Fall 2024

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The Johns Hopkins Medicine Magazine

Playing the Part

Confused, elated, surprised, disheartened... portraying a range of emotions is all in a day's work for 'standardized patients' -- actors who are critical to helping trainees develop their communication and clinical skills.

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Articles in this Issue

  • Breaking Barriers

    Bloomberg Gift Will Make Johns Hopkins Free for Most Medical Students

    Breaking Barriers
  • Second Chance

    Johns Hopkins surgeons have become national leaders in offering early liver transplants for some patients with alcohol-associated liver disease — waiving a six-month abstinence rule that had amounted to a death sentence for too many.

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  • Slides Rule!

    By digitizing huge numbers of patient slides, part of a sweeping movement transforming medicine, pathologists aim to catch cancer earlier and improve treatment by better understanding the way cancer cells behave.

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  • An Uphill Climb

    Excerpted from The Skin & Its Contents: The History of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2024, by Michael Anft

    John Staige Davis

Forum

  • Letters

    Like a fine wine, producing a thoughtfully-crafted issue of the magazine takes time.

    Sue DePasquale
  • Thorny Issues

    Interview with Jeffrey Kahn

    Jeffrey Khan sits at a desk, pen in hand, as he smiles at the camera.
  • Philanthropy

    Pulmonologist Robert Wise is leading the charge to improve life for millions living with the debilitating condition.

    Robert Wise, Grace Anne Dorney- Koppel, and Ted Koppel (front) gather for a photo with Department of Medicine and Johns Hopkins leaders at the professorship dedication.
  • Post-Op

    In cancer care, improving access to radiotherapy is crucial.

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