[domweek] DOM Week, March 17-21, 2025

[Department of Medicine weekly newsletter via domweek]

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DOM Week
March 14, 2025
News, information, and events of interest from the Department of Medicine

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



Awards
American Diabetes Association Awards
[Steven Kahn]Dr. Steven Kahn, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is the 2025 recipient of the American Diabetes Association Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement. This international award recognizes significant long-term contributions to the understanding, treatment, or prevention of diabetes. Dr. Kahn started his career in science with an interest in diabetes four decades ago. He has led a large diabetes research program at the VAPSHCS, including a robust laboratory and clinical research group focused on pancreatic beta cell function for more than 30 years.

[Alison Evert]
Alison Evert is the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award, which recognizes a distinguished health professional who has made outstanding educational efforts in the field of diabetes. Alison has worked in the field of diabetes nutrition therapy for over 30 years, with a focus on increasing nutrition and diabetes education services for people with diabetes in primary care.

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Distinguished Service Award
[Knight | General Internal Medicine]Dr. Christopher Knight, professor (General Internal Medicine) is the 2025 recipient of the Edithe J. Levit Distinguished Service Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), in recognition of his enduring commitment and contributions to the organization and assessment in medical education.

Established in 1983, the Distinguished Service Award is named in honor of former NBME president Edithe J. Levit. Dr. Levit made history as the first woman president of a national medical association when she assumed leadership of NBME in 1977. Her enduring legacy continues to influence the medical education assessment community today.

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Gene Peterson Excellence in Quality Improvement Award
[Anders Chen]Congratulations to Dr. Anders Chen, associate professor (General Internal Medicine), who received the 2024 Gene Peterson Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement on behalf of the UW Housestaff Quality and Safety Committee.

This award is given annually to a faculty member who demonstrates commitment to resident learning in the areas of quality improvement and patient safety. Dr. Chen has developed quality improvement and patient safety curricula for the UW Internal Medicine Residency Program and has mentored dozens of residents in quality improvement work at the Seattle VA Hospital and at Harborview Medical Center.

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/4ieWg9H>.

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Outstanding Service Award
[Lorena Wright]Dr. Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright, professor of clinical practice (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is the 2025 recipient of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Outstanding Service Award for the Promotion of Endocrine Health to the Underserved.

This national award is presented to a healthcare professional who has made outstanding contributions in vision, leadership, innovation, commitment, and action to endocrine healthcare through either service to underserved communities or clinical or academic work to address healthcare disparities.

Dr. Wright was recognized for her efforts to found and lead the Latinx Clinic at the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, her commitment to mentoring underrepresented students, and her outreach efforts to engage underserved communities in healthcare and expanding health knowledge in diabetes prevention and treatment.


DEIB news
LBGTQ+ Council spotlight: Jesse Levin
[Jesse Levin]Dr. Jesse Levin, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine) is a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ equity in education, clinical care and the medical workforce. He has been a member of the Department of Medicine LGBTQ+ Council since 2024.

Learn more about him on our news site<https://bit.ly/4iETTga>.

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The power of mentorship
[Moe Hagman and Paula Cox-North]March is Women’s History Month<https://huddle.uwmedicine.org/womens-history-month/>. This year’s national theme is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating and Inspiring Generations.” This theme celebrates the collective strength, equality and influence of women who have dedicated their lives to education, mentorship and leadership, shaping the minds and futures of all generations. 

The Huddle<https://bit.ly/3FAdC2h> asked UW Medicine women, including Drs. Melissa (Moe) Hagman, clinical professor (General Internal Medicine) and Paula Cox-North, APP (Gastroenterology) about their journey into healthcare, the mentors in their lives and how they serve as mentors to others.

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Save the date: Women Faculty Day
The theme for Women Faculty Day this year is “Advocacy, Allyship, & Action: Building a Future for Women in Medicine & Science” and will feature UW Provost Dr. Tricia Serio as the Keynote Speaker. May 13, 9am-3:30pm, UW Center for Urban Horticulture Center. Please register for this event<https://bit.ly/3Dr2vs7>.


Faculty news
Faculty spotlight: Radhika Narla
[Radhika Narla]Our latest faculty spotlight is on Dr. Radhika Narla, associate professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition), associate program director for subspecialty medicine for our Internal Medicine Residency Program, and member of the DOM Gender Equity Council.

Learn more about her on our news site<https://bit.ly/4kvzTP6>.

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In memoriam: King Holmes
[King Holmes]Dr. King Holmes, the founding Chair of the Department of Global Health and a long-standing leader in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, died on Sunday, March 9. He was universally acknowledged as the “father” of the field of academic sexually transmitted infection research, epidemiology, prevention, and care.

Learn more about him on our news site<https://bit.ly/43G2z1w>.


Education news
Teaching Club
Faculty educators and hospitalists from the Division of General Internal Medicine have created a Teaching Club focused on the unique needs of the inpatient environment. Dr. Alexandra (Randi) Morrison, clinical associate professor (General Internal Medicine), first conceived the idea in 2020, which evolved into an ongoing opportunity for both new and experienced Harborview hospitalist faculty to engage in discussions about medical education. In 2023, the scope of Teaching Club was broadened to include hospitalist groups from the University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake and the VA hospital.

The overall feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. “There is an immense amount of experience and collective wisdom in our group, and Teaching Club is one way to access and harness that,” says Morrison.

Teaching Club is led by five faculty educators and hospitalists who work at our three main sites (Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System):

[Teaching club leaders: Anila Finnegan, Ana Hagan, Randi Morrison, Katie Raskob, Miriam Schwarz]

Learn more on our news site<https://bit.ly/4iuNS60>.


Research news
Career Development Award
[jopi (@hongyang_pi) / X]Dr. Hongyang (Jo) Pi, senior fellow (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) received the American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award, designed to support highly promising early career investigators to assure the applicant’s future success as a research scientist in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease research. Dr. Pi proposes to study the longitudinal proteomic dynamics in right heart failure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.


Recent publications
Jennifer Brody, research scientist, Joshua Bis, research scientist, and Dr. Bruce Psaty, professor (General Internal Medicine) are co-authors of “Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk<https://go.nature.com/3DIF1P9>” in Nature Genetics.

Dr. William Kwok, affiliate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is senior author of “Longitudinal single cell profiling of epitope specific memory CD4+ T cell responses to recombinant zoster vaccine<https://bit.ly/3FrxXXL>” in Nature Communications. DOM co-authors are Emily Ford and David Koelle.

Dr. Scott Lee, associate professor (Gastroenterology) is lead author of “Long-Term Safety of Mirikizumab in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis: An Integrated 2-Year Safety Analysis<https://bit.ly/3DFQAqf>” in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Dr. Christopher Longenecker, professor (Cardiology) is co-author of “Epidemiology of Coronary Atherosclerosis Among People Living With HIV in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study<https://bit.ly/43QE8P0>” in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Reena Mehra, professor and head (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) is senior author of “Polysomnographic Sleep Architectural Disruption Associated with Atrial Fibrillation Development<https://bit.ly/3XDZoUk>” in Sleep.

Dr. Yue-Harn Ng, clinical associate professor (Nephrology) is co-author of “Kidney Transplant Fast Track and Likelihood of Waitlisting and Transplant: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial<https://bit.ly/4kOG5S9>” in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Dr. Andrew Portuguese, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. Jordan Gauthier, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of “Real-world comparison of lisocabtagene maraleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel in large B-cell lymphoma: an inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis with 3-year follow up<https://bit.ly/43GHPqv>” in Haematologica. DOM co-authors are Jennifer Huang, Emily Liang, Alexandre Hirayama, Erik Kimble, Lorenzo Iovino, Christina Poh, Ajay Gopal, Mazyar Shadman, Brian Till, Filippo Milano, Aude Chapuis, Folashade Otegbeye, Ryan Cassaday, and David Maloney.

Drs. Bruce Psaty, professor (General Internal Medicine), Nona Sotoodehnia, professor (Cardiology) are co-authors of “Meta-analysis of genome-wide associations and polygenic risk prediction for atrial fibrillation in more than 180,000 cases<https://go.nature.com/41PPUXm>” in Nature Genetics.

Dr. Ruben Raychaudhuri, assistant professor, is lead author and Dr. R. Bruce Montgomery, professor (Hematology) is senior author of “Prostate Cancer: A Review<https://bit.ly/3R5Wd47>” in JAMA.

Dr. Natalie Wuliji, acting instructor, is lead author and Dr. Mohamed Sorror, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) is senior author of “Social Determinants of Health and Access to Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia<https://bit.ly/3DICsfZ>” in Blood. DOM co-authors are Jacob Applebaum, Mary-Elizabeth Percival, Brenda Sandmaier, Sephanie Lee, and Fred Appelbaum.


In the news
Dr. Anthony Back, professor (Hematology and Oncology) is quoted in “Psilocybin Benefits Clinicians Traumatized on Front Line of COVID-19 Pandemic<https://bit.ly/4hB8YOU>” in Psychiatric Times.

Dr. Helen Chu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) is mentioned in “Looking back on UW innovations after five years of COVID-19<https://bit.ly/4ibi3iO>” in UW Magazine.

Drs. Steven Pergam, professor, Catherine Liu, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and Nancy Davidson, professor (Hematology and Oncology) are quoted in “With respiratory infections rampant, experts urge masking and vaccination<https://bit.ly/3DLBpfh>” from Hutch News.


Events of interest
Medicine Grand Rounds
Dr. Sara Hurvitz, professor and head (Hematology and Oncology) will present “Charting New Waters: From Breast Oncologist to Division Head – Shaping the Future of Patient Care, Research, and Innovation in Hematology/Oncology” at Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, March 21, 12-1pm, via zoom<https://washington.zoom.us/j/812197730>.


Weekly Calendar, March 17-21, 2025
Our events calendar is posted on our website<https://medicine.uw.edu/news/trumba-calendar>.


Featured image
Dr. Sina Gharib, professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) took this image of last night’s total lunar eclipse:

[Blood moon - lunar eclipse]

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Amy Fields, Editor
amyf at uw.edu<mailto:amyf at uw.edu>


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