[PDF] Top 20 Acceptance of the 2012 Association of American Physicians George M Kober Medal A fortunate life in academic medicine

... G ood morning everybody. And thank you, David, for this great honor, and to the councilors and leadership of the Asso- ciation of American Physicians, and, of course, to all of you for coming here today. I ... See full document

... how fortunate I have been to be able to sustain a career as a phy- ...clinical medicine is extremely powerful, making it possible to use the lever of the scientific method to improve the health of people ... See full document

... American Physicians (AAP), is one of the most prestigious honors in our ...of academic medicine: Francis Collins, Tony Fauci, Victor McKusick, Joseph Goldstein, Michael Brown, Robert ... See full document

... It is indeed a privilege to be able to pub- licly honor my own Guru, mentor, and sci- entific hero. Stuart Arthur Kornfeld was born on October 4, 1936, in St. Louis, to Ruth Baum Kornfeld and Max Kornfeld. His father was ... See full document

... Thank you very much, John [Gallin], for your kind comments. It is at the same time a great honor and a humbling experience to be recognized by one’s peers. It serves to remind me that I did not get here in a vacuum; I ... See full document

... in American academic medi- cine, when one thinks of Iowa, one thinks of Frank Abboud, and vice ...the Kober Medal in this par- ticular year, ...his life story pos- ... See full document

... An enduring legacy for John was his early focus on diversity and inclusion. He cre- ated a Minority Recruitment Committee to identify a pipeline of talented under- represented minorities (Figure 11 and ref. 6). Soon, the ... See full document

... My NIH colleagues and friends We had a pretty idyllic life in Ann Arbor, but then it was on to the NIH. Our won- derful colleagues at NIH became our next family. I continued my research in vascular biology in the ... See full document

... the uncomfortable, correct misbehavior promptly and decisively, don’t take credit for other people’s work, motivate followers and create a team, and show respect and kindness for all. Choose your words carefully, manage ... See full document

... first academic appointment in pediatrics in the United States was Eli Ives, who held the title of Professor of Materia Medica and Diseases of Chil- dren between 1813 and ... See full document

... clear association between education, experience, specialty, medication and type of recommendation and the outcome of such recommendations ...medical physicians were more likely to follow on and accept ... See full document

... of Medicine reports “To err is human” and “Crossing the quality chasm” held a mirror to a health care system that was far too complacent about ensuring patient safety (14, ... See full document

... The American Foreign Service, the Soviet Union and the Origins of the Cold War, 1933-1947 (Chicago, IL, 1980), ...other American diplomats who received the specialized European study course, before the ... See full document

... child for transfer to a facility equipped to manage the illness or injury. In the absence of inpatient pediatric services, EDs can prepare for pediatric emergencies requiring hospital admission by developing processes to ... See full document

... in medicine and initiated other impactful societies and ...practice medicine, he started a laborato- ry in his home, as there were no research laboratories at medical institutions at the ...of ... See full document

... observation, academic and government health care strategists and leaders have asserted that ideal practice settings for PAs in Australia include: rural and remote, Indigenous, the military and besieged urban acute ... See full document

... a paradigmatic revision if we were to adequately treat a disease as complex as is chronic pain, given the system’s economic realities. Due to the insurance and hospital industries’ adherence to the “business ethic” of ... See full document

... Baker et al. (2012) argue that when faced with problems in quality improvement efforts, the predominant cause is relational, not technical. Similar findings are reported by Giniat et al., who recommend that change ... See full document

... female physicians is a necessary step for in- creasing the number of active female physician scientists and for ensuring that physicians are among the research staff of the ...in academic medical ... See full document

... For centuries, Chinese sufferers have sought relief from such injuries by consulting practitioners of Chinese medicine, who specialize in a sub-branch of sports or accident injuries. One of the best clinics, ... See full document