Introduction

Dr. Dimov is an Allergy and Immunology Fellow at Creighton University, a Member of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Advisory Board for Students and Residents, and a former Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Dimov is the author of 21 articles and 76 abstracts.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of AllergyCases.org, the most popular case-based curriculum of Allergy and Immunology, endorsed by both the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).

He is the founder of ClinicalCases.org, the most popular online case-based curriculum of clinical medicine with 3.6 million page views since 2005. The project was featured in 12 high-impact scientific journals is hyperlinked in the websites of 29 medical schools.

Click here for a current CV and a list of research projects and publications. To learn more, please read the Medscape.com interviews with Dr. Dimov: Popular Case-Based Resource Models Online Medical Training and Clinical Cases Make Blog a Popular Resource.

As an experienced website editor and EMR expert, Dr. Dimov can help your practice with website development, social media tools (RSS, Twitter, blog, podcast, video), and EMR/EHR. Visitor statistics for ClinicalCases.org alone include 3.6 million page views, 1.6 million visitors, 5,500 daily subscribers via RSS, 2,000 Twitter followers.

Allergy Cases: Case-based Curriculum of Allergy and Immunology

AllergyCases.org is the most popular case-based curriculum of Allergy and Immunology (ranked number one among 8.9 million pages), endorsed both the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). AllergyCases.org is supported by faculty members and fellows at Creighton University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Shreveport). It receives 900 page views daily. The educational value of the cases is enhanced by succinct clinical notes, innovative mind maps and mnemonics. The case reports do not follow real cases and are modified in compliance with HIPAA to protect patient confidentiality.

The AllergyCases.org project was presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Seattle, Washington, November 6-11, 2008.


Dr. Dimov presents AllergyCases.org to the program directors and fellows during the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Seattle, Washington, November 6-11, 2008.

Clinical Cases and Images: Case-based Curriculum of Medicine

ClinicalCases.org is the most popular case-based curriculum of clinical medicine (ranked number one among 81 million pages), with 3.6 million page views since 2005. The project was featured in 12 high-impact scientific journals and is hyperlinked in the web sites of 29 medical schools. Dr. Dimov is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the project which is supported by physicians at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University (St. Vincent/St. Luke).

ClinicalCases.org was featured and referenced in BMJ (3 times), Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Student BMJ, Medical Journal of Australia, Clinical Infectious Diseases, BMC Education, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Nursing Education Perspectives, Baylor College of Medicine Web Digest and Medscape (2 times). It was also featured by in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Reuters, and presented at multiple national and international scientific meetings.


Medical journals, scientific publications and major newspaper that have featured ClinicalCases.org.

The project is hyperlinked in the web sites of 29 medical schools in the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe and Asia. It has been the number one search result on Google for "clinical cases" for years.

British Medical Journal
Reviews, Netlines, Harry Brown, BMJ 2005;331:1345 (3 December)

"Clinical Cases and Images is a useful resource that brings together various pearls of medical wisdom and aims to bridge the gap between clinical theory and practice (clinicalcases.org).

This well organized site contains a good collection of case histories, with links to imaging, and clinical examination and procedure websites, making this a feature rich site with a strong focus on clinical learning."

NEJM Advisory Board for Students and Residents

In 2008, Dr. Dimov was appointed a Member of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Advisory Board for Students and Residents. Founded in 1812, the NEJM is considered the most authoritative medical journal in the world and it carries the highest impact factor (51) among biomedical journals.

Photo on the right: Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, Editor-in-Chief of the NEJM and Dr. Ves Dimov during the NEJM Horizons Conference which focused on pushing the boundaries of traditional medical publishing, Babson Executive Conference Center, Boston, Massachusetts, October 24-26, 2008.

Dr. Dimov summarized his impressions of the conference and recommendations in the three-part series NEJM Horizons Conference to Push Boundaries of Traditional Medical Publishing - Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.

Medical Blogs

A medical blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website with regular entries of commentary on medical news and descriptions of events related to medicine. Entries are displayed in reverse chronological order. Dr. Dimov currently maintains 2 of the most popular medical blogs:

Clinical Cases and Images - Blog

The blog of ClinicalCases.org with medical, tech and other interesting stories. It is ranked in the top 50 of Healthcare 100 Top Blogs and has more than 5,500 daily subscribers via RSS. Clinical Cases and Images - Blog is featured by the Nature Publishing Group portal for high-quality science blogs (Nature Blogs).

British Medical Journal
Editorials, How Web 2.0 is changing medicine, Dean Giustini
BMJ 2006;333:1283-1284 (23 December)

"One of the best blogs in medicine is Ves Dimov's Clinical Cases and Images - Blog. It contains a rich collection of "presurfed" material for busy clinicians and features interactivity and timely discussion. Dimov is also a supporter of medical librarian bloggers. Why waste time fumbling with search engines when you can consult this blog for timely updates? As well as case discussions, Ves provides links to today's medical headlines from Reuters and clinical images via a dynamic, free photo sharing tool called Flickr. One of his slide presentations "Web 2.0 in medicine" is available on Slideshare (itself a fantastic new 2.0 tool). Clinical Cases and Images is a virtual laboratory for doctors and medical librarians interested in Web 2.0."

The website has been a finalist in the Annual Medical Weblog Awards multiple times in the categories for Best Medical Weblog, Best Clinical Sciences Weblog and Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog.

Dr. Dimov was credited with first using the term "Web 2.0 in Medicine" in articles and presentations in October 2005. Click here to see his 2009 update of the presentation Web 2.0/Social Media in Medicine.

Allergy Notes

The blog publishes allergy, asthma & immunology news updated daily. Allergy Notes is the official blog of Allergy Cases.org, the most popular case-based curriculum of allergy and immunology.

Allergy Notes is included in the Nature Publishing Group portal for high-quality science blogs (Nature Blogs).


Dr. Dimov presented AllergyCases.org and Allergy Notes to the program directors and fellows during the 2008 Annual ACAAI meeting in Seattle, Washington, November 6-11, 2008.

Twiter followers: @Allergy and @vesd

Dr. Dimov maintains one of the most popular physician accounts on Twitter @vesd. It has more than 2,000 followers and a Grader score of 99.99 (of maximum 100), ranking it 1,740 among more than 2.2 million accounts. The allergy-specific account is @Allergy.

As an experienced website editor and EMR expert, Dr. Dimov can help your practice with website development, social media tools (RSS, Twitter, blog, podcast, video), and EMR/EHR. Visitor statistics for ClinicalCases.org alone include 3.6 million page views, 1.6 million visitors, 5,500 daily subscribers via RSS, 2,000 Twitter followers.

Web Project: Perioperative Medicine for University of Miami and Cleveland Clinic

Dr. Dimov is the founder and webmaster of the premier website in the field of perioperative medicine, PeriopMedicine.org, co-sponsored by the University of Miami and Cleveland Clinic.

The website was created in conjunction with the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) and is in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Consultative Medicine Essentials Course for Hospitalists.

Dr. Dimov's consulting work includes advisory roles for such renowned institutions such as The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and The Lancet.

As an experienced website editor and EMR expert, Dr. Dimov can help your practice with website development, social media tools (RSS, Twitter, blog, podcast, video), and EMR/EHR. Visitor statistics for ClinicalCases.org alone include 3.6 million page views, 1.6 million visitors, 5,500 daily subscribers via RSS, 2,000 Twitter followers.

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There is no real life patient data on this website. Please note: we do not write or “blog” about patients. All case descriptions are fictional, similar to the descriptions you can find in a multiple choice questions textbook for board exam preparation. Cases course and description do not follow real cases.

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Published: 06/21/2008
Updated: 06/16/2009