April 2022
Drs. Gurumurthy Hiremath (Pediatrics) and Amr El-Bokl (Pediatric Cardiology fellow) worked with Dr. Carlye Lauff (Product Design) and undergraduate student Levi Skelton (College of Design) to create an innovative product to help educate children on congenital heart disease with efforts to ease parental stress. The product? A stuffed octopus with a 3D heart ventricle inside.
Remember the incredible power of Dr. Jon Hallberg’s (Family Medicine and Community Health) collaboration with TPT + Hippocrates Cafe: Reflections on the Pandemic? The team is back with a brand new series called Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race.
Using echocardiography—visual ultrasound of the heart—the research team was able to show that “In this community-based cohort study, lower left atrial function was associated with higher risk of dementia.” Dr. Lin Yee Chen (Medicine) is the principal investigator of the NIH grant that funded this study.
A team of scientists from our Medical School, the University of Texas Health San Antonio, and the Biomedical Research Institute of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas in Greece published findings in Molecular Psychiatry, showing that the disruption of a circadian clock gene may be involved in the development of autism spectrum disorder.
The list—spanning more 18 departments—recognizes physicians who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Winners were nominated by their peers and selected as “Rising Stars” after a rigorous evaluation process by an expert physician panel. READ MORE>>
36.5% of our MS4s matched in Minnesota—showing that our pipeline is strong and that the future of care for our state is bright. The top five specialties?
Dr. Paul Stadem was a first-year resident when he met Harold Palm, a patient with a serious undiagnosed lung disorder. Their friendship and mutual education is a great example of the work M Physicians Broadway Family Medicine Clinic does, both treating patients and training outstanding family physicians. WATCH NOW>>
MnDRIVE is looking for outstanding trainees with an industry or commercialization support partner.
