UH Med Weekly
July 17, 2020: Wash your hands and don your mask.
She may be retired, but Dr. Virginia Hinshaw will continue to make a difference
After a fulfilling career in research and medicine, Dr. Virginia Hinshaw is giving her white coat the hook. All bets are off on whether she’ll put it on again (she will). Many of you know her as tireless, involved, and interested. The words that end in ‘t: can’t, don’t, won’t, et al., are unfamiliar to her, and she has been known to lovingly tease such words from the many medical students lucky enough to learn from her.
“I have worked in hospitals, institutes, and universities. All have been fulfilling in different ways,” Dr. Hinshaw said. “Also, I have been fortunate to have two careers —in science and in university administration — both providing many opportunities to learn and to facilitate the success of others.
According to Ritabelle Fernandes, MD, MPH, of the Palliative Medicine division in the Geriatric Medicine Department at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), “There is growing evidence of the effectiveness and cost savings associated with palliative care.”
Dr. Fernandes, and her colleagues Ed G. Fess, MD, MBA, Sandy Sullivan, RN, Mona Brack, RN, Tara DeMarco, MBA, and Dongmei Li, PhD, published “Supportive Care for Superutilizers of a Managed Care Organization” in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.
COVID-19: Data indicate survival rates are higher in regions with diets sufficient in selenium
Lucia Seale, Daniel Torres, Marla Berry, and Matthew Pitts are four researchers at the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s (JABSOM) Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, who focus on the micronutrient selenium. They were intrigued by a recent COVID-19 study out of China.
J. Zhang, et al., published the study “Association between regional selenium status and reported outcome of COVID-19 cases in China,” that analyzed data gathered from 17 cities in China.
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From Daniel Saltman, MD FACP to Diabetes Stakeholders, Friends, and Colleagues:
Please share this message widely with your own network of contacts.
For this ninth of sixteen webinars, we'll hear about newer therapies. These classes of medications are often optimal as secondary or even primary treatments. They appear to be effective, well-tolerated, and metabolically superior than sulfonylureas. I hope you can come hear Anne Peters, a professor at USC, talk about these valuable non-insulin treatments for diabetes.
You are welcome to submit a patient case for discussion; get written feedback from the expert team.
Join in this Wednesday morning for the next session!
Free CME from Stanford University is offered for this high quality program.
Aloha,
Dan
Daniel Saltman, MD FACP
Associate Clinical Professor, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
Director, Hawaii Learning Groups
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