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Chart documentation, physician knowledge, and physician attitudes also investigated
Some people blame heredity for health woes, while others take aim at health habits or medical care itself. As it turns out, though, one other aspect likely plays a greater role than all three combined: socioeconomic factors.
When physicians investigate a patient's medical history, pieces of this social/...
Before Dean Sienko MD, MS, was to report for active military duty May 23, 2013, as commanding general of the U.S. Army Public Health Command, he visited Hurley Medical Center in Flint to talk to resident physicians and faculty enrolled in an Introduction to Public Health course.
"I visited the class because I wanted to encourage and congratulate the physician participants," said Sienko...
Carravallah, Minasian selected for teaching awards
Each year, graduating medical students from the Flint Campus of Michigan State University/College of Human Medicine are asked to think about their education and select two faculty members who deserve recognition for their teaching.
This year, the following were selected by fourth-year MSU/CHM students and are to receive awards during the MSU/CHM...
Physician leader lauds community’s spirit in helping others in need
For one Hurley physician, serving on certain boards and committees is sometimes just as important to the health of community members as actually treating them at a hospital or clinic - or training the next generation of physicians to do so.
At the higher levels, decisions can affect whether an adult or child can even access...
Integrating public health with physician training at Hurley
Resident physicians at Hurley Medical Center are acquainted with public health concepts through various assignments within individual residency programs, and public health principles are integrated into their training at Hurley, which is a safety-net hospital.
Now, this public health focus is about to become more formal.
Michigan State...
Program, Hurley faculty win honors
Some church members in the Flint community may feel healthier, now that their blood pressure is screened regularly through specially trained volunteers at area churches. The program is one of two award-winning projects headed up by faculty from Hurley's resident physician training programs. On Jan. 10, 2013, the Hurley Center for Health Outcomes...
Hurley Children’s Hospital becomes first in region to offer formal hospice and palliative medicine for children, with board-certified specialists
When children or adults have a serious illness, a focus on symptoms and choices of care - in addition to other disease-specific approaches - can be essential.
Two pediatricians at Hurley Medical Center recently passed board exams certifying...
Photo album now online
If you missed the Oct. 16, 2012, inaugural Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Alumni Dinner & Lecture, you can now take a peek at the attendees. You can't hear the conversations, but you can see most everyone who attended. Hopefully you can attend in person next year to hear the conversations for yourself. (We'll let you know the 2013 date as soon as it...
AT TOP: Med-Peds Program Director Laura Carravallah MD (center) poses with Hurley resident physicians who presented posters at the ACP-Michigan Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting in October. From left are: Firas Abed, Rao Mushtaq, Amro Alsaid, Carravallah, Deepali Jain, Gopesh Singh, Delshad Ahmad. BELOW: Sunil Meruga MD describes his findings on comparing an in-depth interview to a social history...
Laura Carravallah MD
While accompanying Hurley residents to the annual research meeting in Traverse City, Mich., Oct. 5, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Director Laura Carravallah MD also found herself at the podium.
The Michigan Chapter of the American College of Physicians presented Carravallah with the Laureate Award, given to ACP members who have demonstrated by...
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