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Rare Neurologic Disorder Identified
A new study published in the May issue of the peer-reviewed journal Brain has identified a rare neurologic disorder affecting infants and teenagers. Tyler Mark Pierson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai, was one of the study’s senior authors.Neuroimaging Sharpens Picture of Newborn Brain
Two recently published studies of brain development in newborns may help predict cognitive outcomes and assist in developing early interventions.Landmark IBD study in African Americans
In African Americans, the genetic risk landscape for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is very different from that of people with European ancestry, according to the first whole-genome study of IBD in African Americans. The authors say that future clinical research on IBD needs to take ancestry into account.Clinical Fellows Award Comes From the Heart
Improving outcomes for heart disease patients was the focus of studies by Jae Hyung Cho, MD, PhD, and Lily K. Stern, MD, who in May won the 2021 Cedars-Sinai Clinical Fellows Award for Excellence in Research.Compound Tested for Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of death and severe illness. More than 95,000 people die in the U.S each year from excessive alcohol use, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.COVID-19: Rare Immune Reaction in Children
Although most children who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, experience mild symptoms, a very few develop a hyperinflammatory syndrome due to a specific reaction by their immune systems, according to a recent study co-led by Cedars-Sinai.About the Movement Disorders Fellowship | Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine
The goal of the Movement Disorders Fellowship is to provide clinical training, teaching skills and research experience. The length of the program is one year, with the option of adding a second year to pursue research, with approval.About the Breast Oncology Fellowship | Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine
Cedars-Sinai offers a one-year, clinical, interdisciplinary breast oncology fellowship to candidates who have completed a general surgery or obstetrics-gynecology residency and who are board-eligible or board-certified.Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Wellness Clinic Opens at Cedars-Sinai | Cedars-Sinai Newsroom
Cedars-Sinai has opened a clinic for children and adolescents under age 18 who are questioning their gender or experiencing gender dysphoria—marked incongruence and distress between their true gender identity and biological sex.Innovative Surgeon to Lead Congenital Heart Surgery Team
Richard Kim, MD, Joins the Smidt Heart Institute to Offer the Full Spectrum of Congenital Cardiac Care to Patients from Birth into Late AdulthoodAbout the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai offers a two-year Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship for candidates who have completed an approved general surgery residency and who are board-eligible or board-certified. The fellowship is an integrated, multidisciplinary program with a major emphasis on surgical oncology training and multidisciplinary care.‘Heart in a Box’ Expands Transplant Opportunities
The Smidt Heart Institute, Home of the Nation's No. 1 Adult Heart Transplant Program, Uses Transmedics Organ Care System (OCS) to Grow Geographic Area of Service, Enabling More Lifesaving Organ Transplants