Posts by Katrina A. Armstrong, MD
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Medical Grand Rounds: Pathogenesis and Management of Respiratory Failure in COVID-19: What We Know So Far
On March 26, 2020, the Department of Medicine held its third virtual Grand Rounds presentation related to COVID-19. Benjamin Medoff, MD, chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital, along with other members of the Greater Boston medical community, presented on respiratory failure in COVID-19, including management, treatment in clinical trials and the need for biomarkers.
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Medical Grand Rounds: COVID-19 in Low-Resourced Settings—Reaching for Global Health Equity
On March 19, 2020, the Department of Medicine held held its second virtual Grand Rounds presentation related to COVID-19. Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, executive director of the Mass General Center for Global Health, along with other members of the Greater Boston and world medical community, presented on the global effects of the pandemic and helping countries that have inequities of care.
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Medical Grand Rounds: Boston Biomedical Community Come Together to Respond to COVID-19
On March 12, 2020, the Department of Medicine held a virtual Grand Rounds Presentation that featured experts from the greater Boston biomedical community who are collaborating research efforts to quickly and effectively respond to COVID-19. They discussed the current state of the pandemic in the U.S., and how research will help us better understand everything from the epidemiology to diagnostics to treatment of COVID-19.
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Neuroimmune Pathway Linked to Socioeconomic Status and CVD Outcomes
Mass General researchers have uncovered a stress-associated neurobiological mechanism by which lower socioeconomic status increases the risk of adverse CVD outcomes.
Biography
Katrina A. Armstrong, MD, is the Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an internationally recognized investigator in medical decision making, quality of care, and cancer prevention and outcomes, an award winning teacher, and a practicing primary care physician. She has served on multiple advisory panels for academic and federal organizations and has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Institute of Medicine. Prior to coming to Mass General, she was the Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Associate Director of the Abramson Cancer Center and Co-Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and nurses specialize in specific forms of both heart and vascular disease, and work closely together to offer leading treatments and preventive care for cardiovascular conditions.Resource links
