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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] As the 2022-23 academic year begins at Brown and more than 3,203 new undergraduate, graduate and medical students arrive on College Hill, the University also welcomes a group of 62 dynamic new scholars and educators to the Brown faculty.

With research and teaching expertise on topics ranging from global health security to climate change, brain science to diaspora studies, and architecture to algorithms, Browns newest faculty members represent a wide range of fields, backgrounds and viewpoints. Welcoming faculty with such diversity of experience comes at a time when Brown is developing an operational plan for significantly growing its research enterprise.

Our faculty are accomplished researchers, creative artists and educators whose work expands knowledge at the leading edge of their disciplines and, in partnership with Brown students and staff, makes a positive impact in communities both locally and across the globe, said Provost Richard M. Locke. Im delighted to welcome this cohort of talented scholars to Brown to build on and amplify efforts across campus to develop solutions to many of the most vexing questions faced by society today.

The arrival of 62 new faculty members reflects Brown's strategic efforts to recruit top scholars from research areas articulated in the Building on Distinction strategic plan and related operational plans in which the University is uniquely poised to have a meaningful impact. And with nearly 30% of this years new faculty members coming from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, strategic investments in actions outlined in Brown's Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan are helping to ensure that faculty represent the varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences critical to advancing knowledge, learning and discovery.

In addition, multiple new deans (including those with interim appointments) will lead schools and academic units in their first full academic years in 2022-23: Ronald Aubert, interim dean of the School of Public Health; Tejal Desai, dean of the School of Engineering; Dr. Mukesh K. Jain, dean of the Warren Alpert Medical School; Thomas Lewis, interim dean of the Graduate School; Shankar Prasad, dean of the School of Professional Studies; and Leah VanWey, dean of the faculty.

Desai, who began her tenure at Brown on Sept. 1, will deliver the keynote address at this years Opening Convocation ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 10.

The new professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers will serve across the Universitys academic departments, divisions and schools. The full listing of new faculty, with links for more information about each of them, follows below.

Jayna BrownProfessor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies

John EasonWatson Family University Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

Kent KleinmanFaculty Director of the Brown Arts Institute, Professor of the Practice of History of Art and Architecture

Karin WulfBeatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, Professor of History

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MUSC to help with psychological first aid in Puerto Rico in Fiona’s aftermath – Medical University of South Carolina

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On Monday, psychologists from the Medical University of South Carolina will hold a training session at a university in Puerto Rico via Zoom. Theyll coach participants on how to offer psychological first aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona on an island still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Marias 2017 strike.

Rosaura Orengo-Aguayo, Ph.D., an associate professor in MUSCs Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, grew up in Puerto Rico and will lead the training session. She knows firsthand what its like to recover from a big storm in the U.S. territory, which gets walloped every seven or eight years. Shes also getting reports about Fionas impact from family members on the island.

My mom and my sister and my brother are all fine, physically. Their homes are intact. None of them have power, and water just returned today. But everyone there knows a direct family member or friend who had flooding damage or losses.

Some of those people are still scarred by the effects of Hurricane Maria, the most catastrophic storm to hit Puerto Rico in decades. It led to around3,000 deathsby some estimates and took out a lot of the islands infrastructure, including the electrical system.

Mondays training session is a continuation of MUSCs involvement with Puerto Rico, a connection that began after Maria. In 2017, a friend in Puerto Rico told Orengo-Aguayo the education secretary was looking for people who could come up with a comprehensive plan to help teachers and students deal with Marias aftermath. Schools were closed, utilities were out and loved ones were leaving.

For Orengo-Aguayo, it was a no-brainer. I think as professionals, we sometimes leave the personal out of the professional life. But in our team, we're the opposite. Im Puerto Rican, so that will forever be my home.

She and her colleagues used a grant they already had from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to train Puerto Rican teachers in how to take care of their own mental health while also caring for the kids who weathered the storm.

Since that teams first visit in October of 2017, the MUSC psychologists have been back multiple times to continue their work. In the last four years, we trained Puerto Rican providers to dotrauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, Orengo-Aguayo said.

They also conductedone of the largest post-disaster screening projects in U.S. history. It found most of the so-called Maria generation kids saw houses damaged on an island roughly the size of Connecticut, about half had damage to their own home, almost 58% had a friend or family member leave Puerto Rico, about a third had to deal with a lack of food or water and more than 15% still didnt have electricity several months after the September 2017 storm.

Clearly, Maria was life-altering for the island and its people. The MUSC team knew its work needed to continue. So Orengo-Aguayo and her colleagues recently got five more years of SAMSHA funding for their work in Puerto Rico.

She and another bilingual MUSC psychologist, Regan Stewart, Ph.D., had already scheduled another trip to Puerto Rico before Fiona. October 13th through the 25th, this trip was very much to meet with our partners in Puerto Rico. We're going to have a team retreat to discuss our goals and next steps, she said.

We also have four days going to a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico. That's a municipality called Culebra. And this island does not have a single mental health professional. So we're partnering with grassroots organizations to start the first ever telehealth program there so kids can get access to psychologists in the mainland, in Puerto Rico, in the island. So that's part of our trip as well.

Theyll also meet with experts at the largest community mental health center in Puerto Rico to follow up on needs and next steps. But Orengo-Aguayo said their work probably wont stop there.

I suspect we'll be doing some relief work as well. It'll likely involve meeting with leaders and stakeholders of agencies to assess, How do we support our staff? How do we support our students going back to school?

Familiar questions for a woman working to help the island she loves develop the mental health services it needs. My mission still as a clinical psychologist is that future clinical psychologists don't need to leave the island to get the best training, the best care. So for me, until my career's over, it will be about capacity building so that Puerto Ricans stay in Puerto Rico.

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The Betty Bubble: A Week at the Hazelden Betty Ford Addiction Treatment Center – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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I spent a week at the Hazelden Betty Ford Addiction Treatment Center in Rancho Mirage, California. No, not as a patient, but as a member of the Summer Institute for Medical Students Program (SIMS). Heres what I learned:

Hazelden Betty Ford is the nations largest nonprofit addiction treatment center and their goal is to address substance misuse utilizing the bio-psycho-social model of care and 12 step programs. Patients are provided mental health resources including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, anger management, group therapy, and more. Patients are encouraged to participate in meditation, yoga, and are even given a dietician and a personal trainer to improve their overall health and wellness. Hazelden Betty Ford offers in-patient and intensive outpatient treatment as well as family and childrens programs for the loved ones of those with substance use disorder. Their motto is If not us, then who?Dr. Brittany Ladson

Our week long experience was funded by The Betty Ford Foundation whose goal is to raise awareness, stimulate interest, and sensitize professionals to the process of recovery for substance use disorders and their family members. The SIMS program is unique in that, instead of participation in a classroom setting, students learn by integration into the daily life of the patients. It has long been said the best way to help those not addicted understand the recovery process is to let them see it happen and this program did just that.

We were 15 allopathic and osteopathic medical students from 15 different universities all out in Palm Desert to learn more about the disease of addiction. Many of the students had personal or family histories of substance use disorder, while others exposures were from drunk drivers taking the lives of their loved ones. For me personally, my exposure was through research I have been conducting in the understanding of vaping and opiate misuse disorder in high school students and an additional project studying EM residents Naloxone rescue kit prescription habits to patients who have overdosed. I had imagined participating in this week would help me learn what more I can do for my future patients, but as the week progressed, I saw myself aligning more with the patients themselves.

At the beginning of the week, it was clear that the medical students were seen as outsiders looking in during the patients small group therapy. Many of the patients expressed they felt like lab rats while we listened to their stories without actually experiencing addiction ourselves. As the week progressed, patients and students began fraternizing at meal times and in the hallway in between sessions. It was astonishing how fast the patients went from feeling like strangers to people we knew for a lifetime. It was like learning about a patient by looking through a keyhole- having a short period of time to understand all the things they think about and have experienced. At the end of the week, I didnt feel like I was leaving a small group of four patients in recovery, I felt like I was leaving a creative artist, an intelligent future RN, a strong businesswoman, and a caring mother. It truly shows you that addiction is ubiquitous. It is just like gravity, it is all around us. Addiction is an equal opportunity disease.

Our experience in group therapy was becoming a shared experience. I was learning to treat the patient, not just the disease. Patients in rehab are so generous; they really taught us so much and answered so many of our questions better than any textbook could. Doctors spend a lot of time with patients during their lifetime, but very rarely in this capacity. The experience was transformative for the patients as well. Many times patients expressed that they have felt that doctors have not done anything for them in the past. Some patients also expressed hatred of rehab centers because they see it as doctors making money off of their addiction and then sending them off into the world to relapse and present back to rehab. Having future physicians in the room pledging to be a force of change for the future of addiction medicine helped change their perspectives. Patients will see doctors differently and doctors will see their patients differently because of this experience.

Further, the most commonly stated wish expressed by the patients during the week was to take care of ourselves. They all understand how hard it is to complete medical school and work as a physician for the rest of our lives. It is too easy to chase prestige and work yourself to exhaustion. Many patients expressed a similar reason for ending up with a substance use disorder and they didnt want to see that for the next generation of working professionals. The patient whose words most resonated with me on this subject was an emergency medicine physician in treatment for opiate use disorder. He knows better than anyone what the challenging world of medicine can do to a person. He reminded me that my life comes before my career no matter what. All it takes is one left step or one right step for you to become a patient at Hazelden Betty Ford.

As many of the patients describe during their experience at Hazelden Betty Ford, you can feel like you are in a bubble, shielded from the temptations of the outside world. Patients lovingly refer to this as the Betty Bubble. Patients all express concern with being able to apply what they have learned at the center to their real life situations. I, too, have been in the Betty Bubble during the week. I have learned so much but what if I cannot apply it to my real life situations in my residency program, my hospital system, and beyond? Then was going to rehab really worth it?

As a newly matched emergency medicine resident, I resonated with so much during the week. The emergency department is the place where you will see patients with substance use disorder in their most chaotic state. These patients may also be labeled frequent flyers. A patient raised an excellent point that emergency department doctors and nurses will become curious when a patient with a substance use disorder stops presenting to the ER. Its rare they assume the patient is in recovery; instead, they would assume they overdosed and died. However, that patients spot in the emergency department will surely be replaced by another member of the community experiencing addiction and the cycle of judgement by healthcare staff continues. Instead of applying derogatory terms to patients and making light of their addiction, we can be a force of good in their life. As a future emergency medicine physician, I have the power to connect patients to local resources, provide Naloxone rescue kits, and educate family members accompanying the patient on what it means to have addiction. Hospitalizations are a time when patients most likely evaluate their lives and health and if we can offer some wisdom during this time we could help change outcomes. Addiction medicine is truly preventative medicine- it prevents cirrhotic and steatohepatic disease, blood borne illnesses, necrotizing fasciitis, and so much more. We must not undermine the impact we can make in these critical moments.

Moreover, I reflected on the volume of patients seen in the emergency department who experience addiction (whether it is their chief complaint or a long term repercussion). A profound amount of patients experience substance use disorder, including many communities where they make up the majority of ED patients. However, we spend a disproportionate amount of time, education, and health care dollars on learning and treating other conditions. There are so many ways the health care system can better serve patients. Ways we can do this is ensuring that an addiction medicine consult service is available in every hospital. We must also understand the intersectionality of other addictions, most prominently food and nicotine addiction. Addiction is a disease that responds to treatment. We must offer services to all patients no matter how many times it has taken them to accept help. Whos to say that attempt number 30 isnt the one that will finally work? In the ER, we see a snapshot of ones addiction but it is important to remember their entire story and that we can change their ending.

In addition to what can be accomplished in the hospital, there is so much we can do at the medical school level to improve outcomes for patients with substance use disorder. I would like to see medical schools require students to attend in alcoholic or narcotics anonymous meetings. Its one thing to connect a patient with their local AA group, but it is another to share with them what they can expect to experience. And, most importantly, attending an AA or NA meeting shows solidarity in the fight against addiction. I also solidly believe in the power of the experiential learning model. The SIMS program provides the opportunity to learn what rehab centers really look like, what programming is offered, and how it is implemented. Rehab is more than yoga, meditation, and therapy. There are didactic sessions, community fellowship, and so much homework in completing the 12 steps. Rehab is truly two experts coming to the table and treating a disease. The patient is an expert on themselves and the therapist is an expert in counseling. If a patient is apprehensive about attending rehab, being able to share your personal experiences might have profound persuasion.

We also received camel pins just like patients do on their first day in rehab. In AA, camel pins represent how a camel picks up its load at the beginning of the day, holds its head high, stays dry the entire day, and then goes to its knees at the end of the 24 hour period. The same concept applies to sobriety in that you can avoid alcohol and other substances for a 24 hour period. You too can stay dry for a 24 hour period. Sobriety happens one day at a time. Just like many healthcare professionals wear pins to show their solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ+ community, wearing a camel pin can show solidarity with those experiencing addiction. For patients who do not recognize the significance of the camel, it will be a great conversation starter and will help spread the message that recovery is possible. I plan to wear my camel pin through residency and beyond to show support for those struggling in the community I am serving.

At the end of the week, while leaving the center, I couldnt help but notice the profound physical and architectural barriers that keep the rehab center away from public eyes. The 12 feet tall shrubs, security officers, and gates at the front all create privacy in a way that is more profound than any other medical facility type. The Eisenhower Health Center shares the same parking lot as Hazelden Betty Ford but they do not have more than palm trees in their parking lot. Of course HIPPA applies in all medical settings, but there is a deeper reason for Hazelden Betty Fords privacy. There is a very different perception for patients walking into addiction treatment centers verses a cardiology office. The implications it can have on your career and your perception in society can be overwhelming. However, you truly never know who is experiencing addiction and stereotypes will never apply accurately. I understood this best when I learned that nearly all the counselors and medical staff who work at Hazelden Betty Ford are in long term recovery themselves.

After our final day in the program, myself and the other medical students decided to explore the city of Palm Springs and enjoy fellowship among each other. Even this celebratory part of the week had deep implications for me. If you practice addiction medicine, should you feel guilty for having an alcoholic beverage when you are off the clock? When I asked this question to one of the addiction medicine fellows, he replied, The same concept applies if you work with diabetics and have dessert after work. Or if you work with heart attack patients and then have a salty dinner. For someone in recovery, 1 drink is too much and 100 drinks is never enough. I believe doctors have an obligation to their patients to lead by example but must also remember to appreciate that we do not have the disease of addiction.

During this week, my world view changed and now it is my job to take what I have learned and change the world. The SIMS program builds an army. We will be a ripple in the water of addiction medicine. We will help keep patients stay alive long enough to get the relief they are looking for. We will love patients until they can love themselves. SIMS helped complete my education. We have so much textbook education, but now we have the stories of the patients behind it. We learned to listen, not to respond, but to truly hear our patients. We stopped thinking with our heads and started thinking with our hearts. The opposite of addiction is not recovery, it is connection.

On someones first year anniversary of recovery in AA, all meeting attendees sing Happy Birthday to their sobriety. One year from now, I will be celebrating the anniversary of my attendance in the SIMS program and just like in AA, I will be celebrating by singing Happy Birthday. I hope to be reflecting on all the good I was able to do, all the patients I was able to help, and excited for all the great things I have planned to help fight addiction.

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FOOT AND ANKLE ASSOCIATES OF LAKELAND

Matt Werd, DPM, FACFAS, was a featured sports medicine speaker at the national annual meeting of the American Podiatric Medical Association held July 29 in Orlando at the Marriott World Center. The APMA annual scientific meeting attracts foot and ankle specialists from throughout the United States and internationally. Werds lecture topic was: Athletic Shoegear Update 2022. He also served as an expert panelist for a question-and-answer session on lower extremity sports injuries. Werd has co-authored two editions of the medical textAthletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine Springer Publishing 2017.

DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

David Yrastorza, M.D., who practices at Dermatology Associates of Central Florida in Lakeland, recently became one of the first surgeons of micrographic dermatologic surgery (Mohs) in the country to be board certified in micrographic dermatologic surgery by the American Board of Dermatology. The Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Specialties approved subspecialty board certification for Mohs surgery Oct. 26, 2018.Yrastorza passed the first exam for the new board certification held in October.Mohs surgeryis a precise surgical technique in which skin cancer is removed in stages in an office setting until all cancer has been removed. Yrastorza received his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology at Colorado State University in Denver and his master's degree in counseling psychology at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. He matriculated in the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, worked for a year in a psychiatric hospital while the application was being processed and began medical school the following year, 1986. Yrastorza did his premedical training at the University of Pennsylvania.He received his medical degree and did his dermatology residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, in Denver, where he was the chief resident. Yrastorza is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Mohs Surgery, Florida Society of Dermatologic Surgeons and the International Society of Dermatologic Surgeons.

WATSON CLINIC

The Watson Clinic Foundations Arts in Medicine program received a grant of $4,500 from the GiveWell Community Foundation, a charitable organization that addresses community needs throughout Polk County. The grant was presented in response to an application submitted as part of the organizations 2022 Impact Polk competition, and was distributed from the George W. Jenkins Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation. Housed in the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center at 1730 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland, the Watson Clinic Foundations Arts in Medicine program offers all forms of the expressive arts including creative activities such as watercolor painting, origami, and mosaics for cancer patients, caregivers and family members. at the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center. Research shows that these creative For more information on the program, and to learn how you can volunteer or donate, call 863-603-4718 or visit WatsonClinic.com/AIM.

Sumita Chandran, M.D., a board-certified internal medicine specialist, treats patients from Watson Clinic Main, 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland. Chandran received her medical degree from Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital-State University of New York in Buffalo, New York. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Registered nurse practitioner Joseph Grych, APRN, treats walk-in patients at Watson Clinic Urgent Care Main, 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland. Grych received his Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Chamberlain University in Addison, Illinois. He is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Board as a family nurse practitioner and is licensed by the state of Florida as a registered nurse and advanced practice registered nurse.

Shawn Amin, D.O., is a pain management specialist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Main, 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd., in Lakeland. Amin received his Bachelor of Arts degree in behavioral neuroscience from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, his Master of Science degree in biomedical studies from Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Newark, New Jersey, and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. He completed an internship in preliminary medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, Connecticut, and went on to complete his residency in anesthesiology and fellowship in pain medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. He is board certified in both anesthesiology and pain Medicine.

Taylor Cook, D.O., is an obstetrics-gynecology specialist who treats patients from her offices at Watson Clinic Highlands, 2300 E. County Road 540A in south Lakeland. Cook received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and her areas of expertise include high risk obstetric patients and minimally invasive procedures.

Jack B. Davidoff, M.D., is a board-certified priority care specialist who offers 24 to 48-hour appointment availability from Watson Clinic Highlands, 2300 E. County Road540A in south Lakeland. Davidoff received his medical degree from St. Georges University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. He completed an internship and residency in family medicine at St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is board certified in family medicine and emergency medicine, and is a member of the American Association of Physician Specialists and the Air Medical Physicians Association.

Sunil Rohatgi, M.D., is an oncology-hematology specialist at the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center, 1730 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland. He received his medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. He performed his residency in internal medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and a fellowship in hematology/medical oncology at New York University College of Medicine in New York. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. In 2021, he was recognized by Castle Connollys Top Doctors series for the New York Metro area. His areas of expertise include the treatment of breast, lung and gastrointestinal cancers, hematological malignancies and bleeding disorders.

Danielle Chislett, a licensed practical nurse at Watson Clinic, was recently named the recipient of the Program for Employee Excellence and Recognition award forAugust. Chislett has been with Watson Clinic more than 22 years and spent most of her career in the orthopedics department. She was promoted to the position of LPN Team Leader in 2019 and has excelled at assisting various departments in their day-to-day operations, as well as aiding the clinical director and clinical coordinator with various management responsibilities. Chislett received a plaque, dinner at a local restaurant, a reserved parking spot and a gift certificate from the Medical Spa at Watson Clinic.

LAKELAND REGIONAL HEALTH

Charles Buerk is a physician assistant specializing in orthopedics with extensive experience in both sports medicine and pediatric orthopedics. Buerk completed his Bachelor of Science degree in biological science at Florida State University in Tallahassee. He earned his Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Buerk sees patients at the Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.

Larry Leyderman is a physician assistant specializing in orthopedics with extensive experience in general and orthopedic surgery. Leyderman earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. He earned his Master of Science degree in biology from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and his Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree from Chatham University in Pittsburgh. He sees patients at the Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.

Paula Wengerski is a physician assistant who specializes in orthopedics acute fracture care, casting, gait evaluations and scoliosis. Wengerski earned her Bachelor of Science degree in early childhood education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois. She earned her Master of Medical Science degree in physician assistant practice from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago. Wengerski cares for patients at the Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.

Bonni Bishop, Psy.D.,is a licensed clinical psychologist. Her behavioral health specialties include treating mood disorders, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, dementia, anxiety, LGBTQ concerns and adjustments to medical concerns. She also conducts psychological testing. Bishop earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and social work from Barry University in Miami Shores. She earned both her Master of Science degree in clinical psychology and Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. Bishop completed her psychology residency at the Citrus Health Network in the Child Adolescent Treatment Center in Pembroke Pines. She treats patients at the Harrell Family Center for Behavioral Wellness Outpatient Clinic at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.

Catherine Principe,Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in health psychology with extensive experience in providing comprehensive psychological care for patients ages 18 and older. Her expertise includes the treatment of anxiety, depression, chronic pain, complex medical conditions, trauma and other chronic mental health conditions. Principe earned her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois, and her Doctor of Psychology degree from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago.She sees patients at the Harrell Family Center for Behavioral Wellness Outpatient Clinic at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.

Zuleyma Toledo-Nieves, M.D., is a licensed neurologist specializing in the management of medical conditions related to the nervous system such as headaches, seizures, strokes, movement disorders, peripheral neuropathies and myopathies. Toledo-Nieves also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and inflammatory conditions of the central nervous system. After earning her Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biology from the University of Puerto Rico Ro Piedras Campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Toledo-Nieves earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She completed her neurology residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and her Multiple Sclerosis clinical fellowship at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She cares for patients at the Grasslands Campus.

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Building Black Medical Schools – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Dr. Charles Drew instructs Howard University interns during rounds.A report from the Association of American Medical Colleges sounded the alarm; the U.S. soon could see a substantial shortage of more than 120,000 physicians nationwide.

In The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections From 2019 to 2034, the association projects that the shortfall could be anywhere from 37,800 to more than 124,000 physicians nationwide by 2034. If there were enough Black doctors, perhaps that projected shortfall could be averted.

An estimated 35,000 Black medical school graduates may have been available by 2019 to increase the physician workforce in the country had some of the historically Black medical schools that trained them remained open, according to research published in a JAMA Network article, Projected Estimates of African American Medical Graduates of Closed Historically Black Medical Schools.

During the first two decades of the 20th century, the number of medical schools that provided training to African-American students rapidly decreased, a development associated in part with the 1910 Flexner report, which recommended that, among the historically Black medical schools, only the Howard and Meharry programs should remain operational, writes Dr. Kendall M. Campbell, senior associate dean for academic affairs for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, with colleagues.

Campbell and his fellow researchers conducted an observational economic evaluation of historically Black medical schools that shuttered after the Flexner report and four that remained open. They used steady and rapid expansion models to evaluate how the closures of these schools affected the number of Black medical school graduates.

Between the late 1800s and the early 1900s, there were 13 historically Black medical schools that operated in seven states, from Louisiana to Pennsylvania, according to the JAMA Network article. They shuttered after the Flexner Report, but before they did, the schools collectively graduated more than 700 Black doctors, the researchers found. Today, there are four historically Black medical schools in operation: Meharry Medical College, Howard University College of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. More are planned.

The Flexner Report, a book-length, landmark document published in 1910, evaluated U.S. medical schools and resulted in transformative changes to the entire medical education system with the recommendation to close about 75% of the nations medical schools, five Black medical colleges among them. Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., were deemed worthy to survive. In the last century, Howard and Meharry trained most of the nations Black doctors.

Dr. James E.K. HildrethMeharry President and CEO Dr. James E.K. Hildreth criticized racism and bias in that report.

By surviving, Flexner basically recommended that our [Meharry] doctors be dedicated hygienists, says Hildreth. He didnt believe that Black physicians were ready to do anything more for Black patients.

Hildreth says the reports author wrote that the schools were in no position to make any contribution of value to the solution of the problem. He says a century later, the impact of the 1910 report on Black medical education has been crippling.

While the researchers wrote that investing in the creation of additional medical schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities may have long-lasting implications for the size and diversity of the physician workforce in the U.S, Hildreth and others in medical education believe that training enough physicians to diversify their workforce and close the racial healthcare gap is not the responsibility of HBCUs alone.

If those five schools had survived and were permitted to continue, Hildreth suggests, we probably would have thousands and thousands more Black and brown physicians in practice today. Based on their historical research and economic modeling, Campbell and his colleagues agree.

Opening of new Black medical schools

In the next few years, the number of Black medical schools is expected to grow from the current four to six, and so are opportunities to expand training programs and reach across the South efforts that can help move the needle on diversifying the physician workforce, improve healthcare access in communities of color, and reduce health disparities, according to Dr. Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) in New Orleans. Verret announced plans in April for a medical school at XULA.

Experts agree the way to address the physician shortage is to create new medical schools, but diverse representation requires a further step, says Verret. In the last century (and since the Flexner Report), there have been few new medical colleges until recently, and only one at a Historically Black College and University. XULA is examining the option to change that narrative.

Xavier University of Louisiana

XULA is the only historically Black, Catholic university in the nation, enrolling approximately 3,600 students in Fall 2021. Despite its size, XULA consistently produces more Black students who apply to and then graduate from medical schools than any other institution in the country.

Verret has helped the university maintain that coveted slot since he succeeded Dr. Norman Francis as president in 2016.

Were No. 1, says Verret, a biochemist and immunologist. He says XULA expects to be in a unique position, in a few years, to train its own and address the dearth of Black doctors and research scientists. He suggests a modest start with an inaugural class of about 50 medical students.

The idea for a medical school did not begin with the pandemic, says Verret. It has been several years in the making. Providing a training ground for practitioners and researchers of color has been the driver, he tells Diverse.

The issue of health disparities that we have been chasing for quite some time is also an issue of representation, adds Verret. He wants to grow the number of researchers of color in health care who are at the table and asking the questions questions about what disease processes youre addressing and what determinants that affect health care youre addressing.

The medical school project entered the planning phase earlier in 2022, but XULA has had the prescription for training future Black physicians for nearly a century, says Verret. With a strong but often underfunded science program, the university began producing its first medical school students not long after opening its doors in 1925.

Morgan State University

Dr. John SealeyMorgan State University, a public HBCU in Baltimore, is preparing to bring a new medical school to its urban campus. As soon as Fall 2024, the proposed institution, the School of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State University, expects to admit its first class of about 75 future physicians, the schools founding dean, Dr. John W. Sealey, told Diverse.

The school is currently seeking approval, undergoing an extensive accrediting process. It would be the first osteopathic medical school at an HBCU and the only such school in a region that spans Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia. Sealey says the new medical school will be a privately funded, for-profit institution, and not operated by Morgan State, a public HBCU in the University of Maryland System. The school represents a public-private collaboration.

We do not get any money from Morgan or from the state, says Sealey, who practiced cardiothoracic surgery for more than two decades and was most recently associate dean of clinical medicine at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Sealey was hired by Denver-based Salud Education LLC. Morgan State reached an agreement with Salud that will allow the new medical school to be built on its campus without spending state funds. Salud would raise the estimated $120 - $130 million in capital it will cost to open the new medical school with plans to build a 181,000-square-foot facility on land leased from Morgan, says Sealey. The deal is seen as a unique opportunity to further the progress happening at Morgan in a way that could benefits the city of Baltimore, the state, and the nation.

Baltimore already has two medical schools, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Both are affiliated with their respective hospitals. The proposed School of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State University could vie with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and XULA to be the first new medical school on a Black college campus since 1966.

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) could have its first class of about 50 students to its proposed four-year medical degree program by 2023, says Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, dean and a professor of medicine at CDU. We've been planning this in earnest for five years, says Prothrow-Stith, formerly an emergency medicine physician and previously an assistant dean at the Harvard University School of Public Health. It is a large goal to open a medical school program. Its also a long process and a big deal, and the time is now.

Prothrow-Stith says contributing to the launch is the need to address racism as a public health threat. The COVID-19 pandemic, which illuminated long-festering racial health gaps, gun violence, trauma, and George Floyds murder, have all helped to create this kind of threshold, Prothrow-Stith explains. Now, CDU has an opportunity to respond. They found themselves at a similar threshold moment in 1965 when the Watts region of Los Angeles erupted.

We [CDU] have a remarkable history that was born out of the Watts revolt. It was at that intersection of health inequities and police brutality that sparked CDU, Prothrow-Stith tells Diverse in a 2020 interview. Planned is a new medical school facility that will be built on the CDU campus in South Los Angeles on the Watts-Compton border, and an independent, four-year medical degree program that is expected to begin training about 60 students a year starting in Fall 2023.

Since 1979, CDU has partnered with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to train 28 medical students a year. Prothrow-Stith says the partnership with UCLA will continue. In June 2022, CDU received a one-time allocation of $50 million from the State of California to support the new medical degree program. CDU plans to use the funding to increase the number of Black medical graduates practicing in California by almost 30% and the number of Latinx graduates by nearly 20%, states CDU President and CEO Dr. David Carlisle in a statement.

Morehouse School of Medicine

Through a recent $100 million partnership with CommonSpirit Health, one of the nations largest healthcare providers, the historically Black Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta plans to grow its current medical degree program and expand its reach over the next decade.

We are going to open up five regional medical campuses, says MSM President Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice during an NPR interview. As we build out these programs, we will have over 300 more Black residents, and you will see us doubling our medical student size. We have 110 students per year. We will go up to 225 students over the next five years.

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If someone asks me how my first year of medical school went, half of the time I dismiss them with a one-word answer, saving them from a conversation they arent ready to have. The other half of the time, I tell the truth, just to see what they have to say.

It was fine, except for when I watched my dad die in the middle of it.

Often, the discussion starts to wither. Usually, I am met with an Im so sorry and maybe a Let me know what I can do to help. Once in a while, the person Im talking to is an older adult and can say they relate, having lost a parent before themselves. However, the conversation usually turns, them hesitant to dig deeper and me wondering how much to share.

But the truth is, I am always ready to share. It is an experience that irrevocably changed my life course and identity. The earthquakes of the past year created a chasm so deep that I am forever separated from who I used to be, when I was obliviously ambitious and innocently self-centered.

Just one year ago, I was a typical first-year medical student, learning to adjust to a new city, new friends and a new breakneck-paced curriculum. My biggest worries were whether I was making enough social connections in medical school and whether I made the right choice in committing to this field at all. Although my first year started shakily, plagued with self-doubt and imposter syndrome, I had begun to get my bearings and become hopeful about my future in medicine. Then, a November phone call from my mom slid my life into unknown, unfamiliar and lonely territory.

The doctor said your dad has Stage 4 cancer and has about one year left to live.

This news seemed incompatible with what I knew about my dad. When I left southern California to move to Boston for medical school, my dad was still cooking fresh meals every day, arguing with vigor and working long hours in the garden for fun. Even after hearing this update with my mom, I thought that my dad, a lifelong fighter, could still enjoy a few more months of life before disease took over.

However, it seemed things rapidly tumbled downhill as soon as the doctors words were spoken. When I returned home for winter break, I expected a warm welcome for completing a challenging first semester of medical school. Instead, I found my dad struggling to ambulate with a walker, feet swollen with edema, calling for me constantly to help him set up his bed, get him a snack and find the phone that slipped onto the floor.

During this time at home, I constantly asked my mom if I should take a leave of absence from medical school, and she would say that I should just focus on finishing my degree so I could move back to California. I asked my dad once what he thought about me taking a leave of absence, and he said no so forcefully that I didnt ask again. When January crept in and signaled the end of my winter break, I returned to Boston hesitant, afraid I was making the wrong move, but telling myself I would at least finish the last exam of our musculoskeletal block so I could complete the course. Then I would decide what to do next.

But as it turned out, time had already run out. Only three days after I returned to Boston following my winter break, my dad was hospitalized. I video called my mom to see her crying over my dads unconscious body in the hospital bed, and I immediately booked the next flight out of Boston to Los Angeles leaving in two hours, one way.

What followed were two agonizing weeks of living out of a hotel near where my dad stayed in the hospital. I visited my dad during the day, clinging to the doctors whenever they came into his room and peppering them with questions, squeezing every corner of my brain for medications I had learned to try and figure out what was going on with my dad. In the evenings, I returned to the hotel room and tried to continue learning the muscles of the arm, hoping I could return to school when my dad finally stabilized. I learned medical terms like rapidly progressive, critical condition and hepatic failure secondary to metastases to describe what I saw in my dad, but these terms didnt get close to what it truly was: an endless absolute nightmare.

In the end, there wasnt a year left of life at all. It was barely two months after the diagnosis. My dad was on the wrong side of the average, and statistics never felt so cold, cruel and useless. My dad passed away the day after my 24th birthday. At that point, he couldnt even say my name anymore.

In medical school, we talk about death quite a lot. Factually, as a result of what happens when your blood vessels lose their tension or your liver is overwhelmed, and ethically, as in what to do when a patients family wants them to remain on life support. We even talk about how emotionally exhausting and traumatizing it is to be a provider witnessing death on the front lines. But after watching my dad pass, my grief and distress were incomparable to anything medical school could cover in a course.

Medical school doesnt teach you that death is not only the exact time the heart stops working, but a process that could span days, weeks or months, shredding you apart as you watch your loved one teeter between hope and tragedy. Although we learn about so many types of cancers, the kind that took my dad cholangiocarcinoma only got one slide in a 200-slide lecture in the two-month gastrointestinal system block. And it didnt say anywhere on that slide that one day, your dad could be telling you that he cant wait to attend your medical school graduation, and that just one and a half weeks later, he would pass silently, staring back with open eyes, as you hold his hand and cry inside of your sopping wet N95 mask.

At his funeral, his brother took the podium and revealed that my dad had wanted to be a doctor when he was younger. However, being fresh immigrants from Vietnam, their family couldnt afford to support his medical studies, and my dad ultimately chose to study engineering. My dad hadnt told me this, and suddenly his emotional investment in watching me succeed in my medical studies made so much more sense.

I had arrived at medicine after a meandering, wavering journey through every other discipline imaginable, but after that revelation, I felt immense peace. If a lifes purpose exists, this was it. I was meant to become the first doctor in my family, and my dad was meant to watch me begin my medical journey, even as he got sicker and sicker.

I returned to Boston the day after the internment of my dads ashes at the mortuary. And this time, I returned with a purpose. I didnt even have much time to feel sorry for myself as I caught up on my missed exams and got back on track with the rest of my classmates. Even now, I cant believe I did it. I finished my first year of medical school on time with everyone else in my class, a cardiovascular final springing us all into the most relieved summer of my life.

Often people are surprised, asking me why I didnt just take time off. But I know my dad would understand, no explanation necessary. He was a person who survived being a boat refugee, traversing countries and then states until he ended up in California, trying on different careers until one fit. He was the type of man who tried to live as normal a life as possible with his cancer until the ruse was up. He would know that hard work towards a dream can be a better salve than listless days in grief. And he would see that the future doctor I will become is already starting to peek through, unable to be contained.

How was my first year of medical school? Fine, I guess. Even when my dad died in the middle of it. Despite it all, there were still delicately beautiful moments too. Showing my dad a picture of freshly fallen Boston snow while he lay in his hospital bed and him responding, Oh, what a lovely change. Returning to my Boston apartment and finding cards even from classmates I didnt know that well, expressing sympathy and solidarity. Seeing my partner integrate himself into my family as he helped complete tedious chore after chore in the aftermath of our tragedy. As heartbreaking as the past year was, I could also find solace in the way the pieces in my life fell together. The medicine for grief, I learned, is to live through, between and alongside it. Talking about it openly, daring to be vulnerable and being brave enough to remember even the memories that hurt.

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Sarah Tran (they/them) was born and grew up in southern California. They attended Pomona College and graduated in 2020 with a Neuroscience B.A. and an Asian American Studies minor. They are currently attending Tufts University School of Medicine as a MD/MPH student, set to graduate in 2025. Their interests include community and social justice, claiming to be a writer despite not having enough time to write, and watching reality television with their partner.

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Proposition 308 would allow Dreamers like me to pay in-state tuition – The Arizona Republic

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Opinion: My siblings paid in-state tuition at ASU because they were born here. I can't because I was born in Mexico. Proposition 308 would change that.

Hazel Villatoro| opinion contributor

I graduated a year early from North High School with a 3.8 GPA.

I did everything I could to put myself on a path to success: playing varsity soccer, participating in the AGUILA Youth Leadership Instituteand co-leading an Arizona Center for Empowerment initiative to increase civic engagement among high school students.

My dream was to attend Arizona State University this fall. But I cant afford it.

As an undocumented student, I am not eligible for in-state tuition. Im incredibly grateful to have received a full scholarship to Grand Canyon University, but not all undocumented students are as fortunate.

Each year, about 2,000 students do not qualify for in-state tuition because of their immigration status.

In November, Arizona voters should pass Proposition 308 so that all students are eligible for the in-state tuition rate, regardless of immigration status, if they have lived in the state for two years and graduated from a local high school.

It would give talented and hardworking students a chance to fulfill their dreams of higher education and help build a well-educated workforce to keep Arizonas economy moving forward.

My parents work hard to support our family and always instilled in me and my siblings the importance of education. My older brother and sister also graduated early from high school and attended ASU. My brother earned a bachelors degree in business and teaches elementary school. He is on track to finish his MBA. My sister is starting medical school and plans to become a surgeon.

My older siblings are my role models. I desperately wanted to follow them to ASU, but I could not. Although we all studied hard in high school, they were able to attend ASU and pay in-state tuition because they are U.S. citizens. I am not a citizen.

My brother and sister were born in Arizona, but I was born in Mexico when my mother went there to help with a family emergency. She brought me here when I was 1.

The only difference between me and my siblings is paperwork. Arizona is the only home Ive ever known.

Im an Arizona kid. I grew up just like other Arizona kids, playing soccer, taking family trips to Lake Pleasant, and going to the county fair.

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I sat in dual enrollment classes where everyone was doing the same work, but my classmates received free college credits and I couldnt even sign up. In-state tuition and all the usual doors to higher education are closed to me simply because I am undocumented.

I want to follow in my sisters footsteps, attend medical school, and become a doctor. Its my dream to become an anesthesiologist. But there was no way I could afford to pay nearly $40,000 per yearat ASU 50%more than students who are eligible for in-state tuition.

At a time when many people seem divided, there is broad agreement about the importance of providing in-state college tuition to all Arizona high school graduates.

The effort to put Proposition308 on the ballot was strongly bipartisan. The measure passed the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate and was signed by a Republican governor.

If Arizona passes Proposition308, it will be joining 20 other states that have passed in-state tuition for Dreamers, including conservative-led states such as Utah, Texas, Oklahomaand Arkansas.

Undocumented students like me just want to be treated like everyone else. We want a fair shot at a good education. We want the chance to contribute to our communities, including as doctors, nurses, teachersand other professions that Arizona needs.

This fall, voters have the chance to do the right thing for us, for themselves, and for all of Arizona.

Hazel Villatoro is an incoming freshman at Grand Canyon University. Reach her atvillatoro.hazel1@gmail.com.

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Seven from School of Medicine recognized as Health Care Heroes – Tulane University

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CityBusiness, a New Orleans-based publication, recently announced its 2022 list of Health Care Heroes, including one School of Medicine professional and six Tulane physicians: (top row, from left) Bennetta Horne, PhD, Dr. Jacey Jones, Dr. Keith Ferdinand; (bottom row, from left) Dr. Mary Mulcahey, Dr. Adrian Baudy, Dr. Myo Thwin Myint and Dr. Meghan Howell (Ferdinand photo by Paula Burch-Celentano; Jones photo by Sally Asher; others provided by Tulane School of Medicine. Graphic by Kim Rainey).

CityBusiness, a New Orleans-based publication, recently announced its 2022 list of Health Care Heroes, including six School of Medicine physicians and one leader in its professional category. Started in 2007, the annual Health Care Heroes list honors healthcare professionals in the New Orleans area in the following categories: first responders, nursing, physicians, professionals and volunteers. Honorees are selected based on industry achievement and community involvement. This year, Tulane had six of the 22 doctors recognized in the physician category. To see the full list, click here.

Professional

Bennetta Horne, PhD, Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs

Bennetta Horne has built her career on seeing the possibilities. Shes helped countless students make their dreams of attending a university and medical school become realities. Horne was recently named assistant dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and shes also director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the School of Medicine.

Physician

Adrian Baudy, MD, Associate Professor and Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship

Dr. Adrian Baudy grew up watching his family undergo treatments for heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure and stroke. His loved ones experiences with doctors inspired him to become one himself. Baudy came up with an idea to help lower their sodium intake. He knew his patients wouldn't give up their spicy foods, so Baudy developed a salt-free hot sauce and began giving it to his patients. He now sells it to people around the world, not for profit, but in an effort to show that eating healthier doesn't have to be boring.

Keith Ferdinand, MD, Professor of Medicine and Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology

Dr. Keith Ferdinand has been a leader in communicating the health issues related to COVID-19 for the Black community in New Orleans, providing scientific facts on the condition and the vaccine. He has been and is still heavily involved in many national organizations including the Association of Black Cardiologists, the American Society of Hypertension, and the Healthy Heart Community Prevention Program, a cardiovascular risk program targeting African American and other high-risk populations.

Meghan Howell, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Meghan Howell is a Childrens Hospital pediatrician and is the clinical director of the hospitals NICU graduate program. She also serves as Childrens Hospitals school wellness program and ThriveKids liaison. A fierce advocate for her patients, she is passionate about reaching children and families where they are every day, to promote health and wellness at home and in school settings. She has built and expanded the NICU graduate clinic, which treats growth issues associated with premature birth in babies and children who have experienced time in NICU.

Jacey Jones, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Dr. Jacey Jones came home to New Orleans after medical school because she wanted to take care of the same community who raised her. Both of Jones parents are doctors, and she followed their lead. She says growing up in her New Orleans East neighborhood and understanding the challenges and the reasons to celebrate help her connect with patients. Jones also volunteers her time and expertise outside the hospital, including speaking to area high schools about the importance of getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Mary Mulcahey, MD, Associate Professor in Orthopaedics and Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs

Dr. Mary Mulcahey uses her knowledge and experience to help her patients in New Orleans. She is also extremely passionate about trying to inspire women to become orthopedic surgeons. In February 2022, Mulcahey was appointed as an assistant dean of Faculty Affairs at the School of Medicine. She is also the assistant residency program director and director of the Womens Sports Medicine Program. Mulcahey is the team physician for several area sports teams. She is also passionate about trying to expand the diversity of future orthopedic surgeons.Myo Thwin Myint, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Program Director of Fellowship/Residency Training

Dr. Myo Thwin Myint advocates for patients and families, especially LGBTQ+ and minority/marginalized populations, to have access to care that is collaborative, coordinated, and that integrates physical and mental health. Myint serves as co-chair on one of the committees within the Presidential Commission on Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) and promotes systemic changes for the well-being of students, residents, fellows, faculty and staff.

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Top Breast Reconstruction Expert to Chair UVA’s Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery – UVA Health Newsroom

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Scott T. Hollenbeck, MD, FACS, has been named chair of UVA's Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has recruited internationally recognized plastic surgeon Scott T. Hollenbeck, MD, FACS, to lead its Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery. He succeeds Stephen Park, MD, FACS, who has served as the interim chair of the Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery since May 2020.

Dr. Hollenbecks talents as a surgeon, researcher and educator have made him a national leader in academic medicine, said Melina R. Kibbe, MD, the dean of the School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer for UVA Health. He is ideally suited to lead our excellent Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery to even greater accomplishments in service to our patients and future generations of physicians and scientists.

Hollenbeckcomes to UVA from Duke University/Duke Health, having served as Vice Chief of Research for the Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, director of The Human Fresh Tissue Lab, director of Breast Reconstruction, and director of the world-renowned Duke Flap Course,which teaches reconstructive surgery techniques to plastic surgeons from all around the world.

A specialist in breast reconstruction following cancer treatment, Hollenbeck holds several leadership positions in plastic surgery, including Vice President of Education for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed research publications, he focuses on the effect of obesity and tissue inflammation on breast cancer progression. He also holds several patents and has helped launch a biotechnology startup company. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Coulter Foundation, Plastic Surgery Education Foundation and the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, among others.

In addition to his patient care and research, Hollenbeck has worked to address healthcare disparities in the Durham, N.C., area by performing community-based studies to identify barriers to care. During his residencies and academic career, he has received several teaching awards for his work in medical student education.

Dr. Hollenbeck has an extraordinary reputation for his commitment to advancing medicine and improving patient care, said K. Craig Kent, MD, chief executive officer of UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at UVA. I look forward to seeing what he will accomplish in collaboration with our excellent faculty in the Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Executive Vice President and Provost Ian Baucom noted that Dr. Hollenbecks appointment will be the latest step in cementing UVAs School of Medicine as one of the nations leading public medical schools.

Hollenbeck earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University, then completed his residency in surgery at New York-Presbyterian - Cornell and a research fellowship in wound healing and vascular biology at Weill Cornell Medical College. He subsequently completed a residency in plastic surgery at Duke University Medical Center.

Hollenbeck said he was attracted to UVA by its influential tradition in plastic surgery pioneered under the leadership of Milton Edgerton, MD; Raymond Morgan, MD; and many others.Just look around the country and count all the highly regarded plastic surgeons who have trained at UVA. Its really impressive and comparable to any program I can think of, he said. This program has amazing history and is well positioned to attract and develop the next generation of impactful plastic surgeons. With the engaged and dynamic leadership of Dr. Melina Kibbe, Dr. Craig Kent, and Wendy Horton, the sky is the limit for UVA Plastic Surgery.

Hollenbeck will join UVA on November 28, 2022.

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Its time to lift the medical student cap – The Spectator

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Gaining a place in medical school has always been a lottery, made even more difficult for aspiring doctors this year. For those who failed to achieve their A level conditional offer grades, this will come as a hard blow and may seem grossly unfair.

Some students are entitled to feel victims of the A level grade inflation in 2020 and 2021 when exams were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic and acceptance to medical school was determined by over-generous teacher-assessed predicted grades. As the government returns the cap on the number of medical school places to approaching pre-pandemic levels, fewer places have been offered to students for 2022 entry and examination boards have been directed to reduce the number of top grades. For England, Wales and Northern Ireland, A and A* grades have been reduced from 45 to 36 per cent. This years students are no less bright than those in the previous two years but will achieve poorer grades and fewer opportunities as a result of these manipulations. Meanwhile, medical schools are still demanding top grades.

During the acceptance bulges of 2020 and 2021, some medical schools invited students to defer their starting date by one year because they could not cope with the unexpectedly high number of students. Some even offered financial incentives either to delay or to move to other medical schools.

The cap on medical school places is now back to 7,500 in England. The government has evenrefused to extend the cap to accommodate students deferred from 2021 thusreducing the number of training places available for 2021/2022 applicants. These students have received no compensation for the reduced A level teaching provided as a result of school closures during the pandemic and variably efficient online learning.

Meanwhile most medical schools continue to offer 7.5 per cent of their places to international students because they pay higher fees than UK students.

The medical student cap exists only because of the cost of teaching more students, despite the fact that the NHS is desperately short of doctors. The government was quoted this week as saying that the cap is regularly reviewed to ensure it meets the needs of our NHS. This comment amounts to hypocrisy of the highest order because the government knows that for the past decade the UK has been forced to recruit an ever-increasing number of doctors from abroad to meet the needs of the NHS. In 2021, a staggering 63 per cent of doctors registering with the General Medical Council for the first time qualified abroad. There were 7,377 UK graduates, 2,591 from EEA schools and 10,009 International Medical Graduates from countries outside Europe. Between 2016 and 2021, the GMC has recruited 53,296 doctors from abroad.

The good and the great who run our medical schools, the medical Royal Colleges and the governing Medical School Council are perfectly aware of this data. They pay lip service to the need for more UK medical schools but never, as supporting evidence, mention that since 2018, we have imported more doctors than we have trained. They are self-constrained by political correctness as they promote each other around the circuit of influential jobs. They form an elite club, some of whom have not worked at the bedside for years. The few who see themselves in line for a gong definitely wont challenge government policy. The golden rule for promotion is to make small waves to remind others of your presence but never rock the boat.

Successive governments with their short-termist views have long realised that it is cheaper to import medical graduatesfrom abroad than to train our own. The only exception in the recent past are the five new medical schools commissioned in 2018 by Jeremy Hunt, then Secretary of State for Health. These new schools will graduate a total of 1,500 doctors annually, the first in 2023/4. They will form a drop in the ocean of the needs of the NHS.

Meanwhile the GMC continues at pace to recruit doctors from low-income counties to plug gaps in the NHS. They come mostly from countries with patient/doctor ratios well below World Health Organisation recommendations. These doctors are desperately needed in their home countries to provide essential services. This raises serious moral and ethical issues.

The UK is a signatory and therefore in breach of the WHO code of practice on international recruitment of health workers which states that member states should discourage active recruitment from developing countries facing critical shortages of health workers.

Not creating more UK medical schools amounts to a tragedy for students, the NHS and for patients. We have a wealth of home-grown talent desperate for the opportunity to train as doctors. One way or another, medical education and staffing of the NHS are a disaster and no one seems to care enough to plan the changes necessary. We need more UK trained doctors and more UK medical schools.

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$1 Million Gift will Support New State-of-the-Art Gross Anatomy Laboratory

BALTIMORE, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) DeanE. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced today that UMSOM will receive a new $1 million gift fromMaurice N. Reid, MD '99, CEO and Medical Director, ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers, bringing his total giving to nearly $2.2 million. Dr. Reid, who has been a longtime supporter the School's initiatives, is a proud School of Medicine alumnus and member of the Dean's Board of Visitors.

The gift, in support of medical education and the recently implemented Renaissance Curriculum, will be used to renovate UMSOM's gross anatomy laboratories and modernize that teaching environment for medical students.

"The School of Medicine is deeply grateful to Dr. Reid for his generosity in providing a transformational gift that will undoubtedly improve the learning environment for all of our students," said Dean Reece, who is also Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor. "This gift will help guide UMSOM into the future by providing the technologically advanced infrastructure required to equip our students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to practice medicine."

Dr. Reid noted that modernized teaching facilities and new technology are essential for the implementation of innovative learning methods. "As a physician and graduate of the School of Medicine, I recognize the importance of being on the front lines of medicine and medical education," said Dr. Reid. "I am thrilled to be able to support the Renaissance Curriculum by supporting the creation of a state-of-the art anatomical learning facility that will help train future generations of physicians."

The UMSOM's commitment to providing and maintaining an appropriate educational environment that is comfortable, technologically current, and conducive to learning is a leading priority for the Office of Medical Education. Donna L. Parker, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, believes the anatomy lab renovations afforded by Dr. Reid's gift will benefit students for the entirety of their pre-clerkship studies. "With our Renaissance Curriculum, students no longer learn anatomy in one course at the beginning of first year," she said. "They now revisit anatomy subject matter the anatomy laboratory during different blocks over the entire pre-clerkship curriculum. This allows them to learn anatomy along with the physiology and pathophysiology of each organ system."

The current laboratory, originally built in the 1970s, will receive various "infrastructure improvements along with new equipment, such as moveable and height-adjustable operating bed stations with smart monitors and surgical drop lighting," said Dr. Parker. "We are also looking to add innovative technology to the facility. This gift from Dr. Reid will make it possible to provide our students with a wonderful and updated environment in which to learn."

Adam C. Puche, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of the Dept of Anatomy & Neurobiology at the UMSOM, added: "As part of the Renaissance Curriculum, the teaching of anatomy was restructured with heightened clinical relevancy and tight integration into systems-based learning. During this process, we recognized the existing UMSOM gross anatomy laboratory infrastructure was inadequate to deliver modern teaching technologies to our students.The renovations possible with this gift will upgrade the UMSOM gross anatomy teaching laboratories to a state-of-the-art facility, providing our medical students a modern teaching environment for the study of anatomy."

Dr. Reid's record of philanthropic giving to UMSOM is highly notable. His most recent contributions include a donation of $500,000 given in 2019 to support The Maurice N. Reid, MD Collaborative Learning Space. In 2021, he committed to more than $300,000 to support a pilot cohort for Point of Care Ultrasound training for medical students, along with a more recent $100,000 pledge to support the Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation (CARTI).

Dr. Reid earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1999, followed by a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. After completing his residency, he served as Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UMSOM and later worked as Clinical Director of the Emergency department at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore, MD. In 2004, Dr. Reid left academia to pursue his desire to open an urgent care center in Harford County. In March of 2005, Dr. Reid founded ExpressCare Urgent Care Centers and opened its first location in Bel Air, MD. Since opening its doors, ExpressCare has grown to over 30 locations in three states and has formed a strategic partnership with LifeBridge Health, which now owns a minority share of ExpressCare.

About the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Now in its third century, the University of Maryland School of Medicine was chartered in 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States.It continues today as one of the fastest growing, top-tier biomedical research enterprises in the world -- with 46 academic departments, centers, institutes, and programs, and a faculty of more than 3,000 physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals, including members of the National Academy of Medicineand the National Academy of Sciences, and a distinguished two-time winner of the Albert E. Lasker Award in Medical Research. With an operating budget of more than $1.3 billion, the School of Medicine works closely in partnership with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System to provide research-intensive, academic and clinically based care for nearly 2 million patients each year. The School of Medicine has nearly $600 million in extramural funding, with most of its academic departments highly ranked among all medical schools in the nation in research funding. As one of the seven professional schools that make up the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, the School of Medicine has a total population of nearly 9,000 faculty and staff, including 2,500 students, trainees, residents, and fellows. The combined School of Medicine and Medical System ("University of Maryland Medicine") has an annual budget of over $6 billion and an economic impact of nearly $20 billion on the state and local community. The School of Medicine, which ranks as the 8thhighest among public medical schools in research productivity (according to the Association of American Medical Colleges profile) is an innovator in translational medicine, with 606 active patents and 52 start-up companies. In the latestU.S. News & World Reportranking of the Best Medical Schools, published in 2021, the UM School of Medicine isranked #9among the 92 public medical schoolsin the U.S., and in the top 15 percent(#27) of all 192public and private U.S. medical schools. The School of Medicine works locally, nationally, and globally, with research and treatment facilities in 36 countries around the world. Visitmedschool.umaryland.edu

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Harr Toyota announced as presenting sponsor of UMass Cancer Walk and Run – UMass Medical School

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The 2021 UMass Cancer Walk and Run raised more than $700,000 for cancer research and clinical trials. The fundraising goal for this years event is $850,000 and carries a superhero theme.

UMass Chan Medical School has announced Harr Toyota as the presenting sponsor of the 24th annual UMass Cancer Walk and Run to be held on Sunday, Oct. 2, at Polar Park.

Harr Toyota is honored to serve as the presenting sponsor of this critically important event in Central Massachusetts, said Mike Gross, president/general manager of Harr Toyota. Many of us have been touched by cancerperhaps through personal diagnosisor by a family member, friend or colleague diagnosed with the disease. Our donation will help reduce the suffering and deaths caused by this disease.

Each year thousands take part in the event and 100 percent of the money donated supports adult and pediatric cancer research and care, and clinical trials of potentially lifesaving therapies at UMass Chan.

Harr Toyota has been a steadfast partner of the UMass Cancer Walk and Run and we are grateful for their ongoing support, said Traci Heath, manager of the UMass Cancer Walk and community fundraising. This signature sponsorship will help us continue to conduct cutting-edge cancer research at the highest level.

The walk and run has become one of the regions signature fundraising events. The Worcester Telegram & Gazette named the walk the Best Fundraising Event in 2021 and 2020 and the Worcester Business Journal chose it as the best nonprofit fundraiser event in Central Massachusetts. The 2021 event raised more than $700,000 for cancer research and clinical trials. The fundraising goal for this years event is $850,000 and carries a superhero theme.

Throughout the course of its history, thousands upon thousands of superheroes from across the region have emerged to lace their sneakers and take part in the walk. This year we honor these superheroespatients with cancer and their family members, health care providers, researchers, volunteersand you. By raising money and taking part in the walk, you have the power to save lives, UMass Chan Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins said in a video earlier this year.

Visit umasscancerwalk.org to start a fundraising page, start a team or make a donation.

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Bills address the physician workforce shortage, especially on the neighbor islands | University of Hawaii System News – University of Hawaii

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Gov. David Ige with state lawmakers, UH and JABSOM leadership, and leadership from affiliated health partners.

Gov. David Ige signed two bills to help combat the states increasing physician shortage and support the University of Hawaii at Mnoa John A. Burns School of Medicines (JABSOM) mission to retain more of its graduates to practice medicine in Hawaii. Ige signed Senate Bill 2657 and Senate Bill 2597 into law on July 7 at JABSOM.

The Hawaii Physician Workforce Assessment Project Report indicates that Hawaii is in need of at least 750 doctors, with the greatest statewide shortage being in primary care specialties. The proportional need is greatest on the neighbor islands, with both Maui and Hawaii County experiencing a physician shortage of 40%.

In addition to the bills introduced by the legislature, Ige identified the physician shortage as a priority at the start of the 2022 legislative session by including funding to expand JABSOMs residency program in his proposed budget.

My administration is committed to supporting the development and expansion of high-quality educational and training sites, especially on the neighbor islands where we face the greatest challenge, said Gov. Ige. Mahalo to our lawmakers for also making this a priority and to JABSOM and our local medical partners for their dedication to ensure our local residents can access the healthcare they need now and in the future.

Senate Bill 2657 funds JABSOMs expansion of medical residency and medical student training opportunities on the neighbor islands, and with the U.S. Veteran Affairs (VA) Pacific Islands Healthcare System sites across the statespecifically in areas where healthcare is most needed. The VA is a valuable partner in JABSOMs academic programs. Internal medicine, family medicine, psychiatry, geriatrics and addiction medicine residents or fellows have part of their curriculum based at VA sites.

Currently, some medical students complete pre-clinical rotations for up to three months on the neighbor islands of Hawaii Island, Lanai, and starting this academic year, Kauai. Third-year students participate in a longitudinal clerkship program where groups of students train in the same location for a five-month long rotation in rural communities. Third year students presently train at several locations on Hawaii Island, Maui and Kauai.

Data show that more than 80% of physicians who graduate from both JABSOM and its residency programs tend to stay in Hawaii to practicethat is one of the highest retention rates in the country, said JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges.We know that physicians who train in rural areas on our neighbor islands are also more likely to put down roots and nurture the communities that theyre in. We look forward to expanding our medical training opportunities to these underserved areas and to stay true to JABSOMs vision of ALOHA: Attain Lasting Optimal Health for All.

More than 80% of physicians who graduate from both JABSOM and its residency programs tend to stay in Hawaii to practiceJerris Hedges, JABSOM Dean

To alleviate the shortage of physicians in the state, more than 225 physicians participate in JABSOMs Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency and fellowship programs. Kaiser Permanente Hawaii also has a primary care internal medicine residency program and the Hilo Medical Center is the sponsor of the Hawaii Island Family Medicine Residency Program. With the exception of the Hilo-based program, the remainder of these civilian residency programs are on Oahu, with some having clinical rotations on the neighbor islands. The neighbor island rotationsthrough the VA clinics or in partnership with other neighbor island physicians and health systemsgives residents and fellows the opportunity to train and eventually practice in rural areas.

Residency Programs, as the employer of the JABSOM residents and most fellows, is committed to our rural and at-risk communities by training our future physician workforce, said Natalie Talamoa, executive director of Hawaii Residency Programs. We are excited that the State of Hawaii shares our goal and look forward to working together on this initiative to invest in our neighbor island communities that have been hardest hit by the physician shortage. This funding will increase access to training opportunities for our residents and fellows, and provide them exposure and understanding of our most vulnerable populations so that they want to return to serve these communities.

The VAs ability to expand Graduate Medical Education can help reduce the effects of a forecasted physician shortage here in the Pacific Islands, especially in Hawaii, thanks to the partnership we have with the John A. Burns School of Medicine, said Adam Robinson, Jr., director of the Veteran Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System. We take pride in providing the largest education and training enterprise for health professionals in the nation, but we cant do it without the relationships we share with our valued academic affiliate residency sponsors.

Senate Bill 2597 allows for more loans to be given in the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program, which helps graduates of JABSOM and other health professions reduce their educational debt in exchange for remaining in Hawaii to practice. Loan repayment programs are a critical part of addressing the health professional workforce shortage, and Hawaiis program has proven to be highly successful.

According to JABSOMs Hawaii and Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center Director Kelley Withy, 83& of loan repayers have remained in Hawaii to practice, and 70% have remained at the site where they performed their service. Currently, there are 25 active providers in the program with another seven waiting for funding. We are very thankful to the legislature for the matching funds so that we can provide more opportunities to those interested in caring for communities where there is a dire shortage of healthcare providers.

Health care professionals who have benefited from the loan repayment program serve on all islands and in the communities of Waimea, Kihei, Waianae, Hilo and Wailuku; at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Kalihi-Palama and Kokua Kalihi Valley; and in public institutional settings at the federal detention center in Honolulu, the Halawa correctional facility and the Maui County correctional center. Health care professionals who are eligible to participate in the program include physicians, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers and many others.

Those present at the bill signing ceremony included state lawmakers Rep. Gregg Takayama, Rep. Ryan Yamane, Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, UH President David Lassner, JABSOM Hedges, JABSOM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, JABSOM Associate Dean for Administration and Finance Nancy Foster, as well as leadership from affiliated hospitals, the Hawaii Residency Programs, Inc., the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, and leaders from several of JABSOMs clinical departments and the Office of Medical Education that oversees the MD Program curriculum.

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Gerry Escovitz, retired vice dean and professor at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and charter school board member, has died at 85 – The…

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Gerry Escovitz, 85, of Ardmore, retired vice dean and professor of medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, expert and international consultant on medical education, and former chair of the board of directors at Freire Charter School, died Sunday, May 29, of a cardiac event at his home.

Celebrated by his colleagues at Freire in 2020 for his consultation, strength, counsel, insight, and curiosity, Dr. Escovitz, they said, challenged students everywhere to become critical thinkers, doers, knowers, visionaries, inventors, and leaders ready to build the future.

Dedicated to education and inspired by young people, he served on the board of directors at the Philadelphia high school beginning in 2001, was vice chair, treasurer, chair of the education committee, and then, from 2014 to 2020, chair of the board. He had such passion for the school, said his wife, Francyn. He believed in the youth of tomorrow and today.

Dr. Escovitz helped Freire establish a permanent school on Chestnut Street, earn national attention for accelerating student growth, and add a middle school on Market Street, a tech school on Broad Street, and a second high school in Wilmington. He was inquisitive, involved, thoughtful, and very funny, Kelly Davenport, chief executive officer and network founder at Freire Schools, said in a tribute. But, most of all, he really loved our kids.

Dr. Escovitz helped 2,500 students graduate during his two decades of leadership at Freire. At their June board meeting, the directors said he always believed in the right for every student to have the best, top-notch college prep education regardless of race, background, zip code, or experience. Gerry, you will guide us, and our commitment is to honor you now after you have honored students all these years.

Before his time at Freire, Dr. Escovitz championed medical education and research for nearly three decades as a doctor, professor, and administrator at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now the Drexel University College of Medicine, and as senior vice president and chief operating officer for the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation.

He published papers on continuing medical education, health-care accountability systems, and other medical topics, and directed domestic and international medical education projects with the American College of Physicians, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education.

Certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, he began his career in Philadelphia in 1969 as assistant professor and deputy director of the regional medical program at Jefferson Medical College, now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. He earned grants, served on medical committees, commissions, councils, and boards across the country and in Israel, and was a Rockefeller Foundation scholar in residence in Bellagio, Italy, in 1991.

Born June 26, 1936, in Boston, Dr. Escovitz graduated from Boston Latin School, still the oldest existing school in the United States. He earned a bachelors degree at Harvard College in 1958 and a medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate in Brooklyn in 1962. He worked for the U.S. Public Health Service in the 1960s and went on to serve with several organizations, including as president in 1983 of the Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education.

He married Ellen Strober, and they had daughters Karen and Lisa. After a divorce, he married Francyn Elion Sacks in 1998 and welcomed her two sons and two grandchildren into the family. I always said I hit the jackpot, his wife said.

Dr. Escovitz was a lifelong Red Sox fan, played tennis and golf, liked classical music, and became a choral singer in his 60s. He was witty, humorous, and optimistic, maintained many long-term friendships, and was interested in history and politics.

He was a Renaissance man, his wife said. He would help anyone. He cared about others. He was a special person.

In addition to his wife, former wife, and daughters, Dr. Escovitz is survived by three grandchildren, a brother, and other relatives.

Services were June 1.

Donations in his name may be made to the Dr. Gerald Escovitz memorial fund at Freire Charter School, Freire Foundation, PO Box 59028, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102.

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Doximity Residency Navigator Results: 13 U-M Medical School programs ranked in the top 10 nationwide – Michigan Medicine

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This years Doximity Residency Navigator results are in and an impressive 13 of the University of Michigan Medical Schools residency programs secured spots in the top 10. In addition, six residency programs came in strong with a ranking in the indexs top 20.

Nationwide, surgery ranks No. 1 out of 345 residency programs, while Otolaryngology and Urology rank No. 2 out of 128 and 146 residency programs, respectively. Plastic Surgery ranks No. 3 out of 86 residency programs.

The other top-10 residency programs at the U-M Medical School include Anesthesiology (7), Dermatology (10), Internal Medicine (7), Med-Peds (7), Neurology (9), Obstetrics and Gynecology (9), Ophthalmology (6), Pathology (Clinical) (4) and Radiology-Oncology (8).

Child Neurology (20), Emergency Medicine (12), Neurosurgery (14), Pediatrics (17), Psychiatry (19) and Radiology (12) were all listed in the top 20.

Doximitys Residency Navigator results highlight that the excellence of Michigan Medicines graduate medical education programs are broadly recognized, said Debra F. Weinstein, M.D., executive vice dean for academic affairs at the U-M Medical School and chief academic officer for Michigan Medicine.We are proud that so many of our programs are recognized as being among the very best, and we will continue to work to optimize the experience of everyone who trains here.

Doximity is the largest online professional network for physicians in the United States. Its comprehensive physician database includes every U.S. physician as identified by their National Provider Identifier number.

Doximitys Residency Navigator is a tool designed to assist medical students with making informed residency-related decisions. It also aims to provide transparency to applicants throughout the residency match process. According to their website, the Residency Navigator is comprised of three major parts: current resident and recent alumni satisfaction data, reputation data and objective data.

While satisfaction data is derived from satisfaction survey responses fromeach residencys current residents and recent graduates, reputation data is derived from nomination survey responses. This portion is limited to board-certified physicians in that specialty and is alumni weighted. Lastly, objective data is compiled from a variety of public sources, including the Doximity database, which coversall U.S. physicians.

These results reflect the high degree of expertise and commitment of our residency program directors, as well as our exceptional teaching faculty, said J. Sybil Biermann, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education at the U-M Medical School. We are so honored to be recognized in this way.

For more information about the residency programs at U-M Medical School, visit medicine.umich.edu/medschool/education/residency-fellowship.

To learn more about Doximitys Residency Navigator results, visit doximity.com/residency/.

About Michigan Medicine: At Michigan Medicine, we advance health to serve Michigan and the world. We pursue excellence every day in our five hospitals, 125 clinics and home care operations that handle more than 2.3 million outpatient visits a year, as well as educate the next generation of physicians, health professionals and scientists in our U-M Medical School.

Michigan Medicine includes the top ranked U-M Medical School and University of Michigan Health, which includes the C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital, Von Voigtlander Womens Hospital, University Hospital, the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Health West and the Rogel Cancer Center. The U-M Medical School is one of the nation's biomedical research powerhouses, with total research funding of more than $500 million.

More information is available at http://www.med.umich.edu/.

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‘Long Covid is going to push us to get outside of our comfort zone’ – STAT – STAT

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I first met Wes Ely in 2016, when I wrote about ICU delirium and Elys attempts, as a critical-care physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to urge fellow health care workers to rethink the use of heavy sedation in ICUs. His research was an attempt to limit the crippling cognitive and physical impairments he saw develop in many critical-care patients long after they left the hospital, something he came to call post intensive care syndrome, or PICS.

Well, a lots happened since 2016. I thought of Elys work often as ICU care became a mainstay of the Covid-19 pandemic and wondered about the long-term prognosis of people who were so sickened by the virus theyd been heavily sedated and placed on ventilators to survive. Then long Covid showed up, and became something Ely grappled with as well.

Through a new book, op-eds, and a steady stream of TikToks, Ely has become a leading voice on the recovery that can take place after trauma or grueling illness and on the importance of preventing new Covid infections. As the pandemic marches on, hes increasingly concerned about the resulting epidemic of chronic disease society may face. I spoke with Ely about his concerns, what he initially got wrong about long Covid, what he finds humbling about medicine, and, why, despite all the suffering he sees and treats, he still holds hope. The conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

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In your book Every Deep-Drawn Breath, you describe how you came to understand that ICU treatment may harm patients even as it allows them to survive. Can you describe this awakening you had and how it started you on your research trajectory?

I had the opportunity to care for a woman in her 20s named Tracy Martin. She had made a mistake and found herself, after an overdose, in the ICU. I was the primary doctor helping to take care of her. We worked so hard, with all the technology that we had, to try to get her through. At the end of the day, I thought, What a great doctor I am, I helped you survive this. When she came back to clinic weeks later, I was expecting a high-five, but I saw a woman who couldnt walk, who couldnt go to the bathroom, who couldnt shower. Her mother said, Wheres my daughter? What happened to her? She looks like an old woman now.

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As a physician, I had to face the fact that none of that stuff she was suffering was what she came into the ICU with and that I was complicit. I felt guilty about it. I knew that something that Id done had injured her but I didnt even know what. I started grappling with that and became kind of obsessed with figuring out how to get people off the ventilator sooner so they didnt get so much injury in the ICU. And thats what started me on a 25-year journey in this area.

Can you describe these issues you work on: post-intensive care syndrome and ICU delirium?

What happens with people who get critically ill and live in an ICU is they come in with one problem and under our noses, in the ICU, under our care [and due to sedation, ventilation and immobilization], they accrue problems in their brain, such as acquired dementia, PTSD, and depression. And then they accrue profound problems neck down in their muscles and nerves which leave them unable to walk, climb stairs, and live a normal life physically. So they become very disabled, cognitively, mentally, and physically. Thats what PICS is. ICU delirium is one of the strongest predictors of the development of post-ICU syndrome.

Like so many ICU physicians and other staff, you were on the front lines of the first Covid waves. What were your first impressions, and how did those evolve during the pandemic?

Taking care of the most critically ill patients who were on ventilators, dialysis, and other forms of life support was just an immensely profound experience. And I knew that those patients were going to leave the hospital, those who survived, with an immense amount of acquired disease, that this was going to be PICS to the extreme. So when people started talking about being long haulers and having long Covid, I just thought, those are the ICU survivors who have PICS. Through our CIBS (Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship) center, we started offering Covid survivor support groups we didnt even call it long Covid in the beginning. We started finding people who got out of the ICU and had PICS. And we had patients, and this was shocking to me, who got out of the ICU, their PICS was in a strong state of recovery, then 100 days later they would fall off a cliff. And I thought, What is that? That is not PICS.

Then there was a third group that never came to the ICU at all, went through a mild case of Covid but then came to our support group and said, I didnt have a problem until three months after Covid and now my life is ruined. I cant think well anymore, and I cant work. I have all these heart-racing problems and GI disturbances. I had originally thought, this is PICS and all these people dont know about PICS yet, but then I realized that long Covid was something completely different.

That must have been startling because your research focuses on people post-ICU?

Yes, I had to admit I was wrong. And I was so sure I was right. It was super humbling. But thats what I love about medicine: The second we think we know what we are doing, we fall flat on our face.

Youve spent two decades trying to get people to realize that being released from the ICU may not necessarily be the end of their medical or mental health issues. Do you see an analogy with Covid that just because you test negative after an infection, your problems are not necessarily over?

Absolutely. The rapid antigen test tells you when you have that virus active in your body, and when it starts going negative, you think, this has passed. But now we know that the virus can persist as a viral ghost in your GI tract, brain, and cardiovascular system, and that it can also alter your immune reactions. What happens is that over ensuing weeks and months, your body takes on a new set of diseases that you did not have at the end of acute Covid. Thats what we call long Covid.

Unfortunately way too many people with this are not being believed about their illness. And this has happened before, with long Lyme, and CFS, and fibromyalgia. And I will tell you, as a medical insider, that I used to think that those werent real. I was taught in medical school that they werent real. I was just with some medical students last week, and I talked to them about a patient of mine who had long Lyme. And they said we were taught that thats not real and these are current med students. This is something the ivory tower medical profession needs to realize long Covid is going to push us to get outside of our comfort zone with illnesses that we cant define. Because we dont like it when we cant understand something, but we have to get over that.

In your book, you describe saying to patients, I will not leave you. Its not something you typically hear doctors saying to patients, even in movies. Can you talk about how you communicate with patients, especially those with PICS and long Covid?

If a person is suffering pain, fear, illness with uncertainty about where theyre going to be going with this illness and they are seeking somebody who can help, they want to be cuddled and lifted up and have things explained on their level. And by cuddled, I dont mean physically holding because some people wouldnt want that. What I mean is paid attention to at an intimate level. You know, if somebody was in the streets and they were broken, Im not going to stand 20 feet away from that person and minister to them at a distance. And yet, when patients come into the ICU and theyre super, super sick, that distance caring is exactly what our culture evolved into, where instead of being at the bedside and holding their hands, looking in their eyes, oftentimes were caring for them from the door. Were looking at their monitors. Were adjusting their life support machines at a distance. And throughout Covid, we literally were outside their room with the glass door shut, a worst-case scenario. Thats why Ill whisper in their ear and say, Im present. Im your doctor. Im not leaving you.

Whats your message to doctors, not just in critical care but in any speciality, who are seeing patients with these complicated symptoms that are difficult to understand, let alone treat?

The first thing I say to my fellow physicians and nurses and health care providers is were busy. We dont have a lot of extra time, I get that. But it does not take that much time to be at eye level with a patient, look them in the eyes, hold their hands, and give them this compassionate message of your presence and the fact that you will not abandon them during this illness. And also to say, I dont have all the answers for you. For example, for long Covid, theres no treatment yet, but you can say to them, Ill stick with you as we learn more in the months and years ahead and well figure this out together.

Why did you decide to write your book?

As a physician who is also a scientist, I have an intense amount of discomfort at the bedside when I see that we do things that dont have evidence to back them up. As a scientist, Ive conducted 25, 30 years of research and I realized there was a story evolving that no matter how many papers I published was never going to reach the lay public or other health care professionals who dont really keep up with the literature. Growing up in Louisiana with my mom, we read poetry, she edited my essays, she taught me to love words. So I love writing and reading and literature and thats why I thought, Why dont I use the stories of my patients, with their permission, to leverage the power of literature to show people how we can be caring for people in the most humanistic way.

I asked each patient for permission to use their story. And one patient said, OK, but I dont want you to make any money off my story. After she said that to me, we decided that every penny in proceeds from Each Deep-Drawn Breath would go into an endowment to help people with long Covid. Weve hired social workers and are helping people find disability services all over the country and the world.

On a very different end of the communication spectrum, theres your TikTok account. Why did you start that?

So, Im 58 years old. You know, an old doctor. And if you had told me two years ago that I was going on social media and Twitter, I would have said, Youre crazy. Theres no way. But two things happened. One was that at the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of doctors around the world were writing me and saying, theres so much ICU delirium, weve got to study this. And they said if you get on Twitter, we can find the patients faster. I said fine. Ill open a Twitter account and we will advertise for the study on Covid delirium. We enrolled 2,100 patients in two weeks. And so I decided to stay on Twitter to share and validate peoples stories and spread good science about long Covid and brain dysfunction and PICS and such.

And then about six months ago, people in the office said you need to get on TikTok and I said, No, Im drawing the line. But theres this crazy set of misinformation being spread on TikTok, misinformation so egregious that I thought, You know what, Im just going to try five videos and see what happens. So all I do is I sit in my office, flip my phone around, and give a two to three minute message on some topic, and I post it. I dont spend any time on it, theres no production. Its super old school. But if its helping people, then Ill keep doing it.

Entering the third year of the pandemic, there is so much anguish and strife right now, and possibly a wave of chronic disease that patients, health workers, and society at large will be facing. Yet you remain hopeful. Can you explain why people with long Covid should hold similar hope?

They can absolutely heal. The brains capacity to heal is so much greater than what people give it credit for. We have trillions and trillions of neurons and connections, and these things can regrow. So, if a patient gets this brain fog and they think, Oh, my gosh, Im never going to get back again, I always tell them, do not lose hope because you will find recovery. And whether its mitochondrial disease or glial cells that have died, or vascular clotting that develops into long Covid, your body has this capacity to recover, and you must remain hopeful that you can get through this. And we are working hard as scientists to do the right trials to find answers. I just want people to hang on and know were going to stick with them and not abandon them during the process.

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What’s happening at Augusta University? Week of Oct. 10-16 – Jagwire Augusta

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This week: A chance to network with health care marketing professionals, bike riders hit the streets to benefit cancer research and a medical student turned author pens a book for young adults.

Hull College of Business will host a business showcase and lecture featuring Dentsu Health from 4-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 in the Dr. Roscoe Williams Ballroom in the Jaguar Student Activities Center. Dentsu Health specializes in health, wellness and pharmaceutical marketing and will network with students during the event.

Weve lost sight of care: care of ourselves, care of our loved ones and friends, the care that we received and the real care that we need, said Ken Groves, the firms global head of strategy. Two years since the pandemic outbreak, we keep hearing about the acceleration of tech adoption in health care. However, our new outlook on care cannot be limited to a broader set of services and devices.

The opening ceremonies for PaceDay 2022 will be from 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 to benefit the Georgia Cancer Center. The event will take place at SRP Park in North Augusta with food, fun, live music and cancer stories being told. Those participating in Sundays ride can also drop off their bikes. The 25-, 50- and 70-mile rides will start at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 with the finish line at the Augusta Common. Since 2019, over $700,000 has been raised and invested in cancer research thanks to Paceline.

Cancer research is very competitive. Less than 10 percent of grants submitted get funded. A lot of people will be eventually impacted by cancer during their lifetime or have family members suffer from the disease, so its a fight that needs everyones involvement, said Huidong Shi, PhD, a cancer researcher at the Georgia Cancer Center.

Tyler Beauchamp, a fourth-year medical student at the Medical College of Georgia, has published his first book, Freeze Frame. Beauchamp has been working on the book since the beginning of the pandemic and would unwind from his studies by writing.

The story follows high school junior Will Horner, an introverted, avid filmmaker trying to move on from the horrors of his past.

I dont think I could do medicine without letting my creative side out every now and then. It just makes me feel human, Beauchamp said. There is something about creativity I really find beautiful, thats exciting.

Interview opportunities are available for these story ideas. Call 706-522-3023 to schedule an interview. Check out the Augusta University Expert Center to view our list of experts who can help with story ideas.

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What: Recent Advances in Phototherapy for PainWhen: Thursday, Sept. 15, 5:30 p.m.Where: Health Sciences Innovation Building, Forum, 1670 E. Drachman St., TucsonRegister for event

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Tomorrow is Here Lecture Series presents Recent Advances in Phototherapy for Pain, with Mohab Ibrahim, MD, PhD, medical director of the Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center, on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. Registration is required for the free, in-person event.

People with migraine, fibromyalgia and other types of pain have benefited from the effects of light therapy using different colors. Dr. Ibrahim, professor of anesthesiology in the UArizona College of Medicine Tucson and director of the Chronic Pain Management Clinic, will discuss the scientific evidence behind phototherapy, as well as research discoveries related to pain and possible mechanisms of action.

Light therapy requires a minimum investment in technology and development and can be applied in different settings, said Dr. Ibrahim, an internationally known expert in chronic pain.

Dr. Ibrahim graduated from the University of Arizona with a medical degree after earning a bachelors degree in biochemistry, and master's and doctoral degrees in pharmacology and toxicology. He completed a general surgery internship at the College of Medicine Tucson, then spent five years at Harvard Medical School for an anesthesia residency at Brigham and Womens Hospital and a fellowship in clinical pain medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. A board-certified anesthesiologist, he joined the UArizona College of Medicine Tucson and Banner University Medical Center in 2014.

TheTomorrow is Here Lecture Series offers engaging and inspiring presentations focusing on the research being done by UArizona Health Sciences faculty and staff. Registration is required and can be completed online. Complimentary parking and refreshments will be provided. Lectures are recorded and will be available on the UArizona Health Sciences YouTube channel after the event.

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