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Drs. Widera, Lee, and Walter presented at the ACP Annual Meeting
Eric Widera, MD, Sei Lee, MD, MAS, and Louise Walter, MD presented at the American College of Physicians (ACP) Annual Meeting in San Diego on Friday April 28th with moderator, Bree Johnston, MD, MPH. The session was titled:"Clinical Triad: Prognosis, Cancer Screening and Deprescribing: When Should We Stop?" and included three 15-minute presentations and 15 minutes of Q&A. The session generated a lot of enthusiastic questions from the audience.
Dr. Carla Perissinotto Quoted in U.S. News Article
Dr. Carla Perissinotto is quoted in a U.S. News article entitled "The Loneliness Effect". The article highlights how social isolation and loneliness have gotten relatively short shrift in the U.S., because many health care workers believe that social factors have nothing to do with medicine.