WASHINGTON — With the widespread use of oxygen saturation in medical practice, a pulse oximeter that works on all skin pigments is crucial, according to an American Thoracic Society International Conference presentation.“[Oxygen saturation is] core to how we think about patients and how they are doing, how healthy they are, how sick they are, whether they are critically ill,”
Midland native named new president of U-M Health System
Dec. 16, 2020
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Dr. David Miller, a Midland native, will be the new president of the University of Michigan Health System on Jan. 1, 2021 after approval earlier this month from the U-M Board of Regents. (Photo/Michigan Medicine) Show MoreShow Less
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Dr. David Miller, a Midland native, will be the new president of the University of Michigan Health System on Jan. 1, 2021 after approval earlier this month from the U-M Board of Regents.
“I am honored to take on this job and ready to work at building and enhancing the culture of collaboration, innovation, and inclusiveness at one of the nation’s top academic medical centers,” he said.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Walensky is the infectious disease chief at MGH and a professor at Harvard Medical School.
Walensky is also a practicing infectious disease physician at MGH and Brigham and Women s Hospital. She serves as chairwoman of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council, part of the National Institutes of Health, and as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents.
Walensky is a well-respected public health and infectious disease expert who also has a reputation for speaking her mind, The Washington Post reported.