Zebrafish: mini-monsters of cardiac regeneration
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…
Faculty and Staff
Highlighted Researcher: Ketino Kobaidze
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….
The Department of Medicine announces new diversity, equity, and inclusion vice chair and associate vice chair
The Emory University Department of Medicine is excited to announce that it has chosen Jada Bussey-Jones, MD as the new Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In addition, Kimberly Manning, MD will serve as the department’s…
Research projects led by Igho Ofotokun, MD expand advances in clinical infectious diseases care
Emory’s Division of Infectious Diseases garners more than $50 million in research funding per year, more than any other division in the Department of Medicine. This achievement is made possible through the contributions of highly-skilled…
Highlighted Researcher: Viola Vaccarino
What is your professional background? I received a MD from the University of Milan, Italy, and a PhD in Epidemiology from Yale University. Between 1995 and 2000, I was part of the faculty at the…
Highlighted Researcher: Arnav Kumar
What is your professional background? I completed medical school at the Government Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India. After medical school, I became a research fellow at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. I,…
Highlighted Researcher: Sara Turbow
What is your professional background? I received my MD and MPH in Epidemiology from Emory in 2012, stayed here for Internal Medicine/Primary Care residency, then joined the faculty at Grady in 2015. I have been…
Highlighted Researcher: Frances Lee
What is your professional background? I graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed my internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center. I then started my…
Cardiology Online CME
Emory offers free online CME credits to physicians. Physicians can receive the CME credits by watching an archived cardiovascular grand rounds presentation and answering a few short questions. The cardiovascular lectures are given by Emory…
The 9th Annual Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture
The 9th Annual Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Primary Care Consortium, Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, and VA Geriatric, Research, Education and Clinical Center,…