Integration & Physician Issues

The Georgia Composite Medical Board suspended the medical license of Windell Davis-Boutte, MD, June 7, claiming the dermatologist "poses a threat to the public health, safety and welfare" after videos of her dancing and singing while performing surgery were released…

Rarely a day goes by that we don’t hear a sad story about the impact of opioid abuse or, worse, see its impact on our communities first hand.

A University of Missouri-Kansas City medical student filed a lawsuit against the university March 2, accusing the school of ratcheting up tuition, fees and other costs by requiring students to repeat classes and academic years, but failing to count the…

When it comes to transitioning to value-based care, many physician groups find themselves trying to do it all.

The Georgia Composite Medical Board decided not to renew the medical license of Gareth Morgan, MD, PhD, director of the Myeloma Institute at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, according to KATV News.

"Catastrophic debt" and the opportunity to study medicine alongside students of similar socioeconomic backgrounds have led some minority and low-income medical school students to seek out schooling opportunities in Cuba, The New Yorker reports.

A recent press release announced, chronic, severe joint pain affects nearly 30 percent of all Americans, according to the CDC.

On June 7, Google honored what would have been the 109th birthday of Virginia Apgar, MD, a pioneering anesthesiologist who is credited with lowering the national infant mortality rate through the creation of the Apgar score, with a Google Doodle,…

A Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Medical Center physician died June 6 after a car crash on Lewisburg, Pa.-based Bucknell University's campus, according to WNEP 16 News.

Former Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine at USC Dean Carmen Puliafito, MD, admitted to having misused drugs while dean of the medical school during a state medical board hearing June 5 , according to the Los Angeles Times.