As director of this department, I have a lot of reasons to be thankful. The members of this department account for over 4,600 of those reasons. This week’s extremely successful fellowship match that will bring us a new class of talented physicians this July is yet another. The fact that year after year we are(...)
Director’s Reflections
Director’s Reflections: Spotlight on Education
Posted by | Administration, EducationEducation is what binds us all. We are not all scientists or clinicians, but each and every one of us is a teacher in some aspect. Often what draws people to academic medical centers is a desire to train the next generation; to ensure our future is brighter than the present. In keeping with this(...)
Director’s Reflections: One DOM, Multiple Campuses
Posted by | AdministrationWe in the Department of Medicine are one faculty. But we practice our mission-based activities at more than one place. While we began our journey at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH), Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) joined in in 1984. JHBMC, formerly the Baltimore City Hospital, brought with it opportunities for important new programs(...)
Director’s Reflections: The Department Review
Posted by | AdministrationYou may have noticed recently that our department underwent a comprehensive review, a task completed every five years for each department in the School of Medicine. I’d like to extend my thanks to the many of you who participated—whether directly or indirectly—in this Herculean administrative effort with a special call out to Holly Sellers and(...)
Director’s Reflections: Pride Month
Posted by | AdministrationIt is my privilege this month to post about Pride Month. When people think about Johns Hopkins Medicine and LGBTQ issues, the entry point is often colored by the vocal and public Paul McHugh, former head of the Department of Psychiatry, who viewed gender dysphoria as a psychological problem, not a biological phenomenon—asserting that patients(...)
Director’s Reflections: Joy in Medicine
Posted by | AdministrationThe words “Joy in Medicine” have been cropping up all over the place recently. I myself have been meaning to write a blog on the topic ever since Lee Daugherty Biddison discussed it during Medical Grand Rounds (watch her talk beginning at 25:06) during which she shared findings and solutions sought after by the Joy(...)
Director’s Reflections: The Meaning of Symbols
Posted by | AdministrationAs members of the Hopkins community, we are surrounded by symbols both tangible and intangible. As a longstanding institution and the cradle of graduate medical education, many of these symbols represent traditions laid down before our time. Deservedly, Johns Hopkins has transformed into a symbol of diversity, Mary Elizabeth Garrett of inclusion and William Osler(...)
Director’s Reflections during Women’s History Month: The Importance of Strong Role Models
Posted by | AdministrationMuch like Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, society would not exist without both men and women. When the medical school failed to open alongside the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1889 due to lack of funds, university leaders were hesitant to admit women to say the least. It wasn’t until desperation led them to accept the(...)
Director’s Reflections during Black History Month: Diversity and Inclusion
Posted by | AdministrationBlack history is intertwined in the history of Johns Hopkins with figures like Vivien Thomas, who began as an assistant to Alfred Blalock, being paid as a janitor, and went on to develop procedures used to treat cyanotic heart disease, and Levi Watkins, who became the first black chief resident in cardiac surgery of The Johns(...)
Director’s Reflections: Education is Central
Posted by | Administration, EducationAs the birthplace for graduate medical education, education is in our DNA. When the School of Medicine was established in 1893 (125 years ago this year) thanks to gifts from Mary Elizabeth Garrett and Johns Hopkins himself, it set the stage for Sir William Osler’s educational ideals that brought teaching to the bedside. Today, education(...)
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