Klitos Konstantinidis, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was awarded the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting Best Poster Award from the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation joint meeting. He received the award for his abstract entitled "A dynamic redox pathway for CaMKII activation and cardioprotection." His travel to the meeting was funded by the AAP/ASCI(...)
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Smith Receives Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Endowed Award
Posted by | CongratulationsTom Smith, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the recipient of the 2019 Walther Cancer Foundation Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Endowed Award and Lecture from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The award was created in 2017 in order to recognize an individual that has made multiple, significant and enduring contributions(...)
Golden Named Chief Diversity Officer
Posted by | Administration, CongratulationsAs you may have seen in the announcement from Kevin Sowers and Inez Stewart, our Executive Vice Chair, Dr. Sherita Golden, will become the next vice president, chief diversity officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine, effective July 1. Sadly, this means she will be leaving her leadership role in our department. Appointing Sherita as executive vice(...)
Three from the DOM to be Inducted into AOA
Posted by | CongratulationsMichael Fingerhood, associate professor and director of the Division of Chemical Dependence, Nancy Schoenborn, assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics, and William Yang, senior resident in the Bayview Internal Medicine Residency, were recently selected to be inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Members are selected based on scholastic achievement, demonstrated professionalism, leadership capabilities, adherence to(...)
Members of the DOM Honored by the IEE
Posted by | Congratulations, EducationMembers of the DOM received five of the eight Outstanding Educator Awards distributed at the Annual Institute for Excellence in Education (IEE) Conference and Celebration held on Friday, April 12. Lifetime Achievement in Education Award John Burton, professor in the Division of Geriatrics, received the Martin D. Abeloff Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical and Biomedical Education.(...)
Rock Receives Top Poster Abstract Award
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchClare Rock, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Top Poster Abstract Award for the SHEA Spring 2019 Conference in Boston. She will present her abstract entitled "Evaluating the Accuracy of Sampling Strategies for Fluorescent Gel Monitoring of Patient Room Cleaning" at the conference later this(...)
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: Joseph Cofrancesco (pictured), GIM Maureen Horton (pictured), Pulmonary Associate Professor: Oscar Cingolani, Cardiology Christine Durand, Infectious Diseases Maura McGuire, GIM Satish Shanbhag, Hematology Assistant Professor: Michael Albert, GIM Lee Haselhuhn, GIM Varsha Singh, GI Joshua Sloan, GI Instructor: Jenny Pena Dias, Endocrinology We would(...)
Residents Named Young Scholars in GIM
Posted by | Congratulations*pictured: Meron Hirpa, Harita Shah and Talia Robledo-Gil Meron Hirpa, junior assistant resident in the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program, Harita Shah, senior assistant resident in the Medicine-Pediatrics Urban Health Residency Program, and Talía Robledo-Gil, intern in the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program, were named 2019 Young Scholars in GIM by the Society of General Internal Medicine. These(...)
Marine Named to American College of Cardiology Steering Committee
Posted by | CongratulationsJoseph Marine, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology, was selected to serve on the Steering Committee for the American College of Cardiology Board of Governors. He was also appointed to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines where he will provide oversight for the policies and rigorous methodologies involved in(...)
Smith Receives Palliative Medicine National Leadership Award
Posted by | Congratulations, LeadershipThomas Smith, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the 2019 recipient of the Project on Death in America (PDIA) Palliative Medicine National Leadership Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. This award recognizes a physician leader who has advanced the field of palliative care by the education of the next(...)