The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. But AR also found a home in dentistry for both educational and clinical purposes.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Experts even say the eye is an ideal place to start for the first clinical use of CRISPR. Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center and the University of Iowa used CRISPR to repair a genetic mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa in induced pluripotent stem cells derived from a patient with the disease.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

Erin Bonura, MD, Chair, ABIM Infectious Disease Board The Infectious Disease Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of ABIM policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 25, 2025. This is now being reviewed by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which oversees ABIM.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics. But then I realized who I wasn’t hearing from, I did not hear from the CEO of my organization, my healthcare organization.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare. Was first recognized as a medical specialty in the UK in 1987, I think it was, you know, and what that meant to be a medical specialty. And I’m sad to say it, but I don’t think doctors are gonna listen to a social worker. Eric 24:44 Why is that?

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