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Aug 7, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Leila Haghighat |Jacqueline DesJardin
Little is known about pregnancies among cardiology fellows in training (FITs). While radiation badges are available to monitor exposure during pregnancy, among surveyed cardiology FITs in 2010, only 60% used radiation badges to monitor exposure, and 23% knew their radiation exposure.1,2 To better understand the contemporary experience of pregnancy during cardiology training, we administered a voluntary survey.
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May 28, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Giulia Faison |helen CHEN |Brady Laughlin |Leila Haghighat
As a neonatologist, I can count on both hands the times I was, undoubtedly helpfully, informed during sign-out that this particular patient had a “difficult parent.” Undoubtedly helpfully, I like to think, because either the previous physician, or nurse, or secretary, or respiratory therapist had an encounter with the parent that somehow altered their expectation of what their workflow would be like that day.
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May 28, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | helen CHEN |Giulia Faison |Brady Laughlin |Leila Haghighat
Home hospice is a subject that has been explored greatly. The focus on death and dying and inadequate funding often take a front seat in many of the conversations, rightfully so. And yet, hospice is also about celebration of life and connection. Below, I share lessons in the latter I learned from working with an interdisciplinary home hospice team as an inpatient and outpatient clinician. 1) Cultural ConnectionI once had a hospice patient with pancreatic cancer.
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May 23, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Brady Laughlin |Leila Haghighat |David Benjamin |Casey Paul Schukow
The Hidden Toll of Loneliness in MedicineDuring my time in residency, I became more passionate about wellness and the power of collaboration and teaming. But there was just one problem. I was lonely, and on top of it, I felt ashamed about it. In May 2023, the Surgeon General released an advisory regarding the devastating impact of loneliness. The loneliness often felt more profound when surrounded by people.
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May 21, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Leila Haghighat |David Benjamin |Casey Paul Schukow |Kymberley Armstrong
Interdisciplinary collaboration is paramount to the nearly 10,000 heart and lung transplants performed worldwide annually. That was the unifying theme of this year’s International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) meeting. Held April 10–13 in Prague, the 44th Annual Meeting brought together international experts in pediatric and adult cardiology, pulmonology, anesthesiology, and cardiothoracic surgery.
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May 13, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Matthew Scott |Leila Haghighat |David Benjamin |Casey Paul Schukow
Spring arrives in Virginia with an explosion of life. Flowers bloom, trees blossom, and people statewide flock to porches and patios to emerge from their months-long retreat indoors. Truly, there is no sweeter time to be in the Old Dominion. But the arrival of spring marks the arrival of another issue: pollen. This time of year, we can expect itchy noses, watery eyes, and, most importantly, an increase in asthma attacks.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
jamanetwork.com | Leila Haghighat |Satvik Ramakrishna |James Salazar
Homelessness and Incidence and Causes of Sudden Death: Data From the POST SCD Study Key PointsQuestion How is housing status associated with rates and causes of sudden death by autopsy in San Francisco County? Findings In this 8-year cohort study of 868 adult sudden deaths presumed cardiac by World Health Organization criteria (including 151 unhoused individuals [17%]), the sudden mortality rate was 16-fold higher in unhoused vs housed individuals.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Robert Sidney Rosenson |Amgad Nihad Makaryus |Leila Haghighat |M Eugene Sherman
Skip to main contentVoices from the Doximity NetworkUse AppShow Me Respect! A Clinical Trial of Statin Intolerant PatientsOp-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. The CLEAR Outcomes trial is a phase 3 trial that randomized 13,970 participants with statin intolerance.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Amgad Nihad Makaryus |Leila Haghighat |M Eugene Sherman |Robert Sidney Rosenson
Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. It was once again great to attend the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2023 together with the World Congress of Cardiology in person in New Orleans. Similar to last year, and even greater this year, more and more colleagues felt confident and willing to attend in person as we have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | George Vetrovec |Amgad Nihad Makaryus |Leila Haghighat |M Eugene Sherman
Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. Live meetings are back! In-person meetings have been in recovery mode over the last 18 months. Last year, the ACC 2022 meeting was remarkable in the tangible joy so many showed in seeing old friends and colleagues after the COVID-19 hiatus. This year, there were still reacquaintances occurring, but there were fewer of them.
