Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Nimisha Kalia-Satwah was recently named the interim director of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine following Edward Bernacki’s retirement in August of 2015. Nimisha is an assistant professor who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. After earning her medical degree(...)
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Donald MacGlashan will assume the role of director of the Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology effective September 5, 2016. He will succeed interim director Susan MacDonald, who graciously stepped in after Bruce Bochner’s departure in August 2013. We want to thank Dr. MacDonald for her interim leadership(...)
The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society is sponsoring a new award open to all physicians. Candidates need not be AOA members. The Moser Award honors one of the great leaders in American medicine, the late Robert H. Moser, MD. There will be one award of $4,500 for an essay highlighting the life of a(...)
The Department of Medicine had four graduates of the seventh class of the Leadership Program for Women Faculty sponsored by the Office of Women in Science and Medicine, the SOM Office of Faculty Development and JHU Talent Management and Organization Development. This intensive 10-month program aims to provide leadership development for high potential women faculty. Congratulations to: Namandje(...)
Michael Melia, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently named the new Associate Program Director for Faculty Engagement for the Osler Medical Training Program. In this role Michael will lead efforts to connect faculty and trainees in a more meaningful way. Michael is the Fellowship Training Program Director in the Division of Infectious Diseases. His academic(...)
Tuesday, July 12 marked the 167th birthday of Sir William Osler, one of the original physician leaders of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1884, Johns Hopkins University began to recruit leaders to help prepare the university for the opening of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Osler was recruited to Hopkins in 1888 and named chief physician(...)
Linda Lee, associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology was recently featured as part of #TimeForBaltimore, a video series highlighting work that members of Hopkins do in the community. Linda was featured for her work founding the Baltimore Kids Chess League, where children from kindergarten to high school have competed in an annual chess tournament(...)
This year's Annual Women's Task Force dinner proved to be not only an excellent networking event for women, but an inspiring evening full of meaningful conversation between faculty, staff, residents and fellows as well as our institution's leaders. The event took place on Tuesday, May 31 at the Center Club in Baltimore where keynote speakers Andrea Cox,(...)
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) is currently in search of a medical director for Tokyo Midtown Medical Center. JHI has a number of international clinical affiliates ranging from hospitals to ambulatory clinics. A contractual component of these affiliations is appointment of a project medical director. This is a compensated part-time (approximately 10%) position for a(...)
