April/May 2009 In the News
- During the recent H1N1 influenza outbreak, Atul Gawande, MD, MPH helped lead a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to rapidly produce a patient care checklist for hospitals managing suspected or confirmed cases. The checklist was pilot tested in 7 hospitals in 4 countries, and then released by WHO for worldwide use. Read more here.
Current Publications
- Selwyn Rogers, MD, MPH, wrote an article entitled, “Communication and culture: opportunities for safer surgery” in the journal Quality and Safety in Health Care.
- Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, published an article entitled, “The Cost Conundrum”, in The New Yorker. Read it here.
- Stuart Lipsitz, ScD, published an article entitled, “Breast surgery in stage IV breast cancer: impact of staging and patient selection on overall survival” in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
- Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH, Michael Zinner, MD, and Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, published an article entitled, “Prevention of retained surgical sponges: a decision-analytic model predicting relative cost-effectiveness” in Surgery.
- John Ayanian, MD, published a paper in Circulation entitled, “Differences in Specialist Consultations for Cardiovascular Disease by Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Insurance Status, and Site of Primary Care”.
- Dennis Orgill, MD, PhD, published an article entitled, “Risk analysis for the reverse sural fasciocutaneous flap in distal leg reconstruction” in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
- Stanley Ashley, MD, wrote the Foreword in the April edition of Current Problems in Surgery.
- John Ayanian, MD, published an article in Annals of Internal Medicine entitled, “Differences in control of cardiovascular disease and diabetes by race, ethnicity, and education: U.S. trends from 1999 to 2006 and effects of Medicare coverage”.
Grants and Awards
- Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH was awarded $160,000 from the Rx Foundation for her project "Using video for a prospective analysis of surgical safety."
- Atul Gawande, MD, MPH was awarded $250,000 from CRICO/RMF to continue his work with the Harvard Safer Surgery Collaborative.
Upcoming Events
The CSPH Clinical Research Roundtable discussions take place at One Brigham Circle, 4th Floor, Conference Room E.
- On Monday, June 22 from 5:00-6:00 PM, Dinee Simpson, MD will give a talk entitled, “Connecting the Surgeon Mother.”
- On Monday, July 20 from 5:00-6:00 PM, Robert Riviello, MD, MPH will give a talk entitled, “An assessment of surgical capacity in Partners In Health-supported District Hospitals in Rwanda."
Upcoming Abstract Deadlines
- Society of University Surgeons/Association for Academic Surgery – August 27
- Society of Critical Care Medicine – September 1
For a complete list of all abstract deadlines, please go to our website.
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