L ast year began with the loss of a very dear friend and colleague who had been an internationally renowned leader in ophthalmic pathology, Professor Norman H. Ashton of London (England). Of humble origins, young Norman left school at age 16 years to begin working as a laboratory assistant in a West London hospital. Subsequently, the head of the laboratory further encouraged Ashton’s interest i...

Affiliations: 1 Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2 Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 3 Program in Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 4 Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD 5 GeneSTAR R...

negative persons Min Jae Kim; Min-Kyung Kim MD; Kyoung-Ho Song; Chung Jong Kim; NamJoong Kim MD, PhD; Pyoung Gyun Choe, MD; Myoung-Don Oh, MD, PhD; Wan Beom Park, MD, PhD; Eu Suk Kim; Ji-Hwan Bang MD, PhD; Sang Won Park, MD, PhD; Hong Bin Kim, MD, PhD; Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Kore...

2007 EM Model Review Task Force Harold A. Thomas, MD, Chair Michael S. Beeson, MD Louis S. Binder, MD Patrick H. Brunett, MD Merle A. Carter, MD Carey D. Chisholm, MD Douglas L. McGee, DO Debra G. Perina, MD Michael J. Tocci, MD From the American Board of Emergency Medicine, East Lansing, MI (Thomas, Perina); Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, Lansing, MI (Brunett); Residency Re...

Docēre, the Latin root for doctor, means to teach. At the heart of what we do as physicians is teaching; we teach our patients, their families, and our future physicians. Why do we devote so much time to education? No matter how well we diagnose and treat, if patients and families do not understand their treatment, it may be unsuccessful. No matter how knowledgeable and skillful we are, if we d...

Doctor Schrager is with the Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin. For reprint requests, contact Sarina Schrager, MD, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine, 777 S Mills St, Madison, Wis 53715; 608.241.9020; e-mail [email protected] ABSTRACT Osteoporosis is a devastating disease that is increasing in prevalence as our population ages. Prevention of osteoporosis i...

Authors are with the University of Wisconsin. Doctor Beasley is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine; Ms Escoto is a graduate student in the Department of Industrial Engineering; and Dr Karsh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and a member of the Systems Engineering Initiative in Patient Safety. Address correspondence to John Beasley, MD, UW...

1332. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole vs. Placebo for Patients with an Incised and Drained Cutaneous Abscess David Talan, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; William Mower, MD, PhD; Fredrick Abrahamian, DO; Anusha Krishnadasan, PhD; Frank Lovecchio, DO, MPH; David Karras, MD; Mark Steele, MD; Richard Rothman, MD, PhD; Gregory Moran, MD, FIDSA, FACEP; Emergenc...

Haruo Fujino, PhD, Chika Sumiyoshi, PhD, Yuka Yasuda, MD, PhD, Hidenaga Yamamori, MD, PhD, Michiko Fujimoto, MD, PhD, Masaki Fukunaga, PhD, Kenichiro Miura, PhD, Yuto Takebayashi, MD, PhD, Naohiro Okada, MD, Shuichi Isomura, MD, PhD, Naoko Kawano, PhD, Atsuhito Toyomaki, PhD, Hironori Kuga, MD, Masanori Isobe, MD, PhD, Kazuto Oya, MD, Yuko Okahisa, MD, PhD, Manabu Takaki, MD, PhD, Naoki Hashimo...

AIM Report on Master Teachers and Clinician ducators Part 4: Faculty Role and Scholarship tephen A. Geraci, MD, Harry Hollander, MD, Stewart F. Babbott, MD, Raquel Buranosky, MD, onna R. Devine, BS, Regina A. Kovach, MD, Lee Berkowitz, MD Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of edicine, Jackson; Division of Infectious...