Dr. SLK

[zt]寄语preliminary surgery的同学

2010-03-29T12:30:00.001-07:00

发信人: Lancet2008 (麦叶刀), 信区: MedicalCareer
标题: 寄语preliminary surgery的同学
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 26 20:08:54 2010, 美东)

收到若干xdjm的email和电话，喜忧参半的告诉我，他们将进入Preliminary surgery。
现将自己preliminary surgery 经历的点滴与这些同学分享。

Preliminary surgery 是条曲折的路，是没有搭上到山顶的直通车的后备选择，但如果
把握好，一样可以最终引上大路，到达目的地。

我开始prelim前，听到的都是关于prelim surgery 魔鬼训练的描述：早晨4点多起床，
查房时昏昏欲睡，每天只能睡4-5小时……现在回首我的prelim surgery一年：劳累，
但却从容。除非on call，我基本保证每天睡8小时，并长了10磅体重。

Prelim surgery的疲劳来自3方面：日常工作的劳动强度、陌生医疗体系带来的精神压
力，和应对第二次match的心理压力。

Prelim surgery劳动强度比其他专业要大，但不像传说的那么离谱，尤其现在有80h/
week的duty hour限制，我们比老师辈的人好多了。劳动强度在不同program不尽相同，同一
program不同的轮转医院或科室也不一样。牛校和大的program劳动强度更大
些。一般工作程序不外乎早晨看病人，写病程，向Senior resident请示汇报病人的新
情况，作术前准备，办出入院，看急诊/会诊。intern一般很少有机会参加手术，但会
要求做一些基本床边操作，比如脓肿切开，胸腔引流和central line 等等。熟悉这些
日常工作程序，合理安排时间，另外尽快掌握这些基本操作，提高工作效率后，一般就
能游刃有余了。Prelim surgery year, 我一开始5:15-5:30am 赶到医院，有时忙到6-
7pm 才能回家，但prelim surgery后半年，工作方方面面熟悉以后，我一般6am到医院，
一样及时完成各项工作，经常5pm左右就走人了。（当然也有机会来麦地灌水了：））

刚进入临床，一般要6-8周才能对日常工作知道个所以然，各专业intern都要经历这个
阶段。这段时间的精神压力比体力疲劳更难熬。记得intern 第一天，住院总安排我到
“same day surgery”准备病人，现在我5分钟时间可以搞定的术前病历/小结/签字，
当时花了我2个小时，被住院总臭骂……另外，美国应用的各种敷料、缝线和器械，花
样繁多，各有各的名字和用途，我也是花了很长时间才搞清楚。为了减少这个阶段的煎
熬，象老刀向各位xdjm 建议的，最好提前到program作 observation，既让我们提前
了解program，更重要的是让program的人了解你，别忘了，2个月后你需要他们的
strong word for match。

第二次match的心理压力对prelim surgery intern是很大的折磨：即想好好表现，展示
自己的能力，尽早为match 创造良好条件，又怕出错，谨小慎微，影响工作能力的发挥
。当时我每挨一次骂，都觉着要被开了。有一次我晚上下班回家后接到一个Attending
的电话要查房，这是一个所有住院医都痛恨的坏脾气，我告诉他我已经signed off to
on call resident，听到的是电话另一端的暴怒”YOU DID NOT SIGN OFF TO ME!”。
我赶紧放下饭碗，赶到医院，陪他查到快10pm。但从那以后这个坏脾气对我尤其好，不
但有时主动让我参加他的手术，还请我周末看拳击比赛。后来得知他还是力主留我作
categorical的主要人物之一。

日常工作之外，建议主动争取和创造机会让program认识你的其他方面能力。进Program
时，我把作research 时参编的一本关于脏器移植的书，送给PD，现在这本书成了我
们PGY-3轮转移植外科的必读教材了。另外我match前research 的关门作品，修稿时，
及时添上了“Current address: XXX program”，并送给PD过目．．．．．．几个月后
interview Categorical 位置时，PD就问了我一个问题：“Will you do research
for me if I keep you in our program?”

回顾那一年的酸甜苦辣，希望对今年preliminary surgery 的同学有所启迪，期待明年
你们的好消息！

Schiller is stepping down

2010-02-26T06:38:00.000-08:00

On Feb 24, Dr. Schiller, my beloved master, announced his retirement from his chairmanship at the staff meeting and a special meeting with resident. He was very positive about the reirement, however, it is still a sad news for me, his protege.

I felt very fortunate to have his blessing, protection and support through my tenure with Mount Sinai, July 2006- June 2010. Our graduation ceremony seemed to be his last as chairman and the host.

Tongji Medical College at facebook

2010-02-15T08:29:00.000-08:00

Guogang Xu, and Yiyan Wang separately created two facebook groups for Tongji Medical College. I joined their cause, and am combining the great groups into one. Within half a week, our Tongji Medical College alumni facebook group has grown exponentially from 50+ to 100+.

A strict membership verification is in place to protect the privacy of our members.

I am amazed!

Create Pubmed link

2010-02-15T08:24:00.000-08:00

I have noticed recent change in Pubmed regarding data retrieval. The current advice from Pubmed help is rather simple: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=lanjing+zhang will be searching lanjing AND zhang in all terms.
For more, please visit http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helppubmed&part=pubmedhelp

CMG group at facebook(linked out)

2010-02-10T08:08:00.000-08:00

It's been established in May 2009. Many news and info for CMG will be posted there.

Find it here

Open to all of the medical graduates of China. Chinese physicians, residents, fellows and students are welcome to join us!

Our goal is to help CMG apply to and excel residency training, and establish and expand their future medical practice. It also serves as a networking platform.

[zt]Match experience Stone Soup 石头汤

2009-12-12T07:15:00.000-08:00

发信人: littlefatty (little fatty), 信区: MedicalCareer
标题: 石头汤
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Dec 8 11:06:40 2009, 美东)

还有人记得我的石头汤啊。我当初的意思是对于一般人来说是很难把握一个长远的目标的。长远的目标的往往头绪很多，而又缺乏衡量的手段，所以人们在征途中往往觉得沮丧，绝望。心情呼上呼下。而这些又是有害无益的。不如把事情分成一些自己能够掌握的小步骤，然后尽力去做没一件小事，而不去让最终的是非成败左右自己的心情。就象熬石头汤那样，你得找到一个切入点，不论有多底，只要你抓住，用心做事，不沮丧，不放弃，下一步的机会往往就会出现。

即使机会没有出现，也不怨天由人，人生总不可能事事如人所愿。能平静地接受失败也是一种美德。

我现在已经开始做GI的FELLOW了。那碗汤还在慢慢地熬。在此谢谢老刀前辈们的帮助和鼓励
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longbow (12345) 于 (Sat May 19 12:58:13 2007) 提到:
我成绩和版上的大部分人比起来，真是不值一晒。真的，我还在这版上没有见过比我分数低的人。

我毕业快十年了，成绩也只有七八十分。没有绿卡，可我最后去了我最想去的医院做内科的住院医. 那家医院的最低要求是85分 in all steps.

我LD总是说，世上有些人凭本事，有些人凭运气，而我就是凭运气的。其实，我凭的也是本事。

世上的本事有很多种，学得好，考得好，是本事。可是，这个世界是由各式各样的人组成的，而你自己也是其中之一。所以我认为把握自己及与人相处的本领，才是最大的本事。

把握自己，这样才能在困境中看到自己的长处，冷静的找到一条可行之路，保持乐观，健康的心态，这是素质。而人相处的本领就是寻找机遇的本领，能使你事半功倍，这是本事。人情通达即学问嘛。

看到很多人来这里问，我这样的成绩，希望有多大。其实，每个人的情况多不一样，而这世上又有谁能预料未来呢？诸葛亮都说了“夫難平者，事也。。。至於成敗利鈍，非臣之明所能逆睹也”。所以我们只是要找出下一步我们需要做什麽，怎样才能在现有的情况下把下一步做好。就像煮石头汤，一步一步来。把自己能把握住的事情一定
要做好，自己把握不住的，就不要去担忧了。谋事在人，成事在天。既然成事在天，我们有为什麽要为最后的结果焦虑不安呢。就让老天爷去管就好了

我毕业於国内一所很一般的医学院，当年考G也就是刚刚过2000，可这并不妨碍我在一月份就开始拿到录取。我刚到的时候是中国人里面分数最低的，可我三年半就拿到了博士，也考完了board。

我参加今年的match，拿到5个interview。 3个pathology， 2个IM。面试其实和谈恋爱一样，太木纳，太热情，都不好。有些人在面试的时候急切想知道PD的看法，见interviewer就狂拍，见interviewees就想套别人的底细。其实这又何必。就和追女孩子一样，跑的最勤的，最帅的并不一定是胜利者。矜持一点，有点素质好不好。

三月份的我没有match上，我老板也没有钱了。我要找新的实验室，要计划抽时间做observation 。这是我最困难的一段时间。我找到了新老板，告诉他我的计划。和他商量定了我的工作安排。然后我就找我们学校的Pathology 和 family要求做observation。

我们的IM根本就不给observation。 Pathology按道理也不给做。但我找到他们的PD，没有要求做observation。我问他能不能旁听他们的morning lectures。开始旁听后我就和他们的attending以及senior residents 混熟了，然后，我就说我去你们实验室看看嘛，这样，就算是拿到了observation。

Family 的人倒是挺热情的，二话没说就给了observation. 这样，我周六，周日，周一上午在 Family，周三，周五在pathology。

做observation 时候，多和大家聊聊，不懂得就问，有时候遇到他们也不清楚的时候，你可以主动要求去查文献，然后在第二天做一个小talk。这样一来二去，他们就会把你看成自己人了。

以前rank我的几个program的PD都对我印象不错，四月底的时候，我给他们发了email，问他们有没有openings。很幸运，到此，石头汤就煮好了。

LD一直说我运气。其实着又何尝不是我努力的结果。其实即使没有这个机会，我也一定能在8，9月的时候把我们学校的pathology 或family 的outside match 搞定。

很多开起来不可能的事情，你要是能象庖丁解牛一样把它分解开，一步一步慢慢来，就像煮石头汤那样，成功也许就离你不远了。

[zt]A story of not getting matched

2009-12-12T06:55:00.000-08:00

EcoRone (中坑) 于 (Sat Mar 21 12:48:13 2009) 提到:
http://www.usmleforum.com/files/forum/2009/4/394667.php

2006 graduate, 95, 97, cs passed, all in first attempt, had 5 nterviews..MPH
..some research experience..no publications yet..working on it..and no USCE.
.did not match..tried for scramble..2 programs called..they said that they liked me..but said they cant sponsor visa..its so...irritating..tired of this near misses

What do you think..My analysis for me not getting matched is this..I hope it helps future applicants also..
1. Scores are not everything..they are very..very..tiny addition to your CV.
2. USCE is everything..
3. Programs actually read Personal Statements..I always thought my PS sucked..but I had prepared it at last min cause when we were about to apply, I had to evacuate due to a hurricane..
4. On the same note, I applied on Sep 8th..which is a very huge mistake..everything should go on the first day..no matter what happens..
5. Get everything by September..Whatever you do later..is a waste..Programs dont consider that..That I saw in my interviews..I built my CV mainly after September..I dont think programs remembered me talking about my research and all..
6. Dont count NY programs on your rank list..you cannot trust them..They interview too many people..you will be lost in the crowd unless you personally know someone there..I had 4 NY interviews.
7. Dont trust any letters which come that say they ranked you high.
8. Scramble is a waste of time for the most part. They are mainly looking for AMGs. I had 2 interviews..one today..can you imagine..they called me today..and said..oh..so sorry we liked you but we dont offer visas
9. Life does not suck..cause life goes on..even if you dont get matched..and you can expect bigger and better next year.
10. NY programs want Step 3. Even if you have average scores with Step 3.. you are better placed than a person with good scores and no step 3.
11. When you see on the website that a program has certain criteria to apply, If you dont meet the criteria, dont apply. Its a simple waste of money. I had applied to a place like that, I knew that they dont accept people without one year of clinical experience..I used to go there everyday to morning reports and case conferences after getting permission. I spoke with the PD. But finally, they just followed their criteria, they did not call me for an interview. I think there will be lot of stories where this is not true..but this is the rule..

The whole point of my lengthy discussion is ..Research your Programs..Dont go blindly by the IMG friendly list available..thats what I did. I did not apply to so many programs which were not on the list but were very IMG friendly. By the way, i applied to 160 programs..some of which i regret now. .Yale, Harvard..I did not realise that I was wasting 25 dollars every time I clicked on a program.

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Callmeman (麦地差生) 于 (Sat Mar 21 18:18:51 2009) 提到:

USCE=United States Clinic Experience
这是我这种补考过的人的最后稻草

Resident and student abstract awards

2009-12-12T06:36:00.000-08:00

The Student, Resident and Fellow Committee and the Research Committee of Associatin of Chinese American Physicians (ACAP) are coordinating a scientific poster session at her annual convention on May 23, 2010.

One or three abstract awards are planned to present to the best abstracts! Chinese Medical Graduate and resident members of ACAP are welcome to present and compete for the award(s). Should you be interest, keep an eye on this blog. More updates are coming...

[zt]怀念武忠弼教授: 留言签名

2009-10-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

怀念武忠弼教授: 留言签名
应“同济”母校之邀、受“同济海外学者协会”之托、念武武忠弼教授扶持之恩,我冒为江朗以诸学友之名稿撰此文。

先在网上公布，以求指点，并请校友置名，也为主标题提议。

大家亦可各自留言签名以表纪念。具体方法请见 tjmcoaapost group. 查阅所有留言：

屈振宏谨上

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亦儒、亦侠、亦风倜，有识、有才、有肝胆。
–同济海外学子怀念武忠弼教授

武忠弼教授是我国著名的病理学家和医学教育家，从教60余年。尤其在为发展同济医学院与德国的学术和人员交流付出辛勤劳动并取得丰收成果。

有幸跻身学海于同济医学院使我们人生的道路与武教授的教学生涯相交，成为了我们人生关键的一个转折点。“文革”浩劫之后，百废待兴，如何尽快有效地重建教育事业是对当时所有学校师员勇气、能力、和胆识的挑战。“文革”后恢复高考招生时，国门尚闭，武老便以“教育为百年大计”之识，“它山之石可以攻玉 ”之策，极力开展与西德的交流，他摒“爱国主义”之盲傲，冒“卑贡屈膝”之嫉嫌，大胆机巧地积极开拓双边交流，步步为营，楔而不舍。历几十年时代的变迁，经无数政事的起伏，“同济”对外交流始终步步前越，据统计，仅通过武教授所致力的校际交流赴德学习进修以及经德转赴美国、加拿等其它国家的同济学者，数以百计。可谓天涯处处有芳草。百年“同济”，桃李天下，春辉寸草，更远更生。*

在今天，两国间学术交流司空见惯，武教授致力的中-德交流看来似无可颂歌之价。可凡是经历过“文革”的人都知道，在当时万马齐喑、知识贬价的时代，敢于领头率先与非“社会主义”国家进行学术交往需要何等勇气、胆识和无畏的精神。或许有人认为，起初开放交流应为多方位，交流对象应包括美、英、法、日等国。可是，当时国门四闭，关键在一个“开”字。省时度局，察情量力，以一点引导潮流、再形成大势，是当时最可行施的策划，是为武老的卓识。或许有人认为，武老致力的中-德交流影响局限，如今曾受教于“德语班”或赴德学习过的“同济”学子在海外校友中已相对成少数。可是，中-德校际交流的深远影响绝不是可仅以此来衡量的。与德校际交流不仅促进中-德之间的往来及了解，更重要的是为后继的全方位、大幅度开放政策起到了积极有力的推动作用；使对外开放交流深入人心，大大减消了保守固封人事对学子们走向世界的阻碍；为“同济”学子走向世界铺出了大路，使无数“同济”学者有选择发挥聪明才智的良机。纵观三十年对外开放对中国科学、经济和政治的影响，回顾昔日“同济”在对外交流上的超前领先地位，阔视无数“同济”学子们的业绩，历时历事都印证了武教授超越时代的远见，育人贯学中西的卓识，周旋政-学之间的机智，放眼世界的胸怀和鞠躬尽瘁的奉献。

诚然，一个人的贡献和影响是有限的，我们今天缅怀和纪念的不仅是武忠弼教授，也是和武教授一样的学术前辈们。仰怀他们的勇气、胆识和才华，感念他们 “烛炬成灰泪始干”的献身精神，铭记他们鞠躬尽瘁的美德。是因为他们，中国的教育和科技才得以迅速恢复发展；是因为他们，中华学子遍布澳欧美，百科诸学各领风骚，为人类的科学事业注入了无限生机。以此，其德、其勇、其识、其才、其恩必不依形而立，不恃力而行，不待生而存，不随死而亡唉！

中华数千年文化，凡师授儒承，无不浸透风义深情，感戴受教之恩使中华学子崛出异族侪辈。历代人事美传不胜枚举；“一日为师、终身为父”、“寸草-春晖”、“滴水-涌泉”之喻即可见一斑。我们今天缅怀和纪念武忠弼教授等学术前辈们，可谓上承数千年师徒之风仪，继感恩之德情。籍此，愿前辈们献身为人师的恩德、鞠躬尽瘁的风范，在天为星辰，在地为河岳，幽则为神灵，于世为春晖，抚育了我们，并世代相传。

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原七七级医疗系一大班

原同济医科大学病理解剖教研室助教

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2009 ACAP Mock Interview Report

2009-09-30T08:54:00.000-07:00

September 30, 2009

2009 ACAP Mock Interview Report

Dear President Zhang,

With strong support from Dr. Eng, our attending interviewers and ACAP administrative staff, the ACAP Student, Resident and Fellow Committee (SRF) successfully held the 2009 mock interview on Sat. Sept 26, 2009, for 22 Chinese Medical Graduates (CMGs). Some of them came from California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. The session started at 8:15am and was followed by 2 and half hours of group discussion led by me. Our attending interviewers ably covered Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anesthesiology, and Pathology. Each CMG has been interviewed and consulted by 3 or more interviewers in the specialty(ies) of his or her interest.

On behalf of the SRF of ACAP and participating CMGs, I would like to thank Drs. Wlody, Alchiyib, Chambers, Comrie, Gu, Ma, Siguenza, and Tan for their unconditional support! We are also grateful to our administrative staff, Alex and Jackie, and volunteering CMGs, Drs. Yijun Li, Xin Wang and Shuang Fu.

Many of the CMGs also expressed their great appreciation to the devoted resources and efforts of ACAP and participating parties. They felt the program significantly improved, or changed, their interview skills.

I found, and took full responsibility of, the problem of communication between various parties, which was exemplified by scheduling grids. In the future, this will be improved by earlier and complete communication with interviewers. I also apology to participating interviewers for not providing minimal hospitality, such as some snacks and coffee. It’ll be better next time!

Thank you all for your constant support!

Yours

Lanjing Zhang, MD, MS
Chairman,
Student, Resident and Fellow Committee
Association of Chinese American Physicians

Lanjing Zhang, MD, MS
Department of Pathology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1194
New York, New York 10029 USA
Email: lanjing.zhang@mssm.edu

First Mock interview succeeded

2009-09-26T08:53:00.000-07:00

9/26 First Mock interview succeeded
September 27, 2009

We had 22 CMGs and 8 attendings. Many thanks to the attending physicians, Drs. Gu, Tan, Ma, Chambers, Wlody, Comrie, and several non-Chinese attendings.

The session started with a round of interview by Dr. Wlody and Chambers at 8:15. It was concluded by my group discussion with 15 CMGs, who were able to stay, at 3:15.

Most of the CMG had a mock interview with 3 or more attendings of their desired specialty. Dr. Gu of internal medicine is one of the most popular interviewers! He extended his stay to accommodate more CMG, so did Dr. Tan. We really appreciate their efforts.

Outline of preinterview teleconference

2009-09-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

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PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PIECE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER.
September 18, 2009

–Preinterview
1.suite, dressing conservatively. Navy blue/black. Talk to sales rep.
light color shirt. Stationary good pen.
2. Hotel, transportation reservation; leave 20-40min buffer time
3. Shower, gum, personal hygiene
4. Study interviewer’s background, alma mater, publications
5. Study Q and A
6. Study your own CV and PS
7. Hobby, sports, and entertainment may help

–Interview day
1. Keep eye contact, but not staring at interviewer.
2. Gesture. You own the chair. Do NOT hold the purse, rather place it on floor.
3. body langurage, hand shake, not too firm, neither light.
4. body buildup, exercise, and high spirit
5. Interview the program, asking about resident placement, the
strength and weakness of program
6. Do NOT ask faculty, but residents, about call schedule, work load,
book fund, and vacation time (usually standard 4wk/yr)

BE YOURSELF!

–Post interview
1. Thank you Card for program director and coordinator, possible chief resident
2. Thank you email to remaining faculty. However, it’s not overdone if
you send each attending a nice card
3. write down your evaluation about the program. A table/spreadsheet will help.

Practice, practice and practice.
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Dr. Eng’s advice to lady applicants:
“Skirt or pants is not important, just make sure clean and neat, clean neat
shoes, pantyhose. Dark brown, Navy Blue and Black are all appropriate.

Lanjing is correct, do not take off your jacket during the interview. If it
is too warm, usually the chair will say “you can take off your jacket” if
you like. Or follow the lead of others. Sweating profusely is not good
either, underarm deodorant is important if you are prone to sweating. Too
often my foreign medical graduates do not realize how important smelling
clean, having clean hair, neat nails etc. is. Body odor is definitely a
turn-off.”
—————–
From Dr. Eng:

Ladies can sit with knees crossed, or feet together and down. But at
all times, knees together no matter what the position. Never sit like
a man.

Everybody should sit up, straight, and if they are short, towards the
edge of the seat to be able to keep their feet on the floor. Eyes
directly at the interviewer, nod from time to time, appear engaged.
No sweaty hands, no wimpy handshakes. Never just hand your hand to
the other limply. no gum.

arrive early, bring an extra set of paperwork in case anything is
missing from their package. smiling with teeth showing is nice.
confident, not cocky. Hair neat. Shirt tucked in, no white socks.

if wearing a skirt, always wear pantyhose. Shoes clean. Shirts
buttoned, no cleavage (one open button is ok)

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PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PIECE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER.

2nd preinterview teleconference

2009-09-18T20:48:00.000-07:00

2nd pre-interview teleconference
September 18, 2009

We were delighted to have 16 CMGs across the country participated in the program in the evening of Sept 17, 2009. As prior one, this conference was focused on pre-interview preparation, interview performance, and post-interview matters.

It was assisted by Dr. Fu.

pre-interview coaching teleconference

2009-09-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

pre-interview coaching teleconference
September 11, 2009

Lanjing Zhang, MD, MS held a pre-interview coaching teleconference in the afternoon of Sept 10, 2009. A total of 15 CMG joined the 30-min presentation and about 30-min Q and A discussion. The teleconference covered pre-interview preparation, interview skills, and post interview matters.

Drugs targeting at cancer stem cells

2009-08-14T08:26:00.000-07:00

Bloomberg news today reported that a group at MIT and Broad found "The compound, salinomycin, reduced the number of cancer stem cells100 times more than did Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Taxol, a common chemotherapy medicine, according to a report published yesterday in the journal Cell." [link]

The original contribution (paper) was published in Cell, and the corresponding authors include, Piyush B. Gupta (also first author), Robert A. Weinberg and Eric S. Lander. [Abstract]

More info regarding solinomycin could be found at wikipedia. [link]

iphone tips: 1. sync

2009-07-25T22:39:00.000-07:00

After getting an iphone, one would first think of synchronizing his or her little cute toy with exchange/outlook email account, as well as personal (often free) email account. For me, it primarily involves my lovely gmail. Gmail is so easy to set up at iphone, so is yahoo and aol for they are available in the default email account option. Google calendar and contact sync, however, seem a little bit more complicated. If you set up a gmail first, iphone will automatically sync your contact from gmail at the time of setup (through the smart itune).

There are three ways to sync your google calendar with iphone and without itune, which enable you to easily access when and where your next meeting is.
1. Just download a google apps to your iphone, which I found it is rather a collection of google website addresses (optimized for mobile though). The big con is you need to have internet connection (such as wifi, 3G, Edge or others) to access it.

2. Add an exchange email account using m.google.com as server. It will automatically sync your calendar and conatct with gmail. Detail is found here Basically, you need to add an exchange account with your gmail email address, leaving server empty, and then add m.google.com as server when later being asked again for server. Note that gmail is not sync through this exchange method yet. You can add more cal of your gmail account, up to 30 in OS 3.0 and 5 in OS2.2.x . Detailed instruction is available at google site. Briefly, you visit http://m.google.com/sync through iphone and then choose the cals of your interest after log-in. Another approach is available for other domains.

3. The last is to add a CalDav to iphone, a simple and basic way. Instruction is also available at google.com I noticed this method seems only sync with one, the default, cal on your google account. If you only have and wanna one on your iphone, go ahead to use it. However, also keep in mind that you may not be able to sync your contact through this method, in contrast to method 2.

4. Of course itune. No need to repeat, and never forget the simplest way. More details are here.

More references:
http://google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=65928
http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/new.html
http://www.ideaexcursion.com/2009/06/17/howto-sync-google-calendar-on-iphone-os-3-0/

Give parents the keys to a better school | Alan Milburn - Times Online

2009-07-21T10:19:00.001-07:00

Give parents the keys to a better school | Alan Milburn - Times Online

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Task panel in gmail/google

2009-06-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

I recently found google finally put on the long-waited task panel. Very useful!

You may put on due date by clicking on the arrow on the right. It is so easy to add on new task, by just one click.

Tongji Medical College forum

2007-01-10T11:28:00.000-08:00

The BBS (forum) of Tongji Medical College Oversea Alumni Association (TJMCOAA) has been establish.

The link is bbs.tongjioversea.org

cancer stem cells 12/10/06

2006-12-10T12:18:00.000-08:00

Piccirillo SG, Reynolds BA, Zanetti N, Lamorte G, Binda E, Broggi G, Brem H, Olivi A, Dimeco F, Vescovi AL.
Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells. [ABSTRACT]
Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):761-765.

Dirks PB.
Cancer: Stem cells and brain tumours. [ABSTRACT]
Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):687-688. No abstract available.

Alcaraz WA, Gold DA, Raponi E, Gent PM, Concepcion D, Hamilton BA.
Zfp423 controls proliferation and differentiation of neural precursors in cerebellar vermis formation. [ABSTRACT]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Dec 6; [Epub ahead of print]

Chaichana K, Zamora-Berridi G, Camara-Quintana J, Quinones-Hinojosa A.
Neurosphere assays: growth factors and hormone differences in tumor and nontumor studies. [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cells. 2006 Dec;24(12):2851-7. Epub 2006 Aug 31.

Menendez P, Bueno C, Wang L.
Human embryonic stem cells: a journey beyond cell replacement therapies. [ABSTRACT]
Cytotherapy. 2006;8(6):530-41.

Chebotaev D, Yemelyanov A, Zhu L, Lavker RM, Budunova I.
The tumor suppressor effect of the glucocorticoid receptor in skin is mediated via its effect on follicular epithelial stem cells. [ABSTRACT]
Oncogene. 2006 Dec 4; [Epub ahead of print]

Choudhury AR, Ju Z, Djojosubroto MW, Schienke A, Lechel A, Schaetzlein S, Jiang H, Stepczynska A, Wang C, Buer J, Lee HW, von Zglinicki T, Ganser A, Schirmacher P, Nakauchi H, Rudolph KL.
Cdkn1a deletion improves stem cell function and lifespan of mice with dysfunctional telomeres without accelerating cancer formation. [ABSTRACT]
Nat Genet. 2006 Dec 3; [Epub ahead of print]

Klein WM, Wu BP, Zhao S, Wu H, Klein-Szanto AJ, Tahan SR.
Increased expression of stem cell markers in malignant melanoma. [ABSTRACT]
Mod Pathol. 2006 Nov 24; [Epub ahead of print]

Rao MS, Reddy JK.
Pancreatic stem cells: differentiation options. [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):265-72.

Shupe T, Petersen BE.
Evidence regarding a stem cell origin of hepatocellular carcinoma. [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):261-4.

Alison MR.
Liver stem cells: implications for hepatocarcinogenesis. [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):253-60.

Gostjeva EV, Thilly WG.
Stem cell stages and the origins of colon cancer: a multidisciplinary perspective. [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):243-52.

Smith GH.
Stem cells and mammary cancer in mice. [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):215-24.

Passegue E, Weisman IL.
Leukemic stem cells: where do they come from? [ABSTRACT]
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):181-8.

Liu G, Yuan X, Zeng Z, Tunici P, Ng H, Abdulkadir IR, Lu L, Irvin D, Black KL, Yu JS.
Analysis of gene expression and chemoresistance of CD133+ cancer stem cells in glioblastoma. [ABSTRACT]
Mol Cancer. 2006 Dec 2;5(1):67 [Epub ahead of print]

pancreatic cancer weekly 12/10/06

2006-12-10T11:40:00.000-08:00

Lee EJ, Gusev Y, Jiang J, Nuovo GJ, Lerner MR, Frankel WL, Morgan DL, Postier RG, Brackett J, Schmittgen TD. [ABSTRACT]
Expression profiling identifies microRNA signature in pancreatic cancer. Int J Cancer. 2006 Dec 5; [Epub ahead of print]

Dragovich T, Huberman M, Von Hoff DD, Rowinsky EK, Nadler P, Wood D, Hamilton M, Hage G, Wolf J, Patnaik A. [ABSTRACT]
Erlotinib plus gemcitabine in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer and other solid tumors: phase IB trial.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2006 Dec 6; [Epub ahead of print]

Mudali SV, Fu B, Lakkur SS, Luo M, Embuscado EE, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA.[ABSTRACT]
Patterns of EphA2 protein expression in primary and metastatic pancreatic carcinoma and correlation with genetic status.
Clin Exp Metastasis. 2006 Dec 5; [Epub ahead of print]

Bianco C, Giovannetti E, Ciardiello F, Mey V, Nannizzi S, Tortora G, Troiani T, Pasqualetti F, Eckhardt G, de Liguoro M, Ricciardi S, Del Tacca M, Raben D, Cionini L, Danesi R.[ABSTRACT]
Synergistic Antitumor Activity of ZD6474, An Inhibitor of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling, with Gemcitabine and Ionizing Radiation against Pancreatic Cancer.
Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Dec 1;12(23):7099-107.

Rao MS, Reddy JK. [ABSTRACT]
Pancreatic stem cells: differentiation options.
Stem Cell Rev. 2005 Sep;1(3):265-72.

Chu CS, Xue B, Tu C, Feng ZH, Shi YH, Miao Y, Wen CJ.[ABSTRACT]
NRAGE suppresses metastasis of melanoma and pancreatic cancer in vitro and in vivo.
Cancer Lett. 2006 Nov 29; [Epub ahead of print]

AJSP dec 06

2006-11-24T07:27:00.000-08:00

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

Microcarcinoids in Large Intestinal Adenomas Melissa Pulitzer, MD; Ruliang Xu, MD, PhD; Arief A. Suriawinata, MD; Jerome D. Waye, MD; Noam Harpaz, MD, PhD

Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) of the Pancreas: Its Histopathologic Difference Between 2 Major Types Shinichi Ban, MD; Yoshihisa Naitoh, MD; Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD; Takaki Sakurai, MD; Makoto Kuroda, MD; Isamu Koyama, MD; Gregory Y. Lauwers, MD; Michio Shimizu, MD [ABSTRACT]

Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Systemic Immune Complex Mediated Disease Vikram Deshpande, MD; Sonia Chiocca, MD; Dmitry Finkelberg, MD; Martin K. Selig, BA; Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD; William R. Brugge, MD; Robert B. Colvin, MD; Gregory Y. Lauwers, MD [ABSTRACT]

Expanding the Histologic Spectrum of Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney Samson W. Fine, MD; Pedram Argani, MD; Angelo M. DeMarzo, MD, PhD; Brett Delahunt, MD; Thomas J. Sebo, MD; Victor E. Reuter, MD; Jonathan I. Epstein, MD [ABSTRACT]

AJP Aug 06

2006-08-03T17:15:00.000-07:00

CONTENT

PERSPECTIVE --A new series in AJP
Hematopoietic Stem Cells: The Paradigmatic Tissue-Specific Stem Cell
David Bryder, Derrick J. Rossi, and Irving L. WeissmanAm J Pathol 2006 169: 338-346. [Abstract]

ARTICLES
Chemokine Receptor CX3CR1 Regulates Renal Interstitial Fibrosis after Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Kengo Furuichi, Ji-Liang Gao, and Philip M. Murphy Am J Pathol 2006 169: 372-387. [Abstract]

Elevated Cysteine-Rich 61 Mediates Aberrant Collagen Homeostasis in Chronologically Aged and Photoaged Human Skin
TaiHao Quan, TianYuan He, Yuan Shao, Lin Lin, Sewon Kang, John J. Voorhees, and Gary J. Fisher Am J Pathol 2006 169: 482-490. [Abstract]

Continued Administration of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Protects Mice from Inflammatory Pathology in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
Tanja Kuhlmann, Leah Remington, Isabelle Cognet, Et al. Am J Pathol 2006 169: 584-598. [Abstract]

Increased Melanoma Growth and Metastasis Spreading in Mice Overexpressing Placenta Growth Factor
Marcella Marcellini, Naomi De Luca, Et al. Am J Pathol 2006 169: 643-654. [Abstract]

Also, of note, Dr. Peter Ward of Michigan became a Special Associate Editor of the AJP.

JCP Aug 06

2006-08-03T17:10:00.000-07:00

CONTENT

REVIEW
Best practice in primary care pathology: review 3
W S A Smellie, J Forth, D Bareford, P Twomey, M J Galloway, E C M Logan, S R S Smart, T M Reynolds, and C WaineJ Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 781-789. [Abstract]

Immunohistochemical markers of prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer: a review and proposal for a multiphase approach to marker evaluation
C-Q Zhu, W Shih, C-H Ling, and M-S TsaoJ Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 790-800. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.031351 [Abstract]

MY APPROACH
My approach to the interpretation of endometrial biopsies and curettings
W G McCluggageJ Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 801-812. [Abstract]

Lymphoproliferative lesions of the skin
L CerroniJ Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 813-826. [Abstract]

PAPER
The Warwick system of prospective workload allocation in cellular pathology—an aid to subspecialisation: a comparison with the Royal College of Pathologists’ system
R A Carr, D S A Sanders, O P Stores, F A Smew, M E Parkes, V Ross-Gilbertson, N Chachlani, and J SimonJ Clin Pathol 2006; 59: 835-839. [Abstract]

Finished USMLE step3

2006-06-15T19:21:00.000-07:00

What a relief!!