Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
The Welch Center, directed by Lawrence Appel, recently launched its new website with a video highlighting its accomplishments since its inception more than 25 years ago. Watch the video below, and check out the new and improved site here: http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/welch-center-for-prevention-epidemiology-and-clinical-research/
Congratulations to Nowella Durkin, Tamala Knox and Gabriela Smit who were selected to receive this quarter's Staff Recognition Awards based on their glowing nominations. Nowella (Nola), a senior programmer/analyst in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has worked at Hopkins for the past 36 years. She now works in the GIM-Welch Center Methods Core working on multiple projects(...)
Raquel Greer, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received the 2016 Doris Duke Early Clinician Investigator Award from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. This award aims to provide financial and mentoring resources for one to two years to junior physician scientists who are working to have a productive(...)
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Promoted to Adjunct Professor: Promoted to Associate Professor: Promoted to Assistant Professor: Brendan Antiochos, Division of Rheumatology Muhammad Athar, Division of Hospital Medicine Marcella Ferlito, Division of Cardiology Promoted to Instructor: Ning Feng, Division of Cardiology We would also like to welcome our(...)
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Promoted to Professor: Promoted to Associate Professor: Scott Berkowitz, Division of Cardiology Christopher Hoffmann, Division of Infectious Diseases Howard Levy, Division of General Internal Medicine Promoted to Assistant Professor: Jemima Albayda, Division of Rheumatology Evelyn Gathecha, Division of Hospital Medicine Allison Lamber,(...)
The DOM had 172 staff members celebrating landmark anniversaries at the Staff Recognition Reception on Tuesday, June 21. Four members of our department have been with Hopkins for an impressive 35 years! Thanks to Nowella Durkin in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Terry Frank and Barbara Pearce from the Division of Cardiology and Donna Lucas in(...)
Congratulations to the following members of the DOM who were honored at last month's ceremony of the Osler Medical Training Program: Part Time Faculty Member: Eric Seifter, associate professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine In recognition of outstanding contributions to housestaff teaching by a member of the part-time faculty of the Department of Medicine of the Johns(...)
This year's Annual Women's Task Force dinner proved to be not only an excellent networking event for women, but an inspiring evening full of meaningful conversation between faculty, staff, residents and fellows as well as our institution's leaders. The event took place on Tuesday, May 31 at the Center Club in Baltimore where keynote speakers Andrea Cox,(...)
Lawrence Appel, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was recently named the sole recipient of the 2016 Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award recognizing his dedication to the treatment and care of hypertensive patients. He was presented with the award, which includes a $5,000 honorarium, at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of(...)
