February 2009
In the News
- Selwyn Rogers, MD, MPH, was quoted in an article in U.S. News and World Report entitled, “Uninsured Face Worse Outcomes After Diverticulitis.” Read it here.
- Atul Gawande published an article in The New Yorker this month entitled, “Getting There from Here”. He discusses how Obama should reform health care in the United States. Read about it here.
Grants and Awards
- We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Arthur Tracy Cabot Fellowship in Surgical Health Services Research.
- Christopher Dodgion, MD, MBA, MPH (University of Wisconsin Hospital)
- Antonia Henry, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
- Alvin Kwok, MD (Brigham Women’s Hospital)
- Atul Gawande, MD, MPH was awarded $2.5 million from the World Health Organization to continue his work with the WHO Patient Safety Program Safe Surgery Saves Lives. This two-year grant will focus on disseminating and monitoring the use of the surgical safety checklist, insuring the availability and use of low cost pulse oximeters in operating rooms globally, and developing a series of priority checklists for perinatal care, emergency trauma care, public health outbreaks, and cardiac disease prevention.
CSPH Recent Publications
- Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH and Aundrea Oliver, MD published an article in Surgical Clinics of North America, entitled “Measuring outcomes in oncology treatment: the importance of patient-centered outcomes”.
- Michael Zinner, MD published an article in Urologic Clinics of North America, entitled “The evolution of health care in America”.
- John Ayanian, MD, the Medical Director at the Center for Surgery and Public Health published two articles this month; “Patient and physician reminders to promote colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial” in the Archives of Internal Medicine; and “The elusive quest for quality and cost savings in the Medicare program” in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Upcoming Meetings
Please join us at the CSPH Clinical Research Roundtable on Monday, March 16 from 5:00-6:00 PM at One Brigham Circle, 4th Floor, Conference Room E. Selwyn Rogers, MD, MPH will present the findings from his glucose control and postoperative infections study.
News from the Center for Surgery and Public Health
Please send any suggestions for future updates and announcements to Elizabeth Morse, Director for Administration, CSPH at esmorse@partners.org.
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