Dr. Navin C. Nanda with Dr. Julian BookerJulian Booker, MD (Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Disease) has been appointed the inaugural Navin C. Nanda Endowed Scholar in Echocardiography by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. A reception was held in PCAMS on Thursday, August 17, to celebrate both cardiologists for their extraordinary contributions to echocardiography.
More Good News for August 23, 2017
Rachael Lee, MD (Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases) and Eddie Mathews, MD (Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine) have led a novel team-based intervention to evaluate outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for people who use IV drugs hospitalized with serious infections. Utilizing a risk assessment tool created by Drs. Peter Lane and Cayce Paddock (Addiction Medicine), they have been able to decrease average LOS from 42 days to 18 days.
Kenneth Saag, MD, MSc (Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology) has co-authored a consensus statement to explain discordance between published rheumatology guidelines and the American College of Physicians’ clinical practice guidelines in the treatment of gout.
Amy Dean (Administrative Associate, Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care) has been elected to serve a second year as Secretary for the UAB Staff Council Executive Committee.
Next week at Medical Grand Rounds: Come back to Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium at noon on Wednesday, September 6, to hear from Tait Shanafelt, MD, Stanford Medicine’s first Chief Wellness Officer.
Leadership in Academic Medicine Lecture: Steven H. Lipstein, CEO of BJC Healthcare, will present “The Future of Academic Medicine: Rosy or Rocky?” at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 7, in the Hill Student Center Alumni Theatre.
RIME Week: Register now for fellows and faculty workshops at RIME week, September 13-15. Get tips from Stanford University’s Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD, on becoming an educator. Discover how to motivate learners. Hear about the latest strategies in medical education. And more!