Lifelong Learning
Fatima Z. Syed, MD, MSc
9/11/2019
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Several years ago, a colleague and I did a conference presentation on the care of transgender patients. Although not an expert on this topic...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Fatima is an internist and endocrinologist in North Carolina. She recently completed her fellowship in endocrinology in Philadelphia where she also completed her residency training. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She has a background in public policy, having received her MSc in comparative social policy from the University of Oxford.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Is Metformin Really a Wonder Drug?
Fatima Z. Syed, MD, MSc
8/28/2019
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“Is metformin really everything they say it is?” A patient—an intelligent, well-informed woman with children in medicine and an avid reader ...
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Fatima is an internist and endocrinologist in North Carolina. She recently completed her fellowship in endocrinology in Philadelphia where she also completed her residency training. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She has a background in public policy, having received her MSc in comparative social policy from the University of Oxford.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
In the Car With My Mom
Fatima Z. Syed, MD, MSc
8/14/2019
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I picked up a cup of coffee for myself and was trying to catch up on the tasks that pop up in my EMR when I took a pause to open up the late...
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Fatima is an internist and endocrinologist in North Carolina. She recently completed her fellowship in endocrinology in Philadelphia where she also completed her residency training. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She has a background in public policy, having received her MSc in comparative social policy from the University of Oxford.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Order Up: Precision Medicine With All of the Sides
Sarah G. Candler, MD, MPH
7/31/2019
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By midmeal someone finds out I’m a doctor, and the next thing I know, this guy I barely know is asking me to comment on his “predisposition ...
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Sarah is the Chair-Elect of ACP's Council of Resident Fellow Members (CRFM). She completed medical school and her MPH at Emory University and residency at Tulane University. She is now a primary care physician at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Sarah also serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine for Baylor College of Medicine, where she teaches on topics of health advocacy, health economics, and social determinants of health. Her quality improvement projects focus on patient experience and perceptions of care.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Learning How to Deal With Uncertainty
Laura Myers, MD, MPH
7/17/2019
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Each time I call back a patient who sounds breathless, I wonder: Is it truly their asthma flaring or is it an undiagnosed pulmonary embolu...
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Dr. Myers is a pulmonary/critical care physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital and fellow in Quality/Safety at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. She is interested in workforce safety and value-based health care delivery.
