Thank you to all those who attended or viewed Dr. Nadia Hansel's State of the Department address and the opening of JHH and JHBMC Medical Grand Rounds. Below are highlights from Dr. Hansel's presentation including accomplishments from members of the DOM in the past year as well as initiatives to look out for.
Administrative Updates
Amanda Icenroad has begun as the Administrative Manager supporting Dr. Nadia Hansel. Nikki Dudley will begin supporting the clinical affairs team including Christian Hartman beginning Monday, September 8.
Promoted to Professor
Promoted to Associate Professor
New Clinical Programs
- Mycology Outpatient Center
- Specialized services for fungal disease management and clinical trials
- Directed by Dr. John Baddley and others
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Clinic
- Named one of 16 Clinical and Research Centers worldwide
- Partnership with Pediatrics
- Directed by Dr. Dan Belz
- Alpha1 Clinical Resource Center
- Providing specialized care, resources, and support for patients withAlpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Directed by Dr. Ashraf Fawzy
- Expanding Inpatient and Ambulatory E-consults
- Addiction medicine
- Allergy
- Pulmonary Embolism (PERT)
- Lipids
- Pharmacogenetics
- Rheumatology
Regional Expansion
- GI Infusion Center – Sibley Memorial Hospital
- Opened March 2025
- Only non-oncologic infusion center in NCR
- Open to any SOM provider to refer patients
- Allergy Clinic - Green Spring Station
- Opened in July 2025
- Diagnostic and therapeutic services for allergic and immunologic conditions
- Multi-disciplinary expansion – Howard County
- Cardiology
- GI
- Renal
- Healthy Eating Activity and Weight Program
Hospital Partnerships
Assistant Chiefs of Service
SOM Convocation Awards
Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Program Highlights
- Expanded core clinical faculty
- Created new tracks and curricula
- Procedures Track
- Lifestyle Medicine Track
- Professional (career planning) Development Series
- ABIM Board Prep
- Enhanced use of educational apps and structures
- Continued engagement with resident and faculty leadership
- Residency Steering Committee
- Faculty retreat
Osler Medical Residency Highlights
- Osler Data Science Track launched
- First annual CME course in Bedside Medicine
- Save the Date for the second annual course: May 1, 2026
- 50th Anniversary of the Firm System: Year-long celebration
- Created by Dr. Victor McKusick in 1975
- Primary innovation: delegates as much responsibility to the chief residents asthe rest of the active staff
- Symposium on May 1 in conjunction with Bedside Medicine Course
- Ambulatory ACS named after Dr. Mary Betty Stevens
- Osler resident in 1956
- Became the first woman to lead a division in the DOM (Rheumatology)
- Launching a POCUS curriculum
- Launching an Alumni Association
Large Federal Awards
DOM-WSE Collaborative Lab Renovation
- Goal: create a vibrant ecosystem where clinician-scientists, clinicians, and engineers work side by sideto accelerate discoveries and bring practical solutions to the challenges of aging
- Co-Directors: Drs. Peter Abadir and Najim Dehak
- 10,000 sq ft in the Mason F. Lord Building at Bayview
- Key features:
- Tools for assessing physical and cognitive function
- AI-driven speech and hearing assessment
- Simulation apartment with kitchen and bathroom for testing technologies to support independent living
- 3D printing and robotics for rapid design and testing
- Networking hubs to foster cross-disciplinary partnerships
DOM-WSE Research Retreat
Resources for Investigators
Research Development Team (research.jhu.edu/rdt/)
- Pre-award facilitation for large grant proposals
- Templates for common sections of federally-sponsored proposals
Editorial Assistance Services Initiative (research.jhu.edu/rdt/easi)
- Editorial support, at no charge for grant proposals and manuscripts
- Questions? Email Courtney McQueen at [email protected].
DOM Grant Sample Resource on DOM Research MS Teams site
- Over 130 sample grant files from internal JHU investigators and the NIH ([email protected])
- JHU-specific IT, ICTR and environmental resources samples
BEAD Core Research Support ([email protected])
- 20 hours of free support for full-time faculty
- Multiple investigators can pool hours
Development Funding: Notable Gifts in the Past Year
- $10M from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Inc. for theSjogren’s Syndrome Center
- $3M from Ethan and Karen Leder for CIM & Human Aging ProjectLeder Scholars
- $1.2M from Peter and Theresa Nicholl for the research of Drs.Donner and Ndumele
- $1M from Ron and Judy Baron for the Amyloidosis Center GiftFund
- $1M from Nancy Grasmick for the Grasmick Fellowship Fund inCardiology
- $947K from Harriet A. Ward for the Katherine B. Ward MemorialFund in PCCM
- $780K from Leslie Isaacs for the Leslie Isaacs Estate in ID
- $744K from the Fisher Global Foundation for the Fisher CenterDiscovery Fund in ID
- $600K from Frank Schadt for the Complement and Lyme DiseaseDiscovery Fund
- $500K from Tom and Cynthia Secunda for the Secunda FamilyFoundation Gift Fund in Geriatrics
Faculty Development
- Prioritize faculty promotion and advancement
- Additional ongoing efforts:
- Connecting w/ individual faculty, divisions, and leadership
- Launched DOM repository of successful promotion materials
- Seminars on preparing for promotion, CV review, career panels, etc.
- Systematic review of data on promotion, salary, and culture
- New! Establishment of Faculty Office Hours to discuss items related to faculty development and promotional readiness
