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Featured In Neuroscience
The Future of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience at Mass General: Q&A With Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD, is the chief of the Department of Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. In this Q&A, Dr. Carter elaborates on intraoperative molecular diagnostics. Dr. Carter is also a 2021 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) honored guest.
Featured In Digestive Health
Improving Patient Outcomes with J-Pouch Surgery
Richard A. Hodin, MD, discusses his surgical work, the improved outcomes he sees in patients who undergo J-pouch surgery and his experience maintaining longer-term relationships with patients.
Featured In Orthopaedics
Kinematic Sequence More Important Than Pitch Delivery Approach for Preventing Baseball Injuries
Researchers in the Sports Medicine Service have determined that instructing baseball pitchers in the ideal kinematic sequence (the pattern of energy transfer in the body) could protect them from injury to the shoulder and elbow, regardless of whether they throw from the traditional windup or the stretch delivery.
Featured In Urology
Advancing Trimodality Therapy for Bladder Cancer
Researchers explore long-term outcomes and options for bladder cancer recurrence after combination treatment using transurethral resection and chemoradiation.
Featured In Endocrinology
Novel Strategy Identified for Treating Osteoporosis
Cheng-Chia Tang, PhD, and Marc N. Wein, MD, PhD, of the Endocrine Unit, and colleagues demonstrated in a preclinical osteoporosis model that an oral drug, YKL-05–099, boosts bone formation and trabecular bone mass—and unlike current anabolic osteoporosis therapies, inhibits bone resorption.
The Latest Cardiovascular Advances
Adverse Neck Anatomy Increases Risk of Late Type 1A Endoleaks
Mark F. Conrad, MD, MMSc, Thomas F.X. O'Donnell, MD, of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and colleagues, say close surveillance for late type 1A endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair is needed for patients with adverse neck anatomy and those who undergo intervention for other endoleaks.
Medical Grand Rounds: Peripheral Artery Disease in 2022 and Beyond
Anahita Dua, MD, MSc, MBA, director of the Vascular Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Ido Weinberg, MD, medical director of VasCore, presented on peripheral artery disease.
Contributing Physicians
Judy Wei-Ming Hung, MD
Director of the Echocardiography Lab, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD
Director, Telemachus & Irene Demoulas Family Foundation Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital
Advances Specialties
Geriatrics and Palliative Care
3A Model Helps Clinicians Explore Older Adults' Attitudes Toward Nonpharmacologic Pain Management
Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH, of the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, and colleagues identified three domains—awareness, appeal and access—as barriers and facilitators of older adults' use of nonpharmacologic approaches to managing chronic pain.
OB/GYN
Review: Look Beyond Gonorrhea, Chlamydia as Causes of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Based on a recent review of the literature, Caroline Mitchell, MD, MPH, director of the Vulvovaginal Disorders Program, and colleagues say a more informed evaluation of the pathogens associated with pelvic inflammatory disease could improve diagnosis, better predict long-term sequelae and boost treatment success.
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Pathways Case Record: Metastasis Through the Lymphatic System
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital investigates a 43-year-old man with pre-diabetes mellitus who presented with persistent dry cough and dyspnea. The patient subsequently developed bilateral leg edema and toe discoloration.
January 26, 2022 - July 13, 2022
Grand Rounds: Mass General Cardiology Grand Rounds
The Massachusetts General Hospital Corrigan Minehan Heart Center prepares future health care professionals and trains providers in innovative therapies and care. As part of these efforts, the center hosts regular Grand Rounds presentations from thought leaders and researchers on important cardiology topics. Cardiology Grand Rounds is open to all healthcare professionals.
November 5-6, 2021
CME: Short Term Mechanical Support Heart and Lung Symposium
The Mass General Short-term Heart/Lung Support Symposium is designed to provide the opportunity to learn, ask questions, participate in simulation exercises and review the rare but potentially fatal problems that can occur with all forms of mechanical assist in a low stress environment for all team members.
Brain mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation and stress reduction training for migraine
The study involves multiple visits over 6 months. You will complete an 8-week stress reduction treatment that includes a medical device worn in the ear and attend MRI and PET scans. You will also complete daily migraine diaries online.
PILOT STUDY EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF STRESS REDUCTION ON ATHEROSCLEROTIC INFLAMMATION
We are seeking individuals who self-identify as having high stress to participate in a randomized study using a mindfulness-based, stress-reduction intervention and PET-MR imaging.
