Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Dr. Tinsay Woreta, assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, will be the next Associate Program Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Osler Medical Residency. Dr. Woreta has extensive experience in mentoring and advising in the DEI space, both at the residency and fellow level. In this role, Dr. Woreta will […]
Dr. Danelle Cayea has been named our next Vice Chair for Education for the Department of Medicine. Dr. Cayea is an associate professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, director of the Daniel and Jeanette Hendin Schapiro Geriatric Medical Education Center and director of the Medicine Core Clerkship. She completed her medical degree […]
Dr. Rexford Ahima has been named the next director of the Physician Scientist Pathway in the Department of Medicine effective July 1, 2022. The Physician Scientist Pathway (PSP) was created in 2016 to recruit, inspire, develop and retain physician scientists who will make scientific discoveries for the future of medicine. Residents in the Osler Medical […]
The Distinguished Teaching Society of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, also known as DTS, is a student-organized honor society for outstanding clinical educators. The society utilizes a rigorous, literature-based, student-created rubric for judging student-submitted nominations for induction into the society. The DTS Judge Committee then reviews nominations from the student body to determine the […]
The Johns Hopkins Hematology Fellowship Track led by Dr. Rakhi Naik, associate professor and associate fellowship program director in the Division of Hematology, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) for the ASH Hematology-Focused Fellowship Training Program (HFFTP), an initiative to address the critical need to expand the hematology workforce. The program […]
The School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Longitudinal Programs are now accepting applications are for their flagship longitudinal course in the key medical educator domain of teaching and facilitating learning. The course has been conducted and refined over decades, with proven track records for developing faculty who have gone on to be […]
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 DOM Clinical & Education Retreat. This was the first time we've been able to celebrate these missions since their separate retreats in 2019, and it was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues in person. We'd like to thank our keynote speaker, Dr. Torian Easterling, First […]
The Department of Medicine Office of Education has launched the start of the second continuous strategic priority planning initiative. We are seeking faculty, fellows and residents who are interested in participating as committee members or a committee chair in the development of 3-5 actions and a recommended implementation plan that would advance one of the […]
Every year, the Department of Medicine recognizes outstanding medical students with the following awards at the School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony. Please join us in congratulating this year's award recipients. Dana Goplerud is the recipient of the Warfield T. Longcope Prize in Clinical Medicine. The award established in honor of Dr. Longcope, director of the […]
Dr. Tina Zhang, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the new co-director of the Medical Education Pathway for the Osler Medical Residency and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Zhang is a graduate of the GIM Medical Education Fellowship at Hopkins. She is involved in medical education […]