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Jerome Groopman, M.D., experimental medicine, was profiled in a New York Times article headlined "At Ease with a Pen, but Also a Stethoscope." Groopman has become a prolific author, penning regular articles for The New Yorker and a he recently completed his third book "The Anatomy of Hope."

Paul Levy, president and CEO, was captured "On the Fly" by Boston Business Journal in an interview that assessed the medical center's financial recovery and some of the issues facing the hospital industry overall.

Joseph Carrozza, M.D., interventional cardiology, discussed the value of cardiac stents compared to the use of statin drugs in dealing with different forms of heart disease in an interview on WGBH-TV's "Greater Boston with Emily Rooney."

Edward Mun, M.D., and Justin Maykel, M.D., surgery, discussed a clinical trial designed to study the impact of removing visceral abdominal fat as a method to control medical problems, such as diabetes, that affect obese people. The study was featured in a front page story in The Boston Globe and in a segment of ABC-TV's "Good Morning America." Mun also discussed removal of omentum, or visceral fat, in an interview with The New York Times.

Thomas Delbanco, M.D., and Daniel Sands, M.D., general medicine, discussed the future of physician-patient communications in a variety of forums after publication of an article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Articles appeared in The New York Times and The Boston Globe, and on National Public Radio and ABC "World News Tonight." The Globe ran a front-page story that also included the experience of David Ives, M.D., general medicine, in communicating with patients by e-mail. Richard Parker, M.D., general medicine, discussed his experiences in an interview with WFXT-TV, Channel 25, and Michael Thane, M.D., general medicine, discussed his reservations with e-mail communications in an NPR interview that also featured Delbanco.

Gottfried Schlaug, M.D., neurology, discussed the role of music in children's cognitive development in a broadcast on WCVB-TV Channel 5. Schlaug focused on a study he is leading that follows schoolchildren to determine if playing a musical instrument influences intellectual development.

Martin Sanda, M.D., urology, discussed the results of a study on the quality of life for prostate cancer patients in an article in USA Today. Sanda began work on the study while on the faculty of the University of Michigan before joining BIDMC.

Allen Hamdan, M.D., vascular surgery, discussed abdominal aortic aneurysms and the risk they pose to people over the age of 55 in an interview with WCVB-TV, Channel 5. Hamdan said the risks are greatest for individuals with a family history of AAA, or a personal history of vascular disease, hypertension or coronary artery disease. The segment also featured Robert McLaughlin, RVT, vascular surgery, who conducted an ultrasound scan of a patient with an aneurysm.

Khalid Khwaja, M.D., and Martha Pavlakis, M.D., both of transplantation, discussed the successful surgeries in which one patient received a new kidney and pancreas. As a result of the separate procedures, the patient was able to stop taking insulin for the diabetes she had acquired as a child.

Rose Finkelstein, volunteer, was highlighted in a column in The Boston Globe that looked at how area residents managed to cope with traffic and confusion caused by the Democratic National Convention. That disruption failed to prevent the 98-year-old volunteer on Feldberg 5 from carrying out assignments that she first came to do as an employee prior to her retirement in1976.