The Clinical Problem Solvers

The CPSolvers share a case of hyponatremia and AKI – let’s practice those schemas together!

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Hyponatremia schema

AKI schema

Dr. Ellie Garbade presents a clinical unknown to Dr. Aimee Zaas and CPSolvers.

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Dr. Ellie Garbade

Ellie Garbade is a current chief resident at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine. Following chief year, she plans to continue her career at the University of Rochester as an academic hospitalist.

Dr. Aimee Zaas

Aimee Zaas is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health. She serves at the Program Director for the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program and spends her clinical time on the general medicine service with residents and students as well as on the Transplant Infectious Diseases consultative service at Duke Hospital. After completing her medical school at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, she completed her residency and Assistant Chief of Service (Thayer!) at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and her Infectious Diseases fellowship at Duke. She enjoys spending time with her husband, two boys (but, let’s face it, they are teenagers so are never home) and two dogs, cheering on her kids’sports, the Duke Blue Devils and St. Louis Cardinals as well as trying out new restaurants and excellent coffee.

Dr. Sneha Thatipelli presents a Human Dx case to student doctor Boateng Kubi and CPSolvers Sal and Reza.

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Human Dx case

Student Doctor Boateng Kubi

Boateng Kubi is a third-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and will be applying to residency programs this fall.
He is excited to pursue a career in academic surgery and has developed an early interest in cardiothoracic surgery. He is interested in outcomes research, medical education, and clinical reasoning. His clinical interests include cardiovascular infections, thoracic malignancies, and heart & lung transplantation. A Maryland native, he enjoys spending his free time with family, working out, or exploring restaurants in Baltimore with friends.

Dr. Sneha Thatipelli

Sneha Thatipelli is a third year internal medicine resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She completed her medical school at UCSF, and is excited to pursue a career in Infectious Disease with a focus on HIV medicine. She is passionate about medical education and understanding barriers to provide equitable care for vulnerable populations. She will be a graduate of the Health Equity and Advocacy Clinical Scholars (HEACS) program at McGaw and hopes to use this training for clinical care and also medical education of trainees.

Dr. Hajduczok presents a a Human Dx case to Einstein residents, Dr. Gandhi and Dr. Bressman, and Rabih.

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Human Dx Case

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Dr. Himali Gandhi

I graduated from NYU medical school and am now finishing my PGY-3 year at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. My clinical interests include preventative cardiology and medical education and I am excited to be starting my cardiology fellowship at Northshore University Hospital- Northwell in Long Island. When I am not in the hospital I love hiking, running, cooking, and exploring different styles of dance.

Dr. Max Bressman

I went to Swarthmore College where I played tennis for the college team (ranked top 25), went to NYU Medical School (switched to golf, now attempt to qualify for the US Open every year and came 1 stroke from making the US national amateur championship last year). Finishing PGY-3 year at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY. Was originally planning on cardiology, but changed my mind and am going to stay as a Hospitalist at Montefiore and get involved in education. While at Montefiore, published abstracts, posters, and just got a manuscript into AJM. Anand Jagannath was my chief as an intern and we wrote and abstract/poster (along with Firm-1 leader Matt Shaines) that won the top prize at SHM in 2018.

Alex Hajduczok

Alex Hajduczok is a second-year internal medicine resident at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He is originally from Buffalo, New York and completed is undergraduate degree in biochemistry at the University of Rochester and stayed at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry for medical school. After residency, he plans to pursue a career as a clinician-investigator in cardiology. He is currently engaged in heart failure remote monitoring research at Penn State Hershey. In his free time, he enjoys working out, coaching CrossFit, and playing hockey.

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Student Dr. Emma Levine moderates a COVID-19 case discussion with expert input from Drs. Brian Block, Neeta Thakur and Peter Chin-Hong

Dr. Peter Chin-Hong

Peter Chin-Hong is Associate Dean for Regional Campuses at UCSF School of Medicine. He is a medical educator who specializes in treating infectious diseases, particularly infections that develop in patients who have suppressed immune systems, such as as solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and HIV+ organ transplant recipients. He directs the immunocompromised host infectious diseases program at UCSF. He has been involved in the COVID19 clinical consultation and treatment team.

Dr. Neeta Thakur

Neeta Thakur is a Pulmonary Critical Care Physician and health disparities researcher at UCSF. Her main research interests are in understanding how the social environment contributes to disease and modifies disease course in low-income communities and communities of color. Dr. Thakur’s experience as a clinician and Medical Director of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Chest Clinic, gives her first-hand insight on how social and environmental stress negatively affect asthma and other health outcomes, and practical knowledge of the existing barriers to adoption of evidence-based interventions into practice. With the evolving COVID-19 epidemic, her research focus has shifted to better understand the fears, needs, and socioeconomic impact in low-income, diverse communities.

Dr. Brian Block

Brian Block is an Instructor of Medicine and Research Fellow in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCSF. He has interests in medical ethics and critical illness communication. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed Internal Medicine training at Columbia University where he was also a Chief Resident. He then came to UCSF to complete fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine. His UCSF bio also describes him as a “mediocre golfer” and now he can’t figure out how to have that removed.

Dr. Madeline McCrary and Dr. Bob Centor present a clinical unknown to Dr. Joel Topf.

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Dr. Joel Topf

Joel Topf went to medical school at Wayne state University School of Medicine and did Med-Peds at Indiana University. He completed an adult fellowship in nephrology at the University of Chicago. He is currently a clinical nephrologist in Detroit at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Joel’s passion is using social media and new media to teach nephrology. He started his blog, PBFluids in 2008. He developed NephMadness and NephJC to leverage the power of community, digital scholarship and creativity to teach nephrology. He is the founder and program director of the Nephrology Social Media Collective internship which trains medical professionals to use social media for medical education. Joel is a pioneer in bringing visual abstracts to nephrology and is a visual abstract editor for CJASN and the American Journal of Nephrology. He is creator and host of the nephrology podcast, Freely Filtered. He was recognized by the American Society of Nephrology with the Robert Narins award for innovations in Teaching in 2017.

Dr. Madeline McCrary

Madeline McCrary is a third year Internal Medicine resident at Christiana Care in Delaware. She is originally from Annapolis, MD but moved down south to North Carolina for the next 10 years. She went to Duke for undergrad then switched sides and went to UNC for medical school. She will be starting Infectious Diseases fellowship at UNC in July. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring with her dog Sammie, spending time with family and friends, and playing board games.

Dr. Bob Centor

Dr. Centor is Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Chair Emeritus for the Board of Regents for the American College of Physicians (ACP) and a retired Dean working part-time at Huntsville and the VA in Alabama.

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Mike Rose, Ryoko Hamaguchi, Reza Manesh and Rabih Geha interview Drs. Ripa and Monti from the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital

CPSolver morning report 

Dr. Marco Ripa

Marco Ripa is a Researcher and Infectious Disease physician working at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. His main research topics are sepsis, bloodstream infections and infective endocarditis. During his specialty training, he worked for one year at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona with professor Alex Soriano and professor José Maria Miró in the Nosocomial Infections and Cardiovascular Infection Units. He is a member of the ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis (ESGBIES). Currently, he is working in the COVID-19 dedicated ward of San Raffaele Hospital.

Dr. Giacomo Monti

Giacomo Monti is a consultant in Anesthesia and Intensive Care working in the general ICU, medical emergency team and emergency operating room of one the most important University Hospital in Italy. He’s actively involved in scientific research on sepsis, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, outcome after surgery, sedation in ICU, and kidney failure. He has been the Principal Investigator for many international collaborative studies. Currently, he’s leading different research projects, thanks to different grants from public and private founders. He’s active in teaching as adjunct professor on different topics both for medical and post graduates students.

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Mike Rose, Ryoko Hamaguchi, Reza Manesh and Rabih Geha interview Drs. Ripa and Monti from the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital

Dr. Marco Ripa

Marco Ripa is a Researcher and Infectious Disease physician working at IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. His main research topics are sepsis, bloodstream infections and infective endocarditis. During his specialty training, he worked for one year at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona with professor Alex Soriano and professor José Maria Miró in the Nosocomial Infections and Cardiovascular Infection Units. He is a member of the ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis (ESGBIES). Currently, he is working in the COVID-19 dedicated ward of San Raffaele Hospital.

Dr. Giacomo Monti

Giacomo Monti is a consultant in Anesthesia and Intensive Care working in the general ICU, medical emergency team and emergency operating room of one the most important University Hospital in Italy. He’s actively involved in scientific research on sepsis, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, outcome after surgery, sedation in ICU, and kidney failure. He has been the Principal Investigator for many international collaborative studies. Currently, he’s leading different research projects, thanks to different grants from public and private founders. He’s active in teaching as adjunct professor on different topics both for medical and post graduates students.

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Student Dr. Emma Levine & the CPSolvers talk COVID-19 with Dr. Carlos Del Rio

Dr. Carlos Del Rio

Carlos del Rio, MD is Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. He is co-Director of the Emory CFAR and co-PI of the Emory-CDC HIV Clinical Trails Unit and the Emory Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit.   Dr. del Rio is a native of Mexico where he was Executive Director of the National AIDS Council of Mexico (CONASIDA, the Federal agency of the Mexican Government responsible for AIDS Policy throughout Mexico), from 1992 through 1996.  He was also a member of the National Academy of Medicine.  

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Rabih, Reza, Arslan, Sharmin and Tony Breu share their approach to lactic acidosis.

Lactic Acidosis Schema

Hyperacute CHF Schema

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