Emory Department of Medicine Chair David S. Stephens, MD and our 2016 Department of Medicine Faculty Award winners
Please join the Emory University Department of Medicine in congratulating the 2016 Faculty Award winners. Photos from this year’s Celebratory Grand Rounds are available on the Department of Medicine’s Facebook page.
Academy of Medical Educators’ “Teach 12” Award
Clifford J. Gunthel, MD (Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases)
Educator Impact Award
Dustin Smith, MD (Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine)
Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Service Award
• Assistant Professor – Maura George, MD (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
• Associate Professor – Octavian Ioachimescu, MD, PhD (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
• Professor – Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, FACP (Infectious Diseases)
Outstanding Clinician Award
Dhaval Desai, MD (Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine)
Outstanding Quality Achievement Award
Jesse Jacob, MD, MSc (Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases)
Outstanding Scientific Citation Award (Basic Research – Junior Faculty)
Jau-Yi Li, PhD (Instructor, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids). “IL-17A Is Increased in Humans with Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Mediates PTH-Induced Bone Loss in Mice.”
Outstanding Scientific Citation Award (Clinical/Translational – Junior Faculty)
Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH (Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases). “Continuous Retention and Viral Suppression Provide Further Insights into the HIV Care Continuum Compared to the Cross-sectional HIV Care Cascade.”
Outstanding Scientific Citation Award (Senior Faculty)
Tanveer Rab, MD (Associate Professor, Cardiology). “Cardiac Arrest, a Treatment Algorithm for Emergent Invasive Cardiac Procedures in the Resuscitated Comatose Patient.”
R. Wayne Alexander Excellence in Research Accomplishment Award
Arshed Quyyumi, MD, FRCP, FACC (Professor, Cardiology)
Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentorship Award – Research
Mark Mulligan, MD (Professor, Infectious Diseases)
Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentorship Award – Clinical
Robin E. Rutherford, MD (Professor, Digestive Diseases)
Juha P. Kokko Teaching Award
Jeff Lennox, MD (Professor, Infectious Diseases)
Joyce P. Doyle Award
Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, FACP (Professor, Infectious Diseases)
Golden Apple Teaching Award
• Emory University Hospital Midtown – Ketino Kobaidze, MD (Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine) and Dan Sorescu, MD (Associate Professor, Cardiology)
• Emory University Hospital – Dan Hunt, MD, FACP (Division Director, Hospital Medicine) and Maan Jokhadar, MD (Assistant Professor, Cardiology)
• Atlanta VA Medical Center – Anna Von, MD (Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine) and Mark Shumate, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology)
• Grady Memorial Hospital – Lorenzo DiFrancesco, MD (Professor, General Medicine and Geriatrics) and Michael Connor, Jr., MD (Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
Best Medicine Grand Rounds
Martha Arellano, MD (Associate Professor, Emory Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology). “Advances in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”
Best Conference
Kimberly Manning, MD (Assistant Professor, General Medicine and Geriatrics); Jen Spicer, MD (Chief Resident); and Lucas Golub, MD (Chief Resident). “BST (Bite-Sized Teaching) Mode.”
Academy of Medical Educators’ Teaching Innovations Grant
Krysta Johnson-Martinez, MD (Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine) and Anne Tomolo, MD, MPH (Associate Professor, General Medicine and Geriatrics). “An Interactive Patient Safety Curriculum.”
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- Emory Division of Infectious Diseases
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- Emory Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids
- Emory Division of Hospital Medicine
- Emory Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Emory Division of Digestive Diseases
- Emory Division of Rheumatology
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- Congrats to our 2016 Faculty Award nominees
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