Geisel medical students and Dartmouth Health residents in Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society raised $7,534 benefitting LISTEN Community Service’s Heating Helpers Program and Dartmouth Cancer Center’s food pantry during their charity banquet fundraiser.
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Addressing High Costs and Greed in Healthcare: Q & A with Dr. Elliott Fisher
In their recent paper published in Health Affairs Forefront, Dartmouth’s Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, and colleague George Isham, MD, MS, discuss the problem of greed in healthcare and outline actions each of us could take to address the inequities in our current system and improve both care and costs for everyone.
Weighing the Potential Risks and Benefits of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests: Q & A with Dr. Glyn Elwyn
In the following Q & A, Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, a professor of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discusses the controversy surrounding multi-cancer early detection tests (MCEDs), which may soon be widely available to consumers.
Geisel Professor Named to National Leadership Post
Marcus Shaker, MD, MSc, a professor of pediatrics and of medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, and an allergy and clinical immunology physician at Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth Health Children’s, has been named to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Dartmouth Health Receives Multimillion Dollar Gift to Support Inclusive Excellence
Dartmouth Health has received a $2.5 million gift from generous donors and former Dartmouth-Hitchcock Trustee Barbara Couch and her husband, Dick Couch D’64, Thayer ’65, to establish the Couch Endowed Fund for Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellowships at Dartmouth Cancer Center.
Entire Dartmouth Atlas Now Accessible via National Library of Medicine
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is pleased to announce that its Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care series is fully available on the National Library of Medicine’s NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Bookshelf.
BIPOC Banquet: April 15
The Geisel BIPOC Banquet planning committee invites you to a special evening for Geisel students (MD, TDI, Geisel graduate students) and Dartmouth community members, centered around the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) experience in medicine on April 15.
Conversations that Matter Speaker Series: Caring for Muslim Patients During Ramadan
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members on April 13, 2023, at 12:00 PM are encouraged to watch our live stream panel discussion on “Caring for Muslim Patients During Ramadan”.
Geisel Students Create Pathway to Bilingual Medical Care
Responding to the lack of Spanish-speaking healthcare providers, an enterprising Geisel student created a solution.
Student-Led Study Finds Female Physicians Still Face Earning Penalty Compared with Male Physicians
A study led by Geisel School of Medicine fourth-year student Lucy Skinner ’23, MPH ’21, found that female physicians with children earn on average $3.1 million less than male physicians with children over a 40-year career.