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UChicago Medicine among the first in the country to offer newly approved sickle cell gene therapies
The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital will be among the first in the country to offer gene therapy for sickle cell disease in patients 12 years and older, after federal regulators approved two new treatments on December 8, 2023. Thousands of patients with sickle cell disease experience vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs), which are often painful and frequently require hospitalization.…
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Dr. Caitlin Huckell
“PCOS affects 8-10% of women of reproductive age and is considered one of the leading causes of infertility.” Dr. Caitlin Huckell is an associate director of obstetrics and gynecology and the co-director of the OBGYN clerkship at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). She is also a senior attending physician in obstetrics and gynecology at Sidra Medicine and a fellow of the…
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David T. Rubin, MD: Undaunted in his quest to improve the lives of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other digestive ailments
Patients come through his door looking for answers and relief. The symptoms that began as a nuisance have turned painful and chronic. Their bodies have turned on them. David T. Rubin, MD, is a world-renowned expert on the treatment and research of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. He’s a tireless educator — in classrooms,…
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UChicago Medicine adds music therapy option for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients
Because he has frontotemporal dementia, Ted Oppenheimer can sometimes be apathetic and disoriented. That isn’t the case, though, during his in-home music therapy sessions offered through The Memory Center — part of the University of Chicago Medicine’s Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorder. Oppenheimer’s wife, Susan, calls music therapy his “best hour of the week” because Ted…
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Institute for Population Health, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar:
For more than a decade, the Institute for Population Health (IPH) at Weill Connell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has committed to building research capacity and advancing evidence-based practice for healthcare practitioners in Qatar, the region, and beyond. The IPH does this by developing and implementing comprehensive and need-based training programs targeted towards healthcare professionals. One such program, titled, “Introduction to Systematic Review…
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Dr. Reshma Bholah
“The kidneys are amongst the most vital organs in the body—they help regulate your hormones, growth, and blood pressure.” Dr. Reshma Bholah is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and a Consultant Pediatric nephrologist at Sidra Medicine. She received her medical degree from WCM-Q in 2011 and then spent a year researching reactive airways at Cornell…
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UChicago Medicine adds music therapy option for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients
Because he has frontotemporal dementia, Ted Oppenheimer can sometimes be apathetic and disoriented. That isn’t the case, though, during his in-home music therapy sessions offered through The Memory Center — part of the University of Chicago Medicine’s Center for Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorder. Oppenheimer’s wife, Susan, calls music therapy his “best hour of the week” because Ted is engaged,…
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Patients with diabetes insulin-free for years after islet transplantation
Many people with type 1 diabetes live in fear of their blood sugar levels suddenly getting too low. If untreated, this hypoglycemia can cause confusion, loss of consciousness and even death. While most diabetics can control their glucose levels with insulin, some are considered “brittle” – their glucose levels can swing wildly, often dropping without the usual warning signs of…
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How effective assessment of medical learners can dramatically improve the quality and safety of patient care
A two-day faculty development program co-directed by Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) and the US-based Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education provides highly effective tools for enhancing the performance of medical learners by optimizing assessment and feedback processes. Dr. Thurayya Arayssi, Vice Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs at WCM-Q, spoke to “Hospitals” magazine to explain the importance of this approach.…
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WCM-Q symposium discusses the future of healthcare
The symposium was designed to enable healthcare practitioners to look to the future of healthcare and sustainability, understand what equitable culturally competent patient care means, and become ‘change agents’ who can promote physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Topics under discussion included population health challenges and the emerging paradigm of health and disease, sustainability of the global lifestyle medicine movement, perspectives…
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