“Gregg, when you win the Nobel, I want a ticket.” That’s what I told Dr. Gregg Semenza 25 years ago as he began making serious headway in his research on the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) protein, which switches genes on and off in cells in response to low oxygen levels. Thanks to the research of […]
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Joint Faculty from Our Joint Venture
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Collaboration, Health Care Leadership Development, Medical Education, Middle East, ResearchA faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins signifies the highest standards of our academic institution — standards that we embrace not only as part of our job description, but as part of who we are as teachers, investigators and physicians. Our physicians and researchers have earned some of the most respected awards and honors in medicine […]
Celebrating a Transformative Medical Milestone
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Medical Technology, Patient SafetyOn this day in 1944, scores of Johns Hopkins surgeons and medical students crammed into the two-level observation gallery overlooking the Halsted clinic operating room theater. For the next four-and-a-half hours, they watched as surgeons performed the first “blue baby” operation, on a tiny child named Eileen Saxon. The frail 18-month-old, who weighed only 9 […]
Gathering the Global Family to Get Smarter
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Europe, Latin America, Medical Technology, Middle East, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Precision Medicine, Project DevelopmentFrom Lima, Peru, to Hangzhou, China, and from Toronto, Canada, to Beirut, Lebanon, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) recently welcomed leaders, clinicians, educators and investigators from across our global affiliates to Baltimore for the 14th annual Partners Forum. We also invited Johns Hopkins Medicine colleagues to share their innovative research on and practical application of […]
Charlie Wiener: Behind the Medicine
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Collaboration, Health Care Leadership DevelopmentAlthough often thought of as a health care monolith, Johns Hopkins Medicine actually comprises six academic and community hospitals, four suburban health care and surgery centers, 40+ patient care locations, a home care group and us, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI). We all share one mission: to improve the health of the community and the […]
A Welcome Party on World Patient Safety Day
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Collaboration, Latin America, Medical Education, Patient Care, Patient SafetyThis post’s publish date, Sept. 17, aligns with International Patient Safety Day, a global campaign to rally stakeholders across health care systems to work together to improve patient safety. I think it bodes well that this is also the day Johns Hopkins Medicine International welcomes Hospital Sírio-Libanês (HSL) into our global collaborative health family. Located […]
Filling the Practitioner Pipeline in China
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Asia Pacific, Collaboration, Medical EducationSince 2016, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) has been working with Taikang Insurance Company, China’s largest non-state-owned insurance financial group. If that seems like an unusual partner for Johns Hopkins, Taikang has a dedicated arm that focuses on health care investments and businesses, including health and wellness products and services, continuing care retirement communities, hospitals […]
When Innovators Unite: Five Years of Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Health System Sustainability, Middle East, Nurse Development, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Project DevelopmentSaudi Aramco traces its beginnings to 1933 when Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with the Standard Oil Company of California. Soon thereafter, a few determined explorers began surveying and drilling to find oil in the Saudi dessert. It wasn’t until 1938, however, that they discovered oil in commercial quantities at the drilling site Dammam No. […]
Who’s the Person in Personalized Medicine?
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Care Providers, Health Innovation, Medical Education, Patient Care, Precision MedicineIn health care, we tend to value the new and the next, occasionally with a snub of the tried and the true. I’m thinking about how clinicians today build relationships with their patients. Research findings differ, but on average, patients spend 10 or 15 minutes with their doctor during each visit. Because of changes in […]
Bringing Our Global Mission Home
Posted by | Academic Medicine, Clinical Program Development, Collaboration, Health System Sustainability, Latin America, Medical Education, Nurse Development, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Project DevelopmentIt’s been almost two years since Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, causing an estimated $100 billion in damage. Health care providers on the island are still seeing increased needs related to chronic conditions, particularly for diabetes. According to a recent Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 41 percent of Puerto Rico residents surveyed who have […]