Rebecca Weintraub, MD
About Rebecca Weintraub, MD
Rebecca Weintraub, M.D., is the Executive Director of the Global Health Delivery Project. Rebecca is an Associate Physician in the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, a member of the Hospitalist Service at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Co-founder of Jumpstart, the largest part-time AmeriCorps program in the nation, she currently serves as a technical advisor to Ashoka, promoting the work of Health Entrepreneurs. Rebecca graduated from Yale University, Stanford Medical School and completed her medical training at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Physician
Organization
- Brigham And Women's Hospital - BWH
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity
- Global Health Delivery Project
- Harvard Medical School
Work Location(s)
- United States
Language(s)
- English
Rebecca's Communities
Recent Contributions
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Rebecca Weintraub, MD replied to "Universal Access to Diagnosis and Treatment of MDR-TB" in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
Many challenges to delivery of quality MDR-TB care is discussed in this New Yorker piece: A Deadly Misdiagnosis: Is it possible to save the millions of people who die from TB? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/15/101115fa_fact_specter?currentPage=all - Difficulty diagnosing with sputum "The results are accurate little more than half the time;" and consequent errors ...
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Rebecca Weintraub, MD started a discussion "HIV prevention as occupational health". in the [ARCHIVED] HIV Prevention community.
We are looking for examples of how corporations included HIV prevention services into Occupational health programs. There seems to be a few highlighted by mining and construction companies, any leads would be of assistance.
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Rebecca Weintraub, MD started a discussion "Surgical practices". in the TB Infection Control community.
Speaking with a colleague at Indus Hospital in Pakistan, she asked if community members have protocols to share regarding how to manage TB IC in high volume surgical suites. Many thanks for your input.
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Rebecca Weintraub, MD started a discussion "Difficulty of MDR-TB treatment in a high HIV-prevalence setting". in the MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention community.
This is a retrospective analysis of early outcomes of the first cohort of patients registered in the Lesotho national MDR-TB program between July 21, 2007 and April 21, 2008. 76 patients were included for analysis, out of which 56 (74%) were infected with HIV; the median CD4 cell count was ...
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Rebecca Weintraub, MD started a discussion "Defining LTFU". in the [ARCHIVED] Adherence & Retention community.
Hi all, A recent paper in AIDS Clinical Care (Ndiaye B et al. Characteristics of and outcomes in HIV-infected patients who return to care after loss to follow-up ) showed that LTFU worsens outcomes for HIV patients even if they return to care, with mortality risk 5x higher than patients ...
Recent Recommendations
- None at this time.
