Academic Promotions in Medicine: Characterizing Differences in Curriculum Vitae Across Race and Sex.

Objective: Evaluate quantitative and qualitative differences by sex and race/ethnic identities in curriculum vitae (CV) of faculty candidates for promotion.

Methods: This was a retrospective, multisite, single-institution study of all candidates who applied to be considered for promotion to associate professor or professor from January 2015 to July 2019. Data on leadership positions, grants, and publications were abstracted from CV using a standardized procedure.

Signs, Sources, Coping Strategies, and Suggested Interventions for Burnout Among Preclerkship Students at a U.S. Medical School: A Qualitative Focus Group Study.

Purpose: Research suggests that burnout can begin early in medical school, yet burnout among preclerkship students remains underexplored. This study aimed to characterize burnout signs, sources, coping strategies, and potential interventions among preclerkship students at one U.S.

Academic Promotions in Medicine: An Appraisal of Fairness.

Objective: To investigate whether the process of conferring academic rank or components of the promotion packet contribute to the lack of parity in academic advancement for women and individuals underrepresented in medicine (URMs).

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed prospective promotion applications to the position of associate professor or professor at Mayo Clinic from January 2, 2015, through July 1, 2019. Individuals with doctorate degrees who applied for either rank were included in the study.

Immunotherapy-associated Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia.

Over the past decade, the role of immunotherapy treatment in cancer has expanded; specifically, indications for immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have multiplied and are used as first-line therapy. ICIs include cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 and programmed cell death protein 1 inhibitors, as monotherapies or in combination. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) has emerged as a rare yet serious immune-related adverse event in ICI use.

Cytogenetic abnormalities in essential thrombocythemia: Clinical and molecular correlates and prognostic relevance in 809 informative cases.

Cytogenetic studies among 809 consecutive patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET; median age 59 years; 65% females) revealed normal karyotype in 754 (93%), loss of chromosome Y only (-Y) in 16 (2%), and abnormalities other than -Y in 39 (4.8%), the most frequent being sole 20q- (n = 8). At presentation, abnormal karyotype, excluding -Y, was associated with older age (p = 0.

Mayo Clinic experience with 1123 adults with acute myeloid leukemia.

Between 2004 and 2017, a total of 1123 adult patients (median age 65 years; 61% males) with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), not including acute promyelocytic leukemia, were seen at the Mayo Clinic. Treatment included intensive (n = 766) or lower intensity (n = 144) chemotherapy or supportive care (n = 213), with respective median survivals of 22, 9, and 2 months (p < 0.01).

The Impact of Obesity on the Outcomes of Adult Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - A Single Center Retrospective Study.

Introduction: Obesity is a worldwide problem that is related to cardiac disease, thrombosis and cancer. However, little is known about the impact of obesity on the outcomes of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated a cohort of 154 newly diagnosed adult ALL patients between 1994 and 2011 at Mayo Clinic (Rochester).

Bone marrow dendritic cell aggregates associate with systemic immune dysregulation in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Systemic immune microenvironment signatures in CMML indicate an altered T- and natural killer cell balance. CMML bone marrow dendritic cell aggregates associate with disease progression and systemic regulatory T-cell phenotypic switch.

Parental health in fellowship trainees: Fellows' satisfaction with current policies and interest in innovation.

Background: Parenthood during medical training is common and impacts trainee well-being. However, current graduate medical education parental health policies are often limited in scope. We explored current fellowship trainees' knowledge of/satisfaction with current policies as well as interest in potential changes/additions to existing policies.

Leukocytosis and Tobacco Use: An Observational Study of Asymptomatic Leukocytosis.

Purpose: This study aimed to characterize the white blood cell differential of tobacco smoking-induced leukocytosis and describe the longitudinal impact of smoking cessation on this peripheral blood abnormality.

Methods: Medical records of patients undergoing evaluation by hematologists for persistent leukocytosis were reviewed. Patients in whom leukocytosis was determined to be secondary to tobacco use after exclusion of other causes were identified.