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Inside Dartmouth Medicine
by Dartmouth Medicine Magazine
"Inside Dartmouth Medicine" is a series of web-extra interviews produced by Dartmouth Medicine magazine, exploring the art and science of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Episodes
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A Mere Mortal
A Mere Mortal Dr. Steven Schlozman wasn't terribly surprised when an insurance company rejected his request to prescribe a new treatment for a patient. And, as usual, he expected to spend personal time sitting on hold waiting to appeal the decision. But what startled him was the conversation that...
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Dartmouth undergrad examines opioid death toll
Dartmouth undergrad examines opioid death toll Conducting the first comprehensive analysis of prescription opioid-related deaths in New Hampshire presented some special challenges for Laura Hester, a geography major in the Dartmouth College Class of 2009. It involved driving an hour each way from...
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Talking about health-care reform
Talking about health-care reform Everyone—from the Obama administration to your friends and neighbors—is talking about health-care reform. So in the Summer 2009 issue of Dartmouth Medicine magazine, alumni of Dartmouth Medical School from across the country answered questions about their…
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Surviving cancer
Surviving cancer P.J. Hamel, a senior editor at King Arthur Flour Company, headquartered in Norwich, Vt., describes herself professionally as a "baker and blogger." She writes the King Arthur catalog, creates recipes, has written cookbooks, and blogs about baking on the company's website. And...
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A Patron of Positivity
A Patron of Positivity The summer after her first year of medical school, Dr. Julia Nordgren worked with Dr. Judy Frank, conducting research and shadowing Frank on rounds in the neonatal intensive care unit. What she learned from Frank changed her outlook on both medicine and life. "Judy Frank…
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Lee Witters discusses the discovery of insulin
Lee Witters discusses the discovery of insulin One early prescription for diabetes involved drinking a pint and a half of milk for breakfast, eating rancid meat for dinner, and using hog's lard as skin lotion. Actually, explains Dr. Lee Witters, this treatment did some good simply by causing...
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An interview with Dr. James Bernat, a history of DHMC's ethics committee, and more information on advance directives
An interview with Dr. James Bernat, a history of DHMC's ethics committee, and more information on advance directives Dr. James Bernat, an internationally recognized medical ethicist, is a professor of neurology at Dartmouth Medical School and head of the Ethics Committee at Dartmouth-Hitchcock...
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Discovering New Darwins
Discovering New Darwins Charles Darwin was lucky. Without the financial support of his family, all of his powers of observation and analysis might have gone for naught. Today, of course, most scientists do not depend on their families to fund their research. Instead, the U.S. federal government...
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Getting, and getting used to, a cochlear implant
Getting, and getting used to, a cochlear implant Geneva Durgin was 13 months old when she heard sound for the first time through a cochlear implant. Before the implant, she couldn't hear anything, even with hearing aids. Although Geneva spent the first year of her life in silence, she thrived...
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An interview with José Conejo-Garcia
José Conejo-Garcia talks about his discovery of PILAR The immune system protects us from a host of pathogens, but in some cases it's actually the cause of health problems. T cells, a type of white blood cell that is a key player in the immune system, become activated when they encounter antigens....
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Inside Waste Management at DHMC
Inside Waste Management at DHMC Over 2,500 tons of trash pass through the waste management room at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center each year. Practicing good environmental stewardship while processing so much trash—some of it hazardous—requires a well-thought-out system. This is a web extra to...
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Scenes from a Dartmouth Visit to Vietnam
Scenes from a Dartmouth Visit to Vietnam Last spring, the director of DMS's biomedical libraries, William Garrity, led a group of volunteers to Vietnam to launch the RICE pilot project. RICE, which stands for "remote interaction, consultation, and epidemiology," employs smartphones (such as the...
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What are enteroviruses?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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How are enteroviruses spread?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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What is Enterovirus 71? How does it compare to polio?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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Why are you concerned about an outbreak of Enterovirus 71?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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Why did polio spread through the upper middle class in the late 1800s?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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Is there a treatment or vaccine for Enterovirus 71?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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How did you get interested in enteroviruses and polio?
A Q&A with Dr. John Modlin about Enteroviruses Dr. John Modlin, an international expert in childhood infectious diseases, is the chair the Department of Pediatrics at DHMC and a professor of pediatrics (infectious disease) and of medicine at DMS. He is the former chair of the Centers for Disease...
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What's wrong with the U.S. health-care system?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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How did you become the founder of outcomes research?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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What is the Dartmouth Atlas project?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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What are some major findings of the Dartmouth Atlas?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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Why are there geographical variations in surgical procedures?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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Why are there geographical variations in chronic illness care?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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Have the Dartmouth Atlas findings been controversial?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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How can more care result in poorer outcomes?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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What is DHMC doing to address practice variations?
A Q&A with Dr. Jack Wennberg about the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Project John Wennberg, M.D., Ph.D., is the founding director of Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS) and the Peggy Y. Thomson Professor of the Evaluative Clinical Sciences. CECS was established in 1989...
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Can you describe your work treating polytrauma?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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Can you explain what catastrophic polytrauma is?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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How does the Civil War give insights into plastic surgery?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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How do you rebuild a face that's been destroyed?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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What is the "Virtual Face" project?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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When might a patient need an exoskeleton?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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How does an exoskeleton work?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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How else could an exoskeleton be used?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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How might polytrauma be treated in the future?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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What do we need to do to get all this to happen?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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What needs to be done for all this new technology to work?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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Can you describe your work improving health-care systems?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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What other projects are you working on?
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Rosen about Polytrauma Dr. Rosen is a plastic surgeon at DHMC who treats patients around the world including soldiers injured in Iraq. His specialties include nerve repair and human-machine interfaces, microsurgery and transplantation of limbs, and telemedicine and...
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A interview with physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D.
A conversation with physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D. Parker Towle, a neurologist who has been on the Dartmouth Medical School faculty for more than 25 years, is also a much-published poet. He has a book of poems coming out soon, and his work was recently featured on National Public Radio's...
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A poetry reading: The Best Time by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D.
A poetry reading: The Best Time by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D. Parker Towle, a neurologist who has been on the Dartmouth Medical School faculty for more than 25 years, is also a much-published poet. He has a book of poems coming out soon, and his work was recently featured on National…
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A poetry reading: Cases by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D.
A poetry reading: Cases by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D. Parker Towle, a neurologist who has been on the Dartmouth Medical School faculty for more than 25 years, is also a much-published poet. He has a book of poems coming out soon, and his work was recently featured on National Public…
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A poetry reading: Hooking Rugs and Ice Fishing by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D.
A poetry reading: Hooking Rugs and Ice Fishing by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D. Parker Towle, a neurologist who has been on the Dartmouth Medical School faculty for more than 25 years, is also a much-published poet. He has a book of poems coming out soon, and his work was recently featured on...
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A poetry reading: At the Hiroshima hospital by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D.
A poetry reading: At the Hiroshima hospital by physician-poet Parker Towle, M.D. Parker Towle, a neurologist who has been on the Dartmouth Medical School faculty for more than 25 years, is also a much-published poet. He has a book of poems coming out soon, and his work was recently featured on...
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Gordon Gribble Tells the Story of the Triterpenoid Project
Triterpenoids and Chemoprevention: A Dartmouth Collaboration For 11 years, Dartmouth chemists Gordon Gribble and Tadashi Honda have collaborated with Dr. Michael Sporn, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School, to create drugs that prevent and treat cancer. In 1998,...
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What are triterpenoids?
Triterpenoids and Chemoprevention: A Dartmouth Collaboration For 11 years, Dartmouth chemists Gordon Gribble and Tadashi Honda have collaborated with Dr. Michael Sporn, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School, to create drugs that prevent and treat cancer. In 1998,...
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How did you create the synthetic triterpenoids?
Triterpenoids and Chemoprevention: A Dartmouth Collaboration For 11 years, Dartmouth chemists Gordon Gribble and Tadashi Honda have collaborated with Dr. Michael Sporn, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School, to create drugs that prevent and treat cancer. In 1998,...
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How did you begin working with Dr. Sporn?
Triterpenoids and Chemoprevention: A Dartmouth Collaboration For 11 years, Dartmouth chemists Gordon Gribble and Tadashi Honda have collaborated with Dr. Michael Sporn, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School, to create drugs that prevent and treat cancer. In 1998,...
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"Inside Dartmouth Medicine" is a series of web-extra interviews produced by Dartmouth Medicine magazine, exploring the art and science of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
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