March 2019

Dr. Keith Norris was invited to present the keynote address, "Preparing for Success and Unleashing your Personal Greatness," at the Annual Ernest Everett Just Symposium on Friday, February 22, 2019, on the campus of the Medical University of South Carolina in historic Charleston, SC.

The symposium was established to celebrate the distinguished life of Dr. Ernest Everett Just, an African American scientist and Charleston native, who published over 50 papers between 1912 and 1937. The symposium, held every February in conjunction with Black Heritage Month, is aimed at recruitment and exposing undergraduates to Dr. Just through discussions of his research and presentations by scientists working in biomedical science.

Racial/ethnic disparities in specialty behavioral health care treatment patterns and expenditures among commercially insured patients in managed behavioral health care plans

Kimberly Narain MD, PhD, MPH; Haiyong Xu PhD; Francisca Azocar PhD and Susan L. Ettner PhD.  Health Serv Res. 2019 Feb 7.

"We found that in many cases, racial/ethnic minorities had lower specialty behavioral health expenditures/utilization, relative to whites, primarily driven by differences in service penetration. Among women, relative to whites, Asian non-English speakers, Asian English speakers, Hispanic non-English speakers, Hispanic English speakers, and blacks had less in total expenditures. Socioeconomic status explained racial/ethnic differences in treatment intensity but not service penetration..."

Inequalities in Young Adult Health Insurance Coverage Post-federal Health Reform. Wisk LE, Sharma N. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jan;34(1):65-74.  Epub 2018 Nov 14. PMID: 30430404

eConsult Mental Health: Electronic Referral and Consultation to Integrate Primary Care and Mental Health. Leung LB, Benitez CT, Yee HF Jr. J Ambul Care Manage. 2019 Jan/Mar;42(1):47-50. PMID: 30499900

Cardiology electronic consultations: Efficient and safe but consultant satisfaction is equivocal. Bauer BS, Nguyen-Phan AL, Ong MK, Ziaeian B, Nguyen KL. J Telemed Telecare. 2019 Feb [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30803322

Melanoma-associated antigen-A and programmed death-ligand 1 expression are associated with advanced urothelial carcinoma. Faiena I, Astrow SH, Elashoff DA, Jain R, Bot A, Chamie K, Belldegrun AS, Pantuck AJ, Drakaki A. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2019 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30790015

Depressive Symptoms Associate With Race and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With CKD. Tuot DS, Lin F, Norris K, Gassman J, Smogorzewski M, Ku E. Kidney Int Rep. 2018 Oct 9;4(2):222-230. eCollection 2019 Feb. PMID: 30775619

Squalamine blocks tumor-associated angiogenesis and growth of human breast cancer cells with or without HER-2/neu overexpression. Márquez-Garbán DC, Gorrín-Rivas M, Chen HW, Sterling C Jr, Elashoff D, Hamilton N, Pietras RJ. Cancer Lett. 2019 Feb 13;449:66-75. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30771431

Improving Communication About Resuscitation Preference for Patients Discharged from Hospital to Nursing Home: A Quality Improvement Project. Haynes CA, Dashiell-Earp CN, Wenger NS, Simon WM, Skootsky SA, Clarke R, Watts FA, Walling AM. J Palliat Med. 2019 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30762475

Predictors of Outcomes After Thoracic Surgery in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients with Pleural Disease. Shirali AS, Grotts J, Elashoff D, Barjaktarevic I, Melamed KH, Van Hassel J, Cameron RB, Lee JM, Yanagawa J. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 4. pii: S1043-0679(19)30028-0. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30731193

Perspective: A Call for Precision in Faith-based Initiatives Promoting Health among African Americans. Bruce MA, Norris KC, Beech BM, Bowie JV, Thorpe RJ Jr. Ethn Dis. 2019 Jan 17;29(1):17-20. eCollection 2019 Winter.  PMID: 30713411

Menopause Management Knowledge in Postgraduate Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Kling JM, MacLaughlin KL, Schnatz PF, Crandall CJ, Skinner LJ, Stuenkel CA, Kaunitz AM, Bitner DL, Mara K, Fohmader Hilsaca KS, Faubion SS. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Feb;94(2):242-253. PMID: 30711122

Researching the Appropriateness of Care in the Complementary and Integrative Health Professions: Part I. Coulter ID, Herman PM, Ryan GW, Hays RD, Hilton LG, Whitley MD. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2019 Feb 8. pii: S0161-4754(18)30300-2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30745006

Potential Effect of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act on Use of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: An Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey. Fahimi J, Kanzaria HK, Mongan J, Kahn KL, Wang RC. Radiology. 2019 Jan 29:181650. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30694161

High-Value Care Culture Among the Future Physician Workforce in Internal Medicine. Gupta R, Steers N, Moriates C, Wali S, Braddock CH 3rd, Ong M. Acad Med. 2019 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30720525

Drs. Carole Warde (HPACT VA GLAHS), Allison Diamant, Alejandra Casillas, Kenrik Duru (GIM-HSR) and Christina Harris (Assoc. Prog. Dir, UCLA IM Residency & PACT WLA VA) at the 2019 Primary Care Retreat on February 22, 2019, in Santa Monica.