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Partnering with Patients in Decision-Making: Continuing the Conversation at Johns Hopkins will take place on June 1, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Owens Auditorium in the Cancer Research Building. Open to all, this meeting will feature discussions of clinical, educational and research approaches to decision making in the Johns Hopkins Medicine […]
We are delighted to announce that Rexford Ahima will join Johns Hopkins Medicine on as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Diabetes, director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and leader of the Diabetes Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Ahima will assume division directorship on June 1, 2016, succeeding […]
Many of us have experienced the incredible sense of satisfaction that results from being involved in meaningful interdisciplinary experiences in which the whole was truly greater than the sum of the parts. Magic happened as each individual brought their unique perspective, knowledge and skills to solve a problem. Collaboration is defined as: a mutually beneficial […]
With such a large department with multiple missions competing for attention, the role of administrator can best be tackled by splitting the position to allow each administrator to focus on a more specific set of tasks. With this in mind, I decided to name two internal candidates as administrators for our department going forward. Matt […]
Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been named vice president for health care equity for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She will assume the newly created position on Jan. 1, 2016. As our nation struggles to improve population health while managing health care spending, moving from health disparities to health equity has […]
First year Hopkins medical students in the Scholarly Concentrations (SC) course are currently seeking faculty mentors for summer research projects. Students will have seven weeks of full-time availability in the summer to work on their projects. The SOM pays them a stipend to work during those seven weeks. Mary Catherine Beach, professor in the Division […]
The Office of Faculty Development is accepting applications for the 5th cohort of the Junior Faculty Leadership Program (JFLP). The JFLP is designed for School of Medicine faculty members who are at the level of Instructor or Assistant Professor and with less than four years at rank. The program consists of 7 two-hour sessions held […]
Who would you like to see recognized as the inaugural recipient of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Dean’s Distinguished Mentoring Award? We encourage you to nominate our department's superb mentors whose career has resulted in the mentoring of individuals who have gone on to establish independent, distinguished careers in academic medicine. Nominations are due by September […]
It is with very mixed feelings that we announce the departure of Patricia (Patti) A. Engblom from the administration team in the Department of Medicine to become the Administrator for Ambulatory Services at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1994, Patti came to Johns Hopkins as a post-graduate fellow in the Health Services Management program. Her first […]
Ron Langlotz has been named the new Director of Nursing for the Departments of Medicine and Radiology effective March 22, 2015. Ron holds both a BSN and a MSN from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and came to Hopkins in 1999 as a clinical nurse in the Neurological Critical Care Unit (NCCU) and […]