DOM Dialysis Clinic Recognized for Exceptional Telehealth Effort
The home dialysis clinic co-led by Drs. Eric Wallace and Gaurav Jain (Nephrology) recently received a DaVita Care Connect Champion Award for their telehealth efforts. The award highlights the tremendous expertise that has been cultivated over the past three years, from the time they became the first in the U.S. to offer telehealth appointments to their patients. Today, the team cares for more than 150 people and is one of the largest academic home dialysis programs in the nation. Three cheers on this well-deserved recognition!
Read moreTeam Approach to Pulmonary Embolism Saves Lives
Developing a blood clot in the lungs is a relatively common life-threatening condition, and a number of new technologies have emerged that provide multiple options for treatment of such pulmonary emboli. To give our patients at UAB the best possible care for their particular situation, a multi-disciplinary team of physicians have established a PERT, or Pulmonary Embolism Response Team.
Read moreThree in DOM Win UAB President's Shared Values Award
The Department is delighted to celebrate three recipients of the inaugural President’s Award for Excellence in Shared Values, which this year honors Blazers who demonstrated one or more of UAB’s shared values in the course of their work during the extraordinary times presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreDOM Faculty Employ Telehealth Technology for Student Shadowing
In order to give pre-medical students an opportunity to safely observe physicians at work, DOM faculty have piloted a "teleshadowing" educational experience in select clinics. Initial feedback indicates that the students value the opportunity to participate in remote observation, and physicians find it easy to manage. Dr. Carmel McNicholas-Bevensee (Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology) notes that there are currently more than 60 students who have expressed interest in the program. She hopes to enlist more clinicians to meet this need.
Hofmann, Overton Write Outpatient COVID-19 Treatment Guide
While working in the UAB COVID-19 Respiratory Clinic, Jo Hofmann, MD (Clinical Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases) realized that many of her patients had previously received steroid prescriptions that were contraindicated for treating COVID-19 in the first seven days of illness. She began working with Clinic Director Turner Overton, MD (Professor, Infectious Diseases) to address this issue by drafting a set of guidelines to formalize UAB’s approach to managing outpatients with COVID-19. The document contains information based on NIH current guidance, with information about evaluating patients, protocols for using monoclonal antibody therapy, and options for supportive care of symptoms. Read the guidance here.