In recognition of Doctors’ Day, the Emory School of Medicine Recognitions Committee sent out a call for nominations for doctors across the School of Medicine who go above and beyond. More than 184 Emory faculty members were nominated by their peers and colleagues for their dedication to improving the health and well-being of our patients and community through the care they provide, the research they conduct and their efforts to teach and inspire learners.
Please join us in congratulating the following Department of Medicine faculty who were chosen to be honored:
Nader Aboujamous (ESJH)
Dr. Aboujamous is a recent addition to our team at ESJH, however, in this very short period of time, he has already demonstrated what an excellent clinician and human being he is, his patients absolutely love him!
Every time I inherit a patient from him, I always hear only positive input about him, his patients always remember his name even after he is off clinical duty.
Dr. Aboujamous truly goes above and beyond to care for his patients, he is deeply devoted to not only his patients but also our ESJH Physician family and is always the first one to jump in when anybody in the group needs help! We are very lucky to have him on our team!!
Monee Amin (Atlanta VAMC)
Dr. Amin is an advocate for her patients, ensuring they have everything they need for the best medical care possible.
She is passionate about teaching residents to provide exemplary care.
She is a great colleague and helps think through patients’ issues, ensuring patients all over the hospital receive quality care.
Arpita Basu (EUH)
Dr. Basu goes above and beyond to care for patients.
She has a great work ethic.
She listens to her patients.
Sivan Ben-Moshe (The Emory Clinic)
Dr. Ben-Moshe is thoughtful and thorough, and serves a true champion of patients and their families.
She is as strong an advocate for her patients as they come – she spends incredible time not seen by many, behind the scenes, ensuring that her patients navigate the complexities of modern health care with ease and care.
She is an extraordinary mentor for trainees and colleagues, spending time explaining everything from care coordination to how to approach the patient with multiple comorbidities to polypharmacy. Her lessons about effective care management have benefited so many, even in fields vastly different from Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine.
Hila Calev (EUH)
She routinely searches the literature for updates in clinical practice recommendations and shares them with her colleagues to improve our group practice.
She is known to be extremely thorough and thoughtful in her patient care.
She is a beloved member of the interdisciplinary care team on our geographic medical units.
Nikulkumar Chaudhari (Emory Decatur Hospital)
Dr. Chaudhari is a true example of the SOM mission by providing the most complete and current clinical care to patients in their time of greatest need in the Intensive Care Unit at EDH.
Dr. Chaudhari is a champion of teamwork and having integrity by always teaching colleagues at all levels to be the best caregivers and providers of patients.
Dr. Chaudhari is a vital role model of a newer unit and first to volunteer to help when needed whether going to the Hillandale ICU before it was staffed or calling families to discuss difficult cases; he is first in line to support the patient and team.
Saurabh Chawla (ESJH)
Dr. Chawla has been an outstanding colleague, who has shown remarkable dedication to the school and to the division.
He served at Grady for years and is now leading and developing our Therapeutic Endoscopy program for Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital – delivering remarkable care to patients with pancreaticobiliary disease. He has also been significantly involved with the Georgia GI Rountable group – bringing critical colon cancer screening across Georgia.
His dedication is further characterized by his recent appointment as the program director for Digestive Diseases for Emory and his selection as a fellow for the current Woodruff Leadership Academy.
Shen Chen (EJCH)
Dr. Chen is very organized and always willing to educate our hospitalist group.
She has excellent communication with patients and patients’ families.
Jennifer Christie (The Emory Clinic)
Dr. Christie is incredibly smart and knowledgeable.
She is very caring.
She is very committed to her patients.
Tammy Chuang (EUHM)
Dr. Chuang is a fierce advocate for her patients.
She will always fight for what she thinks is right for her patients!
She is regularly found staying after hours to coordinate a procedure for the next day, coordinating between consultants and keeping family members informed.
Javan Ferguson (EUHM)
Dr. Ferguson is an excellent clinician and colleague.
Dr. Ferguson deeply cares about patients and families.
Dr. Ferguson is an attentive, skillful and knowledgeable doctor.
Monica Gavaller (The Emory Clinic)
Dr. Gavaller provides excellent patient care.
She provides great communication with staff and family members.
She is leading a quality improvement project for fragility fracture management in long-term care facilities in Wesley Woods.
Bashir Geer (EUHM)
Dr. Geer has led several procedure workshops for the hospitalists to become trained in bedside procedures. He is always willing to step up and assist in any procedures that need to be done for our patients.
Dr. Geer is attentive and has excellent bedside manner.
Dr. Geer is always willing to step up especially during the busy times of COVID.
Lauren Gensler (Grady Memorial Hospital)
Dr. Gensler is committed to taking care of patients with serious mental illness and is a fierce advocate for her patients at Grady Hospital.
Dr. Gensler has worked to get medications approved on the Grady formulary, impacting thousands of patients and improving access to care.
Dr. Gensler is a colleague that you can count on and is always willing to help care for the most challenging patients.
Aaron Gluth (EUH)
He has consistently gone the extra mile when caring for patients with COVID, including stepping in to work extra. During this last surge, he covered for several hospitalists when they had to call out sick.
He has been an incredible resource for our group as our local COVID expert. He is always available to help us all stay on top of recent updates in COVID management.
He has been the primary physician running the COVID stepdown unit at EUH, helping open vital ICU beds for patients with COVID.
Allie Goins (EUHM)
As a brand new attending, Dr. Goins has been a team player to step up and assist during the busy times of COVID.
She is an incredible educator already, participating in our division journal club.
Dr. Goins is attentive and spends countless hours with patient’s families at the bedside and on the phone.
Harika Gorti (Atlanta VAMC)
Dr. Gorti takes time to talk with her patients and their families – she puts in the extra effort to make sure everyone understands the plan of care and feels as though they are heard.
Her intelligence is evident when she is caring for patients and shares her knowledge with colleagues by participating in “morning report” style conference.
She handles complex cases well, talking to many different specialists and ensuring everyone is on the same page when caring for her patient.
Minh Hang (Atlanta VAMC)
Dr. Hang is persistent in his care for his patients, not stopping until he has completed what needs to be done.
He is patient with his patients and their families, allowing them to express their concerns and ensuring that they understand what is happening in the hospital – the patients clearly appreciate his care.
He works well with other members of the care team in order to ensure his patients get the best care possible.
Nadine Harris (Atlanta VAMC)
Dr. Harris is incredibly empathetic and kind with all of her patients.
Dr. Harris is always willing to step up and help cover other clinics and colleagues.
Dr. Harris is a trusted expert in ID.
Patricia Hwang (EUHM)
Dr. Hwang is a key member of the diabetes task force at EUHM through which she helps to improve care of patients with diabetes during hospitalization. She has worked to improve our use of insulin and continuous glucose monitors through interdisciplinary efforts with colleagues in endocrinology and pharmacy.
During handoffs in hospital medicine, it is a privilege to continue to care for her patients as her management is always thorough. Her patients often express that they have full faith in her work and trust her to improve their health as much as possible.
She goes above and beyond with not just being an excellent hospitalist but being involved in system-wide quality improvement initiatives such as being the co-lead on the diabetes task force and also co-leading the Division of Hospital Medicine Clinical Vignettes competition.
Kyle James (EUHM)
Dr. James is a phenomenal hospitalist who goes above and beyond in caring for his patients. He is well respected by his colleagues, staff members along with patients and families.
He is involved in multiple hospital committees at EUHM and quality improvement projects and was an abstract poster competition finalist at the national Society of Hospital Medicine meeting
He is the accountable care unit director of the renal-based units at EUHM and also the Journal Club coordinator for the local hospital medicine team at EUHM.
Deniece Johnson (EUHM)
Dr. Johnson is dedicated to patients care.
Saved the patient’s life by providing bedside procedure, leading the team to successful resuscitation.
Nikhil Kadle (Atlanta VAMC)
Dr. Kadle is an outstanding physician, always putting the needs of his patients first.
Dr. Kadle is a great team player, he is ready to help out his colleagues at any time.
He is an excellent endoscopist and brings many new and innovative ideas to the unit.
Rachel Mather (Grady Memorial Hospital)
Dr. Mather is the director of the Orthopedics – Medicine Co-management team and created this service line to collaboratively manage our Grady Trauma patients with medical problems. Dr. Mather has been our collaborative bridge for medical and surgical services and masterfully runs this service while mentoring our entire team on the best peri-operative care for our patients.
Dr. Mather is a kind hearted, empathetic person. Although an experienced hospitalist, she truly is a life long learner, always sharing tough management dilemmas with colleagues and asking questions.
Dr. Mather is a fantastic educator and mentor for hospitalists in the region, delivering workshops for regional conferences as well as teaching a multitude of medical and surgical residents on peri-op medicine. We are grateful for her contributions to Grady, Emory and to hospital medicine.
Collins Mbonu (EUHM)
Dr. Mbonu has excellent bedside manner. Patients and their families enjoy having him as their physician.
Dr. Mbonu spends extra time daily talking with patient’s families and making sure they have the information they need for their loved ones.
Dr. Mbonu is an excellent team player.
Lesley Miller (Grady Memorial Hospital)
Dr. Miller is an incredible mentor and role model to faculty.
She has created a unique and state of the art HCV treatment clinic for the underserved population at Grady.
Her patients love and respect her and always speak extremely highly of her.
Jessica Nave (EUH)
Dr. Nave is a superb physician in all areas.
Dr. Nave goes above and beyond for her patients.
Dr. Nave is a role model for other hospital medicine faculty.
Sneha Neurgaonkar (Atlanta VAMC)
Dr. Neurgaonkar has a great bedside manner, explaining to patients what she is doing and what she finds on her exam.
She helps run the POCUS team, teaching colleagues, residents, and even patients about anatomy and pathologies.
She is a wonderful role model for the residents and her colleagues when it comes to patient care and how to treat patients as complete humans.
James O’Keefe (The Emory Clinic)
Be the first to comment on "Department of Medicine faculty honored for National Doctors’ Day"