As the name suggests, this is a day for doing a good deed. No matter how large or small, any act of kindness can make a difference in someone’s day.

I hope you’ll consider making an act of kindness on Feb. 17, building on the kindness you share with our patients and team members year-round. Your action might inspire someone to pay it forward as well.

As Amelia Earhart once said, “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”

Be well,
Ruth O'Regan, MD

Publication: Keely Dwyer-Matzky, MD, of Internal Medicine, and Ashley Jenkins, MD, and Bethany Corbin, MD, of Hospital Medicine and Pediatrics, are authors of Pediatric to Adult Care Transition in the Hospital Context (PATCH) Tool: A Novel Tool to Assess Pediatric Institutional Guidelines for Inpatient Care of Adults in Academic Pediatrics.

Publication: Diana F Alzamareh, Nida Meednu, PhD, Neha Nandedkar-Kulkarni, PhD, Daria Krenitsky, Jennifer Barnard, Ken Yasaka, MD, PhD, Wesley Durrett, Javier Ragel-Moreno, PhD, Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Barnas, MD, PhD, all of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, were co-authors of “Interferon activation in bone marrow long-lived plasma cells in systemic lupus erythematosus,” in Frontiers in Immunology.

Publication: Arthur DeCross, MD, of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, published “Teaching and Assessing Higher-Order Cognitive Skills in Fellowship Training” in Gasteroenterology.

Publication: Susan Dent, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, was lead author of “CARDIAC-STAR: Prevalence of Cardiovascular Comorbidities in Patients with HR + /HER2 - Metastatic Breast Cancer,” published in Cardiooncology.

Publication: S. Serge Barold, MBBS, of Cardiology, was a co-author on “First and Second Degree Left Bundle Branch Block and Masquerading Bundle Branch Block: Lessons Learned During Conduction System Pacing,” published in Heart Rhythm.