guideline<https://bit.ly/3YkoSo3>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Philip Vutien, assistant professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of “Extended-release Naltrexone Is Not Linked to Hepatotoxicity in Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Alcohol Use Disorder<https://bit.ly/3HLEE4q>” in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. DOM co-authors are Nichole Kim, and George Ioannou. Dr. Vutien is also lead author, and Dr. George Ioannou, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of “Evaluating a Novel, Portable, Self-Administrable Device ("Beacon") that Measures Critical Flicker Frequency as a Test for Hepatic Encephalopathy<https://bit.ly/3IdrChE>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.


In the news
Dr. Bradley Anawalt, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in “What You Need to Know Before You Take Testosterone<https://bit.ly/3xbUOiF>” in Men’s Health.


Events of interest
Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Valentin Fuster (Mount Sinai) will present “Role of Imagenomics in Enhancing Cardiovascular Health Throughout the Lifespan” at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, February 17, 2023,12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730>.


Weekly Calendar, February 13-17, 2023
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Coming up
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey
UW Medicine has launched an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Survey<https://depts.washington.edu/hcequity/edisurvey/> to identify baseline measures of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion across UW Medicine and provide actionable data to help prioritize areas for work at the entity and departmental levels. All UW Medicine faculty, staff, and trainees are invited and encouraged to participate in the survey which will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. The survey will be open from Jan. 17 - Feb. 28, 2023. Please participate in this survey to help make us a more equitable and anti-racist institution.

Seattle Sounders March 18
The Department of Medicine is proud to sponsor a Seattle Sounders match on Saturday, March 18, at noon at Lumen Field in downtown Seattle. Please use this link<https://offer.fevo.com/sounders-fc-vs-lafc-gscycmj-51932d4?fevoUri=sounders-fc-vs-lafc-gscycmj-51932d4%2F> to purchase tickets for yourself and friends and family on a first come, first served basis. Food vouchers will be provided to each participating employee.

Eli Estey symposium on the pathogenesis and therapy of AML
A scientific symposium honoring Dr. Eli Estey's many contributions to leukemia research and care will be held at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on May 19, 2023 from 9am to 5:30pm with state-of-the-art talks by esteemed AML colleagues. For more information and to register, please visit the Hematology website<https://hematology.uw.edu/news/aml-pathogenesis-and-therapy-scientific-symposium-honor-dr-eli-estey>.

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