Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Jane Woollen, CO medical office supervisor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the recipient of the inaugural Teammate of Quarter Award in Patient Access. This award will be given quarterly by each department in Patient Access to an employee who has shown to exemplify the core values of Johns Hopkins. Jane was(...)
Mary Catherine Beach, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received the 22nd Annual George Engel Award for Outstanding Research Contributing to the Theory, Practice and Teaching of Effective Health Care Communication and Related Skills from the Academy of Communication in Healthcare. She was presented the award at the 2017 International Conference on Communication(...)
I'd like to congratulate Felica Hill-Briggs, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and Robert Siliciano, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, as well as our director Mark Anderson for their incredible achievements that led to their election into the National Academy of Medicine this week. Election to the academy is considered one of the(...)
After a search process that considered many outstanding candidates, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Levine, associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, as the new associate dean for faculty educational development for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Levine will work with Drs. Nauder Faraday, Kim Skarupski(...)
Congratulations 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,(...)
Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, named the recipient of the Helen Rodriguez-Trìas Social Justice Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA) for her dedication to improving the health of underserved communities, addressing issues such as health disparities, workforce diversity and cultural competency. She will be presented the award at the APHA's(...)
Three 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(...)
The Brancati Center aims to improve the health of communities both locally and nationally by developing, evaluating and disseminating new models of health care that leverage the skills of a diverse range of health care providers through community partnership, eduction and research. The 2017 Annual Report describes the successes of the center's programs including: Diabetes Prevention Programs,(...)
After submitting the two highest scoring educational curricula abstracts (named below) to the High Value Practice Academic Alliance National Research and Education Conference (HVPAA), the Medicine Core Clerkship, led by Amit Pahwa, assistant professor in General Internal Medicine, and Danelle Cayea, assistant professor in Geriatrics, won the conference award for Best Educational Curriculum. Effect of High Value Care(...)
Several members of the DOM will participate in the inaugural National Research Conference of the High Value Practice Academic Alliance on October 8-9 where faculty and housestaff from Hopkins will present 25 abstracts, more than any other institution. Two abstracts involving members of the DOM (in bold) won awards: Amit Pahwa, Calvin Kagan, Leonard Feldman, Tim Niessen,(...)