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…
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…
Just a few weeks after the events of September 11, Heval Kelli 15MR and his family arrived in the small town of Clarkston, Georgia. More than six years before, the Kurdish refugees left their home…
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…
A teacher of medicine and life, a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Paul H. D’Amato, MD, FACC of Atlanta, GA, passed away peacefully in his home from Parkinson’s Disease, on August 31, 2019 at the…
Carlos del Rio, MD has been named Executive Associate Dean for Emory School of Medicine at Grady Health System. In this role, effective Nov. 1, 2019, he will provide executive oversight and strategic vision for…
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…
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…
We are excited to share that the Emory University Vaccinology Training Program (VTP) T32 grant has been renewed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for another five years, with a new end date on…
What is your professional background? I am an infectious diseases physician and researcher. I completed an internal medicine residency, infectious diseases fellowship, and a Master of Science in Clinical Research at Emory. I also was a Fogarty Global Health Fellow…