NYU Langone Health's Transplant Institute in New York City is expanding its liver transplant program with the addition of three physicians and surgeons.
Integration & Physician Issues
Students who reported mistreatment and discrimination in the first two years of medical school were more likely to leave school, according to a study published May 31 in JAMA Pediatrics.
The temperature on the day of a blood test can affect certain results, such as cholesterol levels. These effects can play a large role in physicians' treatment decisions, according to researchers at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
As the public pushes off COVID-19 restrictions, physicians are feeling uneasy and increasingly turn to their places of work for safety, writes Danielle Ofri, MD, who practices at New York City-based Bellevue Hospital in The Atlantic May 22.
Nearly 30 percent of physicians reported experiencing discrimination and mistreatment from patients or patients’ family members or visitors, a study published May 19 in JAMA Network Open found.
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Nearly 24 percent of physicians experienced workplace mistreatment in the past year, according to new research published May 6 in JAMA Network Open.
Columbia University Medical Center has quietly cut its public ties to Mehmet Oz, MD, the TV celebrity physician who is now a Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania Senate seat, WebMD reports.
Darrell Saunders, MD, one of the first two physicians to join Morganstown, W.Va.-based Mon Health, retired after 42 years in the field.
Pediatrics has the highest percentage of female physicians compared to other specialties, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022."
SSM Health inked a deal to establish a fully-integrated, 1,200-plus academic and community-based physician group, the organization said April 28.