From domweek at u.washington.edu Fri Nov 1 16:52:29 2024 From: domweek at u.washington.edu (Department of Medicine weekly newsletter via domweek) Date: Fri Nov 1 16:52:37 2024 Subject: [domweek] DOM Week, November 4-8, 2024 Message-ID: [cid:image029.jpg@01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30] DOM Week November 1, 2024 News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine (If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf@uw.edu) Trish Kritek appointed interim chair [cid:image030.jpg@01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]Dr. Patricia (Trish) Kritek, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) will be interim chair of the Department of Medicine, effective Jan. 1, 2025. She is currently vice dean for faculty affairs in the School of Medicine, focusing on helping School of Medicine faculty thrive by bringing them a broad array of resources including those focused on career development, leadership skills, well-being and more. She earned her MD from the University of Connecticut and her EdM from Harvard. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women?s Hospital and her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Harvard Combined Program. She is an active teacher of medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty, and her clinical and research interests include mechanical ventilation, sepsis, patient and family centered care, mentoring and leadership training. Dr. Doug Wood, chair of the UW Department of Surgery, will chair an ad-hoc search committee to find the next chair of the Department of Medicine. DEI news November is Native American Heritage Month [cid:image031.png@01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]This month, we celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions,?histories?and contributions of?American Indian?and?Alaska Native?peoples in the United States. Native American Heritage Month resources are available from The Huddle. Awards William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards There?s still time to nominate a colleague for the William J. Bremner Endowed Mentorship Awards, which honor faculty for their contributions to the scientific, educational, and patient care missions of the Department of Medicine through exemplary sustained and high impact mentorship. Nominations due Nov. 8. Staff news Chief Financial Officer: Dave Green [cid:image032.jpg@01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]Dave Green has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Department of Medicine, effective Oct. 28. He has been our interim CFO for the past year, and has been with the School of Medicine for over 25 years, including 16 years on the dean?s office financial team, with the last 12 years serving as CFO, and 9 years as director in the Department of Neurosurgery. In this position, Dave will continue to provide operational oversight of the department?s financial planning and operations, our budget and long-range financial plans, and work closely and collaboratively across the department to drive financial progress. ________________________________ Role of staff in medical education/professional pathways for staff What does a career as a medical education staff person look like? Join the Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) Educator Development Series: Conversation Cafe for a conversation with some long-term staff members about the unique paths and challenges as medical education professionals. Jan. 9, 12-1pm (virtual). Learn more and register on the CME website. ________________________________ Staff reconnection outing The DOM central Academic HR team recently visited the Rare Books Collection in Allen Library for a team-building event. [cid:image033.jpg@01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30] Faculty news Faculty spotlight: Heather Cheng [Heather Cheng]Our latest faculty spotlight is on Dr. Heather Cheng, professor (Hematology and Oncology). Learn more about her on our news site. Clinical news Partnership is key to making patients of color feel respected [Natasha Hunter]When patient Terri Rau received a diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer in her left breast: ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive ductal carcinoma, she turned to Fred Hutch Cancer Center for treatment. After meeting with her medical oncologist, Dr. Natasha Hunter, assistant professor (Hematology and Oncology), Rau felt ?incredibly reassured that there were highly competent, compassionate people on my team.? She also felt respected and listened to as a Black woman. ?I have always felt heard,? said Rau, who is an advisor with Fred Hutch?s Patient and Family Engagement Program, which aims to improve care by promoting partnerships between patients, caregivers and staff through feedback and focus groups. Hunter strives to embody that mission by partnering with patients and empowering them with information. ?Patients come to you with all sorts of concerns and you have to take all of them seriously,? she said. ?The longer you do this, the more humble you get. You really have to acknowledge that there are things you don?t know, things that medicine doesn?t know, and each patient is a potential source of information and has unique experiences that may not reflect the typical experience.? Read the full story from Hutch News. Research news Population Health Initiative grants The Population Health Initiative has awarded 14 Tier 1 pilot grants to interdisciplinary teams of University of Washington researchers representing 11 schools and colleges across two UW campuses plus several community-based partners. Funded projects that include DOM members: * Understanding unmet needs for equitable access to antibiotic allergy testing services in hospital and community settings (Kelly Colas, Julie Dombrowski, Lily Li, Jimmy Ma) * Collaborative development of a community advisory board focused on serious cardiac illness in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) region (Jason Deen, Salpy Pamboukian, Jill Steiner) ________________________________ Trainee of the year award: Christine Limonte [Christine Limonte]Congratulations to Dr. Christine Limonte, assistant professor (Nephrology), who is the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) 2024 Trainee of the Year. The CJASN Trainee of the Year Award is a prize contest that recognizes the best article submitted to the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology by a trainee as the first author. She won the award for: ?Associations of Biomarkers of Tubular Injury and Inflammation with Biopsy Features in Type 1 Diabetes.? ________________________________ Black adult AFib risk linked to higher resting heart rates [cid:image037.jpg@01DB2C7E.6C0FAE30]In a study of nearly 5,000 Black adults, a relatively higher resting heart rate was associated with increased risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation (commonly called ?AFib?), an irregular heartbeat that can have serious consequences. The findings were published Oct. 30 in JAMA Network Open. The study?s lead author is Dr. Vid Yogeswaran, acting instructor (Cardiology). ?This study is useful because, among Black adults, we know little about risk factors for cardiovascular disease ? and specifically for AFib, which can lead to heart failure, stroke, dementia and death,? Yogeswaran said. ?Paradoxically, Black adults have a lower reported clinical prevalence of atrial fibrillation than white adults, but have a much higher risk of AFib-associated consequences such as stroke and death.? Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. Recent publications Dr. Joshua Bloomstein, R3, is co-author of ?Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia? in Nature Communications. Dr. Sarah Cox, research assistant, is lead author and Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of ?Clinical and Genomic Epidemiology of Coxsackievirus A21 and Enterovirus D68 in Homeless Shelters, King County, Washington, USA, 2019?2021? in Emerging Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Amanda Casto, Eric Chow, M. Mia Shim, and Michael Boeckh. Dr. Jason Dominitz, professor (Gastroenterology) is co-author of ?Projected Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Novel Molecular Blood-Based or Stool-Based Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer? in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Kevin Duan, affiliate instructor, is lead author and Dr. David Au, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of ?Supplemental Oxygen Use, Outcomes, and Spending in Patients With COPD in the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program? in JAMA Internal Medicine. DOM co-authors are Lucas Donovan, Laura Spece, and Laura Feemster. Dr. Joshua Hill, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of ?Off-the-Shelf Allogeneic Natural Killer (NK) Cells for the Treatment of COVID-19? in Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development. DOM co-author is John Bui. Dr. Nicole Kim, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. George Ioannou, professor (Gastroenterology) is senior author of ?Hepatic steatosis estimated by VCTE-derived CAP scores was associated with lower risks of liver-related events and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic liver disease? in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. DOM co-authors are Philip Vutien, Lauren Beste, Muyi Li, Abbey Barnard-Giustini, and Kay Johnson. Dr. Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) is co-author of ?Long-Term Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease? in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Vidhushei Yogeswaran, acting instructor (Cardiology) is lead author and Dr. James Floyd, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of ?Resting Heart Rate and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study? in JAMA Network Open. DOM co-authors are Kerri Wiggins and Colleen Sitlani. Dr. Leila Zelnick, research associate professor (Nephrology) wrote ?Simulation-Based Sample Size Estimation in Clinical Trials in Nephrology? in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. In the news Dr. Bradley Anawalt, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in ?The Dispute Around A Women's Volleyball Team Touches On A Broader Question: How To Define 'FAir'? from the Associated Press. Dr. Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) is quoted in ?Anti-obesity medications show whole-body promise? from Medscape. 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Name: image042.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1694 bytes Desc: image042.jpg URL: From domweek at u.washington.edu Fri Nov 8 15:55:54 2024 From: domweek at u.washington.edu (Department of Medicine weekly newsletter via domweek) Date: Fri Nov 8 15:56:00 2024 Subject: [domweek] DOM Week, November 11-15, 2024 Message-ID: [cid:image001.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0] DOM Week November 8, 2024 News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine (If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf@uw.edu) Well-being resources The Department of Medicine is here to support our members. We have compiled a comprehensive resource guide to support the well-being of our community. Education news Fellow Spotlight: Mahlet Assefa [cid:image003.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0]A new NPR series, "Throw It Back," explores how the objects we love as kids shape our worldview as adults. The series begins with the story of Dr. Mahlet Assefa, fellow (Nephrology) and her cotton dress. Assefa lived in Northern Ethiopia until she was 9 years old, when her family moved to the U.S. Her mom had made her a traditional Ethiopian dress (habesha kemis) for her first birthday which she loved. When she was an adult and about to attend medical school, her mom gave her this dress, which she brought with her across the water, across the country, and kept with her for all these years. "Wow, this dress is sort of a physical embodiment of the ways in which I've been loved and I am loved," said Assefa. "There are a lot of different ways in which the world has tried and continues to try to define me. And I think what the dress sort of allows me to do is to say, actually, no, I get to sort of anchor myself in all the beautiful things that made me. I could really go anywhere, and I could really do anything and then still come home and be loved and be cared for." Listen to her story on NPR. ________________________________ New associate program director, Boise Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program [cid:image005.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0]Dr. Nari Hsiu has been named the new associate program director for the UW Boise Addiction Medicine Fellowship, effective November 1, 2024. She is the program's first associate program director. A graduate of the UW Boise Psychiatry Residency in the advanced clinician track and the UW Boise Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Hsiu specializes in addiction medicine at the Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center and is also the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the UW Boise Psychiatry Residency. She is passionate about working with individuals struggling with mental illness and addiction as well as health humanities. The UW Boise Addiction Medicine program is a one-year program that strives to provide a unique and collaborative approach to education in the diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorders through a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and residential treatment programs that will prepare trainees to provide an evidence-based and multi-disciplinary approach to the field of Addiction Medicine. Program faculty include physicians from internal medicine, family medicine and psychiatry. Faculty news [cid:image007.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0]Dr. Mohamed Sorror, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) will present the keynote address, "Looking Back, Looking Forward: Strategies for Collaborative Study and Reduction of Toxicities" at the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy International Conference on Toxicities of Transplantation and Cellular Therapies. Clinical news Breast Sexual Health Clinic [cid:image009.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0]The Breast Sexual Health Clinic at Fred Hutch Cancer Center opened earlier this year to support patients with sexual health and intimacy during and after breast cancer treatment. "I've always loved working with breast cancer patients," said Kelly Nelson, teaching associate (Hematology and Oncology), who leads the clinic. "As the years went on, I found myself increasingly drawn to opportunities for helping our patients find enjoyment in life, even while undergoing treatment. This clinic is a great way to do that." Read the full story from Hutch News. Research news Breast Cancer Research Foundation grants [cid:image011.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0]Dr. Nancy Davidson, professor and head (Hematology and Oncology) received funding for a new research project aimed at expanding the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat breast cancers. Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, professor (Hematology and Oncology) received funding to continue her work on ADVac, an adipose directed vaccine to address the role of obesity in promoting breast cancer. Dr. Mary-Claire King, professor (Medical Genetics) received funding to adapt rapidly evolving genomic technology to sequence large swaths of DNA in single very long strands, rather than thousands of short bits, and to explore dysregulation of gene expression as a basis for inherited breast cancer. Dr. Hannah Linden, professor (Hematology and Oncology) will continue investigating whether a PET/CT progesterone tracer known as FFNP (short for 21 [18F] fluorofuranylnorprogesterone) can better predict response to endocrine therapy coupled with the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib, or Verzenio. Drs. Christopher Li and Anne McTiernan (Epidemiology) also received BCRF grants. Read the full story from Hutch News. ________________________________ London-Seattle collaboration to find new therapies for prostate cancer [cid:image013.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0]Advanced prostate cancer, which has spread beyond the prostate to other parts of the body, remains notoriously elusive and resourceful when it's attacked, resisting surgery and drugs that interrupt a vital hormonal supply chain that tumors need to grow. When treatments block the flow of testosterone, the cancer inevitably finds molecular workarounds that re-establish the supply chain, triggering more runaway tumor growth that hastens death. Therapies have mostly targeted the beginning and middle of the supply chain with initial success for patients. However, resistance is inevitable within the most lethal forms of the disease. But researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and the Institute of Cancer Research in London just received a $1 million grant from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to focus on the last links of the supply chain, a process called mRNA translation. The Seattle arm of the project will be led by Dr. Andrew Hsieh, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology). Read the full story from Hutch News. Recent publications Dr. Julia Dombrowski, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is lead author of "Evidence-Informed Provision of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Prevention of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections" in Clinical Infectious Diseases. DOM co-authors are Chase Cannon and Connie Celum. Drs. Joseph Joo, clinical instructor, Joshua Liao, affiliate associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and Jonathan Staloff (Family Medicine) wrote "Reshaping Health Systems" published by Wolters Kluwer. Dr. Shubhabrata Mukherjee, research associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "Pervasive biases in proxy genome-wide association studies based on parental history of Alzheimer's disease" in Nature Genetics. Dr. Yue-Harn Ng, clinical associate professor (Nephrology) is co-author of "Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation is Associated with Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients" in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Ashok Reddy, associate professor, is lead author and Dr. Karin Nelson, professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Behaviorally Informed Text Message Nudges to Schedule COVID-19 Vaccinations: A Randomized Controlled Trial" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. DOM co-authors are Anders Chen, Stephanie Deeds, and Joshua Liao. Dr. Reddy is also lead author of "Impact of Home Telehealth Expansion on High-Cost Utilization Among Veterans Health Administration Patients with Diabetes" in JGIM. DOM co-author is Karin Nelson. Dr. Rashmi Sharma, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of "A Comparison of Palliative Care Delivery between Ethnically Chinese and Non-Chinese Canadians in the Last Year of Life" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Andrew White, professor (General Internal Medicine) is lead author of "Ensuring Safe Practice by Late Career Physicians: Institutional Policies and Implementation Experiences" in the Annals of Internal Medicine. DOM co-author is Thomas Gallagher. Drs. Leila Zelnick, research associate professor, and Ian de Boer, professor (Nephrology) are co-authors of "Impaired Incretin Homeostasis in Nondiabetic Moderate-to-Severe CKD" in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. In the news Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "Cost of Mpox Shot Deters Americans at Risk, Critics Say" in the New York Times. Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "State reports huge increase in whooping cough cases" in the Seattle Times. Dr. Vid Yogeswaran, acting instructor (Cardiology) is quoted in "New Research Highlights AFib Risk Factors In Black Communities" in the Seattle Medium. Events of interest Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Eric Morrell, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) will present the Fialkow Scholar Award Lecture at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Nov. 15, 12-1pm, via zoom. Weekly Calendar, November 11-15, 2024 Our events calendar is posted on our website. ________________________________ Amy Fields, Editor amyf@uw.edu [cid:image014.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0][cid:image015.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0][cid:image016.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0][cid:image017.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0][cid:image018.jpg@01DB31F6.AE7E24E0] To subscribe/unsubscribe from this list, go to: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/domweek ________________________________ Privileged, confidential or patient identifiable information may be contained in this message. This information is meant only for the use of the intended recipients. If you are not the intended recipient, or if the message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission. 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These awards recognize and celebrate individuals who are advancing women/gender minorities in medicine through mentorship, leadership, advocacy, teaching and/or research. Two awards are presented annually. Award recipients will be honored with a certificate and recognition at the Gender Equity Medicine Grand Rounds in February. Nomination deadline is Dec. 20. Learn more on our website. ________________________________ Nora Disis receives Wayne Kuni Award for Innovation in Cancer Research [cid:image005.jpg@01DB3777.B8119EC0]Dr. Mary (Nora) Disis, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is the inaugural recipient of the Wayne Kuni Award for Innovation in Cancer Research. Presented by the Kuni Foundation in honor of its founder, Wayne Kuni, who battled multiple forms of cancer during his lifetime, the $1 million award recognizes transformative, disruptive contributions to the field of cancer research. Wayne's fearless, entrepreneurial vision, ability to mentor and inspire others and steadfast commitment to continuous improvement are reflected in Dr. Disis' work as she defines the next frontier of immunology and cancer research, revolutionizing how cancer is treated and prevented. Faculty news American Board of Internal Medicine appointments Congratulations to the following who were recently appointed to American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) governance positions. * Dr. Catherine McCall, adjunct assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine): Chair, Sleep Medicine Traditional, 10-Year MOC Exam Approval Committee * Dr. Babak Nazer, associate professor (Cardiology): Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Approval Committee * Dr. Suzanne Watnick, professor (Nephrology): Board of Directors ABIM Approval Committees, composed entirely of physician experts, are responsible for approving all assessment content and maintaining the blueprints for Certification, MOC and the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment in internal medicine and its subspecialties. The Board of Directors sets the direction, strategy and goals for the organization, and develops and maintains important partnerships in the healthcare community. ________________________________ [cid:image007.jpg@01DB3777.B8119EC0]Dr. Yoshio Hall, professor (Nephrology) has been inducted into the 2024 American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) Reviewer Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame recognizes reviewers who have distinguished themselves by consistently providing insightful, detailed, and valuable input to authors and the editorial team. "Scientific equity, integrity, and reproducibility owe much to peer review," said Hall. "While the research community places great value on unbiased veracity, I take reward in helping authors seek resolutions. I find that the process of peer review promotes inquiry and fortifies learning." Research news Hospital policies emerge to screen older doctors' fitness [cid:image009.jpg@01DB3777.B8119EC0]Nearly one-fourth of U.S. physicians with active licenses are 65 or older, and patients who receive care from such late-career docs have worse clinical outcomes and are more likely to file care-related complaints. Healthcare systems are implementing policies to assess the cognitive and physical health and practice performance of these caregivers. The policies represent less than 5% of U.S. hospitals, but early adopters are reporting encouraging results, according to an analysis led by UW researchers and published recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine. "The vast majority of late-career physicians were found safe to continue to practice, and they were able to finish the process with a sense of assurance and confidence," said Dr. Andrew White, professor (General Internal Medicine) and lead author. Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. ________________________________ Science in Medicine New Investigator Lecture [cid:image011.jpg@01DB3777.B8119EC0]Dr. Andrew Stergachis, associate professor (Medical Genetics) will present the Science in Medicine New Investigator lecture, "A single-molecule and single-cell view of normal and pathogenic gene regulation" on Dec. 3, 1:30-2:30pm at SLU Orin Smith Auditorium and via zoom. The New Investigator Lectures provide an important forum for the recognition of exceptional junior faculty members' current scientific research. Learn more and register. Recent publications Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of "Delineating the functional activity of antibodies with cross-reactivity to SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and related sarbecoviruses" in PLoS Pathogens. Ramila Gulieva, research scientist, and Dr. Benjamin Freedman, associate professor (Nephrology) are co-authors of "Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 drives cystic kidney disease in the absence of mTORC1 signaling activity" in Kidney International. Dr. Ann Jennerich, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is co-author of "Interventional Strategies for Children with Progressive Pulmonary Hypertension Despite Optimal Therapy. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline" in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Peter Leary, associate professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is lead author, and Dr. Gregory Roth, (Cardiology) is senior author of "Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021" in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Dr. James McCabe, professor (Cardiology) is senior author of "Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Using Annular Reduction by Cinching With TEER in the Commissure (ARCTIC)" in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. DOM co-authors are David Elison and Christine Chung. Dr. Catherine Otto, professor (Cardiology) is lead author of "Calcific Aortic Stenosis: A Review" in JAMA. Dr. Suzanne Watnick, professor (Nephrology) is senior author of "Dialysis for Chronic Kidney Failure: A Review" in JAMA. Dr. Katherine Wysham, assistant professor (Rheumatology) is co-author of "Frailty and rheumatic diseases: evidence to date and lessons learned" in The Lancet Rheumatology. In the news Dr. Julie Dombrowski, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is quoted in "Sudden syphilis retreat in gay men is most likely tied to preventive antibiotic use" from NBC News. Dr. Scott Hagan, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Ozempic Could Prevent Diabetes. Should It Be Used for That?" in the New York Times. Dr. Isabel Hujoel, clinical assistant professor (Gastroenterology) is quoted in "Angiotensin Receptor Blockers May Lead to Worse Outcomes in Celiac Disease" in Medscape. Dr. Douglas Paauw, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Continuous Glucose Monitors for All? Opinions Remain Mixed" in MDEdge. Dr. Andrew White, professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "UW Medicine study highlights patient safety risks with late-career doctors" from KIRO news. 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Name: image016.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1398 bytes Desc: image016.jpg URL: From domweek at u.washington.edu Fri Nov 22 15:57:13 2024 From: domweek at u.washington.edu (Department of Medicine weekly newsletter via domweek) Date: Fri Nov 22 15:57:21 2024 Subject: [domweek] November 25-29, 2024 Message-ID: [cid:image032.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320] DOM Week November 22, 2024 News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine (If you have items for DOM week, please email amyf@uw.edu) Awards UWMC Chief of Medicine Service Awards [cid:image033.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the UWMC Chief of Medicine Service Awards recipients: Dr. Deborah Greenberg, clinical professor (General Internal Medicine) received the outpatient award and Drs. Carolyn Keller, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) and Adam Templeton, clinical associate professor (Gastroenterology) received the inpatient awards. These awards were established in 2012 to recognize Department of Medicine faculty members who have contributed significantly to the clinical and scholarly missions of the University of Washington Medical Center. The awards recognize outpatient and inpatient-based clinicians who have made outstanding contributions in direct clinical care, innovations in quality improvement and health delivery, consistently exhibit excellence in clinical teaching, and produce high quality scholarly works related to patient care. ________________________________ Washington Chapter ACP awards Congratulations to the following DOM members who received awards at the recent American College of Physicians (ACP) Washington state chapter meeting: [cid:image034.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Washington Chapter Laureate Award: Anita Chopra, clinical assistant professor (General Internal Medicine). Kemi Nakabayashi Chapter Service Award: Kim O?Connor, clinical professor (General Internal Medicine). Clinician-Educator of the Year: Daniel Yang, clinical associate professor (WWAMI Spokane). Faculty news [cid:image035.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Dr. Dace Trence, professor emeritus (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition), has been named President-Elect of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE). She starts her term in 2025. Founded in 1991, the AACE is a global, inclusive community of more than 5,700 endocrine-focused clinical members, and over 28,000 health care professionals. Staff news Farewell to Darcie Somera [cid:image036.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Darcie Somera, administrator in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will be leaving the Department of Medicine on Dec. 31, after six years of dedicated service. She has accepted the position of Enterprise Operations Manager with the UW Enterprise Business Solutions Team. Her talents in operations and financial management will serve her well in this new role, where she will assist in streamlining UW processes with Workday systems. We are deeply grateful for Darcie?s leadership and commitment to the department over the years, and we wish her continued success in her new role. ________________________________ Staff Professional Development Scholarship Program [cid:image011.png@01DB3CF6.A5782F20]There?s still time to apply for a Department of Medicine?s Staff Scholarship Award. These awards promote staff professional development by helping pay for the cost of classes, conferences, meetings, and workshops that further one?s career and benefits the work of the department and division. Applications due Nov. 30. Learn more on our website. Education news [cid:image037.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Drs. Molly Billings, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and John Scott, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) are investigators on a project called ?Long COVID and Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program? that was recently awarded an Excellence in Public Health Practice award from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the CDC. The project was honored ?for excellence in medical education supporting equitable access to quality care for patients with post-acute infection syndromes.? Research news Highly Cited Researchers 2024 Congratulations to those who have been selected as Highly Cited Researchers from the Web of Science Group. Their work has been identified as being among the most valuable and significant in the field. Very few researchers earn this distinction - writing the greatest number of reports, officially designated by Essential Science Indicators (ESI) as Highly Cited Papers. In addition, these reports rank among the top 1% most cited works for their subject field and year of publication in the Web of Science, earning them the mark of exceptional impact. [cid:image038.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]2024 DOM Highly Cited Researchers: William Banks, professor (Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine); Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases); David Maloney, professor emeritus (Hematology and Oncology); and Stanley Riddell, professor (Hematology and Oncology). ________________________________ Laying the groundwork for a new cancer-preventive vaccine [Composite photo of Drs. Andrew McGuire, Jim Boonyaratanakornkit and Warren Phipps]Behind one fifth of cancer cases around the world lurks a pathogen. The connective-tissue cancer Kaposi sarcoma even gave its name to the herpesvirus that causes it: Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, or KSHV. Though uncommon in the U.S., KS is a problem in regions where HIV still exacts a major public health toll. ?KS is among the most common cancers among people with HIV, and is a leading cancer in several African countries,? said Fred Hutch KS specialist Dr. Warren Phipps, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases). To rectify gaps in treatment and prevention, Phipps and Fred Hutch colleagues Jim Boonyaratanakornkit, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and Andrew McGuire have teamed up to lay the groundwork for a KSHV vaccine. An effective KSHV vaccine would revolutionize how providers approach KSHV-related diseases, Phipps said. The collaborators secured a five-year, $3.84 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to characterize the immune response to KSHV infection. These insights will inform design of an immune system-stimulating vaccine and could aid scientists working to develop other therapeutics. Read the full story from Hutch News. ________________________________ Greenwall Foundation Making a Difference Grants [cid:image040.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Congratulations to Drs. Crystal Brown, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) and Thomas Gallagher, professor (General Internal Medicine) and associate chair, who have received funding from the Greenwall Foundation. Dr. Brown?s project is ?Restorative Processes for Medical Racism: Fostering Accountability and Relational Repair.? She will assess how restorative justice practices should be implemented in healthcare settings in response to medical racism to inform normative analyses of whether and how broader implementation in healthcare should be considered. Dr. Gallagher?s project is ?Communication and Resolution Programs: Tackling the Critical Unanswered Ethical Questions.? He will assess implementation of Communication and Resolution Plans (CRP), a best practice for responding to medical harm events, and conduct a normative analysis to determine solutions to 7 ethics questions that are impairing CRPs. The Greenwall Foundation?s bioethics grants program, Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas, supports research to help resolve important emerging or unanswered bioethics problems in clinical, biomedical, or public health decision-making, policy, or practice. ________________________________ [cid:image041.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320]Dr. Tessa Steel, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is PI on an innovation grant funded by the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions for her project, ?Developing a hospital-based treatment engagement program for Alcohol Use Disorder.? The goal of this research is to more effectively use hospitalizations to bridge individuals to long-term, potentially lifesaving alcohol use disorder (AUD) care. Recent publications Drs. Nisha Bansal, professor, and Katherine Tuttle, clinical professor (Nephrology) are co-authors of ?KDOQI US Commentary on the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of CKD? in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Dr. Laura Evans, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is co-author of ?National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel: Perspectives and Lessons Learned? in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Andrew Hsieh, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of ?Increased translation driven by non-canonical EZH2 creates a synthetic vulnerability in enzalutamide-resistant prostate cancer? in Nature Communications. Dr. Joel Kaufman, professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of ?The Effect of Chronic Altitude Exposure on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes in the SPIROMICS Cohort: An Observational Cohort Study? in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Meghan Kiefer, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of ?The Master Adaptive Clinician Educator: A Framework for Future Educational Leaders in Academic Medicine? in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Cooper Kersey, fellow, is lead author and Dr. Chris Longenecker, professor (Cardiology) is senior author of ?Ischemic Evaluation in New?Onset Methamphetamine?Associated Heart Failure? in the Journal of the American Heart Association. DOM co-authors are Danelle Hidano and Joey Chiang. Dr. Sylvia LaCourse, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is co-author of ?Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment for Pregnant People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in South Africa: A Modeling Analysis of Clinical Benefits and Risks? in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Dr. Peter Nelson, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of ?Small-molecule disruption of androgen receptor-dependent chromatin clusters? in PNAS. Dr. Cristina Rodriguez, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is co-author of ?Radiotherapy with cetuximab or durvalumab for locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer in patients with a contraindication to cisplatin (NRG-HN004): an open-label, multicentre, parallel-group, randomised, phase 2/3 trial? in The Lancet Oncology. Dr. Xavier Sendaydiego, R3, is lead author and Dr. Namrata Singh, assistant professor (Rheumatology) is senior author of ?Use of Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Cancer Risk? in JAMA Network Open. Dr. David Watkins, associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is co-author of ?Halving premature death and improving quality of life at all ages: cross-country analyses of past trends and future directions? in The Lancet. In the news Dr. Andrew Cowan, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) wrote ?Bridging the Divide: Global Equity in CAR T-Cell Therapy? in ASH Clinical News. Dr. Ariana Stuart, R2, is quoted in ?AI May Improve MASLD Diagnosis Rate? in Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News. Events of interest Quiet week: November 25-29 As we continue to rebuild resilience and focus on mental health, we would like to preserve department-wide quiet weeks throughout the year. During these weeks, we hope that individuals can limit non-essential meetings to recharge and reflect, as well as thoughtfully minimize emails. We realize that this will not be possible for everyone, but encourage all to take breaks when they are able. Upcoming 2024 quiet week: * December 23-27 Weekly Calendar, November 25-29, 2024 Our events calendar is posted on our website. ________________________________ Amy Fields, Editor amyf@uw.edu [cid:image042.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320][cid:image043.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320][cid:image044.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320][cid:image045.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320][cid:image046.jpg@01DB3CF7.2EAF2320] To subscribe/unsubscribe from this list, go to: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/domweek ________________________________ Privileged, confidential or patient identifiable information may be contained in this message. This information is meant only for the use of the intended recipients. 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The gift was made in honor of Dr. Sum Ping Lee for his contributions to the research of liver disease and his leadership as a physician-educator-scientist. Dr. Lee is a professor emeritus at UW and served as division head for the Division of Gastroenterology from 1995-2008. Learn more on our news site. Awards ACR/ARP President's Award [cid:image025.jpg@01DB40D5.35507A80]Dr. Kori Dewing, teaching associate (Rheumatology) is the 2024 recipient of the Associate of Rheumatology Professional's (ARP) President's Award, sponsored by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). This award recognizes ACR/ARP members or teams that have performed outstanding service in advancing the goals of the ARP. Learn more on our news site. DEI news DEIB Community Gathering All are welcome to attend an in-person Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) community gathering event on Dec. 17, 4:30-6:30pm at M?tier Brewing Co. Please RSVP for this event. Faculty news New Clinical Practice track [https://mednews.uw.edu/sites/default/files/2024-11/Clinical%20teaching%20illustration.png]In 2023, the University of Washington Faculty Senate approved the Clinical Practice track, for faculty who devote the majority of their time to clinical activities and clinical teaching, and also engage in service and scholarship. As of December 1, 2024, over 50 Department of Medicine faculty have transitioned into this new track. These faculty hold a range of clinical and teaching responsibilities, leadership roles, and participate in various service and administrative activities. Learn more on our news site. Clinical news [cid:image027.jpg@01DB40D5.35507A80]Motivated powerlifter shows what a donor heart can do Patient Scott Dolan, 71, who has undergone a heart transplant and lost the use of a pectoral muscle, won gold in two event classes at a world powerlifting competition. "We typically encounter patients at a low point in their lives. Needing a transplant is not a situation anyone wants to be in," said Dr. Salpy Pamboukian, professor (Cardiology) and Dolan's cardiologist. "After a transplant, I think a lot of patients feel like they're a certain age, they've had a serious health challenge, maybe they couldn't even walk across the room (because of heart failure). Now, with a new heart, they would rather be careful and protective than explore possibilities. "But we don't do transplants to keep people alive so they can sit on the sofa for the next 15 or 20 years," Pamboukian said. "I tell patients, 'Your heart is working better than the rest of you. It's the rest of you that has to catch up.'" Read the full story from UW Medicine Newsroom. Research news AI may help uncover hidden liver disease [cid:image028.jpg@01DB40D5.35507A80]An AI algorithm created by researchers in the Carr Lab may help diagnose patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), one of the most common forms of chronic liver disease. The research team, led by Dr. Ariana Stuart, UW internal medicine resident, developed a study to test an iterative natural language processing AI algorithm in identifying MASLD diagnosis in a broad demographic of patients. "I'm very excited to be part of Dr. Carr's team working to utilize machine learning to address gaps in our healthcare system," Stuart said. "Machine learning is a promising tool to help augment clinical practice to avoid missing potentially critical findings, or even to identify clinical patterns or connections that were previously unrecognized." Learn more on our news site. ________________________________ 2025 Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab Applications are open for the Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab and Seminar Series (BDSIL), "Quantitative Approaches in Spatial Multi-Omics for Guiding Personalized Medicine," sponsored by the University of Virginia. The goal of BDSIL is to foster the formation of new interdisciplinary collaborations to generate creative strategies focused on the use of data science approaches in spatial multi-omics, particularly as applied to understanding cancer and rare diseases. Selected candidates will have their travel and lodging expenses fully covered, with the expectation that they engage in all virtual micro labs and remain for the entire five-day event. June 16-25, 2025, Nashville, Tennessee. Learn more and apply. Recent publications Dr. Yaacoub Chahine, R2, is lead author and Dr. Nazem Akoum, professor (Cardiology) is senior author of "Atrial fibrillation substrate and impaired left atrial function: a cardiac MRI study" in EP Europace. DOM co-authors are Nadia Chamoun, Ahmad Kassar, and Lee Bockus. Dr. Vincent Fan, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is co-author of "Assessment of Home-based Monitoring in Adults with Chronic Lung Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement" in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Ilya Golovaty, acting assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. Scott Hagan, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine) is senior author of "Lifestyle Intervention Requirements for Novel Antiobesity Medications-Necessary Adjunct or Harmful Gatekeeper?" in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the news Dr. Nilufer Norsworthy, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is quoted in "Not All Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies Are Created Equal" in Men's Health. Dr. Ariana Stuart, R2, is quoted in "AI Helps Spot Liver Disease Early" in Health Day. Events of interest Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Benjamin Humphreys (Washington University) will present "Physician scientist development pipeline" at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Dec.6, 12-1pm, via zoom. 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