Caring for Patients with Sickle Cell: Learn about the experience of transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare from individuals with sickle cell and their caregivers at this panel discussion on September 23 at noon.

Geriatric Medicine Community-Wide Grand Rounds: Learn about barriers and facilitators of social connection among Latino dementia caregivers from Maria Quiñones-Cordero, PhD, of Clinical Nursing, on September 24, 8-9 am. 

Submit Abstracts for Feb. 6 Research in Health Equity Symposium: URMC faculty, trainees, nurses, and APPs are invited to submit oral or poster presentation abstracts for health equity research related to building partnerships by September 30.  

Donate Items to Willow Domestic Violence Center: Well-iora, the Residency Wellness Committee, is collecting items from Willow's wish list. Drop items at the Medicine Residency Program Office (3-3256), the Med-Peds Residency Program Office (1-1188), or the collection box in the DOM Hub Space (3-5100) by November 9.

Join the Academy of Educators: This new network of educators applies the science of teaching and learning to advance health professions education. Get education resources as well as guidance and camaraderie from academy leadership and fellow members. Apply to join the academy by November 15. 

29^th Annual Asthma, Allergy, and Pulmonary Update: Learn, connect, and level up your pulmonary care at this all-day event on November 20 at the Hotel Canandaigua. Through targeted education and teamwork, this event helps close the gap between current and best practices, leading to improved patient care. 

Book: Susan Friedman, MD, MPH, of Geriatrics & Aging, published the book, “Geriatrics, Lifestyle Medicine and Health Aging: A Practical Guide,” now available for preorder.  

In the News: Thomas Caprio, MD, of Geriatrics, penned an opinion piece in the Rochester Business Journal on the importance of Medicare coverage for home health services.

Publication: Robert Fortuna, MD, MPH, and Jennifer Tich, MD, of Internal Medicine, and Sara MacLeod, DO, MPH, of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, coauthored “The Influence of Social Vulnerability and Race on Diabetes Control” in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 

Publication: Ajay Dhakal, MBBS, and Ruth O’Regan, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, coauthored a visual abstract in the Annals of Surgical Oncology titled, “Biology is Queen—The Oncotype DX 21-Gene Recurrence Score has Stronger Prognostic Ability than Lymph Node Burden for Patients with Breast Cancer.”

Publication: Lisa Beck, MD, of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, coauthored “Real-World Onset of Atopic Comorbidities Relative to Atopic Dermatitis in Pediatric Patients” in Dermatology and Therapy. 

Publication: Manoj Mammen, MD, of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care, coauthored “Leveraging Dynamic Stability to Infer Regulation in Protein-Protein Interaction Networks: A Study of Infectious Vulnerability in COPD” in PLOS One.

Publication: John Mariano, MD, Danielle Wallace, MD, Clive Zent, MD, Paul Barr, MD, Patrick Reagan, MD, Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, Carla Casulo, MD, of Hematology/Oncology, coauthored “Real World Data Identifies Care Needs in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Lymphoma: A Matched Cohort Study” in the Journal of Young Adult Oncology. 

Publication: Keshav Patel, MD, and Sina Salehi Omran, of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, authored “A Delayed Presentation of a Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect” in Cureus.

Publication: Keshav Patel, MD, and Jeffrey Fitch, MD, of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, and Jeffrey Bruckel, MD, MPH, of Cardiology, coauthored “Severe Allergic Reaction to Contrast Dye During Emergent Coronary Angiogram” in BMJ Case Reports.

Bilal Ahmed, MD, of Internal Medicine, and his wife, Ansa, celebrated their daughter’s wedding on August 16. Anam Ahmed, a University of Rochester alumna who is now a geriatric psychiatrist at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, married Ali Iqbal in a beautiful ceremony in Washington, D.C. Congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds!