Integration & Physician Issues

Eugene Roh, MD, a clinical assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine, will travel back to his native South Korea this month to serve as a physician for Team USA during the 2018 Winter…

Female patients treated by female physicians are less likely to be referred to the intensive care unit than male patients treated by male physicians, according to a study by Israeli researchers.

John Longhurst, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at UC Irvine, and his wife Cherril Longhurst died Feb. 6 when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff, according to Fox 5.

Though "deny-and-defend" has been the longtime motto of many medical professionals, one Minneapolis organization is looking to counter this outlook with the help of peer support groups, according to MinnPost.com.

A Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health orthodontics director and visiting Yale School of Medicine associate professor and two graduate dental school students took a photograph with two severed heads during a workshop at Yale last year, according to the International Business…

A judge ordered each member of the Maryland Board of Physicians to pay tens of thousands of dollars in damages to Mark Geier, MD, stating the board abused its power in an attempt to humiliate Dr. Geier and his family,…

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Although physicians, employers and consumers tend to agree on which groups to blame for problems in the healthcare system, they disagree on the extent of responsibility these groups hold, according to a Leavitt Partners survey.

Physicians, employers and consumers agree the healthcare system requires change — but differ on what changes they think are needed, who should make these changes and the most promising reform efforts, according to a Leavitt Partners report.

The third annual National Women Physicians Day takes place Feb. 3. The date marks the birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell, MD, the first woman in the U.S. to obtain a medical degree, according to The DO.