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Case Mr. Smith is a 48-year-old man with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and compensated cirrhosis who presented to the emergency department with alcohol withdrawal. He had been consuming one pint of vodka ...

Dr. Chadha is an associate professor of medicine, advanced development director of internal medicine, medical director for physician development in the division of hospital medicine, and associate ...

Dr. Bartlett is the associate vice chair of quality and safety, division director of inpatient operations and flow, and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Hospital and School of ...

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The UC San Diego (UCSD) Division of Hospital Medicine Fellowship program grew from a junior faculty mentoring program that was offered to new hires early in their careers, said Pedro Ramos, MD, FHM, ...