Match Day memory
B
lake Davis (M.D., ’17), like most graduating medical students,
had reason to be nervous on Match Day. Some of it was his
own doing.
Davis, who was matched at Tallahassee Memorial
HealthCare for general surgery, used the occasion to recognize his first
love, Whitney Davis, who is now part of the FSU College of Medicine
Class of 2021.
He had two notices in his envelope, which Whitney opened onstage
before a packed house at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. One announced
his residency. The other simply said, “Turn Around.” Whitney turned
around to find Blake proposing on one knee. The crowd erupted in
applause. She said yes.
“We met at the College of Medicine, that’s why I chose this day,” Blake
Marvel (pictured second from the left) collaborates with
a multidisciplinary team on a health app for Apple.
said. “The College of Medicine means so much to both of us.”
Marvel app catches Apple’s eye
F
rancoise Marvel (M.D., ’12) continues to make news by
bridging the gap between medicine and technology.
As a third-year medical student, she helped create “Madruga
and Marvel’s Medical Black Book” and a corresponding app.
In her fourth year, that app was recognized with an Excellence Award at
Florida State University’s DigiTech Awards Ceremony.
Now she’s a chief resident of inpatient medicine at Johns Hopkins
Bayview Medical Center. Johns Hopkins Medicine recently reported on
a new app Marvel is developing to aid heart patients discharged from
the hospital.
“They leave without the guidance, information and skill-building
they need to get a healthy start,” said Marvel. As a result, one cardiac
patient out of every five is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.
Marvel and her team of physicians, nurses, designers and engineers
are developing an app they’re calling Corrie – based on the Latin
“cor” for “heart.”
Corrie works with Apple Watch and would be the first cardiology
app in CareKit, Apple’s new framework for medical applications.
The app keeps patients on track. It monitors their heartbeat, blood
pressure and exercise, creating a record for patients and their doctors.
It reminds them when to take medicines, when it’s time to get up and
take a walk and can even schedule follow-up appointments.
Marvel began developing the app in 2014 with support from Johns
Hopkins Technology Ventures and several grants, including those
dedicated to patient safety. The project gained momentum in 2016,
A pilot study is underway at Johns Hopkins. If those results are
promising, the app could be available to cardiac patients at other
hospitals within the next year.
expert and two engineering students.
when she teamed with a preventive cardiologist and mobile health
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