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Zoom On: Zeev Goldik, President, European Society of Anaesthesiology
Dr. Zeev Goldik became President of the European Society of Anaesthesiology in January 2016. Dr. Goldik is Head of Post Anaesthesia Care Unit at the Carmel Medical Centre in Haifa, Israel. He is Chairman of the Council for European Specialist Medical Assessment (CESMA) , and Past President of the Israel Society of Anaesthesiologists. 1. What...
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Getting ENGAGED: Learning to develop business models
People need to talk; stakeholders need to network. Both activities are needed in order to build roadmaps for future directions in the field of active and healthy ageing. ENGAGED http://www.engaged-innovation.eu was a thematic network, funded by the European Commission, that run for over two years. It was a learning community for sustainable...
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Zoom On: Jerry Nolan, Vice-Chairman, European Resuscitation Council
Professor Jerry P. Nolan, FRCA FRCP FFICM FCEM (Hon), is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospital, Bath , UK and Honorary Professor of Resuscitation Medicine at the University of Bristol , UK. Prof. Nolan is Vice-Chairman of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and Editor-in-Chief of the ERC’s official...
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Zoom On: Elie Azoulay, Editor-in-Chief, Intensive Care Medicine
Prof. Élie Azoulay, MD, PhD took up post in 2013 as Editor-in-Chief of Intensive Care Medicine , the official journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine . Dr. Azoulay is Professor of Medicine at Paris Diderot University , France, and Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Saint-Louis Teaching Hospital in Paris. 1....
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Zoom On: Michael Niederman, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician
Michael S. Niederman, MD, MACP, FCCP, FCCM, FERS is Clinical Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Cente r and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College . 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Respiratory infections. I focus my interests on pneumonia arising...
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Zoom On: Jorge Muniz - CEO Medcomic
What are your key areas of interest and research? I am fascinated with pathophysiology in general. As an illustrator, I enjoy the opportunity to express my creativity and explore how the human body works. I feel lucky to be a PA in the field of internal medicine, where I get to help patients with a wide spectrum of issues. It’s very rewarding...
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Zoom On: Robert W. Wachter MD
Robert W. Wachter, MD is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also directs the Division of Hospital Medicine. Author of 250 articles and 6 books, he coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and is generally considered the “father” of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing...
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Leading Together Programme: NHS England South’s Regional Medical Director Explains its Importance
The NHS is constantly working to deliver health services which are safe, effective and provide a good experience of care. At some stage in our lives almost all of us will have cause to see a doctor – in our local general practice or in a hospital setting – and want to be sure that our doctors meet the high standards we expect. Every year doctors undergo...
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Zoom On: Daniel Lichtenstein, Critical Ultrasound Pioneer
Prof. Daniel Lichtenstein is a medical intensivist and visiting Professor, who has worked at the medical ICU, University Hospital Ambroise-Paré in Paris, since 1989. This ICU, previously chaired by Prof. François Jardin, is believed to be the first ICU that had ultrasound onsite for cardiac purposes.In 1991 Prof. Lichtenstein defined critical ultrasound,...
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Zoom On: Dr. Paul Ballman
Dr. Paul Ballman is Head of Leadership Development at Vodafone UK and the author of Red Pill: The Truth About Leadership. 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? I am principally a practitioner in the area of leadership excellence, so that tends to drive my research interest. Much of my consulting work involves psychologically...
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Zoom On: Laura Oleaga, chair of the ESR Education Committee
Prof. Laura Oleaga, MD PhD, serves on the ESR Executive Council as chair of the ESR Education Committee . Since 2009, she is the Head of Radiology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. Also, Prof. Oleaga is Editor for the journals Radiologia, European Radiology and Neuroradiology . 1. What are your key areas of interest and research?...
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Zoom On: Jessica Nutik Zitter, Critical Care and Palliative Care Physician and Writer
Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH is a physician and writer with a professional interest in critical care and end-of-life care. She blogs for the Huffington Post and the New York Times . Her first book, Critical Decisions , a memoir about her professional journey at the intersection of ICU and Palliative Care medicine is due to be published by Avery/...
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Zoom On: Curtis P. Langlotz, Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University
You might say that Silicon Valley's loss is radiology's gain when it comes to Curtis Langlotz, MD, PhD , who has spent his career on transforming radiology informatics. His research is focused on improving the accuracy and consistency of radiology communication through real-time decision support systems and other information technologies....
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Zoom On: Barbara Riegel, Professor and Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair of Gerontology
Since 1994, Barbara Riegel has led interdisciplinary research in chronic heart failure. Dr. Riegel has tested various disease management approaches and developed psychometrically sound methods of measuring the self-care of persons with heart failure. Her honours include the Claire M. Fagin Award, the Lembright Award from the American Heart Association,...
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Is the Radiation Risk Model Flawed?
Radiation safety is based on the belief that radiation from medical imaging can cause cancer. It is based on the linear no-threshold (LNT) model. But the authors of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Oncology contend that risk estimates based on this model "are only theoretical and have never been conclusively demonstrated by empirical...
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Zoom On: Maxim Saksonov, Co-founder of Ambrolia
Maxim Saksonov is a radiologist at Rabin Beilinson Medical Center in Israel. His main interest is in interventional radiology. Dr. Saksonov is also a co-founder of Ambrolia , developer of OLRAD, a mobile social professional network for radiologists enabling easy case-sharing over the smartphone for consultation and educational purposes. ...
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3 Leadership Essentials For An Exceptional Service Culture
All organisations talk about service, but for healthcare organisations, service is everything. Fostering an exceptional service culture throughout your healthcare organisation can be a challenge, but it can be done. In my book, Raising the Bar on Service Excellence , I talk about what it takes to get the people within the organisation to this level....
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Fad Spotting
I recently came across a great article. It was written back in 2001 and was based on data from the 80s and 90s, but still may have something to teach us. Three researchers in Montreal, Danny Miller, John Hardwick and Isabel Le Breton-Miller had done an interesting analysis of management fads since 1985. Their first task was to figure out what constituted...
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Zoom On: Taher Shams, Managing Director, Zulekha Hospital
Taher Shams, a passionate management professional, is responsible for the daily operations and overall management of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospitals in the UAE as well as the new Alexis Hospital in India. A gold medallist in marketing and finance, Mr. Taher Shams began his career with the Zulekha Healthcare Group and...
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Zoom On: Peter Gibb, Chief Executive, ICUsteps
ICUsteps was founded in the UK by 2005 by ex-patients, their relatives and ICU staff to support patients and their families through the long road to recovery from critical illness. ICUsteps is the only support group for people who have been affected by critical illness and has helped many former patients, their relatives and medical staff from...
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