Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
William McEvoy, assistant professor in Cardiology, and Olurotimi Mesubi, Cardiology fellow, recently received awards for their research at the 2016 Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum from the Academic Research Coalition. Other finalists include: Emmanouil Tampakis, Mohammadali Habibi and Deeptankar DeMazumder. Bill's research relates to work demonstrating that excessively low diastolic blood pressure is associated with heart muscle damage(...)
The AHA Strategic Focused Research Network (SFRN) site at Johns Hopkins University is recruiting post-doctoral fellows for a two-year training program in women’s cardiovascular health. There will be 1 fellow recruited each year in 2016, 2017, and 2018 for a total of 3 AHA Fellows. Submit applications by November 15, 2016. The 2017 fellowship position(...)
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Promoted to Adjunct Professor: Promoted to Associate Professor: Promoted to Assistant Professor: Brendan Antiochos, Division of Rheumatology Muhammad Athar, Division of Hospital Medicine Marcella Ferlito, Division of Cardiology Promoted to Instructor: Ning Feng, Division of Cardiology We would also like to welcome our(...)
Aditya Bhonsale, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was recently selected by the prize selection committee of the Zurich Heart House to receive the ARVC Clinical Research Prize. The award was presented at the Third International Zurich ARVC Symposium in Switzerland last month. The prize is part of the Zurich Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) Program established(...)
Chad Restrick, research service manager in the Division of Cardiology, was recently named the recipient of the 2015 Society of Research Administrators (SRA) International Annual Meeting Best Concurrent Session Award for his session "Working with DARPA: From Applicaiton Submission to Award Management" from the SRA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas last October. He will be(...)
The Dr. Joseph and Rae Brown Award recognizes a Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) member who has significantly advanced multidisciplinary quality care for critically ill and injured patients at the regional or local level. Sammy Zakaria, assistant professor in Cardiology, received this award in recognition of his efforts in leading the SCCM Baltimore Chapter for the(...)
Lara Kovell, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was recently awarded the 2016 Postgraduate Award from Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. This award comes with a $2,000 honorarium and allows residents and fellow to pursue projects in the spirit of the AOA mission statement. Lara will study the effect of intentional weight loss(...)
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans, and this statistic is what motivates the American Heart Association (AHA) to continue pursuing efforts to reduce this disease’s impact on our lives. The AHA’s annual Heart Walk, on Saturday, October 8, 2016, helps fund these efforts. Johns Hopkins has long been a corporate partner(...)
Last month, Deidra Crews, Chulan Kwon and Chiadi Ndumele were selected to receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards, representing some of the most creative thinkers from across the University. The awards, accompanied by a $75,000 grant and mentoring opportunities, aim to help launch early career faculty members on a path to a sustainable and rewarding academic career. To see(...)
