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WomensPhysicianDay

Happy National Women Physicians Day

February 3, 2022

February 3, 2022 marked the fifth annual Women Physicians Day and 201st birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, a pioneer of medical and feminist history who became the first woman to earn a medical degree (M.D.) from an American medical school in 1849. It is the day we celebrate the accomplishments of women physicians everywhere and honor […]

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Chatterjee Fessler

Chatterjee Named Fellowship Program Director

January 28, 2022

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 […]

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Male, Man

Ray Named Assistant Dean for Research

January 28, 2022

Dr. Stuart C. Ray will be the next assistant dean for research with a focus on data integrity for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine beginning February 1. Dr. Ray is a Professor of Medicine and Oncology in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He has served as vice chair for data integrity and analytics […]

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Leer, Jonathan

Leer Named Division Administrator

January 24, 2022

Jonathan K. Leer, MHA, MSA, CHFP was named the administrator for the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology effective January 24, 2022. Originally from Fort Smith, Arkansas, Jonathan moved to Texas to attend Texas Christian University. He then earned two master’s degrees in accounting and healthcare administration from the University of Texas at Arlington where he […]

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Gupta, Amita

Gupta Named Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases

January 21, 2022

Dr. Amita Gupta will be our next director of the Division of Infectious Diseases effective immediately. Dr. Gupta is a Professor of Medicine with a joint appointment in International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is deputy director of the JHU Center for Clinical Global Health Education and a faculty […]

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SOM

Junior Faculty Leadership Series

January 10, 2022

The School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development (OFD) is now accepting registrations for the 2022 Junior Faculty Leadership Series (JFLS). The goal of the program is to provide junior faculty members (including PhD and clinical associates and research associates) who are at the level of assistant professor and at rank more than one year […]

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Post, Wendy

Post Named Lou and Nancy Grasmick Professor of Cardiology

January 7, 2022

Dr. Wendy Post has been appointed as the inaugural Lou and Nancy Grasmick Professor of Cardiology. Wendy will be the first female faculty member to hold an endowed professorship in the Division of Cardiology, which is a testament to her impressive scientific scholarship, clinical skills, administrative leadership and commitment to the mentorship of both faculty […]

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Herzke, Carrie

Herzke to Step Down as Vice Chair for Inpatient Operations

December 3, 2021

Dr. Carrie Herzke will step down from her role as vice chair for inpatient operations in February to become Chief Medical Officer for the Charleston Division of the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Herzke came to Hopkins after completing an internal medicine-pediatrics residency at Duke University. She joined the faculty in 2008 as an […]

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Anderson profile

Director’s Reflections: Thankful for You

November 24, 2021

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, we had just one vaccine approved for emergency use for adults with COVID-19 cases reaching all-time highs. The CDC advised us against all travel, and more than half of Americans changed their Thanksgiving plans due to the global pandemic. During a time when it was […]

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Marr, Kieren

Marr to Step Down as Vice Chair for Innovation in Healthcare Implementation

November 19, 2021

Dr. Kieren Marr will step down from her role as vice chair for innovation in healthcare implementation and retire as faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases on December 31, 2021. She will become cofounder and chief medical officer of Sfunga Therapeutics, a new Deerfield-backed antifungal company and continue her work with the Johns Hopkins […]

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Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D - William Osler Professor of Medicine, director of the Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D is the William Osler Professor of Medicine, director of the Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital... read more »

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