A Fresh Look at Medicaid
Ryan Yarnall, MD
3/15/2023
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Most of my clinical time is spent in an academic outpatient internal medicine practice. However, every other Tuesday afternoon, I work along...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Ryan Yarnall is an assistant professor of medicine, ambulatory medical director, and practicing internist at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also serves as the co-chair for the ACP Council of Early Career Physicians Oklahoma chapter.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Yoga as Medicine
Sonya V. Patel-Nguyen, MD
2/22/2023
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Finding nonpharmacologic methods of improving pain and function is of growing interest among physicians as we navigate appropriate analgesia...
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Dr. Patel-Nguyen trained in internal medicine and pediatrics at UNC-Chapel Hill before beginning her career as a hospitalist at Duke University. Her clinical time is divided between inpatient adult and pediatric patients, as well as bedside procedures. She is also involved in medical education, with interests in bias training and expanding knowledge and best practices regarding health care equity. In addition to her work at Duke, Dr. Patel-Nguyen has interests in global health, having worked with refugee and immigrant populations in Greece, Jordan, Palestine, and Mexico.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
The Ethical Paradox of Clinical Trials
Fatima Al-Shimari, MPH, BS, BA
1/18/2023
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If you have ever conducted research involving human subjects, you’ll know how extensive the institutional review board (IRB) application pro...
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Fatima Al-Shimari is an epidemiologist and global health researcher at the University of Washington (UW); she also dedicates her time to mentoring students as a clinical affiliate faculty with the UW School of Public Health, Department of Global Health. She is from Seattle, Washington, and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from UW. She also serves as the current chair of the Women in Global Health Seattle Chapter and is the founder of Kalema Nonprofit. She formerly worked as a project manager to support the research needs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and as a research consultant with the World Health Organization. Her research interests include community and population health, internal and family medicine, and social determinants of health.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Going Back to School
Fatima Z. Syed, MD, MSc
12/21/2022
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Earlier today during a meeting on curriculum development, I said, “I wish I could go back to medical school.” “Come on Fatima; you don’t mea...
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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, November 16, 2022
Bringing Balance to Cancer Screening Decision Making
Arman A. Shahriar, MD
11/16/2022
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Cancer is a heterogenous term that in certain cases represents a serious diagnosis with significant implications for both the length and th...
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Arman is a first-year internal medicine resident at the University of Chicago. He received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and worked at Boston Scientific as an engineer and market access consultant for a few years before medical school, focusing on projects in Brazil and Colombia. When he's not in the hospital he loves to play and watch soccer.
