AI at the Forefront of New Study Published in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal 

Neil Marya, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and a faculty member in the Program in Digital Medicine, Patrick Powers, a medicine application developer in the Program in Digital Medicine, and their colleagues have developed and validated an artificial intelligence technique capable of analyzing video data from cholangioscopy probes with the purpose of improving the diagnosis of biliary tract cancers. Titled, "Identification of patients with malignant biliary strictures using a cholangioscopy-based deep learning artificial intelligence", their work was recently published in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal and is the first AI article of its kind. Prashanth Rau, MD, an Advanced Endo and Program in Digital Medicine Fellow and Courtney Stead, MD, a 3rd year IM resident evaluated the UMass patient data that were critical to this work. 

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Dr. Jubbal and the UMass COVID Treatment Center Team

Sandeep Jubbal and Team Treat 10,000th Covid-19 Patient

We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Sandeep Jubbal, MD, Clinician, Medical Director of the COVID Treatment Center, and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, and members of the UMass COVID Treatment Center who recently provided treatment to their 10,000th patient.

We admire the hard work of Dr. Jubbal and all UMass employees who are part of the fight against COVID. 

Nidhi Patel Receives Recognition for Excellence in Comprehensive Patient Care 

Nidhi Patel, MD, a preliminary medicine resident, has been recognized for her excellent work caring for a recent patient. Although this particular case was complex both clinically and socially, Dr. Patel showed leadership in recognizing areas of patient care that needed to be addressed and treated the patient with compassion and patience. Well done, Dr. Patel!  

Members of Palliative Care Team Featured in Worcester Medicine Magazine

A recent publication of the Worcester Medicine Magazine featured members of the Divisions of Palliative Care and Geriatrics. Vandana Nagpal,  MD, FACP, FAAHPM,  Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of Palliative Care, Rebecca Kowaloff, DO, a member of the inpatient Palliative Care team, Jerry Gurwitz, MD, Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Gary Blanchard, MD,  Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, contributed to this issue on a variety of topics addressing the importance of palliative care and geriatrics. 

High School Health Careers Precollege Immersion Returns Onsite at UMass Chan

Sixteen members of the High School Health Careers Program Class of 2022 at UMass Chan have participated in the summer outreach program provided by the school. Students including rising juniors Yutian “Tina” Li and Shalom Njau, participated in the month-long, tuition-free educational enrichment immersion for high-achieving Massachusetts high school students, who are from populations underrepresented in health care or economically or educationally disadvantaged. With its goal to increase diversity in health care and biomedical sciences, the program exposes highly qualified high school students to these careers at an early stage in their academic development and encourages them to set high academic goals and employ concrete strategies to achieve them.

UMass Memorial Health Nominated for the Best of Central Massachusetts Awards

UMass Memorial Health has been nominated in multiple categories for the Telegram & Gazette’s (T&G) Best of Central Massachusetts awards. To vote for UMass, click the link below.

UMass Chan Medical School and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Sign Letter of Intent to Establish Regional Medical Campus

UMass Chan Medical School and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (Lahey or LHMC), part of the Beth Israel Lahey Health system, announced that they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to establish a regional campus of the commonwealth’s only public medical school at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington to help train, develop and support the next generation of health care leaders. Pending the successful completion of discussions and a formal agreement to establish the regional campus, as well as approval by the Medical School’s accrediting bodies, it is anticipated that the first UMass Chan-Lahey students would matriculate in the summer of 2024.