May 2014

• Jorge D. Salazar, M.D., joins the Health Professional Advisory Board at Advance Health Solutions (AHS). Dr. Salazar is Chief of the Division of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Co-Director of the Children's Heart Center, Surgical Director University Heart, and Professor of Surgery at  the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.  By joining AHS, Dr. Salazar brings his wealth of knowledge and expertise in congenital heart disease and cardiothoracic surgery to benefit AHS' diverse clientele whose businesses focus in these subject matters.
• Advance Health Solutions' staff and selected clients and collaborators attend the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) in San Diego, CA from May 16 - 21, 2014, at the San Diego Convention Center to highlight research on the comparative effectiveness, health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of various pharmacotherapies for pulmonary conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
• In association with its 2014 Annual Meeting, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) publishes an abstract presentation entitled "Differential Diagnosis Challenges, Treatment Patterns, and Adverse Outcomes for a Rare Head and Neck Neoplasm: A Global Systematic Review of Cervical Sympathetic Chain Schwannomas” co-authored by Advance Health Solutions' colleagues Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H., President and CEO, Leighla H. Sharghi, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.A., Manager, Clinical Research and Client Relations, Benjamin A. Howie, M.P.H., Senior Research Assistant, and Soojin Cho-Reyes, Ph.D., Research Associate along with collaborators Michael A. Keefe, M.D., Chief, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, and Gavin Setzen, M.D., Managing Partner, Albany ENT & Allergy Services, PC, Secretary-Treasurer, Board of Directors, American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), President, New York State Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (NYSSO-HNS), Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Albany Medical College, and Chief of ENT Surgery, St. Peter’s Hospital (St. Peter’s Health Partners).  To view the publication, click here. 
• Advance Health Solutions' staff and Heath Professional Advisory Board Members along with multiple collaborators presented various research findings on treatment options specific to post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar depression, and schizophrenia at the 167th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association held in New York City. For further information about these presentations, please contact Sabrina Selk at sselk@advancehealthsolutions.com.
• Psychiatric News, the voice of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), published a news story entitled “The New Buzz in PTSD Care: How Complementary and Alternative Medicine Helps Patients” in which presentations delivered at the 167th Annual Meeting of the APA in New York City by Advance Health Solutions' President and CEO, Dr. Maryam Navaie, along with collaborators from the US Navy, US Army, the Veterans Health Association, the National Center for PTSD, academia and industry were featured. To read the news coverage, click this link.
• The Army Times publishes a news story that highlights collaborative research efforts between Advance Health Solutions' (AHS) staff and Health Professional Advisory Board members on innovative treatment modalities for post-traumatic stress disorder as featured at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in New York City. AHS team members included Dr. Maryam Navaie, Dr. Anita Hickey, Dr. Brian Engdahl, and Dr. Charles Morgan, alongside Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Chief Medical Officer at the District of Columbia’s Department of Behavioral Health in Washington, DC, and Dr. Eugene Lipov, Medical Director at Chicago Medical Innovations in Hoffman Estates, IL. To read the Army Times article, click this link.