The Division of Digestive Diseases welcomes Mark J. Czaja, MD, FAASLD to the Emory University Department of Medicine. Dr. Czaja joined the team in October 2015 as a professor of medicine. His NIH-funded research attempts to…
Anjana Pillai, MD was recently elected to the American Association for Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Program Evaluation Committee. The focus of the program evaluation committee is to evaluate the content of the annual scientific…
James Spivey, MD (Digestive Diseases) was recently appointed to the American Association for Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee for the term of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. The Clinical…
The Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center (Division of Infectious Diseases) hosted a volunteer appreciation event at the Fernbank Science Museum on November 21. Former and current volunteers who participated in Hope Clinic research studies…
Governor Nathan Deal named November “Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Awareness Month” in Georgia. Micah Fisher, MD (program director for the Emory Pulmonary Hypertension Program) recently accompanied Emory patient and leader of the Savannah Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group Linda…
James Bailey, MD (Emory Division of Renal Medicine) was born in Pittsburgh. He graduated from St. Francis College and received his MD from Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Bailey completed his residency in internal medicine at Mercy…
New research on how excess parathyroid hormone affects immune cells suggests that doctors could repurpose existing drugs to treat hyperparathyroidism without surgery. Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids Division Director, Roberto Pacifici, MD, teamed up with doctors from…
The Pulmonary/Critical Care service at Grady Memorial Hospital was ranked No. 8 out of 122 University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) institutions in the second quarter 2015. Many of the physicians who practice at Grady Memorial Hospital…
Emory residents Deep Shah, MD; Cameron Body, MD; Richard Ramonell, MD; and Jancy Mathew, MD describe their day-to-day lives as residents in Emory’s internal medicine residency program. “There are a few things I feel make a good, effective…
Emory University Department of Medicine internal medicine residents have the opportunity to train at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. The Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC) serves the health-care needs of more than 100,000 enrolled veterans living…