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**Researchers see promise in efforts to reduce nursing facility patient hospitalizations**
OPTIMISTIC program reports noticeable drop in hospitalizations

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Ongoing learning opportunities are a core aspect of professional growth in the department.

**Nephrology researcher's team finds therapy that may eliminate need for dialysis.**
Efforts part of licensed IU-based startup Rene Medical

**Meet the Chair.**
Please join us in viewing a video by Dr. Mark Geraci from his informational session earlier in the school year. Watch as Dr. Geraci shares with the audience his background, his values and his vision for the Department of Medicine. Questions and answers from audience members complete the presentation.

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Spotlighting Success

Reese named VA
Chief of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Lindsey Reese has been appointed Chief of Medicine at the Richard L. Rousebush VA Medicial Center. Reese, a member of Infectious Diseases, joined the VA in 2013 and served in several roles prior to her appointment as chief.

Trustees Teaching Award
goes to Khan

Babar Khan, assistant professor of medicine in the division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, will receive a 2017 Indiana University School of Medicine Trustee Teaching Award. The awards are given annually to faculty across the university.

News Ticker

5th annual Chuckstrong Tailgate Gala raises more than $1 million for research at IU Simon Cancer Center

Eskenazi Health Foundation gives $2 million to support public health

IU doctors, Purdue University researchers collaborate to create embedding program

U.S. News and World Report and QS World University rankings recognize IU programs

New Master of Science in Anesthesia Degree to be offered by Indiana University School of Medicine

Medicine Events Calendar

Endo Fellows Case Conference
Ammara Aziz
5/17/2017 7:30:00 AM
Endo Case Conf
MS2031

BOARD REVIEW - Cards
Deepak Bhakta
5/17/2017 10:00:00 AM
Impact
R3-303

Case Conference
Zafirah Salman
5/17/2017 12:00:00 PM
Pulm Fellows Conf
Gatch 296

Case Conference
Zachary Fulkerson
5/17/2017 12:00:00 PM
Pulm Fellows Conf
Gatch 296

Diabetes Prevention Throughout the Lifespan
Tamara Hannon, MD
5/17/2017 12:00:00 PM
Endo Noon Grnd Rnds
R4, Room 101

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News

Moe, Chalasani elected to national group

Sharon Moe, division chief of the IU School of Medicine Division of Nephrology, and Naga Chalasani, division chief of the Division of Gastroenterology have been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The association is a nonprofit organization that dates back to 1885 and has over 1,300 active members. Researchers who have attained excellence in advancing basic and clinical science through experimentation and discovery are nominated for membership.

Internal Medicine taps first ASPIRE cohort

The IU School of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics has selected its first cohort of six faculty scholars to participate in the division's new advanced scholars program, ASPIRE. View the list of faculty members and learn more.

Benson receives funding

Eric Benson, MD, PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Medicine in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine was recently awarded a K08 clinical investigator award titled “Exosome Kinetics in Vivo: Cell Type and Drug Specific Effects” from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. This award began on September 15, 2016 and will run through August 31, 2020. The purpose of the proposed study is to discern the kinetics of circulating exosomes between different cell types and after drug treatments, so that the exosomes may be better used as biomarkers.

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