• What’s Happening in Ophthalmology? By Michael Jacobson, M.D. 
• Age-related Macular Degeneration: The Basics and Beyond. By Hyung Cho, M.D. 
• Diabetic Retinopathy Update. By Paul Walia, M.D. 
• Glaucoma: Increasingly Common as the Population Ages but Treatment Has Never Been Better! By Elma Chang, M.D. and Reay Brown, M.D. 
• Innovations in Refractive Surgery: LASIK, PRK, and Beyond. By Samir Vira, M.D. 
• Immunotherapy Research Leads to Better Outcomes for Leukemia and BMT Patients.
• Spotlight: Urology 

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• Challenges in the Diagnosis of Non-Obstetric Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy by Kathleen G. Funk, M.D.
• Non-Obstetric Laparoscopic Surgery during Pregnancy by Nisha A. Lakhi, M.D. 
• Sepsis in Pregnancy: A Guide for Clinicians by Carla E. Ransom, M.D. 
• Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Cell-free fetal DNA Screening fetal Aneuploidy by Kevin Gomez, M.D. 
• Current Management of Twin Gestation by Tossy Fogle, M.D. 
• Fetal Therapy and Intervention Update by Thomas N. Trevett, M.D., Larry Matsumoto, M.D., Michael Belfort, M.B.B.C.H., M.D., Ph.D. 
• Post-dural Puncture Headache in Obstetric Anesthesia by Zachary Lazarus, M.D., Jessica Quinlan, M.D. 
• Preeclampsia and Future Risk of Heart Disease by Lee Brian Padove, M.D. 
• Spotlight: Thyroid Disease

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• Anesthesia: A Question of Balance Medicine by Christopher W. Hackney, M.D.
• Prescribing Opioids: A Question of Balance by P. Tennent Slack, M.D.
• Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia: Strategies in Reducing Opioid Requirement by Trusharth Patel, M.D.
• The Use of Dexmedetominidine in Pediatric Anesthesia by Lydia Josephs, M.D.
• Ketamine: An Old Drug for a New Problem by Steven M. Walsh, M.D.
• Regional Anesthesia: A Focus on Peripheral Nerve Blocks by Christopher W. Hackney, M.D.
• Spotlight: Future of Healthcare

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• An Interface of Population Health and Population Medicine by J. Patrick O’Neal, M.D., Director of Health Protection for the Georgia Department of Public Health
• Zika Virus: A Practical Primer for Physicians by Amanda Feldpausch, MPH; Julie Gabel, DVM, MPH; and Cherie L. Drenzek, DVM, MS
• HIV as a Chronic Disease and Hepatitis C Eradication in Coinfected Individuals by Gregory Csukas, M.D., AAHIVS
• HPV Vaccination: Cancer Protection in a Syringe by Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, M.D. MACP, FRCP
• Regenerative Medicine by Helen K. Kelley

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• Workers’ Compensation: Helping Your Patients Helps Our State by Randy F Rizor, M.D.
• Key Issues Before the State Board of Workers’ Compensation by Judge Frank R. Mckay and Judge Elizabeth D. Gobeil
• Think Before You Write by Keith C. Raziano, M.D. and Randy F. Rizor, M.D.
• Drug Free Workplaces? by Robert Howell, MD
• Is a Workers’ Compensation Practice Right for You? by Snehal Dalal, M.D.
• Spotlight: Interventional Radiology

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• The Wide-Ranging Influence of Endoscopy by Ceana Nezhat, M.D.
• IDEAL Minimally Invasive Surgery by Nishi Lakhi, M.D. and Ceana Nezhat, M.D.
• The Origins of Minimally Invasive Surgery by Benedict Benigno, M.D.
• Robotic Colon and Rectal Surgery by Jeffrey S. Cohen, M.D.
• Minimal Access and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology by Nikhil Shah, D.O. and Rajesh Laungani, M.D.
• Minimally Invasive Robotic Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery by Kevin Tri Nguyen, M.D.
• The Changing World of Hysteroscopy by Carla Roberts, M.D.
• Spotlight: Psychiatry

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• 12 Tips for Hypertension  in the Athlete By John Davis Cadwell, M.D., MACP, FACC
• Adolescent Hypertension By Rachel  Harris, M.D., MPH 
• White Coat Hypertension By Angus C. Howard, M.D.
• Hypertension & Sexual Dysfunction By Brittany Thomas, M.D.
• A Hypertension 2016 Update By Janice P. Lea, M.D., MSc, FASN
• Teaming Up to Treat Hypertension By Jennifer Zreloff, M.D., and Jason Higdon, M.D.
• Residency By Helen K. Kelley

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• Trauma Service at Atlanta Medical Center By Paul King, MD
• Trauma Resuscitation: Principles and Practice By Mark Walker, MD
• The Role of Plastic Surgery in Trauma By Kanye Willis, MD
• Orthopedic Traumatology By By Steven Kane, MD
• Neuro Trauma and Emergency Neurosurgical Care By Paul King, MD
• Past, Present and Future: Trauma Services at Atlanta Medical Center By Vernon J. Henderson, MD, F.A.C.S.
• The History of Surgical Training at Atlanta Medical Center By Philip T. Ramsay, MD
• Allergies By Helen K. Kelley

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• Pediatrics By Catherine Dragstedt, MD
• Canary in the Coal Mind By LeRoy M. Graham Jr., MD
• The 3 Basic Rules of Breastfeeding By Tarayn Fairlie, MD, MPH, IBCLC
• Global Health in Our Own Backyard By Susan S. Reines, MD & Tarissa Mitchell, MD
• Peanut Allergy Prevention By Kathleen A. Sheerin, MD
• Understanding Autism By Mark Moncino, MD
• Patient Safety By Ann L. Contrucci, MD, Mary Gregg, M.D., FACS, MHA, Laura Martinez, BSN, RN, MS, CPHRM, FASHRM
• Physician Employment By Helen K. Kelley

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• Unraveling the Mystery: Medical Genetics By Michael J. Gambello, MD, PhD
• When Does My Patient Need a Medical Geneticist? By Rossana Sanchez, MD
• Genetics in Pediatrics By Suma Shankar, MD, PhD
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism at a Glance By Hong Li, MD, PhD
• Single Gene Disorders with Presentation in Adulthood By Jaime Vengoechea, MD
• Treatment of Genetic Diseases: The Future is Here By William R. Wilcox, MD, PhD
• Where Cardiology and Vascular Care Go Hand in Hand By Helen K. Kelley
• Bariatrics By Helen K. Kelley

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• Cardiovascular Disease in Women By Gina Price Lundberg, MD,FACC
• Gender and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease By Carolina Gongora, MD
• Noninvasive Testing in Women with Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease By Nanette K. Wenger, MD,MACC,MACP,FAHA
• Peripartum Cardiomyopathy By David W. Markham, MD
• Sports Cariology & Women’s Heart Health By Jonathan Kim, MD
• Neuroscience By Helen K. Kelley

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• New Pain Management Laws and Rules in Georgia By David W. Gale, MD
• Ketamine Infusion Therapy New Use for an Old Drug By Kenneth H. Joel, MD
• Vitamin D Deficiency: A possible contributor to chronic nonspecific low back pain By Ammar Y. Divan, MD
• Spinal Pain: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Considerations By Alan M. Harben, MD, PhD
• The Painful Shoulder: The use of office ultrasound in the evaluation of musculoskelatal pain By William R. Almon, MD, FACFP
• Leukemia Program Finds Success with Patient-Cenetered Care By Helen K. Kelley
• Cosmetic Surgery By Helen K. Kelley

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• Infectious Disease: Old and New American Public Health Problems By Lance Stein, MD
• Travel-associated Viral Illnesses: The Routine, the Emerging and the Deadly By Jessica K. Fairley, MD and Henry M. Wu, MD
• Prevention of Nosocomial Spread of Viral Diseases By Jesse Couk, MD
• HIV Epidemiology By Shalini Patel, MD
• STRaight talk about Single Tablet Regimens for HIV Treatment By Ronald Trible, MD, PhD
• Sunshine Act By Helen Kelley
• 3 Ways for You to Get Noticed as an Expert Physician By Faria Khan, M.D

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• Refocusing on the Patient By Daniel Dubovsky, MD
• Hitting the Sweet Spot By Jonathan H. Lee, MD
• Ovarian Cancer in the Future Perfect Tense – Notes from an Insider By Benedict B. Benigno, MD
• Molecular Genomics and the Advancement of Lung Cancer Therapy By Howard Silverboard, MD
• New Targeted Treatments for Hematological Malignancies By Ken Holland, MD
• Committed to Progressive Cancer Care By Helen K. Kelley
• Pulmonology By Helen K. Kelley

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• Advances in Orthopaedic Trauma By Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, FACS
• Arthritis at the Base of the Thumb By Edward H. Holliger IV, MD
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries By Ryan Chen, MD
• The State of Low Back Pain By Bennett Grimm, MD
• Athletic Injuries of the Foot and Ankle By Sourendra Raut, MD

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• Pearls for Various Skin Manifestations By Asha R. Patel, MD
• Update on Drug Eruptions: The Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (SCARs) By John Strickler, MD, MBA
• To “D” Or Not To “D” Should you recommend Vitamin D to your patients? By Kena H. Anders, MD
• Diagnosing and Treating Nail Fungus By Helen Selser, MD 
• Sleep Medicine: Getting a good night’s sleep can be difficult for almost half of the U.S. population By Helen K. Kelley

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• Diabetes is Advancing: Are You Keeping Pace? By N. Spencer Welch, MD
• Care Critical: Diabetes Self-Management Education By Mary Ransbotham
• Glucose Management in the Hospital By Bruce W. Bode, MD, FACE
• Creating a Customized Diabetes Treatment Plan By Jonathan G. Ownby, MD 
• SGLT2 Inhibitors By N. Spencer Welch, MD

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• Immunology in Rheumatology: It Starts from Outside Our Body to Within By John A. Goldman, MD
• The History of Our Immune Response From B Cells to T Cells and Everything in Between By Gary E. Myerson, MD
• Microbiome – You are Never Alone: Microbial Ecosystems in Our Bodies Influence Everything from Immunity to Behavior By John A. Goldman, MD
• IgG4-Related Disease: An Emerging Condition By Arezou Khosroshahi, MD
• Lupus: The Specter of the Wolf By Glenn R. Parris, MD

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• Robotic-Assisted Surgery in Urology By Rajesh Laungani, MD & Nikhil L. Shah, DO, MPH
• Kidney Stone Management and Prevention in 2014 By Raymond W. Pak, MD, PharmD, MBA
• Male Sexual Health By Chad Hansen, MBA & Nikhil L. Shah, DO, MPH
• Low Testosterone in Men: Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring By Cara Cimmino, MD
• Updates in Urinary Incontinence By Alienor Gilchrist, MD

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• A Wish for Advance Care Planning & End-of-Life Care By Richard W. Cohen, MD
• The History of Afterlife By Boyd Eaton, MD
• Pediatric  Hospice By Laura Waddle, MD
• Personal Stories to Personal Video: Video Backup for Advance Directive By Dirk E. Huttenbach, MD, DLFAPA
• Death is Certainty: What Will You Leave Behind? By Dick Yarbrough 

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• HIV – Your Attention Needed by Wendy Armstrong, M.D., FIDSA
• The HIV Continuum of Care and Treatment as Prevention: A Perspective from the Grady Infectious Diseases Program by Jonathan Colasanti, M.D., MSPH, Wendy Armstrong, M.D. and Carlos del Rio, M.D.
• Rising up to the Challenges of Adolescent HIV-Infection in Atlanta by Andres F. Camacho-Gonzalez, M.D. and Sophia A. Hussen, M.D.
• HIV Infection in Women by Cecile Delille, M.D., Lisa Haddad, M.D., Igho Ofotokun, M.D. and Anandi Sheth, M.D.
• Is a Cure for HIV in Sight? by Vincent C. Marconi, M.D., and Mirko Paiardini, Ph.D.
• HIV and Cancer by Clifford Gunthel, M.D., Minh Ly Nguyen, M.D.
• A New Model of Mental Health Care by Eugene Farber, Ph.D., Amit Shahane Ph.D., and Sanjay M. Sharma, M.D.
• Hospice and Palliative Care by Helen Kelley

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• The Benefits of Synergy by Lisa Perry-Gilkes, M.D.
• Welcome to the Wonderful World of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by Maurice Sholas, M.D., Ph.D.
• Introduction to Pediatric Rehabilitation: Physicians making children functional in spite of disability by Maurice Sholas, M.D., Ph.D.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Bringing Back Function and Quality of Life After Injury by Tania Barroso, M.D.
• Spinal Cord Injury: State. of the Art Interventions for Recovery by John Lin, M.D.
• Understanding and Treating Spasticity by Joshua Vova, M.D., FAAP, FAAPMR
• How are Rehab Docs Made? by Hassan H Monfared, M.D. and Gina Bell, B.S.
• Pediatric Medicine by Helen Kelley
• Welcome MAA Board Members

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• Medical Care with Limited Resources by Dimitri Cassimatis, M.D., FACC
• Answering the Call of Collaboration in Serving the Underserved by Rachel Harris, M.D., MPH
• The State of Indigent Healthcare in Atlanta and Georgia by John M. Haupert, FACHE
• Informing and Influencing Health Policy and Practice: The Satcher Health Leadership Institute’s Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities by Rachel Harris, M.D., MPH, Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., FACC and David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
• Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center: Collaborating with Neighborhoods to Develop Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Address Health Disparities in Metropolitan Atlanta by Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Lisa M. Goodin, MBA and LaShawn M. Hoffman
• Healthcare Without Walls: A Medical Home for Homeless Children by Debra Hughes, MS and Yasmin Tyler-Hill, M.D., FAAP
• Ethical Challenges in Clinical Research with Low-Resource Populations by Jason Lesandrini, MA and Neal Dickert, M.D. Ph.D.
• Reflections of a Clinician-Educator in a Public Teaching Hospital by Kimberly D. Manning, M.D., FACP, FAAP
• Emory Residents and Fellows Go Abroad by Allen L. Dollar, M.D., FACC, FACP, Dominique Cosco, M.D., Patricia A Hudgins, M.D. FACR, Annette Esper M.D., MSc and Jennifer A. Goedken, M.D.
• Vascular Surgery by Hellen Kelley

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• We Are All in This Together: Transplantation in Atlanta by Lance Stein, MD
• Georgia’s Transplant Community’s Batterymates: Tom Glacine and the Georgia Transplant Foundation by John D. Whelchel, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Andrew I. Smith, M.D.
• Liver Transplantation with Curative Intent for Hepatobiliary Malignancies by Marty Sellers, M.D., F.A.C.S. and Harrison Pollinger DO, F.A.C.S.
• Living Kidney Donation, Paired Kidney Exchange Transplants and Donor Safety by Miguel Tan, M.D., MSc, FRCSC and Joshua Wolf, M.D.
• Advanced Therapies for Heart Failure, with a Focus on Mechanical Circulatory Support by Kenneth Taylor, M.D., FACP, FACC, FASE
• HLA-Haploidentical Donor Blood and Marrow Transplantation: New Approach Achieves Similar Outcomes to Fully HLA-Matched Conventional Donors by Asad Bashey, M.D., PhD.
• Vaccination in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients by Aneesh Kautilya Mehta, M.D. and Rachel Jacqueline Friedman-Moraco, M.D. and George Marshall Lyon III, MMSc, M.D.

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• Psychiatry: What Is It and Where Is It Headed? by Michael C. Hilton, M.D.
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An FDA-cleared procedure for depression by Brian Teliho, M.D.
• Resurgence of Electroconvulsive Therapy by Mark C. Hutto, M.D., DFAPA and Sandra Thomas, M.D.
• ADHD & Psychiatric Comorbidities and Their Relationships to Substance Use Disorders by David Tascarella, M.D. 
• Legal Insanity in Murder, a Case Analysis by Tracey Marks, M.D.
• A Member of the Medical Association of Atlanta since 1959 by Sheldon B. Cohen, M.D.
• The Last Word? Paul McHugh and Colleagues Are on a Crusade to Radically Rethink the Manual that has Come to Define Psychiatry by Mat Edelson (reprinted with permission of Hopkins Medicine Magazine, copyright 2012)
• MAG House of Delegates Report by David Waldrep, MAA Executive Director

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• MAA President’s Message by Rob Schreiner, M.D. F.A.C.P, F.C.CP.
• MAA News
• Rheumatology, Mystery that Affects Everyone by W. Hayes Wilson, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• Laboratory Testing in Rheumatology by John A. Goldman, M.D., M.A.C.R., F.A.C.O., C.C.D.
• Overview of the Systemic Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases by Kelly O. Weselman, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• Psoriatic Arthritis by W. Hayes Wilson, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• Understanding the Immune Response by Gary E. Myerson, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• The Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis by Kimberly E. Wilson, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• Preventing Office Theft by Dan Appelrouth, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• Gout: Simple Rules for Proper Management by Gary R. Botstein, M.D., F.A.C.R.

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• Healthcare for the Children of Greater Atlanta: Improving the Lives of Our Community’s Most Valuable Resource by Harold K. Simon, M.D., M.B.A. and Barbara J. Stoll, M.D.
• Healthcare Reform: What it Means for Georgia’s Children and Their Families by Kathryn K. Cheek, M.D. F.A.A.P. and Jay E. Berkelhamer, M.D., F.A.A.P.
• What’s New at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta by Donna Hyland, Daniel Salinas, M.D. and Barara J Stoll, M.D.
• Providing Safe, Effective and Efficient Care to Georgia’s Children by Gary Frank, M.D., Shabnam Jain, M.D. and John Zetzsche, M.S.
• Management and Advances in Pediatric Brain Tumor Care by Dolly Aguilera, M.D. and Tobey MacDonald, M.D.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview of the Journey Toward “Healed” by Maurice Sholas, M.D., Ph.D. and Harold K. Simon, M.D., M.B.A.
• What’s New in Newborn Screening: Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Severe T-cell Lymphopenia) by Lisa Kobrynski, M.D., MPH
• Global Child Health: A Call for Action by Parminder S. Suchdev, M.D., MPH
• Common Pediatric Emergencies: Creating a Model for Quality Improvement and Regionalization of Care by Brian E. Costello, M.D. and Naghma S. Khan, M.D.
• Simulation in Pediatric Medical Education: How “High Tech Dummies” are Revolutionizing Pediatric Healthcare Training by Kiran Hebbar, M.D., F.A.A.P.
• A Vision for Diabetes by Avril Beckford, M.D. and James Fortenberry, M.D.

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• Women’s Health: Looking Forward by Genevieve L. Fairbrother M.D., M.P.H., FACOG
• Cesarean Section: A Look Back…and Forward by Kristen Franklin M.D., FACOG
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence by Joye Lowman M.D., M.P.H. FACOG
• Low Libido: Something to Talk About by E.J Aspuru, M.D. FACOG
• Obesity in Pregnancy: A National Dilemma by Jeffrey H. Korotkin, M.D., MBA, FACOG
• Heart Disease in Women: Is Fifty Really the New Forty? by Kimberly P. Champney, M.D., MSCR
• Intimate Partner Violence Impacting Women’s Health by Melissa Kottke, M.D., M.P.H., FACOG
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine: A Brief History by Larry C.  Matsumoto, M.D., FACOG
• Breast Cancer Update by Colleen Austin, M.D., and Lynn Baxter, M.D.
• Advances in Birth Control Options by Joel S. Engel, M.D., FACOG

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