Remembering Ken Leeper
Ken Leeper, MD was renowned and beloved for his dedication to patient care and tireless devotion to teaching the next generation of clinicians. In this short video, Denise Cardo (his wife); Alvaro Velasquez, MD; and…
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Join Project M-PACT for the Run for Mercy 5K on 6/12
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital will host the inaugural Run for Mercy 5K on Sunday, June 12, and Project M-PACT invites you to join us! All proceeds from the event will support the Mercy Care team and their work…
Kenneth Walker: History of Education in the Department of Medicine
Beginning in 1940 with former Chair of Medicine Eugene Stead, MD, teaching has been a top priority for the Emory University Department of Medicine, and Grady and its patients have been essential to the department’s…
Emory internal medicine residents present at national conferences
Emory internal medicine residents have presented at conferences across the country. Conference Posters and Presentations: Jesse Chai – 2016 Society of Critical Care Medicine National Meeting Jeff Hedley – 2015 American Heart Association National Meeting…
Nanette Wenger: History of Cardiology at Emory and Grady
Nanette Wenger calls the early years of her time at Emory and Grady the “Golden Years of Cardiology.” So much was happening, she describes it as “an explosion of information and an explosion of patient care.”…
Call for nominations: 2016 Faculty Awards
We are now accepting nominations for Department of Medicine Faculty Awards for the 2015-2016 academic year. The categories are as follows: Academy of Medical Educators “Teach 12” Award Educator Impact Award Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished…
Message from Dr. Jon Lewin: Join me at a CEO forum
This message is sent on behalf of Jonathan Lewin, MD, FACR, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University; Executive Director, Woodruff Health Sciences Center; and President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare…
Focus on Research: Metabolomics
Dean P. Jones, PhD is a professor of medicine in the Emory University Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. His central research focus is on redox mechanisms of oxidative stress. He currently directs the…
“Defining Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes”
Please join us for “Defining Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes” by Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD (Boston University School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology) today at 4 p.m. in the James B. Williams Medical Education…
Congratulations to our featured Doctors’ Day clinicians
In honor of National Doctors’ Day, the Emory Medicine Recognitions Committee of the School of Medicine sent out a call for nominations to recognize School of Medicine doctors who go above and beyond. More than…