Stanford (Calif.) Medicine researchers have identified the immune cell process behind a rare COVID-19 vaccine reaction, myocarditis. A two-step immune cell sequence after vaccination triggers “inflammatory activity,” which results in direct injury to heart muscles, according to a study published…
Author: Elizabeth Gregerson
Miami-based Jackson Health Heart Institute has opened a multi-specialty physician practice in North Miami. The facility offers general and interventional cardiology services, electrophysiology and congestive heart failure management, according to a Dec. 2 news release from the health system. The…
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine and Tufts University have appointed Iris Jaffe, MD, PhD, as inaugural director of the Tufts University-Tufts Medicine Research Enterprise. Dr. Jaffe is the Elisa Kent Mendelsohn Professor of Molecular Cardiology at Tufts University School of Medicine…
The World Health Organization on Dec. 1 issued a guideline recommending the use of GLP-1s for the treatment of obesity in adults. The WHO guideline recommends long-term use of at least six months alongside intensive behavioral therapy. Recognizing individuals with…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has tapped Christine Albert, MD, as the inaugural chief of the division of cardiology within the system’s Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Albert currently serves as chair of the cardiology department at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s…
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New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has been designated a National Rare Disease Center of Excellence by the National Organization for Rare Disorders. The designation was earned in partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, also based…
Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz has named Matthew Stone, MD, the Meg F. Rady and Family Chair in Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Stone is an associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery and surgical director of the pediatric heart transplantation program at…
Cleveland Clinic has appointed Kenneth McCurry, MD as director of the health system’s Enterprise Transplant Center. Dr. McCurry has served as Cleveland Clinic’s program and surgical director for lung and heart-lung transplantation since 2009, according to a Dec. 3 news…
UHealth-University of Miami Health System has tapped Aditya Bharadwaj, MD, as director of clinical research and the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Dr. Bharadwaj is an associate professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s division of cardiovascular medicine, according…
Alabama, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina have the highest rates of amputation related to peripheral artery disease in the U.S., according to data published by the PAD Collaborative. The PAD Collaborative, established by the…