NEWS & REMINDERS
Vaping Public Heath Advisory
The Maryland Department of Health has issued an update requiring clinicians to report all cases of lung injury where vaping is the suspected cause to their local health department within one business day. Reports can be made by phone or fax. The contact information for Montgomery County infectious disease reporting is listed below:
- Phone: 240-777-1755
- Fax: 240-777-4680
***Please also document this in your notes in Epic.***
Annual Leadership Meeting and State of Johns Hopkins Medicine
Immunotherapy Presentation by George Sotos, M.D.
Call for Presenters: Johns Hopkins Medicine Patient Safety Summit
Organizers if the 10th annual Patient Safety Summit are seeking abstracts from faculty and staff members to make oral presentations or display posters related to patient safety. Abstracts should focus on ongoing research projects or projects that have been completed or presented externally since Oct. 2017. The submission deadline is Friday, Nov. 15.
Patient Safety Summit
When: March 13, 2020
Where: Turner Auditorium and Turner Concourse, East Baltimore campus
Registration opens in January. For questions about the event, please email JHMPSSummit@jhmi.edu.
Special Event: Let’s KNOCK OUT Breast Cancer!
Join co-chairs Pamela Wright, M.D., and Susan Stinson, M.D., for a fun workout to support a great cause during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. No boxing experience is needed!
When: Thursday, October 24, 6 – 7 p.m.
Where: Title Boxing, 10028 Darnestown Road, Rockville, MD
Cost: $20 donation per person
All proceeds will benefit Suburban Hospital’s Oncology Nurse Navigator Program. This free service provides cancer patients with resources and guidance with everything from appointment scheduling and insurance questions to helping with transportation to appointments and childcare.
Call 301-637-9360 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knockout-breast-cancer-tickets-73898916649 to register.
Call Debra Scheinberg at 301-896-7620 with questions.
MEDICAL STAFF CALENDAR
Click here for the October 2019 calendar on HopkinsGreaterWashingtonMD.org. You can download a PDF copy here.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Johns Hopkins Medicine Continuing Medical Education Series
Oct. 16: The History of Biology and Medicine “Treating Brain Tumors: Challenges and Opportunities”—to access click here. Text CME Code 22729 to 443-541-5052 up to eight hours after the event.
Oct. 17: Surgical Grand Rounds “The 5th Annual Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D. Endowed Memorial Lectureship – Building the Next Generations of Surgeons: The MERIT Scholars Program”—to access click here. Text CME Code 21841 to 443-541-5052 up to eight hours after the event.
Oct. 18: Oncology Grand Rounds "Immune-Related Adverse Events from Cancer Immunotherapy"—to access click here. Text CME Code 24102 to 443-541-5052 up to eight hours after the event.
Oct. 18: Medical Grand Rounds—to access click here.
RESEARCH CORNER
Golden Ratio Observed In Human Skulls
A Better Way to Deliver Vision-Saving Therapy
EPIC TIP OF THE WEEK
Accessing American Radiology Systems via Epic