Integration & Physician Issues

In letters to the House and Senate, medical groups urged Congress to pass the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, which incentivizes foreign physicians to serve in underserved communities. The bill would extend the Conrad 30 waiver program,…

Below are brief biographies of the chief medical officers at the hospitals that took the top 10 spots in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 best hospital rankings.

The latest stick thrown in the post-Roe wildfire is cancer treatments for pregnant women, The New York Times reported July 23. 

Earlier this month, Alameda Health System witnessed a historic moment at one of its hospital's emergency departments that speaks to the organization's efforts to promote more diversity among its physician leaders, the Oakland, Calif.-based system said July 22. 

The Association of American Medical Colleges released its official diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum standards July 21.

Arjang Djamali, MD, former kidney transplant specialist at Madison, Wis.-based UW Health, donated a kidney to a former patient June 29. 

Alena Analeigh Wicker, a 13-year-old girl from Texas, made history after being the youngest Black student accepted into a U.S. medical school, WSB-TV reported July 19.

Neurologist Howard Tucker, MD, who turned 100 on July 10, teaches medical residents at Cleveland-based St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and has held the Guinness World Record for oldest practicing physician since February 2021, Cleveland Jewish News reported July 8. 

Clinicians who responded to six mass shootings in recent years have developed recommendations based on lessons they learned to support other healthcare facilities in treating victims. 

Physicians are frustrated with the process required to treat monkeypox patients and obtain a prescription for Tpoxx, — the antiviral being used to treat the infection, The Washington Post reported July 15.