Department of Medicine Newsletter

A monthly newsletter of honors and accomplishments
January 2022

The people of DOM continue to demonstrate their skills, compassion, and resilience. Read Bob Wachter's reflections on the past year here. And if you haven’t seen it yet, take a few minutes to watch this DOM year-end video, which captures the optimism that shines through these dark times.

HONORS AND NEWS

Babis Andreadis was named director of the new UCSF Baszucki Lymphoma Therapeutics Initiative.

Katherine Li was named manager of the Division of Palliative Medicine at UCSF Health.

Aaron Neinstein was appointed to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) of the GAO.

OTHER HONORS AND NEWS

Rupa Marya's book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, was selected as one of The Best Books of 2021 by CNN.

Brie Williams was elected to the Council on Criminal Justice.

Three papers by DOM authors were selected by the New England Journal of Medicine editors as one of their Notable Articles of 2021:
Four-month rifapentine regimens with or without moxifloxacin for tuberculosis: Payam Nahid, Patrick Phillips, Ha Phan, and Nhung Nguyen
New creatinine- and cystatin C–based equations to estimate GFR without race: Michelle Estrella, Michael Shlipak, and Neil Powe
Race, genetic ancestry, and estimating kidney function in CKD: Chi-yuan Hsu, Anthony Muiru, and Alan Go

SPIRIT OF DOM AWARDEES

Congratulations to the recipients of the SPIRIT of DOM Award (pictured left to right): Cindy Curiel (Clinical Research Coordinator, Pulmonary and Critical Care, ZSFG), Katherine Li (Division Manager, Palliative Medicine, UCSF Health), Sarah Lisker (Academic Program Management Officer, General Internal Medicine, ZSFG), and Pat Wirattigowit (Post Award Manager, DOM Central Administration). Join us on Monday, January 24, at 12:30 pm for the virtual award ceremony.

DOM IN THE NEWS

Judith Auerbach was quoted in the The Body about HIV prevention options for women and in National Geographic about how most women in the U.S. are unaware of the HIV prevention drug PrEP.

Peter Chin-Hong spoke with Ryan Seacrest on KIISFM radio explaining how variants develop and spread. He was also quoted in The New York Times explaining how to keep from spreading Covid if you test positive and in The Wall Street Journal saying that society may have to learn to live with Covid as the virus evolves.

Monica Gandhi co-wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post about how Omicron shouldn’t cause hospitals to be swamped in well-vaccinated areas, and for TIME magazine proposing modifications to current mandates and policies. She was also featured, along with Charles Chiu and Alice Sotomayor Gonzalez, on NBC Bay Area explaining how the Omicron variant was detected in San Francisco.

Chaz Langelier was interviewed by KQED about how the omicron variant is different and how there are still many unknowns about it.

Bob Wachter was featured in several media outlets, including CNN, NPR, The New York Times, and the Pod Save America podcast, giving updates on the Omicron surge and expressing optimism regarding when it might end.

See all DOM coronavirus-related news here.

RECENT GRANTS OF NOTE

Sheri Weiser and team: a grant of over $3.1M over 4 years from the National Health, Lung & Blood Institute for a project entitled, “Intersection of material-need insecurities and HIV and cardiovascular health.”

John Chorba and team: a grant of over $2.5M over 4 years from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute for a project entitled, “CSDE1 as a post transcriptional regulator of the LDLR.”

Mandana Khalili and team: a cooperative agreement of over $1.9M over 5 years from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases for a project entitled, “Liver cirrhosis network: Longitudinal and clinical trial studies.”

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Where Are They Now

	Andy Bindman, MD Resident 1985-87 Now: EVP and Chief Medical Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan & Hospitals
	Susan Desmond-Hellman, MD, MPH Resident 1982-85; Fellow 1985-87 Now: Board Member, Pfizer

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF NOTE

Baugh AD, Shiboski S, Hansel NN, Ortega V, Barjakteravic I, Barr RG, Bowler R, Comellas AP, Cooper CB, Couper D, Criner G, Curtis JL, Dransfield M, Ejike C, Han M, Hoffman E, Krishnan J, Krishnan JA, Mannino D, Paine Iii R, Parekh T, Peters S, Putcha N, Rennard S, Thakur N, Woodruff PG. Reconsidering the utility of race-specific lung function prediction equations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202105-1246OC.
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Dhruva SS, Redberg RF. Coverage of transvenous pulmonary embolectomy — Medicare's missed oppportunity for evidence generation. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2114960. » PubMed citation

Dietz BW, Winston LG, Koehler JE, Margaretten M. Copycat. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 4;385(19):1797-1802. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcps2108885. » PubMed citation

Durstenfeld MS, Sun K, Ma Y, Rodriguez F, Secemsky EA, Parikh RV, Hsue PY. Association of human immunodeficiency virus infection with outcomes among adults hospitalized with COVID-19. AIDS. 2021 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003129.
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Holm SM, Balmes J. No fire without smoke (particles). Elife. 2021 Nov 17;10:e74331. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74331. » PubMed citation

Kimberg L, Vasquez JA, Sun J, et al. Fears of disclosure and misconceptions regarding domestic violence reporting amongst patients in two US emergency departments. PLoS One. 2021 Dec 2;16(12):e0260467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260467. » PubMed citation

McMullen AM. The choice to love. Lancet. 2021 Nov 6;398(10312):1680-1681. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02383-7. » PubMed citation

Schillinger D, Duran ND, Mcnamara DS, et al. Precision communication: Physicians’ linguistic adaptation to patients’ health literacy. Science Advances. 2021 Dec 17. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abj2836. » PubMed citation

Winston LG, Winkler ML, Kheterpal A, et al. Case 36-2021: A 22-year-old man with pain and erythema of the left hand. N Engl J Med. 2021 Nov 25;385(22):2078-2086. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2107357. » PubMed citation

Yang MM, Wolters PJ. Cut from the same cloth: Similarities between hypersensitivity pneumonitis and IPF. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202109-2211ED. » PubMed citation

See all 154 DOM-authored publications last month here, and DOM-authored coronavirus-related publications here.

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