People with systemic lupus erythematosus can experience several symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, skin rashes, and kidney problems. Often, these symptoms come in attacks called “flares.” In patients with lupus, the immune system becomes confused…
The creation of our Faculty Development Program is officially underway! As you have hopefully noticed, we launched the “mini Academic Hospitalist Academy” in October, with the Billing and Coding session given by Victoria Smith….
Atlanta VA Medical Center Scott Steinbach, MD At the Atlanta VAMC, inpatient quality improvement (QI) really came into existence with the birth of the VA Hospital Medicine (VA HM) Section back in 2008. Before that…
Thank you to all of you who joined us for a wonderful time of recognition and socializing on Saturday, January 23 as we celebrated our 16th annual Emory Division of Hospital Medicine Awards Banquet and…
Shani Woolard, MD is a first-year fellow in the Emory University Division of Digestive Diseases. Woolard has been quite busy in her first year working on a variety of projects including: Working with Digestive Diseases…
Dr. Bashar Staitieh, who works in Dr. David Guidot’s laboratory on the Emory Clifton campus and sees patients at Grady, opened a special clinic for HIV-positive patients with pulmonary symptoms and/or diseases in late 2014….
Lupus is an autoimmune disease with no known cause and no known cure that affects more than 1.5 million Americans. Because lupus can manifest itself in a variety of symptoms involving multiple organ systems, it…
Sagar R. Shroff, MD (Digestive Diseases third-year fellow) was recently recognized with two awards at the 2015 meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). Dr. Shroff received both the Presidential Poster Award and the ACG Fellows-In-Training Award (Functional Bowel Disorders category) for his project “A Randomized,…
When asked why he chose to make a donation at the Hurst, Logue, Wenger Cardiovascular Dinner, Emory alumnus (cardiology fellowship, 1977) James T. Cook III, MD—a cardiologist in Panama City, Florida—stated that his time at…
The Southeastern Critical Care Summit provides targeted education for common critical care conditions and procedures to multi-professional healthcare stakeholders. This program uses interactive and case-based lectures from content experts across all disciplines (physicians, nurses, NP and PA…