Congratulations to the winners of this year's Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams from the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians. Clinicians and care teams were recognized by their peers for their commitment to the mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine and their consistent dedication to providing excellent patient care. This year’s awardees were honored at a ceremony on April 1.
The below clinicians and care teams from the DOM were recognized out of more than 300 clinicians nominated (in the order they appear above; members of the DOM in bold):
William Baumgartner, M.D., Physician of the Year
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: Fredrick Wigley, MD, professor in the Division of Rheumatology
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center: Bradley Strunk, MD, instructor in the Division of General Internal Medicine
Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety
The Johns Hopkins Hospital: Kara-Grace Leventhal, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at JHH,
Best Consulting Physician
Sibley Memorial Hospital: Camille Stanback, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Innovations in Clinical Care
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: Thang Nguyen, MD, and the Collaborative Inpatient Medicine Service Procedure Team
Team members: Thang Nguyen, MD, Amaka Ofodu, MD, Amy Yu, MD, Ishaan Gupta, MBBS, Dimitri Tito, DO, Julius Ho, MD, MPH, Dmitry Kiyatkin, MD, and Venkat Gundareddy, MBBS, MPH
The Johns Hopkins Hospital: Nestoras Mathioudakis, MD, MHS, and the Diabetes Self-Management Team including Gene Arnold
Clinical Collaboration and Teamwork
The Johns Hopkins Hospital: Lynette Mark, MD, Christy Gray, MD, PhD, Katherine Norgaard, MD, Vikesh Singh, MD, Christine Argento, MD, Mary-Rose Hess, BSN, RN, CGRN, and team
Advanced Practice Provider
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center: John H Verchot Jr., PA-C, Cardiology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital: Michelle Churchill, CRNP, Palliative Medicine
Sibley Memorial Hospital: Kristen Koller, CRNP, Gastroenterology
To view the full list of award recipients from seven hospitals, click here.
We'd like to thank all of our DOM physicians and care teams who help promote clinical excellence and keep our hospitals and specialties among the best in the world. Keep an eye out for next year's call for nominations to help ensure your teams and colleagues get the recognition they deserve.
