The 2017 Mid-Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium (MACCS): Controversies & Challenges in Cardiology took place in November with a great turn out of DOM award winners: Stephen Chelko, research associate in the Division of Cardiology, won the Capital Young Investigator Award for Basic/Preclinical Olurotimi Mesubi, fellow in Cardiology, won a Best Poster Award from the MACCS as well as the(...)
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5 From the DOM Among Most Cited Researchers
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchFive Department of Medicine faculty members have been named Highly Cited Researchers 2017 by Clarivate Analytics, which was previously part of Thomson Reuters, which identifies the world’s most influential contemporary researchers across 21 scientific fields. Over three thousand researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated by Essential Science Indicators (ESI) as Highly Cited(...)
Ziegelstein Receives Theodore E. Woodward Award
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient CareRoy Ziegelstein, professor in the Division of Cardiology, received the 2017 Theodore E. Woodward Award from the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA), recognizing his as the top presentation on clinical skills presented at this year's annual meeting. The ACCA is made up of a group of physicians and scientists aiming to improve medical education, research(...)
Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators’ Forum Winners
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchThe Division of Cardiology was very well represented at the 2017 Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum earlier this month. Steven Hsu, assistant professor, received 2nd place in the Junior Faculty Basic Science category. William McEvoy, assistant professor, received 2nd place in the Junior Faculty Clinical Science category. (...)
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Associate Professor: Assistant Professor: Ann Marie Parker, Pulmonary Jennifer Townsend, Infectious Diseases Swaytha Yalamanchi, Endocrinology Instructor: Lingling Xian, Hematology We would also like to welcome our new faculty members who joined the department last quarter. Wael AlJaroudi, adjunct assistant professor in Cardiology Katherine Allen,(...)
Mary Elizabeth Garrett Executive Leadership for Women Faculty Program
Posted by | CongratulationsThree from the DOM have been selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Mary Elizabeth Garrett Executive Leadership for Women Faculty Program sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Office of Women in Science and Medicine. A group of 12 women faculty from different departments across Hopkins will begin the program in 2018 to expand even further(...)
O’Rourke Gives Keith Reimer Distinguished Lecture
Posted by | CongratulationsBrian O'Rourke, professor in the Division of Cardiology, was selected to give the Keith Reimer Distinguished Lecture at the European Section of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) in Hamburg, Germany last month. His lecture entitled "Life on the Edge: Mitochondria Emergence, and Heart Disease" honored the memory of the former ISHR president who made major scientific contributions to(...)
7 DOM Specialties Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient Care"There is no question that the people of Johns Hopkins Medicine deliver the best patient care day in and day out. We see this firsthand in the extraordinary actions of our faculty and staff, and we hear it so often from our grateful patients and their families." -Paul Rothman and Ronald Peterson Congratulations to the(...)
Mesubi Named Finalist for Young Investigator Award
Posted by | CongratulationsOlurotimi Mesubi, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, has been named a finalist for the 2017 BCVS Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award from the American Heart Association's Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences for his abstract "CaMKII Oxidation Causes Increased Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetic Mice." He will present his abstract at the Scientific Session in California(...)
Kass Receives Peter Harris Award
Posted by | CongratulationsDavid Kass, professor in the Division of Cardiology, was recently awarded the 2018 Peter Harris Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Society for Heart Research in recognition of his lifetime contributions of major discoveries to cardiovascular science. He will be presented with the award next August in Brisbane at the 2018 Australasian Section meeting where he(...)