Weekly Progress Notes October 16

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

Save the date for the Annual Leadership Meeting and State of Johns Hopkins Medicine on Monday, Oct. 21 in the Turner Auditorium. JHM leaders are invited to attend the leadership meeting from 8 a.m. to noon. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend the State of JHM, which will be held from noon to 1 p.m.

Immunotherapy Presentation by George Sotos, M.D.

George Sotos, M.D., Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Suburban Hospital, will give a presentation titled “Immunotherapy in GI Malignancies” at the Johns Hopkins Health Care and Surgery Center, Suite 1200, on Wednesday, October 23 from 8 – 9 a.m. Dr. Sotos' presentation will follow the Aerodigestive Cancer Conference Case(s) presentations, and will limit cases to no more than five. Please contact Barbara Doherty at 301-896-6782 or bdohert4@jhmi.edu with questions.

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.

Golden Ratio Observed In Human Skulls

The Golden Ratio, described by Leonardo da Vinci and Luca Pacioli as the Divine Proportion, is an infinite number often found in nature, art and mathematics. It’s a pattern in pinecones, seashells, galaxies, and hurricanes. A recent study by Johns Hopkins researchers also found this pattern in the human skull.

A Better Way to Deliver Vision-Saving Therapy

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a new way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. If proven safe and effective in humans, this technique could provide a more permanent therapeutic option for patients with common diseases, such as wet age-related macular degeneration.