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NEWS OF NOTE FROM BIDMC
Please save the date for the next Annual Meeting of the Boards, which will take place on September 23, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Elliot L. Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D., chief of vascular surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, will become BIDMC’s new surgeon in chief and chair of the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery on August 1. Chaikof is a leader in the development of minimally invasive endovascular therapies for aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, and peripheral vascular disease. He succeeds James Hurst, M.D., who has been acting chief of the department since December 2007. See Boston.com’s coverage, and BIDMC’s announcement.
This month BIDMC’s CardioVascular Institute (CVI) launched the first edition of Heart Mail, a free, bimonthly electronic newsletter packed with general interest stories along with articles on cardiovascular wellness and disease, the latest therapies and research, and heart-healthy recipes—all written in collaboration with CVI clinicians. Subscribe to all of BIDMC e-newsletters online.
With support from the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, researchers led by Terry Strom, M.D., co-director of the BIDMC Transplant Center, and Maria Koulmanda, Ph.D., associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, have created a group of “color-coded” laboratory mice, which is providing them with a novel way to visualize and monitor the immune system in real time. See BIDMC’s press release and abstract in Nature Medicine.
BIDMC recently received Boston’s Most Bike Friendly Business Award from Mayor Tom Menino. Full story.
BIDMC internist J. Jacques Carter, M.D., M.P.H., put six medical advice Web sites to the test in an article for Men’s Health magazine to see how effectively they answer visitors’ questions.
LOWERING FEARS OF REJECTION
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BIDMC transplant immunologist Laurence Turka, M.D., is one of the lead investigators of an inter-institutional team of researchers who recently identified a gene pattern among kidney transplant recipients who haven’t experienced organ rejection despite stopping anti-rejection drugs. Their findings may help identify other transplant recipients who could safely reduce or eliminate life-long immunosuppressive therapy. See the press release and United Press International coverage.
BIDMC celebrated nursing at its annual nursing awards ceremony on May 17 at Fenway Park. See the Brookline Tab story and BIDMC’s coverage.
GIVING ALLERGIES THE HOOK
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BIDMC researcher Marie-Helene Jouvin, M.D., and a colleague at Brigham and Women’s are testing a theory that ingesting hookworms and their eggs may be able to cure food allergies, and The Boston Channel has the story.
BIDMC has announced a new clinical affiliation that will bring specialized services to Anna Jaques Hospital, a community hospital serving the Merrimack Valley region. Both The Boston Globe and the Newburyport Daily News covered the story.
BIDMC clinicians Melinda Dennis, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., and Daniel A. Leffler, M.D., M.S., have published a new book called Real Life with Celiac Disease, which offers broad and practical knowledge on this increasingly common autoimmune and gastrointestinal disorder. You can learn more at Medical News Today and by signing up for Leffler’s free webinar.
CATCHING BREAST CANCER IN THE AKT
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BIDMC researchers Alex Toker, Ph.D., and Rebecca Chin, Ph.D., have identified one of the mechanisms along the Akt molecular pathway that is involved in the metastasis of breast cancer, which could have an impact on the development of targeted therapies for the disease. Check out the BIDMC news story and video.
BIDMC is part of a team that was recently awarded a five-year $11 million grant from the National Institute on Aging for a major study called Successful Aging after Elective Surgery (SAGES) to better understand and prevent delirium, an acute confusional state that often affects older adults following surgery or serious illness. Details.
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