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McALLEN A psychiatrist with previous stints at Texas medical institutions will be the founding dean of the new School of Medicine at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the University of Texas System announced Friday.
Dr. Francisco Fernandez, 62, a professor and chairman of psychiatry and neurosciences at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa will lead the medical school at the newly formed UT Rio Grande Valley.
The pick was first reported by The Monitor newspaper in McAllen on Thursday.
Fernandez previously worked in Texas at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine, according to a statement released by the system. He is an expert in the brains relationship to behavior.
I am excited and humbled by this tremendous opportunity to build the UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine into a world-class educational center, Fernandez said in the statement. The chance to build a medical school from the ground up in a region as richly diverse and wonderful as South Texas is a dream come true.
Fernandez emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba as a child.
The new medical school is expected to enroll its first class in the fall of 2016. It will be part of the newly formed University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, which combined UT Pan American and UT-Brownsville.
In May 2012, the systems regents endorsed developing a new medical school in the Rio Grande Valley.
Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, a surgeon from Laredo who announced earlier this week he will be stepping down from the position, had made establishing a medical school in the fast-growing border region one of his priorities.
The school will be established around existing UT System health facilities in Hidalgo and Cameron counties. The area has long been considered medically underserved and local officials hope graduating doctors will establish their practices in the region.
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The Malta Medical Students' Association (MMSA) has expressed its concern over the health minister's announcement that the Barts Medical School is set to open in Malta.
MMSA today said that its members have voiced their concerns about the agreement reached between the Maltese Ministry of Health and the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) to open a new campus of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in Malta.
"The main concern of medical students at this point is that the introduction of a new medical school on the Maltese islands may directly affect their daily learning experience which may already be compromised by the increasing number of students admitted to the medical course," the association said.
It added that this might in turn result in "less proficient doctors to care for the Maltese population."
But acting head of the post-graduate training centre Ray Galea said that with the introduction of a new a medical school, the general situation regarding the Malta Foundation Programme "should not be affected".
"There may be more applicants, but this is bound to happen anyway, with or without the new medical school," he said.
"There is no limit that can be imposed on the number of applicants since all eligible EU citizens have an equal right to apply."
The programme was set up in 2009. According to Galea, the scope of the programme has been reached: "It is providing excellent training to newly qualified doctors, making it unnecessary for them to leave our island."
The programme, he added, has met all the stringent criteria set up by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO), so much so that it has been accredited as a recognized Foundation Programme training centre for the next two years by the UKFPO.
"This is no mean feat considering that it is the only such Foundation Programme outside the UK," Galea said.
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The Barts Medical School is set to open in Malta following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry for Health, the Ministry for Education and Queen Mary University of London.
Addressing a public consultation meeting part of the 'Government that Listens' campaign at Mater Dei Hospital, Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia said Malta had the potential to become a hub in medical studies.
"This agreement will not only serve as an economic boost to the island but will also serve as an international brand for Malta in the medical field. This project will attract the best medical professionals," he said.
Farrugia fielded question from the general public, including some coming from Gozo after a Skype chat was set up at the Gozo General Hospital.
The minister reiterated it was his ministry's intention to continue opening up health centres during this legislature in a bid to alleviate the burden from Mater Dei Hospital.
"This acute hospital should be specializing in acute medicine. But 70% of patients admitted to the emergency department are not acute cases... they do not even come with a referral from their GP," Farrugia said.
He added that as the fertility rate decreased, cancer rate increased and people live longer years, the dependency on public healthcare will increase.
"We have to provide patients with alternative places in the community or in hospitals catering for rehabilitation. We have a modern hospital that is providing quality care but is burdened with patients who should not be here because the care they require should be provided elsewhere," he said.
Farrugia said the government was already investing in primary healthcare and healthcare centres. 1.2 million were invested to equip the Floriana and Rahal Gdid centres with x-ray systems.
"The Rahal Gdid healthcare centre is just the first of a number of centres we plan to open during this legislature."
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5:52 p.m. EST, February 12, 2014
The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced Wednesday that it has established a program that will do in-depth scientific research on the brain.
The hope is that research done from the Brain Science Research Consortium Unit can help in the development of new treatments for neurological disorders.
Research will be done by scientists and medical professionals from many disciplines, including laboratory scientists and physician scientists.
Dr. Bankole A. Johnson, professor and chair of the department of psychiatry and behavorial science at the medical school, will head the new unit. His research expertise deals with the psychopharmacology of medications for treating addictions.
The brain research is unit is one of a number of units the school of medicine plans to create. Others will explore heart and vascular science, cancer biology and transplantation.
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Jointly set up by NTU and Imperial College London, the school has identified four key areas of research: metabolic diseases, neuroscience and mental health, dermatology and skin biology, and infectious diseases such as dengue.
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU) today unveiled the integrated research strategy of its Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, aimed at addressing Singapore's key health challenges. Jointly set up by NTU and Imperial College London, the School welcomed its first intake of 54 students in August last year.
The medical school's research strategy, which draws on NTU's and Imperial's excellent track record of reaping synergies between medicine, science and technology, comprises four themes: Infectious Disease, Metabolic Disease, Neuroscience and Mental Health, and Dermatology and Skin Biology. These four research themes are underpinned by the cross-cutting technology platforms in Developmental Biology, Structural Biology, Metabolomics and Sequencing Technologies, and Translational Imaging and Health Services Outcome Research.
NTU President Professor Bertil Andersson today announced the school's integrated research strategy and introduced influential world-class scientist and scientific leader Professor Philip Ingham FRS as the school's Vice-Dean of Research. A Fellow of the Royal Society and the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor Ingham is widely credited for his ground-breaking work in modelling human disease in the zebrafish. His research has provided fundamental insights into cell signalling in the developing embryo, in particular the Hedgehog signalling pathway, and has relevance both to regenerative medicine and cancer.
Professor Bertil Andersson says, "NTU now has a formidable life sciences cluster, with the medical school, the School of Biological Sciences, the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and a new structural biology research centre headed by Professor Daniela Rhodes FRS, formerly from Cambridge University. Promising inter-disciplinary research between our new medical school and other NTU schools has already started. With Professor Philip Ingham FRS leading a team of global experts and a research strategy focused on Singapore needs, we can expect NTU's research in healthcare to serve the population's needs well into the future."
Having a medical school with a world-class research strategy will further boost NTU's known strengths in biomedical engineering that has produced a number of breakthroughs and world's firsts over the years, such as the world's smallest piezoelectric heart pump in 2003 invented by NTU Provost, Professor Freddy Boey. His second invention in 2004 is a fully biodegradable coronary stent, co-developed with Professor Subbu Venkatraman from NTU, which has been successfully implanted in human patients. Another example of a world's first from NTU is a pair of endoscopy robotic arms used for removing stomach tumours without surgery developed by NTU's Associate Professor Louis Phee.
Research with Singaporeans in mind
The medical school has identified four research themes in which it could best achieve research excellence, against a backdrop of Singapore's ageing population and an understanding of the healthcare needs of Singaporeans accustomed to a modern lifestyle.
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SINGAPORE: Alzheimers, dengue, diabetes and eczema are some common diseases that Singapore's newest medical school will study, in a bid to offer new solutions.
It is part of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine's long-term research strategy, aimed at addressing the needs of Singapore's ageing population.
The research will tackle four areas -- infectious disease, metabolic disease, neuroscience and mental health, as well as dermatology and skin biology.
It is hoped the school, which is a collaboration between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Imperial College London, will help pioneer new therapies.
The school will spend S$250 million on this front, covering infrastructure and manpower.
Its research capabilities are expected to be fully up and running by 2016.
Professor Dermot Kelleher, dean of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at NTU, said: "If you look at the areas that we've chosen, they are areas that are going to be of critical importance for the people of Singapore. We're hoping that we'll find increasing solutions for diabetes and neuro-degeneration over the next five to 10 years, but it may take longer."
The school also announced that it expects to enrol at least 66 new medical students under its undergraduate programme.
This is more than its inaugural intake of 54 last year.
It will also start a new graduate programme which will take off later this year at the earliest.
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In April, they will head for Orlando, Fla., where they will compete for the hospital's third consecutive national championship in the Doctor's Dilemma, a Jeopardy!-style competition of medical wits hosted annually by the American College of Physicians.
No other hospital or medical school in the country has won the crown five times. Einstein doctors aced it in 1997, 1998, 2007, 2012, and 2013, beating dozens of teams each year with their buzzer-quick fingers, calculating betting, team collaboration, and dead-on answers.
"When we play, it's a bloodbath," said Guillermo Garrido, 31, an attending physician at Einstein's Elkins Park campus who coached last year's squad and played on the team in 2012.
Topics can include little-known diseases, treatments, diagnostic techniques, medical history - certainly not typical watercooler musings.
In "final jeopardy" last year, the team had to answer this question: "What is the imaging test of choice to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?" (Or, for the layperson, liver and lung syndrome.)
The answer: a bubble study.
Garrido said one of the toughest categories was medical eponyms. The eponym for polycystic ovary syndrome, for example, is Stein-Leventhal syndrome.
Medical chiefs at Einstein attribute the team's success to recruitment of top-notch medical graduates, good teaching, and lots of practice against faculty and one another. The team also brings on one newcomer each year and keeps a previous team member as coach to provide continuity.
When a major competition nears, team members are given easier rotation schedules so they can rest and practice.
"We take Jeopardy seriously here," said Steven L. Sivak, a doctor and chairman of Einstein's department of medicine. "They practice all year round."
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Doctors would have to complete two years of training after medical school, instead of one year, to qualify for a regular medical license in Wisconsin under a bill introduced last week.
The requirement would apply to graduates of U.S. and foreign medical schools. Many states require one year of post- graduate training for graduates of U.S. medical schools but two or three years for graduates of foreign schools.
Wisconsin, by currently requiring one year for both, has become a dumping ground for a lot of bad physicians who want to get their foot in the American medical system, Dr. Sheldon Wasserman, former chairman of the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board, told the State Journal last year.
Dr. Kenneth Simons, the medical boards current chairman, could not be reached for comment Sunday.
The bill, introduced Friday by Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, and Sen. Leah Vukmir, R- Wauwatosa , would increase the training requirement for all doctors. Severson is a doctor and Vukmir is a nurse.
Graduates of U.S. medical schools would have to complete two years of training or complete one year and be enrolled in a program in which the director says the doctor is expected to complete the second year.
Graduates of foreign medical schools would have to complete two years of training, and the most recent year would have to be in a single program.
Exceptions could be granted in cases of hardship. Existing license holders would not be affected by the new requirements.
The bill would also replace a temporary educational permit with a resident educational license for doctors in post- graduate training programs.
In addition, the bill would change requirements for visiting physician licenses and create an administrative physician license for doctors not practicing medicine.
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By SCOTT ROTHSCHILD, The Lawrence Journal-World
TOPEKA, KAN. Supporters of an initiative by the Kansas University Medical Center to build a $75 million health education facility said Thursday that without help from the state, the medical school could lose its accreditation.
"It is absolutely essential that we build this," said Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka.
The issue came up during a meeting of the House-Senate Committee on State Building Construction.
For several years, KU has sought help from Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature to start construction of a facility that would produce more doctors and add new technologies and teaching methods for training medical students and health professionals. The current main medical education building is outmoded, in disrepair and can't be properly renovated, KU officials have said.
Brownback's budget proposal contained no funding to help retire a possible bond sale to cover part of the cost of the project.
During the committee meeting, Kelly sought to put in $1.4 million in the budget for the project in the next fiscal year, which starts July 1, with the goal of adding $1.4 million per year for 15 years.
But Republicans on the committee balked, except the chairwoman, state Sen. Kay Wolf, R-Prairie Village, who said she didn't support Brownback's decision not to include funding for the facility.
Lindsey Douglas, director of state relations for KU, said the proposed facility, in addition to helping the state produce more doctors, would avoid troubles with maintaining accreditation.
Several Republicans on the committee then said they would like to know more about the project.
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"He has been and continues to be a clear thinker," Shannon says by Jordan Bower | Feb 06 2014
The University Medical Center announced last week that Medical School Prof. Chris A. Ghaemmaghami will serve as its interim chief medical officer.
A Medical Center press release described the chief medical officer as the senior physician in the Medical Center responsible for achieving clinical efficiency, effectiveness and quality, and service excellence including patient satisfaction.
Ghaemmaghami, an associate professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, previously served as associate vice chair for academic affairs, medical director for the Department of Emergency Medicine and director for the fellowship in cardiovascular emergencies.
As chief medical officer, he will be responsible for overseeing interaction between the various branches of the Medical Center, including the Medical school, the Nursing school, the Medical Center and the University Physicians Group.
In an email response, Richard Shannon, the Universitys executive vice president for health affairs, said Ghaemmaghami had superb medical and administrative qualifications for the position.
I have known Chris since his time as a resident in a demanding combined Emergency MedicineInternal Medicine training program, Shannon said. He has been and continues to be a clear thinker with a penchant for systematic approaches to problems and solutions. He is a superb doctor and a stand-up guy.
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First, do no harm
Though these exact words are not in the Hippocratic oath, it is what medical students will hear on their first day of medical school and will probably be reminded for the rest of their lives.
Being a doctor in this day and age is not easy. Modern medicine has progressed leaps and bounds, offering treatment that was unthinkable in yesteryears. But with all the advancement, the health profession is under scrutiny like never before.
However, the core of being a doctor remains. To serve, to treat and to make lives better. Every doctor will have his or her own story and their own unique experience. I cannot tell students how to become a doctor, which is something they will have to learn by themselves. But I can certainly share my thoughts with them.
The studying years
Your time in medical school is your formative years. Think of entering medical school as the first step in a long journey, but no less rewarding. The goal is not just to graduate as doctors but also to learn and build on your knowledge. Make no mistake, you will need to put in the hours and studying hard cannot be avoided. But that does not mean you cannot enjoy the student life. Being a student is one of the best times of your life, enjoy it and make use of those years.
A hell called housemanship
Almost all doctors will tell you their housemanship years are the worst of their careers. Worst here is subjective. Though it will be a harsh reality from your student days, and you will be pushed to the limit, but please do not think this as a method to torture young doctors. What you do in these 2 years will define your career as a doctor. So take the chance to learn not only to be a safe doctor, but also how to balance your work and life. It is not hell if you make the best of it.
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New program supports pre-med undergraduates By Shannon O'Brien '15
February 6, 2014
Hamilton students now have the opportunity to secure a spot in a top-notch medical school as 20-year old students. The College has recently joined the Early Assurance Program , which allows pre-med undergraduates to apply to the University of Rochester Medical School as juniors.
The program will allow students to avoid having to study for, pay for and take the dreaded MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) that medical schools require. In this way, the Early Assurance Program gives accepted pre-med students the freedom to study abroad during their junior year as well as explore courses in other disciplines. The program will not function to accelerate students through medical school, as accepted students will continue the normal course of their undergraduate education before entering medical school. Early admittance does not require students to go directly to medical school either. Once accepted through Rochesters Early Assurance Program, students can defer medical school enrollment in order to pursue a fellowship, conduct research or explore other interests. Leslie North, health professions advisor, described the University of Rochester Medical School as unlike most medical schools, as it is very understanding about allowing students to pursue other educational goals.
North explained that Hamilton chose to join the consortium of colleges involved in Rochesters program because it offers students an unusual opportunity at an outstanding school. Other colleges involved in Rochesters Early Assurance include Amherst, Bowdoin, Carleton, Colgate, Haverford, Middlebury, Morehouse, Spelman, Swarthmore, Williams and Xavier. As suggested by this list of liberal arts colleges, Rochester is looking to attract well-rounded students whose GPAs are complemented by a wealth of co-curricular activities.
The standards for entrance into the medical school through Early Assurance are high. There are no back door entrances to medical school, noted North. The mean GPA for those admitted to all US medical schools last year was 3.69, and Rochester is a highly rated medical school. According to North, Rochester is looking for students with excellent grades as well as a history of service to others. Applicants should also have had experiences through internships or summer activities that demonstrate an understanding of the medical profession. Moreover, Rochester values students who have a passion for helping others.
While the expectations for applicants are high, the competition for getting admitted is even higher. Rochesters Medical School limits its class size to 104 students, differing from the national average of 155-160 students per class. The small class size and distinguished reputation of Rochesters Medical School will make acceptance for undergraduate juniors especially selective. The school will admit only seven to eight students total from the group of schools in Rochesters Early Assurance Program.
Although the number of selected applicants is small, North said she would advise students with strong records to consider applying to the Early Assurance Program, especially those who believe the MCAT might present a particular challenge for them. Rachel Sobel 15, a Biochemistry and Womens Studies double major, explained that she sees Early Assurance as a way to decrease the stress, pressure and competition that comes with preparing for and applying to medical school. It will also save pre-med students money. North estimated that students spend up to $4,000 applying to schools and traveling to interviews. The fee to apply to Rochesters medical school is $100, and the school promises to refund students who are not admitted.
While the concept of applying to medical school may seem daunting, students should feel encouraged by the University of Rochesters progressive program that values the integration of real-world experiences with scientific knowledge. Hamiltons participation in the Early Assurance Program reflects the collective commitment to creating a generation of well-rounded, driven and compassionate doctors.
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