What is your professional background? I obtained my undergraduate degree in biological sciences and chemistry from Florida International University in Miami. I attended medical school at Meharry Medical College. During medical school, at Vanderbilt University,…
Congratulations to J. Richard Pittman, MD (Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics), who was recently given the 2017 Dean’s Teaching Award by the Emory University School of Medicine. For the past several years, the School…
The Emory University Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics congratulates Drs. Stephanie Garrett and Ugochi Ohuabunwa on being selected for the 2017 Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Program by the American Geriatrics Society’s Association of Directors…
Ihab Hajjar, MD, MS first noticed a connection between hypertension and cognitive impairment when he was in private practice in South Carolina. “I noticed that a lot of my hypertension patients had a difficult time…
Scott C. Litin, MD (Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic) will present Emory’s third annual Paul W. Seavey Distinguished Lecture, “Presentation Skills for Physicians,” on Tuesday, October 17 at noon in the Emory University Hospital auditorium (2E). “I am…
Please join Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics for the Southeast Review and Update on Medical Care of Older Adults from July 7-9, 2017 at Callaway…
Emory’s John Marshall and Maureen McCamley had the highest rated submissions in the categories of Innovations in Medical Education and Clinical Vignettes at this year’s Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) meeting. There were more than 500…
The 7th annual Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2017. The Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture series fosters collaboration in scientific and clinical rehabilitation in environment, aging, and dementia. The 2017 Distinguished Speaker is Alex…
Alexis Bender, PhD is an assistant professor in the Emory University Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics. Her research highlights the ways health trajectories impact relationships as well how interactions with health care providers influence…
The Emory University Department of Medicine is delighted to announce that Dr. Meredith Lora has been named associate director of the Internal Medicine Core Clerkship, joining Clerkship Director Dr. John Pittman. Dr. Lora earned her MD…