(Published: 07-17-2007) Kavita Shah, a student at Jefferson Medical College, has been elected to a two-year term on the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA).  She is the only medical student in the nation serving in this capacity.

Novel Therapies in Kidney Disease Is Focus of new Jefferson Initiative
(Published: 01-17-2007) Building on the success of its Center for Translational Medicine, the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University has created the Center for Novel Therapies for Kidney Disease, a program to combine basic research, clinical research and care for patients suffering from diabetic kidney disease.

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Surgery Might Be Risky for People With High Blood Sugar
(Published: 10-20-2006, US News & World Report) Diabetics with uncontrolled blood sugar levels may want to get them back to normal before going under the knife. A new study suggests that people with the highest levels have more than six times the risk of developing potentially fatal blood clots in their lungs following surgery.

Researchers at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia examined the records of more than 6,500 patients who had had hip or knee replacement surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and found that those who had blood sugar levels over 250 milligrams/deciliter before surgery had a greater risk of developing blood clots than a control group of surgical patients with normal glucose levels of below 125 mg/dl.
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases

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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Ranked Best Hospital in Philadelphia for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine by U.S.News & World Report
(Published: 07-10-2006) U.S.News & World Report this year also ranked Jefferson University Hospital as among the best in the nation in six other specialties – cancer; digestive disorders; ear, nose and throat; endocrinology; kidney disease; and urology.