Canto Receives Endoscopy Award
Dr. Marcia Canto, professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, received the Endoscopy Award of the German Society of Gastroenterology. She will be presented the award during the German Annual Meeting.
Beach Elected as Fellow of The Hastings Center
Dr. Mary Catherine Beach, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was elected as a fellow of the Hastings Center. Hastings Center fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science and technology. Fellows […]
Peairs Named Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Dr. Kimberly Peairs is our new vice chair for clinical affairs effective Feb. 1, 2022. She will lead our clinical vice chair team in order to further harmonize Department of Medicine clinical affairs across all campuses. Dr. Peairs has proven to be an effective leader managing our ambulatory operations since 2016 when she began as […]
Rabb Receives Bywaters Award
Dr. Hamid Rabb, professor in the Division of Nephrology, received the 2022 Bywaters Award from the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). This biennial lifetime achievement award recognizes scientific excellence in the field of acute kidney injury (AKI), and is named after Eric Bywaters, who first described crush syndrome in the 1940s. Nominated by ISN members […]
Montemayor Named Longcope Firm Faculty Leader
Dr. Kristina Montemayor, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, will take over as the firm faculty leader for the Longcope Firm of the Osler Medical Residency. Dr. Montemayor will succeed Dr. Carrie Herzke in mentoring the residents and fellow faculty members on the Longcope Firm. Dr. Montemayor graduated from the […]
BREATHE – Bridging Research, Lung Health, and the Environment – Children’s Center
The National Institute for Environmental Health Services has developed and sustained a strong base of children’s environmental health (CEH) research projects for more than 20 years. A new program, the NIEHS Collaborative Centers in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation, builds upon that foundation and aims to establish a national network of centers to develop strategies […]
Langlotz Named CNO/VP of Nursing at HCGH
Dr. Ron Langlotz, DNP, RN, has been named vice president of nursing/chief nursing officer at Howard County General Hospital, effective Monday, Feb. 14. He will be responsible for inpatient nursing units as well as Emergency Services, Women’s and Children’s Services, Ancillary Services, Clinical Education and patient care staffing and operations. Ron has served in this […]
Santhanam Selected for ABIM Task Force
Dr. Prasanna Santhanam, associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, was selected to serve on the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Item-Writing Task Force of the American Board of Internal Medicine. His term began on January 1, 2022 and will go until June 30, 2022. ABIM established the Item-Writing Task Forces to help […]
Bailey, Balagopal and Checkley Elected to ASCI
Dr. Justin Bailey, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Ashwin Balagopal, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and Dr. William Checkley, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, were recently named to the newest cohort of members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. The ASCI, […]
Chatterjee Named Fellowship Program Director
Dr. Souvik Chatterjee became the program director of the fellowship program of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine effective January 1, 2022. Dr. Chatterjee succeeds Dr. Hank Fessler, who has stepped down after 16 years of dedicated service and commitment to the program. Dr. Fessler has trained over 150 fellows and graduates, and […]