Johns Hopkins Medicine–Improving the
#health
of the community and world by setting the standard of excellence in modern
#education
,
#research
and clinical care.
We are proud to call the great city of Baltimore home, and stand united for our resilient, creative and optimistic fellow Baltimoreans. It’s called Charm City for good reason. ❤️
#WeAreBaltimore
proud.
To demonstrate solidarity against racism, inequity and oppression, Johns Hopkins residents along with the larger Hopkins community joined the
#WhiteCoatsforBlackLives
today to honor George Floyd and the other victims who have been killed as a result of police brutality.
Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship.
#HopkinsMed125
Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship.
#HopkinsMed125
Clinical microbiologists at Johns Hopkins have developed a coronavirus screening test that may soon allow the health system to test as many as 1,000 people per day.
On Maryland’s
#HealthcareHeroesDay
, we stand with all of our healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, first responders and essential workers that have helped save lives and keep our state safe.
A flag 🇺🇸 that was flown over the U.S. Capitol building in honor of Johns Hopkins staff was recently raised at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
#heathcareheroes
Death from
#COVID19
was linked to heart dysfunction; heart dysfunction was also associated with the inflammatory marker IL-6 in
@DrAnumMinhas
' study.
#AHA20
During these difficult times, we are thankful now more than ever to have not only our doctors but also nurses and other healthcare workers by our side at Johns Hopkins Medicine. We are grateful to all of our staff who are on the frontlines during
#COVID19
.
#NationalDoctorsDay
Broken heart syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy, occurs when a person experiences sudden acute stress that can rapidly weaken the heart muscle.
An inner voice calls us forward, and we listen. To do the things no one thought possible. To help the next family that needs us. And to keep moving forward. For all of us.
#ForwardForAll
Elsa Lisseth Reyes-Amaya was pregnant when she was hospitalized for
#COVID19
. Multiple departments across Johns Hopkins Medicine worked together to treat her and monitor her pregnancy. Four months later, Elsa safely delivered her daughter, Sofia.
Today, our medical students participate in a rite of passage — the White Coat Ceremony. They’ll celebrate transitioning from the classroom to clinical training, and be one step closer to becoming doctors. Congrats to the class of 2022!
Gregg Semenza said to the students in the audience: "I was once where you are now, and someday you will be where I am now."
#NobelPrize2019
#NobelPrize
Semenza shared that he learned the importance of research from his high school biology teacher. She used to say "when you win your Nobel Prize, I don't want you to forget you learned that here."
#NobelPrize
Hand hygiene is the most effective way to reduce health care associated infections. World Hand Hygiene Day is May 5. Be sure you always thoroughly wash your hands.
#HandHygiene
#InfectionPrevention
#HealthForAll
Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship.
#HopkinsMed125
We call them healthcare heroes, but this is what they do every day – from our talented and compassionate doctors and nurses to the housekeeping staff and our food services team. Thank them here:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is proud to be once again ranked
#3
in the nation and
#1
in Maryland on the
@usnews
2020–21 Best Hospitals list.
#BestHospitals
Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship.
#HopkinsMed125
Join
@JohnsHopkins
Friday for a virtual fireside chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci as they launch the quarterly Health Policy Forum series.
🗓️ Oct. 16, 2020
🕚 11 – 11:45 a.m. EDT
Learn more and register:
Johns Hopkins research shows a direct molecular test could enable improved diagnosis of early
#Lyme
disease, provide a tool for testing new antibiotics and monitoring treatment success.
We have seen coronavirus rumors circulating on social. These rumors cite a Johns Hopkins immunologists and infectious disease expert. We do not know the origin of these rumors.
Visit for credible information from Johns Hopkins Medicine experts.
Following today’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaders from
@johnshopkins
and
@hopkinsmedicine
shared a message today affirming our commitment to following evidence-based best practices to the fullest extent of the law.
We continue to monitor new information about the coronavirus and are adapting our care practices to reflect the latest recommendations from
@CDCgov
, the
@WHO
and other evidence-based best practices. You can find updated patient and visitor guidelines at
“I was surprised that most of our study participants found the psilocybin treatment [for severe depression] to be effective,” says Roland Griffiths, founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Consciousness and Psychedelic Research.
The Department of Surgery recognizes pancreatic surgeon John Cameron, who has made enormous contributions not only to Johns Hopkins Medicine and its students, but to people with pancreatic cancer around the world.
Students from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Japan are here for a 4 week Johns Hopkins/MiSK Foundation fellowship. The program’s goal is to develop future leaders in medicine.
#MiSKJHM
@MiskKSA
Johns Hopkins recently transported its 1,000th patient who was either known to have
#COVID19
or who was under investigation for the disease. Most remarkably, no staff members have contracted
#COVID19
during their patient interactions.
Research led by Johns Hopkins expert Dale Needham found that “patients have prolonged muscle weakness that lasts months or longer and that muscle weakness is not just limited to their arms and legs — it’s also their breathing muscles,” he said.
Johns Hopkins, which has been conducting its own
#COVID19
tests since March 11, is now processing about 1,500 tests a day— within an hour when necessary, and always in less than a day.
Dr. Lisa Cooper was one of the first scientists to document disparities in the quality of relationships between physicians and patients from socially at-risk groups, and she designed innovative interventions to help.
@JHhealthequity
“The magnitude of the effect we saw was about four times larger than what clinical trials have shown for traditional antidepressants on the market,” says
@JHPsychedelics
expert Alan Davis.
We're also ranked
#1
in these four specialties — Ear, Nose and Throat; Neurology and Neurosurgery; Psychiatry; and Rheumatology.
Congrats and thanks to our physicians, nurses and staff for your hard work and dedication.
Carol Greider was awarded the
#NobelPrize
in 2009 for her research on telomeres’ role in DNA damage and cell death. She is one of only 12 women to receive a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Theodore DeWeese, who grew up in public housing, has scaled the heights of academic medicine in becoming interim dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
We are grateful today and every day to have our staff working hard to support our patients and community.
#HopkinsProud
#HealthcareHeros
#BeOnWJZ
...
📸: Johns Hopkins Staff
We are pleased to announce that
@usnews
has once again ranked the
@JohnsHopkins
University School of Medicine
#2
in the nation on its 2020-2021 list of the best research-oriented medical schools.
"I never planned a career ... I just went forward,"
@JohnsHopkins
professor Greider told the New York Times after receiving the Nobel Prize. "I loved doing experiments and I had fun with them. (photo credit:
@NobelPrize
)
"But hospitals and health departments can’t do it alone. We need everyone to do their part to reduce infection rates." Johns Hopkins University and Medicine leadership address the importance of social distancing here: .
#StayHomeSaveLives
#FlattenTheCurve
Who solved the mystery of blue babies? It was cardiologist Helen Taussig, the second woman at Johns Hopkins to be awarded professorship.
#HopkinsMed125
“If you have somebody that has had coronavirus and they are over the infection, they may have created antibodies that can be very effective against the virus,” explained Johns Hopkins expert Shmuel Shoham.
The Office of Women in Science and Medicine paid tribute to the more than 250 women who have been promoted to full professor at Johns Hopkins, showcasing countless amazing careers that have contributed to the school — and the world.
"He is a very athletic fit individual and he’s young and so my first thought was wow if this can happen to him and he can be this sick, this can happen to anyway. It really opened my eyes," said Johns Hopkins expert Natalie West.
Masks slow the spread of
#COVID19
. So, join us as we all embrace this simple ask: Wear. Care. Share with
#MaskUp
. Together, wearing is caring. And together, we are saving lives.
“The truth is, here we are, it’s middle of June, 2020, and none of us know what the best decision is, we’re all learning on the fly … none of us have been through a pandemic before,” said Johns Hopkins expert Shmuel Shoham.
“There are few things that stimulate the brain the way music does,” says an
@hopkins_ent
otolaryngologist. “If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing music is a great tool.”