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Monthly Newsletter | May 2017
News
Amy Berger was appointed as Director of Molecular Medicine Consult Service, a one-year pilot, beginning July 1, 2017.
Meet Steve Pantilat
Palliative Care Service Director
Other News
Wendy Anderson and the UCSF Palliative Care Team presented "Palliative Care Boot Camp" at the 2017 Alumni Weekend.
Arian Hatefi and Ari Hoffman wrote about the controversial health care reform efforts in the Huffington Post.
Liz Dzeng received the KL2 Scholar award from CTSI and a National Palliative Care Research Center Junior Investigator Career Development award.
She was also named Global Brain Health Initiative Atlantic Fellow.
Marcia Glass received the Pathway to Discovery Mentor award.
Publications
Andy Lai discussed a case involving a man with idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome who was successfully treated with IVIG in this case report.
Lynnea Mills, Wendy Anderson, and colleagues published findings of a national survey on hospitalist communication in the Journal of Palliative Medicine.
Andy Lai and Michelle Mourad described evidence-based and current best practices for bedside thoracentesis in this JHM review article.
The DHM Quality Post
Kelsey Rasmussen
"Kelsey Rasmussen handled a high crisis patient call with poise and calmness. She prevented what could have been a tragic outcome. We applaud her for her aptitude!”
- U127 DHM members
Sarah Apgar
"Thank you for your ongoing contributions to the medicine UBLT. You provide excellent insight and reflections with respect to the challenges we’re tackling. I appreciate your innovative solutions and willingness to experiment with new processes.
Your input, contributions, and overall collegiality are truly valued."
- Brad Monash
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