Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
I write to inform you that after 32 years with our department, Gordon Tomaselli will be moving on to become the Dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York this summer. Gordon joined our department as a cardiology fellow in 1986. He demonstrated a knack for leadership early on, acting as interim(...)
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Chirag Parikh, MD, PhD, will assume the role of Director of the Division of Nephrology effective July 1, 2018. He will succeed interim director Derek Fine, who graciously stepped in after Paul Scheel’s departure in the spring. We would like to thank not only our search committee, but(...)
I am delighted to announce that Derek Fine has agreed to serve as interim director of the Division of Nephrology effective March 1. We are confident in Dr. Fine’s ability to lead the division and maintain its strong history during this time of transition. In addition to his interim leadership role, he will serve as(...)
With Paul Scheel’s impending departure, I have convened a search committee to find the next Director of the Division of Nephrology. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Nephrology faculty, to Dr. Scheel for his leadership and to the search committee for their work to identify the best candidates to lead(...)
We write to inform you that after 30 years with our department, Paul Scheel will be moving on to become Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Chief Executive Officer of Washington University Physicians, the school’s faculty practice, effective July 1, 2017. Paul has stood out(...)
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(...)
We are delighted to announce that Rexford Ahima will join Johns Hopkins Medicine on as the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Diabetes, director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and leader of the Diabetes Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Ahima will assume division directorship on June 1, 2016, succeeding(...)
Craig W. Hendrix, MD, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, and Epidemiology has been named the new director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology in the Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine. He has also been named the Wellcome Professor of Medicine. The Division of Clinical Pharmacology has a rich history at Johns Hopkins(...)
Dr. Jonathan Orens has been named the new director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine. The division includes over 70 full-time faculty as well as part-time clinical faculty with clinical and research expertise in a broad range of diseases including asthma, COPD, critical care, cystic(...)