Hopkins Medicine Magazine Spring/Summer 2012
Articles in this Issue
From the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Circling the Dome
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Head and neck surgeon David Eisele returns to lead department here.
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New agreement aims at building a sustainable foundation for advanced care.
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New fund offers financial assistance to international medical students.
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A new documentary captures the inspiring story of William S. Halsted.
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A Hopkins survey finds bad behavior among clinicians and urges lasting remedies.
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The two-day whirlwind unfolded flawlessly.
Medical Rounds
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Links to obesity could yield new treatment for headache sufferers.
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Though limited in scope, study holds promise for intractable disease.
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For Corey Davis, there's no such thing as 'plateau.'
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A new autotransplant program shows how life can resume without a pancreas.
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New research probes gender connections to health.
Hopkins Reader
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New history recounts times triumphant--and tumultuous.
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David Agus' unconventional prescription for 'ending illness' is catching on big.
Features
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On the eve of Dean/CEO Ed Miller's retirement, he talks candidly about the high points--and some regrets--he experienced during his time at the top.
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Writer Mat Edelson spoke to nine people whose lives and work will shape the culture of care in The Johns Hopkins Hospital's new building.
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Eighteen moths after receiving two new hands, Sheila Advento is back to painting--to the delight of her reconstructive transplant team at Hopkins.
Annals of Hopkins
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He may have been somber and opinionated, but Alan Mason Chesney kept the School of Medicine afloat through the Depression and World War II.
Class Notes
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The Class of 1985 took up a challenge issued by two classmates--and ultimately brought in more than $620,000 for the School of Medicine.
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Young has improved the odds for those with aplastic anemia.
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Renowned interventional radiologist earns a top honor at Yale.
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Pearson takes a romp with her first novel.
Opinion
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Seeking to be comprehensive as a doctor should not mean comprehensively ordering every conceivable test that might be relevant.
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Hard-won wisdom on what it takes to move Hopkins Medicine forward.
In Memoriam
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Rodriguez gained the trust of young patients.
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Avery shattered many glass ceilings in medicine.
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A plain-spoken 'country doctor' made his mark on neuro-opthalmology.

