Insights on International Collaborative Health
We often hear from global affiliates how much they value the deep clinical expertise of Johns Hopkins, where physicians devised a landmark breast cancer surgery (1889), pioneered the first direct heart surgery (1944) and invented the first implantable pacemaker (1972). It was our experts who discovered the first effective treatment for sickle cell disease (1995) […]
U.S. News & World Report recently published this commentary written by Dr. Paul B. Rothman, dean of the medical faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Kevin W. Sowers, president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine. During this […]
Johns Hopkins Medicine International initiated the Distinguished Faculty Visitor program in 2015 to connect with clinicians, colleagues and community members at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH). During these visits, senior Johns Hopkins faculty give accredited Grand Rounds to clinicians, round with physicians to consult on treatments, and discuss the latest advances in their respective specialties. […]
Like other leaders in global collaborative health, Johns Hopkins is grappling with painful truths as we respond to COVID-19. The pandemic has severely limited our patients’ capacity to travel across international borders, and it’s heart wrenching not being able to provide the clinical care that could change ― or save ― their lives. While health […]
Like other health systems, Johns Hopkins is handling the challenge of how best to respond to COVID-19 across our own hospitals and clinics. Meanwhile, we are serving as public health stewards to our local community and as trusted consultants to our national and global affiliates. Johns Hopkins has been at the forefront of these efforts […]
At the end of his third year at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ruben Troncoso — like all medical residents — was able to choose both where and what specialty he would study and practice for four weeks. He elected to focus on emergency medical services and hyperbaric medicine at King Edward VII Memorial […]
For three years, we have been collaborating with Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) to create a leading-edge bariatric surgery program. Not only is this now a flagship service for JHAH patients, it also has been designated a Center of Excellence according to the Surgical Review Corporation, an internationally recognized accreditation organization. Just eight institutions in […]
Diabetes is on the rise nearly everywhere, affecting 425 million people globally, according to the World Health Organization. Although this disease is pervasive, it is neither preordained nor permanent. Exercising 30 minutes a day and reducing body weight by 7% can lower the prevalence of type 2 diabetes by 58%, according to the Diabetes Prevention […]
For the past five years, Johns Hopkins has worked with Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) to co-host a multidisciplinary conference, through which 2,000 participants have learned about the latest research and clinical innovations regarding conditions such as stroke, heart and vascular care, primary care and lifestyle medicine. Most recently, we took on the topic of […]
Stockpiling personal protective equipment. Mainstreaming telehealth. Suspending elective medical procedures. These are all part of “the new normal” of delivering health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. As health care administrators, providers and support staff everywhere grapple with these changes, Johns Hopkins has worked with the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) to find ways to maintain constancy […]