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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><a name="_Hlk182811423"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">DOM Week

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GI celebrates 75 years<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>

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 They were founded in November 1949 by Dr. Wade Volwiler and one of the first divisions to comprise the newly formed Department of Medicine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 were also honored to receive a </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/4fEUZHR"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">transformational

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 of $1 million from Chung Nung and Bik Lam Lee, to support research focused on liver diseases. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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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).

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 the goals of the ARP. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 powerlifter shows what a donor heart can do<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk178334286"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk178334286"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“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. <b>

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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 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.’”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>

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 AI algorithm created by researchers in the </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"></span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3ZnKhzJ"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#39275B">Carr

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 may help diagnose patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), one of the most common forms of chronic liver disease.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<b>Ariana Stuart</b>, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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 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.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35011064"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk174716130"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.

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 that they engage in all virtual micro labs and remain for the entire five-day event.

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