Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
"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(...)
Nestoras Mathioudakis, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was elected to the national Epic Endocrinology Specialty Steering Board, which provides a network for specialists across organizations to define the gold standard for Epic adoption and provides guidance for endocrinology specialists across the country. It consists of 12 members who have been nominated and elected(...)
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: Associate Professor: Michael Blaha, Cardiology Michelle Eakin, Pulmonary Shaker Eid, CIMS Hans Lee, Pulmonary Mark Marzinke, Clinical Pharmacology Esther Oh, Geriatrics Assistant Professor: Andrew Braun, Pulmonary Emily Brigham, Pulmonary Laura Cappelli, Rheumatology Daniel Goldman, Rheumatology Ryan Graddy, Chemical Dependence Ya-Chi Ho, ID John(...)
Gary Wand, professor in the Division of Endocrinology, received two new five-year grant awards from the National Institutes of Health. The first project is a U01 where he will be studying glucocorticoid exposure on measures of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) connectivity in the central nervous system. The second project is a R01 entitled PET(...)
Gordon Tomaselli, professor and chief of the Division of Cardiology, was named the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Investigation at the ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting in Chicago last week. Gordon will serve a five-year term with an editorial board of peer scientists based here at Hopkins. Deputy editors include Rexford Ahima and Arturo Casadevall. The JCI is(...)
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Associate Professor: Nada Alachkar, Nephrology Rashmi Nisha Aurora (not pictured), Pulmonary Ashwin Balagopal, Infectious Diseases Zackary Berger, General Internal Medicine Jenell Coleman, Clinical Pharmacology Mihaela Pertea (not pictured), Genetic Medicine Tariq Shafi, Nephrology Ami Shah, Rheumatology Zack Wang, Hematology Assistant Professor: Michael Goldman, Clinical Immunology(...)
Rita Kalyani, associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was recently deemed one of Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2017 by The Daily Record. The popular news source began honoring outstanding women leaders who have not only made contributions through their professional careers, but through community service and mentoring in 1996. This year, a record(...)
Sherita Golden, professor in the Division of Endocrinology, was recently selected to become a member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA) on the basis of her leadership, excellence in her field, high level of integrity and spirit of diversity. The association was created in 1884 by physicians and scientists with the desire to improve medical(...)
Ronald L. Sherman, DPM, MBA, FAPWCA, has joined Johns Hopkins Medicine as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Surgery as a diabetic podiatric surgeon focusing on treating the needs of diabetic patients in The Diabetes Center and the Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot and Wound Center at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. Dr. Sherman received(...)
Sherita Golden, professor of Endocrinology and executive vice chair of the DOM, was recently named the co-recipient of the prestigious Walter Reed Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Virginia recognizing her professional accomplishments, outstanding innovation and exemplary leadership in the field of Medicine. She will be presented with the award by the dean of the(...)