In the department's annual Chief Residents' Lecture, Hannah Coletti, Grace Prince, Alison Raybould, Benjamin Robey and Benjamin Sines will present innovative projects and ideas: Grace Prince Evaluation of a Humanities Curriculum to Promote Higher Level Clinical Reasoning at Internal Medicine Morning Report: Results of a Qualitative Analysis Within medical education, the humanities are frequently used to … Read more
The 2017 ACC-AHA Hypertension Guideline proposes a new definition of hypertension, and advocates lower blood pressure treatment thresholds and goals for many individuals with high blood pressure. As a result, more elderly patients are diagnosed with hypertension and are treated more aggressively with medications. Drs. Voora and Hinderliter will discuss the pros and cons of … Read more
Hunter-gatherer populations are remarkably healthy, with men and women living into their 60's, 70's and beyond without hypertension, diabetes, or other cardiometabolic disease. Dr. Pontzer will review his recent work on the diet, activity, and health of these remarkable populations. These societies are incredibly active, but burn fewer calories and eat more carbohydrate-rich diets than … Read more
Patient-generated health data—such as data from wearables and patient-reported outcomes and other emerging technologies—have much potential for improving efficiency, quality, and outcomes. Dr. Chung will review the state of the art in PGHD, discuss challenges in implementation into clinical care, highlight informatics methods development for PGHD from her NIH-funded research, and discuss opportunities for PGHD … Read more
Dr. Bharathi Zvara is an assistant professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her research examines the enduring impact of early experiences on social and emotional development across the lifespan. Guided by family systems and developmental psychopathology frameworks, her work investigates the processes through which factors … Read more
Dr. Falk, chair of the department of medicine, has now interviewed nearly every department faculty member, asking three questions: 1. What brings you joy when you come to work? 2. What are the everyday hassles? 3. What can the department do for you? In this first Grand Rounds lecture of the year, Dr. Falk will … Read more
Jonathan Oberlander is professor and chair of Social Medicine and professor of Health Policy & Management. He also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Political Science. His research and teaching interests include health care politics and policy, health care reform, Medicare, and American politics and public policy. Dr. Oberlander teaches courses on health policy … Read more
Christopher Caulfield is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Medical Director of the Observation Unit. His primary focus is on patient care in the acute hospital setting. He is skilled in ultrasound techniques with a specific interest in teaching and bedside procedures. He enjoys teaching medical students and residents with monthly lectures … Read more
Dr. Philip Mackowiak is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and the Carolyn Frenkil and Selvin Passen History of Medicine Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and … Read more
Benjamin Vincent, MD, is assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, adjunct faculty for the department of microbiology and immunology and faculty curriculum in bioinformatics and computational biology. Dr. Vincent's specialty areas include stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy, bioinformatics, cancer biology, computational biology, genomics, immunology, systems biology and translational medicine. … Read more