On March 15, thousands of medical students across the country participated in Match Day to discover where they will begin their residency training. Emory’s J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program is proud to welcome…
We are pleased to share that Dustin Smith, MD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, was named the course director for the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2019 annual conference – Hospital Medicine…
The Department of Medicine is thrilled to introduce the incoming 2019-2020 J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program interns. This rising class of 56 candidates will begin their residencies this July. They include 44 categorical track, two…
Since 2008, the Department of Medicine has offered the Fostering the Academic Mission in the Emory Department of Medicine (FAME) Grant to provide clinical faculty with support to dedicate up to 20 percent of their…
The J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program has named three first-year residents, Nour Beydoun, MD, Elizabeth Iffrig, MD, and Vanessa Van Doren, MD, as the 2019 recipients of the “Stimulating Access to Research in…
The Department of Medicine is currently soliciting applications to fill the position of Director of Outpatient Experience (OPEX) for the preclinical medical students at Emory’s School of Medicine. This position is an excellent opportunity for a…
What is your professional background? I received my Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and cell science from the University of Florida and my MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. I completed…
After a heart attack, cardiac muscle cells die because they are deprived of blood and oxygen. In newborn babies, as well as in adult fish, the heart can regenerate after injury. Why can’t the human…
We are saddened to share the news that David Schlossberg, MD, a 1975 graduate of Emory’s Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, passed away in February. Prior to joining Emory, Schlossberg completed his undergraduate medical degree at Tufts…
What is your professional background? I graduated from Tbilisi Medical School, worked as a physician at Infectious Disease Hospital in Tbilisi during a large diphtheria outbreak and collaborated with CDC/Atlanta on a field epidemiology investigation….