Issue: 2012 January 30
Panel to discuss impact of new resident work hour regulations
January 30, 2012
Johns Hopkins will host a panel discussion today, Jan. 30, on the new medical resident work hour regulations put in place last year by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The panelists will share their thoughts on how the regulations impact patients and their families, newly minted residents and the culture of medicine. The […]
Live liver donation safer than previously thought
January 30, 2012
People who donate a portion of their livers for transplant to a relative or friend whose liver is failing can generally expect to recover safely from the donation surgery and live a long, healthy life, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. “The donor process is safer than some have previously thought,” said transplant surgeon Dorry L. […]
Please do touch the art
January 30, 2012
It’s the first rule at any art museum: Do not touch the artifacts. Except at this museum and at this one time. At the Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes exhibition at The Walters Art Museum, open now through April 15, visitors are invited to disregard that decree and […]
United Way campaign tops its goal
January 30, 2012
In a resounding show of support for the community’s needs, employees and students of the university and Johns Hopkins Medicine pledged nearly $2.3 million to United Way of Central Maryland, topping the goal by $100,000. More than $270,000 of the total was pledged to the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund, which supports agencies that serve communities […]