Former Google software engineer Hugh Gordon knew he always wanted to be a physician, but said he "fell" into software engineering because he was good at it. However, the desire to help people on a clinical level was never far…
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Four Boston-based Harvard Medical School physician researchers were among the 84 members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2018, the organization announced May 1.
A prominent New York City-based NYU Langone Health surgeon resigned following an investigation into his alleged inappropriate relationships with multiple patients, BuzzFeed News reports.
Barbara Atkinson, MD, dean of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine, will remain in her position until at least next summer, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
A U.S. District Court of New Jersey judge issued a ruling April 27 noting a hospital's medical executive committee can be sued separately from the hospital it serves, according to the New Jersey Law Journal.
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A fourth-year NYU School of Medicine student was found dead in a university graduate student residence hall May 1. Police discovered a suicide note on the scene, according to Washington Square News.
Orlando, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Hospital will begin interviewing eligible candidates this fall for its first pediatric residency program, the health system said May 2, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Donald W. Seldin, MD, professor and chairman emeritus of internal medicine at the Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, died of lymphoma April 25. He was 97 years old, according to his obituary published by the medical center April…
As a pediatrician, I find that there are times when my patients require a specific acute intervention – but they don’t need the full hospital experience. For example, when infants and children are dehydrated and need intravenous fluids, outpatient physicians, patients…
A Georgia physician, who saw her medical license suspended after allegedly threatening to "slit [her employees'] throats," turned herself in to police April 26, according to The Moultrie Observer.