Integration & Physician Issues

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has teamed up with a local designer to design head scarves for chemotherapy patients, according to Vogue.

University of Missouri School of Medicine Dean Patrick Delafontaine, MD, revealed plans to step down from his post at the end of the month in a letter to students, faculty and staff March 15, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune.

Behind every care plan are dedicated laboratory teams playing a vital role in healthcare.

This year's Match Day, which took place March 15, was the largest in history, according to the National Resident Matching Program, which operates the residency program application system.

Several alumni of the UIC College of Medicine in Chicago have raised funds to create a scholarship fund to honor Tamara O'Neal, MD, the physician killed during a shooting at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in November 2018.

In addition to working long hours and caring for patients, several physicians and staff from Texas Medical Center in Houston have come together to form an orchestra.

A former University of Miami Health System physician who resigned after posting graphic images of patients taken during surgery discussed the situation during an interview with The New York Times March 13.

Medical students will discover the residency programs they were placed into on national "Match Day" on March 15.

HCA Healthcare is now the majority stakeholder in the parent company of one of the nation's leading nursing schools, the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system announced March 14.

A University of Miami Health System physician is no longer employed by the institution after allegedly posting photos taken during patients' gender-reassignment surgeries to social media, according to NBC News.