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  1. Senate passes temporary halt to planned 21% reduction in Medicare payments to physicians, buried in Defense bill.
  2. Short documentary on Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic launched by former UChicago surgery resident Amy Lehman http://vimeo.com/7969691
  3. Malpractice cap decision delayed http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-medical-malpractice-caps-supreme-court-dec17,0,513112.story
  4. Illinois medical mailpractice cap: Supreme Court to rule on medical malpractice caps in Illinois -- chicagotribune.c... http://shar.es/aDqtS
  5. Lecturing on evidence- based surgery at Northwestern today.
  6. Exciting new UChicago course developed by Dr David Song http://www.chicagoexec.net/chicago.nsf/PROGRAM.html?opennavigator&id=470
  7. Starting a total pancreatectomy with autologous islet transplantation - Dr Piotr Witkowski has been a great addition to our program!
  8. RT @juliomayol: We have been successful. Our Innovation Unit has been funded with over 165.000 € from the Spanish Institute of Health
  9. A rare find! An iPhone app for Surgeons - http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2009/12/09/a-rare-find-an-iphone-app-for-surgeons/
  10. Cheney and climate change http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09friedman.html
  11. Thoughtful editorial about Pres Obama by David Brooks - I wholeheartedly agree http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04brooks.html
  12. RT @msnbc_health: Surgeon general calls for more minority doctors http://bit.ly/4LB3te
  13. Surgical societies announce opposition to Senate #healthcare reform bill in letter to Sen Reid: http://www.facs.org/hcr/reid120109.pdf
  14. Stand-alone ERs gaining ground -- chicagotribune.com - http://shar.es/aEOKl <<<< But are they just skimming off the insured patients? $$$?
  15. Stand-alone ERs gaining ground -- chicagotribune.com - http://shar.es/aEOKl
  16. UChicago surgery student John Paro: Med School Rocks! http://bit.ly/7XkMJG
  17. RT @FutureDocs: The politicization of evidence-based clinical research http://tinyurl.com/acpuspstf (via @barrms)
  18. Discover for Yourself - new University of Chicago microsite. Check it out. http://discover.uchospitals.edu/
  19. UChicago message on breast cancer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDSpKvkufhk See new University of Chicago Medical Center YouTube channel
  20. Study: Injured uninsured more likely to die in ER -- chicagotribune.com - http://shar.es/azs30