Anahita Dua

Oct 19, 2024 | commonwealthbeacon.org | Anahita Dua

TRAIN CONDUCTORS, healthcare professionals, engineers, NFL players, members of the military. What do they all have in common? They are administered a cognitive test by prospective employers prior to hiring to ensure that the candidate for the job has the mental capacity and fitness to handle the job. Yet for the most important job in the United States, and arguably the most important job in the world, there is no such metric.

Oct 7, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Anahita Dua |Brad Dickerson

The Federal Aviation Agency requires commercial airline pilots to regularly undergo an assessment of cognition and lists more than 200 neuropsychologists around the country certified to administer these assessments. Air traffic controllers are also required to undergo cognitive testing. For years, the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard have required officers to undergo a battery of cognitive and personality tests for qualification and assignment.

Apr 18, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Anahita Dua |Susan Levenstein |Robert Pearl |Eugene Chan

There’s a condition that is crippling Black and brown communities at a disproportionate rate and causing 400 amputations each day in the U.S. That may sound scary, but the most frightening part? A new consumer survey found that 70 percent of Americans have never heard of the most common vascular disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD) – and is the leading cause of non-trauma amputations.

Jan 19, 2024 | hmpgloballearningnetwork.com | Anahita Dua

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Nov 27, 2023 | nytimes.com | Anahita Dua

Opinion|‘My Patient Did Not Have to Die the Way She Did’https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/opinion/peripheral-artery-disease.htmlGuest EssayNov. 27, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ETDr. Dua, a vascular surgeon, is co-director of the Peripheral Artery Disease Center and Limb Evaluation and Preservation Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter  Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning.