Emory Division of Hospital Medicine celebrates at their annual Division Awards

Written by: Mary Ann Kirkconnell Hall, MPH, Senior Medical Writer for the Division of Hospital Medicine

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On Thursday, January 24, members of the Emory Division of Hospital Medicine—faculty and staff, physicians, and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)—braved the melting snow together to celebrate the Division’s achievements over the past year and to recognize a tragic loss to the Division. Division members from each of the Division’s eight clinical sites came together at the Miller Ward Alumni house on the Emory campus for food and beverages; to support each others’ accomplishments; and to remember Ronan Cajimat, a beloved Nurse Practitioner from Emory University Hospital Midtown who passed away in January. The Division’s highest award for APPs was renamed in his honor as the Ronan Cajimat Memorial Clinical Excellence Award and was awarded to Claudia Griffin, PA, and Fabiola Cadet, RN.

Each year, the Site Directors recognize a hospitalist who exemplifies the values of their site, the Division, and the Emory School of Medicine as a whole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year, the winners were as follows:

• Emory University Hospital and Emory Orthopedic and Spine Hospital
  • Winner: Ankit Agrawal, MD
  • Presenter: David Krakow, MD
• Emory University Hospital Midtown
  • Winners: Bashir Geer, MD, and Wanjiru Muigai, MD
  • Presenter: Ketino Kobaidze, MD
• Emory Johns Creek Hospital
  • Winner: Hasan Saiyed, MD
  • Presenter: Mohamad Moussa, MD
• Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
  • Winner: Abdoulaye Diallo, MD
  • Presenter: Dhaval Desai, MD
• Emory Decatur Hospital and Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH)
  • Winner, Emory Decatur Hospital: Rashida La Barrie, MD
    Winner, LTACH: David Ransom, MD
  • Presenter: Matt Hogan, MD
• Emory Hillandale Hospital
  • Winner: Terrence Wise, MD
  • Presenter: Ovid Barrow, MD
• Atlanta VA Medical Center
  • Winner: Eric Baken, MD
  • Presenter: Dustin Smith, MD
• Grady Memorial Hospital
  • Winners: Ronnye Rutledge, MD, and Michael Gallagher, MD
  • Presenter: Mia Park, MD

EDHM has a robust, lively mentoring program run by Manpreet Malik, MD, and Annie Massart, MD. They recognized four senior mentors and 26 1:1 mentors with thanks from the entire Division.

• Senior Mentors
  • Dan Dressler, MD
  • Julie Hollberg, MD
  • Dan Hunt, MD
  • Tracy Vettese, MD
• One-to-One Mentors
  • Joyce Akwe, MD; Monee Amin, MD; Joanna Bonsall, MD; Yelena Burklin, MD; Sarah DeCaro, MD; Dhaval Desai, MD; Reena Hemrajani, MD; Malavika Kapuria, MD; John Kim, MD; Ketino Kobaidze, MD; Noble Maleque, MD; Manpreet Malik, MD; Annie Massart, MD; Amy Miller, MD; Mohamad Moussa, MD; Chris O’Donnell, MD; Mia Park, MD; Viniya Patidar, MD; Amanda Sanders, MD; Hasan Shabbir, MD; Yoo Mee Shin, MD; Dustin Smith, MD; Maha Sulieman, MD; Toby Terwilliger, MD; John Vazquez, MD; TaRessa Wills, MD

Each year, the Division surveys all of our members for nominations for a series of awards that recognize various facets of excellence shown by members of our Division.

• Mentoring Award Winner: Ketino Kobaidze, MD, presented by Dr. Annie Massart
• Research/Quality Improvement Award Winner: Monee Amin, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt
• Advocacy Award Winner: Ronnye Rutledge, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt
• The J. Allen Garner, MD Memorial Humanitarian Award Winner: Maha Sulieman, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt
• The Ronan Cajimat Memorial Clinical Excellence Award Winner: Claudia Griffin, PA; Fabiola Cadet, RN, presented by Lance Clark
  • *This is a new award, named in honor of our beloved colleague Ronan Cajimat, who passed away this year on January 1.
• Non-Clinical Staff Award Winner: Alicia Lane, presented by Lance Clark
• The Daisy Grover, PA Excellence in Patient and Family Centered Care Award Winner: Harika Gorti, MD, presented by Dr. John Vazquez
• Education Award Winner: Nader Aboujamous, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Dressler
• Teaching Award Winners: Michael Gallagher, MD, and Joyanna Wendt, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Dressler
• The Michael Heisler, MD Leadership in Hospital Medicine Award Winner: Matt Hogan, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt
• The Mark V. Williams, MD Overall Excellence in Hospital Medicine Award Winner: Annie Massart, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt
• Physician Nocturnist of the Year Winner: Pan Su “Peter” Kim, MD, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt
• APP Nocturnist of the Year Winner: Barbara Keels Andrews, NP, presented by Dr. Dan Hunt