Wilson Holland Jr., MD (Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics) was recently named the 2016 winner of the prestigious Mark Silverman, MD, MACP Award by the American College of Physicians‘ Georgia chapter. The Silverman Award, established in 2010, serves…
The Emory University Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Medicine Grand Rounds presentations will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel for online CME credit. Questions? Please contact Lauren Powers at lauren.powers@emory.edu. Note:…
In order to recognize faculty accomplishments and excellence in patient care, research, and education, the week of November 28-December 2 was declared Emory University School of Medicine’s “2016 Faculty Recognitions Week.” So many of your efforts—taking…
Please join us in congratulating Nathan Spell, MD (associate professor of medicine, Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics) as he takes on the role of associate dean for education and professional development at the Emory University…
Madeleine Hackney, PhD’s DREAMS (Developing a Research Participation Enhancement and Advocacy Training Program for Diverse Seniors) project grew out of an ongoing problem in clinical research. Older adults with low socioeconomic status and/or from racial or ethnic minority…
The Emory Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology is excited to introduce new faculty members. Meet the newest members of our team: Sivan Ben-Moshe, MD is an assistant professor of medicine (Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics). She practices…
For Dr. Ted Johnson, “frailty” is not just aging, but function. Frailty is not a new concept – Dr. Linda Fried, then at Johns Hopkins, published seminal work on frailty studies 15 years ago. Frailty is…
Congratulations to Patricia Griffiths, PhD and Kenneth Hepburn, PhD who have been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health to test Tele-Savvy, an on-line psychoeducational program for informal Alzheimer’s caregivers. This trial, built on…
In September of 2015, the 10-bed Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) service opened at Grady Memorial Hospital. Under the direction of geriatrician Ugochi Ohuabunwa, MD, a care team of nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, rehabilitation, community health…
Congratulations to Molly M. Perkins, PhD, MA, who was named a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the organization’s highest class of membership, in May of 2016. GSA Fellows are recognized for their outstanding and…