Medicine

Richard Katz, M.D., Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology and professor of medicine, was mentioned in a Politic365 article about an mHealth forum he spoke at. The event was jointly hosted by Verizon and the George Washington University. 

Jonathan Reiner, M.D., professor of medicine, was mentioned in an article in Kansas City infoZine about his appearance with former Vice President Dick Cheney at the National Press Club. Reiner and Cheney co-wrote a book, “Heart: An American Medical Odyssey.”

Lakhmir Chawla, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and of medicine, was featured in a Science Codex article about his recently published research in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The paper says that acute kidney injury, a…

A large study co-authored by Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine, identifies factors that mediate differences in the progression of chronic kidney disease in order to reduce the excess burden of end-stage renal disease and its complications in black…

Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine, was quoted in a Science Daily article about his research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, “APOL1 Risk Variants, Race, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease.”

Vivek Jain, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and medical director for Center of Sleep Disorders, was quoted in an article in The Washington Post on the lack of effectiveness of over-the-counter sleep aids. 

Herbert Baraf, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, was interviewed by Arthritis Today on whether an emerging class of medications called janus kinase inhibitors (JAK inhibitors, or jakinibs) will change current rheumatoid arthritis treatment options.

Vivek Jain, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and medical director for Center of Sleep Disorders, was interviewed by ABC7 about sleep texting, which is a type of parasomnia -- similar to sleep walking, sleep eating and night terrors.

Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, was interviewed by Popular Science for an article on getting protein from plant-based sources as opposed to meat. 

Jonathan Reiner, M.D., professor of medicine, was interviewed by Allison Seymour at FOX 5 News about former Vice President Dick Cheney's 35 year battle with heart disease and their new book, "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey."