Researcher Spotlight: J Sonya Haw
What is your professional background? I went to college at TCU in Texas and majored in biology and religion. I completed medical school in Wisconsin (had to get out of Texas!) and completed a Med-Peds…
Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids
Highlighted Researcher: Dan Perrien, PhD
What is your professional background? My research training focused on skeletal regeneration and physiology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where I received my PhD under the direction…
Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology name new division administrators
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Zirka Smith, MPH, DrPH will join the Division of Infectious Diseases as the new division administrator. In addition, Bjay Wylde has been appointed division administrator for…
Highlighted Researcher: Jessica Alvarez
What is your professional background? I am a registered dietitian with a PhD in Nutrition Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I came to Emory in 2011 as a Postdoctoral Fellow to gain…
Emory Healthcare and the Department of Medicine honor our top providers
Emory’s Physician Group Practices Patient Experience Team recently announced the top performing providers from FY19. The Department of Medicine providers below each earned top box results (scores of 9 or 10), for the question “Overall…
Featured Researcher: Modele Ogunniyi
What is your professional background? I received my medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Master of Public Health with a Certificate in Health Finance and Management from Johns Hopkins University. My…
Department of Medicine hosts first annual Diabetes Day Symposium
The Department of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids and Diabetes Management Program recently hosted its inaugural Diabetes Day Symposium. The half-day event was hosted to further educate physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, CDEs, and…
Highlighted Researcher: Priyathama Vellanki
What is your professional background? I received my undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and my MD from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. I moved to Chicago where I did my residency in…
Highlighted Researcher: Thomas Ziegler
What is your professional background? I have BS and MS degrees in nutrition from Michigan State, and I graduated with my MD degree from Michigan State’s College of Human Medicine in 1983. I received consecutive research/clinical…
Thomas R. Ziegler, MD selected by NIH Center for Scientific Review as member of the Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes Study Section
We are pleased to announce that Thomas R. Ziegler, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids, has been selected as a member of the Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes (INMP)…