Faculty Recognitions: Excellence in Research and Patient Satisfaction

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Posted By: Emory Department of Medicine October 11, 2018

As a top research institute, groundbreaking research is happening daily across the Department of Medicine. Join us in congratulating the below faculty members who are recognized by Emory University School of Medicine as leaders in academic journal citations and through funded grant applications.

MilliPub Club Inductees
The MilliPub Club honors and recognizes current Emory faculty who have published one or more individual papers throughout their careers that have each garnered more than 1000 citations. Such a paper is commonly considered a “citation classic” and represents high impact scholarship.

  • George Beck Jr., PhD (Endocrinology)
    “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy” (3rd edition)
  • Greg Martin, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
    “The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock” (Sepsis-3)
  • Lawrence Phillips, MD (Endocrinology)
    “Physiologic evaluation of factors controlling glucose-tolerance in man – Measurement of insulin sensitivity and beta-cell glucose sensitivity from the response to intravenous glucose”
    “Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures”
  • Arshed Quyyumi, MD (Cardiology)
    “A common variant on chromosome 9p21 affects the risk of myocardial infarction”
  • Vikas Sukhatme, MD (Dean, School of Medicine)
    “A zinc finger-encoding gene coregulated with C-FOS during growth and differentiation, and after cellular depolarization”
    “Excess placental soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) may contribute to endothelial dysfunction, hypertension, and proteinuria in preeclampsia”
    “Circulating angiogenic factors and the risk of preeclampsia”
  • Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD (Cardiology)
    “A common variant on chromosome 9p21 affects the risk of myocardial infarction”
  • Nanette Wenger, MD (Cardiology)
    “Exercise and physical activity in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease – A statement from the Council on Clinical Cardiology (Subcommittee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention) and the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity)”

Emory 1% Award
The Emory 1% Award honors and recognizes investigators who have received study section review scores in the top one percentile on a grant proposal.

  • Viranuj Sueblinvong, MD (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) 
    The role of microRNA-1946a in fibroproliferative disrepair following an acute lung injury

To view the full list of School of Medicine faculty recognized for excellence in research, visit http://2018recweek.strikingly.com/blog/excellence-in-research.

The Department of Medicine is dedicated to providing an outstanding patient experience at all of our clinical sites. The below faculty members are being recognized for their high levels of patient satisfaction scores as part of the Emory University School of Medicine’s annual Faculty Recognitions Week.

The Emory Clinic
These faculty members finished above their division goal, as well as within the top 1% for their respective specialty, nationwide, on FY18 Press Ganey CG-CAHPS surveys.

Atlanta VA Medical Center
These Emory VA providers achieved scores in the 90th percentile or higher on Press Ganey patient satisfaction surveys for the past year.

To see a complete list of School of Medicine faculty recognized for excellence in patient satisfaction, visit http://2018recweek.strikingly.com/blog/excellence-in-patient-satisfaction.

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