DOCSLIB.ORG

Bulletin Volume 11 • Issue No

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

The Medical Society of the County of Queens and The Academy of Medicine of Queens County Bulletin Volume 11 • Issue No. 1 Over 200 Years of Service to the Medical Community of Queens County Fall 2019 t Inside This Issue From the President’s Desk 1 President’s Message Dear Friends and Colleagues, The core of our Society is our mem bership. 2 Upcoming Meetings Over the next year, I invite all of you to bring in Programs/Events Happy Autumn! at least ONE new member who will participate 3 Epithelial Ovarian Cancer I hope that all of you had a in our activities. Secondly, during this year, I wonderful summer and that 4 Managing Negative en courage all of you to serve our Society in at Online Reviews this message finds you and least ONE new way --in an activity that you feel your loved ones well. 5 Protecting Your Medical passionate about. Practice from Employment- Related Liability in Autumn represents for me a time of significant I extend a warm invitation to all of our new New York State change: colder weather, colorful foliage, the busy physi cian members from Northwell Health who 6 ACF’S Corner start of school, and the reconvening of our New have joined us earlier this year. I also invite all of York State Assembly. This past summer, we saw our members to play a more active role in our 7 Do Women with Dense Breasts Need many developments in healthcare policy and Medical Society: Supplemental Imaging public health: the end of our national measles to Screen for outbreak after over 1200 cases, removal of the • Attend our monthly Comitia Minora meetings (members/non-members welcome) Breast Cancer? religious exemption for vaccines in our state, 8 Main Street Radiology hundreds of lung injury cases from vaping, • Participate in our professional and/or social events physi cian response to address surprise bill Join one of our Standing or Special Committees 9 TD Bank • leg is lation, blocked implementation of a 90-day • Organize a professional or social event 10 The Ralph E. ban on most flavored e-cigarettes in our state, etc. Schlossman, MD Award for our Society • Contribute to our quarterly Society newsletter 11 Brandeis- Executive MBA As members of one of 60 county medical societies for Physicians which comprise the Medical Society of the State • Meet with legislators to advocate for physicians 12 The Origin of NYC of New York, we all have an important role and patients in March 2020 in Albany on Physician Lobby Day Health+Hospitals/Queens advo cating for ourselves as physicians and for 13 The Boulevard Hospital our patients. As I mentioned in my inaugural Through participation and service, you will find 14 NYC Commissioner of ad dress in May 2019 at Russo's on the Bay, we colleagues, role models, mentors, and friends. Health Memorandum can seize on ample opportunities to learn about They will broaden your perspective and inspire important healthcare policies a ffecting us and you to return again and again. Additionally, you 15 Just What the Doctor Ordered/Recipe our patients, increase our medical knowledge, will improve the health of your patients and and meet other skilled and compassionate other Queens residents. In so doing, you will Executive MBA/MS in col leagues through our Medical Society. make your Queens community a healthier and Healthcare Leadership Cornell University more enjoyable place to live and work. Over We are blessed to live in the most ethnically time, you will find higher meaning and greater 16 Symposium: diverse county in America: Queens has 2.3 “Health Matters joy in your professional and personal lives. for Women” mil lion residents who come from more than 190 countries and speak more than 130 languages. It is my privilege to serve all of you. Our Medical 17 Film Screening: As a proud native of Queens, I have lived here “To Err is Human” Society looks forward to providing unique for 30 years and cared for patients as a pri mary op portu nities for professional education, 18 Symposium: care physician for the past 15 years. networking, and socialization this year. We “Spotlight on Elder Abuse” wel come your ideas and participation. Please As President of our Medical Society: I have contact me anytime at [email protected] 19 2019-2020 two goals this year --to strengthen our Society or by cell at 347-635-5233. MSCQ O fficers ■ by in creasing our membership of over 1400 Contact Information physicians and by deepening our engagement Best regards, in Queens. Liana Leung, MD, MPH, FACP, President www.MSCQ.org | BULLETIN 1 Upcoming Meetings Date • Time • Speaker Need the perfect space MSCQ for your meeting? Board of Trustees Meetings November 12, 2019 • 6:00 pm Call or e-mail us. Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of December 3, 2019 • 6:00 pm the month, unless otherwise notified. Comitia Minora November 12, 2019 • 7:30 pm Leadership Meetings • “OPMC 101” Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of Paula Breen, Acting Director the month, unless otherwise notified. NYS DOH Office of Professional Medical Conduct December 3, 2019 • 7:30 pm Ning Lin, MD, Neurological Surgery NYP Queens/Weill Cornell Medicine MEETINGS First District Meetings November 21, 2019 • 7:00 pm / TBA Refer to e-mails from this organization for details MSSNY Council Meeting November 7, 2019 • 8:00 am MSSNY House of Delegates 2020 April 24-26, 2020 / Tarrytown, NY Upcoming Programs / Events w Symposium on Women’s Health - ”Health Matters for Women” Saturday, November 2, 2019 • 7:30 am - 12:30 pm [CME - accredited activity] Location: NYC Health+Hospitals/Queens, Conference Room A-540 82-68 164 Street, Jamaica, NY To Register https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9zloLYo7LUNcgpV8bEx3Xn4tQlnzhwTX PZRBO1cde04QfMw/viewform w Effects of Dapagliflozin Beyond Glycemia: Implications for Prevention of Hospitalization for Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes Wednesday, December 4, 2019 • 6:00 pm Presenter: Hillary Bell, PA-C, Cardiometabolic Clinical Science Liaison Location: Mythos Authentic Greek Cuisine w Programs & 19629 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY events details RSVP to attend See pages [email protected] 16, 17, 18 w A Patient Safety Documentary - ”To Err is Human” Tuesday, December 10, 2019 • 7:00 pm- 8:45 pm [Not a CME - accredited activity] Location: Medical Society of the County of Queens 112-25 Queens Blvd., 4th Floor, Queens, NY RSVP to attend by 12/06/2019 718-268-7300 or E-mail to: [email protected] PROGRAMS / EVENTS w 9th Annual Geriatrics & Palliative Care Symposium Spotlight on Elder Abuse: Now is the Time for Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Intervention Across the Care Continuum Tuesday, January 14, 2020 • 7:30 am- 12:45 pm [CME - accredited activity] For information about Location: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens • Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Center placing a CME program for Research and Education, 56-45 Main Street, Flushing, NY listing, please contact To Register 718.268.7300. 718-670-1419 • www.nypqcme.org www.MSCQ.org | BULLETIN 2 MEDICAL Epithelial Ovarian Cancer David A. Fishman, MD Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most diagnosed with EOC regardless of age or lethal gynecologic malignancy, with an family history should have formal genetic es timated 140,000 annual deaths globally. Inheritance of high-penetrance testing. Germline and somatic testing is The majority of women are diagnosed in cancer susceptibility genes now avail able to help identify those that advanced stage (III-IV), and despite advances places women at greatly are in herited and acquired which opens in therapy, this figure remains unchanged increased risk of developing EOC. new venues to optimize patient care. Iden - over five decades. The prognosis of advanced tifying women with genetic predisposition stage EOC is poor, with a 5-year survival for EOC is the first step toward risk assess - rate of 12-15%. In contrast, the 5-year ment and prevention. sur vival rate of early stage (I) EOC approx - imates 90%. Current modalities of bi- Biomarkers man ual exam, CA125, and transvaginal Biomarkers have long played a role in sonogram together allow us to detect at the management of EOC. CA125 is a best only 30% of women with early stage glycoprotein antigen that is the most disease, and this is more often due to the com monly known and measured tumor tumor biology rather than clinical acumen. marker. It is found in 85-90% of cases of Ideally, identification of at-risk individuals over 592 genes are associated with inherited EOC. However, it is only present in 47% of would lead to prevention or possibly the cancers. In heritance of high-penetrance those women with early stage EOC. There - detection of early stage disease when cancer susceptibility genes places women fore, using CA125 as the single marker in sub sequent treatment would improve at greatly increased risk of developing screening may miss more than 50% of prognosis. We believe identification and EOC. Several of the more recognized cases of early stage ovarian cancer. Multi - intervention of at-risk individuals will shift genes include BRCA1, BRCA2 and those ple publications have identified potential the paradigm of the treatment of EOC Lynch syndrome-associated mutations. biomarkers for detecting ovarian cancer in analogous to the role of cervical dysplasia Women who have inherited a BRCA1 or addition to CA125. Human epididymis in cervical cancer. BRCA2 gene mutation have a 35-70% and protein 4 (HE4), trasthyretin (TTR), 10-30% respective lifetime risk of develop - apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and transferrin Genetics ing EOC. Those with Lynch syndrome as - are examples of protein biomarkers, that, All cancers have a genetic basis but not all sociated mutations (MLH1MSH2, MSH6, in combination with CA125, have been cancers are hereditary.
Recommended publications
  • Testimony of HS Berliner on Behalf of New York City Council

    Testimony of HS Berliner on Behalf of New York City Council

    _____ _________ ____ _ O O | UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ! . ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges Louis J. Carter, Chair ' Frederick J. Shon Dr. Oscar H. Paris ______________________________________________x In the Matter of: : Docket Nos. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK : 50-247 SP Inc. (Indian Point, Unit No. 2) , 50-286 SP : POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (Indian Point, Unit No. 3) : July 23, 1982 ------------------- --------------------------x Testimony Submitted on Behalf of "New York City Council" Intervenors By HOWARD S. BERLINER Sc.D. This Document Has Been Filed By: NATIONAL EMERGENCY CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE 175 Fifth Avenue Suite 712 New York, New York 10010 (212) 673-2040 CRAIG KAPLAN, SPECIAL COUNSEL 8207270342 820723 PDR ADOCK 05000247 T PDR - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ ._ _. 3 R (NJ V Testimony of Howard 5. Serliner, Sc.D. Attachment #1 lists the certifed bed capacity of all New York City acute care hospitals as of December 31, 1981. This list is further broken down by the auspice of the hospital and by borough of location of the hospital. This list also contains the 1980 medical-surgical occupancy rates for each hospital. , For the dronx: The Bronx has a total of 3948 medical surgical beds. In 1980 87 93 of these beds were occupied. There are 11 beds certified for burns care in the Bronx. For Brooklyn: Brooklyn has a total of 6614 medical surgical beds. In 1980 87 1% of these beds were occupied. There are 5 beds certified for burns care in Brooklyn.
  • DOC Hart Island Burial Records Based on DOC Hart Island Burial Records

    DOC Hart Island Burial Records Based on DOC Hart Island Burial Records

    DOC Hart Island Burial Records Based on DOC Hart Island Burial Records Last Name First Name Age Death Date AALICEA PABLO 83 02/02/1995 AALLEN ROBERT 53 08/15/1996 AARON ASHLANE 95 02/14/1982 AARON NEWTON BYRD 50 07/21/1983 AARON DEBORAH 10/25/1987 AARON ROBERT 35 05/28/1990 AARON WILLIAM 38 07/06/1991 AARON ARCHIE 61 11/06/2002 AARONAS FRANKLIN 63 06/06/1995 AARTWELL ELIZABETH 91 09/26/1980 AASHIN FREDERICK 01/17/1989 ABAD MICHELLE 03/07/1992 ABAD 04/24/1993 ABADI JENNIFER 09/21/2007 ABADI AMIBOL 51 02/05/2008 ABAER 06/12/1982 ABAMS 12/18/1982 ABANO ANTHONY 27 11/16/1978 ABASCAL ARMANDO 71 03/04/1984 Page 1 of 499 09/18/2014 DOC Hart Island Burial Records Based on DOC Hart Island Burial Records Place of Death NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/THE ALLEN HOSPITAL HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER 119 E. 29TH ST CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER LAGUARDIA HOSPITAL ST. CLARE'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER BRONX-LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER MARY IMMACULATE HOSPITAL 683 E 140 ST OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL CALVARY HOSPITAL BOOTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER 132 SECOND AVE 520 W. 157TH STR. Page 2 of 499 09/18/2014 DOC Hart Island Burial Records Based on DOC Hart Island Burial Records ABASICKORY DANIEL 71 05/28/2008 ABASIDZE RASOL 55 05/15/1985 ABASS SAWSON 02/14/1989 ABAYA JULIO 52 09/02/1992 ABB JAMES 40 07/22/1979 ABBAJAY MARGERY 84 01/08/2003 ABBOT JOSEPH 86 03/12/1993 ABBOTT 03/14/1990 ABBOTT 03/14/1990 ABBOTT ANGEL 09/18/1997 ABBOTT BARBARA 40 12/29/1997 ABBOTT KEESHA 28 11/18/1998 ABBRUZZESE ANN 79 03/01/2013 ABDALLA NEAMA 09/15/2005 ABDALLAH FAIKA 11/30/1988 ABDATIELLO JOHN 54 06/02/2003 ABDELLI ALDJIA 03/01/2001 ABDELRAHIM AWATIF MOHAMED 07/16/2006 ABDELUHACEK ELMAN SMIRIN 08/08/2005 ABDI 07/09/1985 ABDOOL 12/19/1984 Page 3 of 499 09/18/2014 DOC Hart Island Burial Records Based on DOC Hart Island Burial Records FIELDSTON LODGE NH MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER SYDENHAM HOSPITAL ST.
  • Milwaukee Road Archive

    Milwaukee Road Archive

    The . -MILWAUKEE -_MAGAZIN/~ .-.-_ - APRIL, 193~ : ­ r ILLINOIS WATCHES ARE BETTER THAN THEY HAVE TO BE I ~ I t I .... ACCURATE TIME your priceless guarantee of safety There is no watch made for railroad hours on one winding, givingyou accurate service an,y finer than the 23-jewel Bunn timefor atleast forty-eight hours. Thisfea­ Special. Its record for accurate time­ ture comes from the exclusive TIlinois Su­ keeping is a guarantee of safety you can perior Motor Barrelwhichpermits the use safely depend on. of a longer, thinner mainspring that pro­ The Bunn Special has fairly won its tects you against your own forgetfulness. place with railroad men who know what Ask any jeweler who knows railroad responsibility centers on a watch. It is watches. He will endorse everything we adjusted to six positions and is the only say about the Bunn Special, and be glad .23-jewel watch made to run more than 60 to show you how easy it is to own one. BUDD Special, 21 jewel., 10k yellow gold.filled c 360 Bunn Special, 21 jewels, 14k white or Sreen gold-filled casc : 6S Bunn Special, 23 jcweb, jeweled MOlor Barrel, 10k yellow gold-SHed csse 70 BUDn Special, 23 jewels, jeweled Motor Barrel, 14k white or green gold.6lJed case 7S Sangamo, 23 jewe18. jeweled Motor Barrel, 14k white, green or natural gold-filled case.. 90 Any of these watches wi~h engrQvec£.back case. 12.00 addieional The same high quality marks all DliDoia Watchea--meo's pocket and atrap and Jadies· ribbon watches in many attractive atyJes.
  • Where to Find Medical Records for Closed Hospitals in New York State

    Where to Find Medical Records for Closed Hospitals in New York State

    Where to Find Medical Records for Closed Hospitals in New York State This document is a list of the last known contacts for storage of hospital medical records in New York State. While every attempt is made to update this list, records may have been relocated, discarded or destroyed in accordance with retention requirements. Note that if there is no location information listed, the Department does not have any information available regarding the location of the records for the facility. Updates to the information on this list may be submitted by selecting “General Inquiries” from the Subject drop down box in the following link: https://apps.health.ny.gov/surveyd8/email-hospdtc#no-back - For information about locating records from psychiatric hospitals, please see the FAQs from the NYS Office of Mental Health at the following link: https://www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/faq/ - For information on closed hospitals in New York City the following links may be helpful: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_New_York_City - http://newyork.resiliencesystem.org/sites/default/files/closed_hospitals.txt Medical Records for Closed Private Practitioners For information about locating medical records from closed private practitioners, you may contact the Office of Professional Medical Conduct at the following link: https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/doctors/conduct/ https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/doctors/conduct/contact.htm New York State Education Law 6530.32, available at the link below, establishes the requirements for retention of records: https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/office-based_surgery/law/6530.htm Unless otherwise provided by law, all patient records must be retained for at least six years.
  • Incident Management in the United States: a State-Of-The Practice Review

    Incident Management in the United States: a State-Of-The Practice Review

    FINAL REPORT INCIDENT MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: A STATE-OF-THE PRACTICE REVIEW for Korea Road Traffic Safety Association from Texas Transportation Institute November 1997 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: A STATE-OF-THE-PRACTICE REVIEW Prepared for Korea Road Traffic Safety Association Seoul, Korea by Jim Cullison Assistant Research Scientist Texas Transportation Institute Lewis Nowlin Assistant Research Scientist Texas Transportation Institute Kay Fitzpatrick Associate Research Engineer Texas Transportation InsJitute Mike Ogden Associate Research Engineer Texas Transportation Institute NOVEMBER 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW .................................................. 1-1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 1-1 1.2 NATIONAL ACCIDENT TRENDS . .. 1-2 1.3 INCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS ........................................ 1-4 1.4 INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PROCESS. .. 1-9 1.5 PROGRAM INITIATION .............................................. 1-10 CHAPTER 2. DETECTION AND VERIFICATION ............................. 2-1 2.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 2-1 2.2 NON-AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES ..................................... 2-2 2.3 ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE ........................................ 2-8 CHAPTER 3. EMERGENCY RESPONSE ..................................... 3-1 3.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................... 3-1 3.2 RESOURCE ALLOCATION .............................................. 3-2 3.3 TRANSPORTATION ...................................................
  • The Irving Sherwood Wright, Md (1901-1997) Papers

    The Irving Sherwood Wright, Md (1901-1997) Papers

    MEDICAL CENTER ARCHIVES OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL 1300 York Avenue #34 New York, NY 10065 Finding Aid to the THE IRVING SHERWOOD WRIGHT, MD (1901-1997) PAPERS Dates of Papers: 1920-1991 694.5 Linear Inches (48 Boxes) Finding Aid Prepared By: Elizabeth Shepard Associate Archivist September 2017 © 2017 Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell 2 PROVENANCE: There is no information on this donation. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Irving Sherwood Wright was pioneer in the field of cardiovascular disease and blood coagulation and geriatric medicine. He was born in 1901 in New York City and grew up in Bloomfield, NJ. He was a double Cornell graduating from the Ithaca campus in 1923 and the medical college in 1926. His residency training was at the New York Post Graduate Hospital where he continued after his training to become their chairmen of Department of Medicine in 1938. During and after World War II, he served in the US Army as a consultant to the Surgeon General and was also consultant for the US Navy after the war. He organized teams that evaluated the heath of American POWs that had been held by the Japanese. He was also on a commission that assist with rebuilding German and Austrian medical schools after the war. In 1946, he joined the faculty/attending staff of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He practiced cardiovascular disease and was the chief of the vascular disease division of the Department of Medicine. He eventually achieved the rank of professor of clinical medicine and attending physician. He retired from the medical center in 1968 but remained active in his field.
  • Universal Provider Interface Format (UPIF)

    Universal Provider Interface Format (UPIF)

    We help you call the shots! Email: [email protected] Mar. 2021 www.nyc.gov/health/cir Phone: (347) 396-2400 UPIF Provider’s Guide i We help you call the shots! Email: [email protected] Mar. 2021 www.nyc.gov/health/cir Phone: (347) 396-2400 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................... ii Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 UPIF ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Reporting Requirements — NYC Health Code Mandate ..................................................................................... 5 Reporting Requirements — UPIF Processing ...................................................................................................... 6 Reporting Process .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Certification .......................................................................................................................................................................