On March 8, 2014, a group of Geisel students, residents and alumni faced-off against the University of Vermont medical school on the Dartmouth ice in Hanover for an annual hockey clash known as the Specimen Cup.
Archive for 2014
Dartmouth Alumnus Ross Jaffe Named Chair of Geisel Board of Overseers
Ross Jaffe, MD, MBA (DC ’80) has been named Chair of the Board of Overseers at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Geisel Alumnus Receives “Nobel Prize of Orthopaedic Research”
Congratulations to Dartmouth alumnus Freddie Fu, MD (DC’74, Med’75), who received the Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award for his career contribution to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and advances in patient care, bestowed by the Kappa Delta Sorority along with the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.
FOBT Shows ‘Striking’ Results for Long-Term Reduction in CRC Mortality
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News – Quotes Douglas Robertson on a new study that looked at screening methods for colorectal cancer (CRC) that reduced mortality risks by 32 percent with annual screening and 22 percent with biennial screening.
Skating to the Puck or Avoiding the Penalty Box in Health Care?
In a Viewpoint published in the March issue of JAMA, Dartmouth researchers question whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ use of financial penalties is the right tack for changing the behavior of hospitals.
Whole Genome Scans Aren’t Quite Ready for Your Doctor’s Office
NPR – Quotes W. Gregory Feero, assistant professor of community and family medicine at the Maine-Dartmouth facility. Feero wrote an editorial accompanying a Stanford study that examined new DNA technology.
TV in Bedroom is Linked to Childhood Weight Gain
Irish Medical Times – US researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth conducted a telephone survey in 2003 of 6,522 boys and girls (ages 10 to 14 years) to ask about bedroom televisions.
Geisel Rises in U.S. News Best Medical Schools Rankings to Top 20 in Primary Care
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has moved into the top 20 of medical schools nationally for primary care, climbing 13 spots to 18th in the 2015 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Medical Schools rankings. Geisel also moved up four spots to 34th in the Best Medical Schools for research ranking.
Outside the Ivy Tower
The Concord Monitor – In this op-ed, Leslie Henderson, a professor of physiology and of biochemistry, and senior associate dean for faculty affairs, responds to a recent Bloomberg opinion piece that suggests large endowments of elite colleges result in professors who “obscure research that no one uses or reads.”
The Town Where Everyone Talks About Death
NPR -During yesterday’s broadcast, NPR’s Morning Edition discussed research from the Dartmouth Atlas which found that La Crosse, Wisconsin spends less on end-of-life care than any other place in the country.