Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Sarah Disney was named the administrative director for JHH inpatient operations and JHH/JHBMC endoscopy, effective February 1. Sarah’s appointment to this role marks an expansion of her responsibility as the administrative director of the Endoscopy Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She will work closely with the department’s vice chairs and(...)
Mingzhao Xing, professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was named the 2017 recipient of the Johns Hopkins Thyroid Tumor Center's Paul W. Ladenson Thyroid Award. The award recognizes him as an outstanding longtime thyroid tumor researcher who has made fundamental impacts on the field. He was presented the award at the center's annual event.
Randy Komenski, director of operations at Bayview, was recognized nationally in January/February 2018 issue of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) magazine for his receipt of the ACHE Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award. Randy also received the ACHE Exemplary Service Award acknowledging his service to the profession, organization and mentorship. Randy completed an elected three-year term on the American College(...)
Daniel Brotman, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been named one of four 2018 Masters in Hospital Medicine (MHM) worldwide by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM). This honor is the apex of distinguished prestige in the hospital medicine community and is in recognition of his contributions to the field of hospital(...)
The Osler Program's Medical Jeopardy team recently won first place at the Maryland American College of Physicians (ACP) competition. The team, featuring Deepak Atri, senior assistant resident on Barker Firm, Sandeep Raj, intern on Thayer Firm, Kevin Shenderov, junior assistant resident on Longcope Firm, and John Woller, intern on Thayer Firm, will now advance to compete(...)
Paul Hassoun, professor in the Division of Pulmonary and director of the Hopkins Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Program, was recently elected President of the Pulmonary Vascular Institute (PVRI) for 2018-2019. The PVRI is an international medical society and the only global charity fighting PH and pulmonary vascular diseases (PVD) around the world. It comprises a network(...)
Roger Blumenthal, professor in the Division of Cardiology, will co-chair the task force in charge of writing the 2018 Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Guidelines for the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). The goal of the task force is to create a single-source, consolidated and readable guideline for both primary care(...)
Risha Irvin, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently selected as a scholar in the 2018 class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars. Risha is one of 59 scholars joining the fourth cohort chosen based on their leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal leadership projects aimed at improving the civic(...)
Stephen Sisson, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, is one of two physicians worldwide to be elected to the American College of Physicians' (ACP) Board of Regents. The Board of Regents is the ACP’s main policy-making council, and determines the formal positions of the 160,000 member college. He will begin his two-year term(...)
Sherita Golden, executive vice chair, and Felicia Hill-Briggs, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, have been named to the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 2018 board of directors. As of Jan. 1, Felicia is the president of the health care and education and Sherita is an active board member. Also, Nisa Maruthur, associate professor in GIM,(...)