The following is a statement from Vice Chair for Education and Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Manish Suneja, MD. It is with great pride that I announce the 2023–24 Chief Residents for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Chief Residents are chosen for their leadership skills, moral integrity, and clinical acumen and are the most […]
Online presentation: The Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease: Opportunities and Challenges? – April 7, 2022
Internal Medicine’s Virtual Grand Rounds presentation for Thursday, April 7 will be: The Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease: Opportunities and Challenges? 12:00-1:00pm Thursday, April 7, 2022 Gary D. Wu, MD, Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology; Director, Penn Center for Nutritional Science and Medicine; Co-Director, PennCHOP Microbiome Program; Co-Director, Center for Molecular Studies […]
Pezzulo, Hamzeh aim to improve sarcoidosis diagnoses, reveal disease mechanisms
Alejandro Pezzulo Colmenares, MD, assistant professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, and Nabeel Hamzeh, MD, associate professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, received a two-year, $575,000 grant from the Ann Theodore Foundation Breakthrough Sarcoidosis Initiative (ATF-BSI). Utilizing their respective epithelial biology and sarcoidosis expertise, the duo will study the obstacles to […]
Yorek to trial fish oil compound as treatment for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Mark Yorek, PhD, professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, along with his co-PI Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, received a four-year, $2.6M grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. With the R01 “Effects of Fish Oil Salsalate on the Omega-3 Index and the Circulating Lipodome of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty […]
Patient Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Non-Metastatic, Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Article: Patient Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Non-Metastatic, Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Authors: Josiah An, Vignesh T Packiam, Adithya Chennamadhavuni, Jordan Richards, Jayanshu Jain, Sarah L Mott, Rohan Garje Journal: Front Oncol. 2022 Jan 10;11:786307 Abstract: Background: Non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) includes histologically and molecularly distinct subtypes such as papillary, chromophobe, collecting […]
Matches on the map for 2022
A yearly tradition that comes on the heels of Match Day is presenting the updated map showing where our residents over the last five years attended medical school. The Carver College of Medicine produces a map showing where graduating medical students go, and we also produce a map showing where our residents go to fellowship. […]