Ariela L Marshall Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
blood, medical education, women healthcare, haemotology
Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, New York, USA
Harvard-trained physician with 10+ years of clinical experience, currently a medical educator and hemostasis/thrombosis specialist at Mayo Clinic. International leader and innovator in practice leadership, medical education and career development/mentorship with a record of creating new tools/platforms for recruitment/assessment and mentoring medical trainees into positions at top training programs and institutions. Passions include using leadership and mentorship/sponsorship to advance the careers of physicians (particularly women in medicine) and improving healthcare delivery/outcomes for women. Skilled in medical talent management (recruitment and retention of a skilled and diverse physician workforce), interprofessional team building, and critical assessment of individuals and programs
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Ariela L Marshall, Xin Zhang, Brad Lewis, Sunanda Kane and Ronald S Go
Background: Iron deficiency is a common cause of anemia, and etiologies differ by sex. Endoscopic procedures are often utilized to search for a source of gastrointestinal blood loss in patients with iron deficiency, but sex-based differences in patterns of workup have not been well characterized.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all patients at Mayo Clinic who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, or both between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015 for an indication of “anemia” or “iron deficiency anemia” and analyzed the data for evidence of sex-based differences in procedure outcomes.
Results: 999 procedures were performed; 455 (46%) proc... view moreĀ»