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January 27, 2023</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 of Medicine </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="mailto:amyf@uw.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">amyf@uw.edu</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Division spotlight: Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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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 Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition was our first division, established in 1948 by Dr.

 Robert Williams, the first chair of the Department of Medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3XC66bA"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">news

site<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call for members: DOM Strategic Plan implementation workgroups<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are you interested in participating in our strategic planning efforts? More information about

 our strategic plan and the workgroups, progress, etc. is available </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://intranet.medicine.uw.edu/resources/strategic-plan"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">on

our intranet<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

 If you would like to take part in shaping the future of the department, please indicate your interest by completing this

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3CsGkOe"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">short

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 History Month </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February is Black History Month, celebrating the achievements, influences and legacies of Black

 Americans. The UW has complied many resources and opportunities to celebrate Black History Month, including

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3HzovA0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">engagement

 and learning opportunities</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 and ways to </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3XEg0JC"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">support

Black-owned businesses<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

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<b>Foundational courses<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p>

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 partnership with the Institute for Common Power, we are sponsoring foundational courses to support efforts to educate the public and expose and explore the lesser known, and often dismissed, aspects of our collective history. The next course, “Slavery in America:

 From Origins to Emancipation” will be held on Feb. 8, 15, and 22. For more information, please visit the

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3DiQW2W"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Institute

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3XYlvCC"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Joseph

 Mougous</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,

 professor in the UW Department of Microbiology, is the new director of the Microbiome Center (formerly the Center for Microbiome Sciences & Therapeutics) in the Division of Gastroenterology, effective Jan. 1. The mission of the center is to serve as a conduit

 for connectivity, communication, and cross-functional collaboration between scientists and clinicians at the UW and neighboring institutions in order to advance microbiome research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Tomas Mustelin</b>, professor and head (Rheumatology) has been appointed holder of the Mart M.D. Mannik – Lucile T. Henderson Endowed Professorship in Rheumatology. This endowed professorship was created to  enhance the University's ability to recruit and

 retain distinguished faculty in Rheumatology, and to pay tribute to the life and work of Dr. Mart Mannik and Ms. Lucile T. Henderson, who had a strong interest in rheumatoid arthritis. 

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 is a public-private partnership between the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and multi-sector member organizations to catalyze the development of safe and effective therapies for people with kidney diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 to halt nourishment: an end-of-life decision<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It’s not only patient cases that inform clinicians' expertise. Geriatrician

David Gruenewald took a lesson from his mom, Mary, who at the time was a resolute, capable woman in her late 80’s. As Alzheimer’s encroached conspicuously into her life, she considered hastening her death so as not to burden her children.

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 capacity who want to manage their death, VSED (Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking) has not drawn the same public scrutiny and controversy as medical aid in dying, in which a clinician provides drugs that a patient takes — a practice that's legal in only

 11 U.S. states.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 is evidence that, for many people, VSED can be more peaceful than dying by medical-assisted dying.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Bryan Balmadrid</b>, clinical associate professor (Gastroenterology) has been selected as the January 2023 Harborview Hero for Kids. The Harborview Cares for Kids campaign seeks to remind providers and staff that Harborview is a pediatric hospital too –

 the only level-1 pediatric burn and trauma center in the State – that also has a busy outpatient clinic with unique programs for new immigrants, refugees, and children in the foster care system.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>George Ioannou</b>, professor (Gastroenterology) has written a book about his experiences caring for veterans, who, in the face of their health concerns, have inspired him with their courage, grace and wisdom. Through times of suffering or trauma, when one

 might feel or be seen as “broken” and in need of fixing, he and his patients often experience opportunities for spiritual growth and healing. In this process, the patient-physician relationship focuses not just on fixing the physical challenges, but working

 together to foster opportunities for personal insight. He calls this, “Kintsugi medicine.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="77" height="77" style="width:.802in;height:.802in" src="cid:image021.jpg@01D9326C.7B0C22F0" align="left" hspace="12" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_13"><![endif]><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Palliative

 care – specialized health care for people of all ages living with a serious illness – aims to improve the individual's and their family members' physical, emotional, behavioral and spiritual health. Although it was introduced in the United States 40 years

 ago, 75% of people still do not know what palliative care is. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Jd0Qa6"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Serious

 Illness Messaging Toolkit</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">

 was developed from a decade of research and insight gleaned from a consortium of organizations in the field of serious illness care. The project aims to improve the way health care professionals communicate about care for serious illness to make it more understandable

 and accessible to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"In creating this toolkit, I've learned how deep public misunderstanding is about palliative care.

 To create a real shift in how people perceive it, we need to change how we message it. What I do as a palliative care physician is help people with a serious illness feel better and cope better as they go on living their lives," said Dr.

<b>Anthony Back</b>, professor (Medical Oncology), and PI of the Message Lab. <o:p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">February is American Heart Month, dedicated to raising awareness about heart health and urging

 us all to take steps to prevent heart disease. Join The Whole U and UW Medicine Heart Institute on Tuesday,

Feb. 7 for a special zoom session discussing heart health. You’ll hear from cardiologists Dr.

<b>Kevin O’Brien</b> and Dr. <b>Ruchi Kapoor</b> as they address the unique warning signs of heart disease and how we can all protect our hearts. For more information and to register for this event, visit the

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Risks associated with control of blood sugar in the ICU<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 by hospital intensive-care unit teams to reduce glucose readings of patients with diabetes might do more harm than good, according to an analysis published in

</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3Hab2NT"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Diabetes

Care<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.

Dr. Michael Schwartz, lead author and a UW Medicine endocrinologist, said he decided to study the phenomenon after talking with Dr.

Irl Hirsch, a colleague who had witnessed problems emerge among his patients in the ICU.

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 levels to what is considered normal in a non-diabetic person may actually harm the patients by triggering a dangerous reaction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The UW Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education (CLIME) has  announced a funding

 opportunity for UW School of Medicine Faculty who are interested in pursuing education scholarship. The goal of this funding opportunity is to provide faculty with opportunities to develop innovative health professions education scholarship, including the

 scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. They are particularly interested in funding projects that include junior faculty members. Application deadline is

<b>March 31</b>. For more information and to apply, please visit the </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3kJCXwg"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk99118098"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">CLIME

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