I am excited to announce the Division of Hospital Medicine at JHH. This represents an important event in the evolution of the JHH Hospital Medicine program that initially found a home in the Division of General Internal Medicine. Today we find ourselves at a crossroads, due to the pressing expansion of the hospitalist roles in […]
Hospital Medicine

Thank You For All You Do: Administrators and Hospitalists
Posted by kbennett | Administration, Leadership, Patient CareNo one is untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although all departments in the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System have come together in remarkable ways to meet this challenge, no group has given more than the Department of Medicine. COVID-19 is fundamentally a medical illness, and our department is at the forefront in […]
Jun 5, 2020

2020 SOM Convocation Awards
Posted by kbennett | Congratulations, EducationThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Convocation Ceremony took place virtually on Wednesday, May 20. Many of the awards for faculty were given to members of the Department of Medicine. George J. Stuart Award Khalil Ghanem, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases The Stuart Award was established in 1969 following the bequest […]
May 21, 2020

Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by kbennett | CongratulationsCongratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Associate Professor Mahendra Damarla, Pulmonary Raquel Greer, General Internal Medicine James Hamilton, Gastroenterology Oliver Laeyendecker, Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor Eric Gapud, Rheumatology Emily Insetta, CIMS Gigi Liu, General Internal Medicine Michelle Sharp, Pulmonary Homa Timlin, Rheumatology Scott Vasher, CIMS We would also like to welcome […]
Apr 10, 2020

Howell to Step Down as Division Director
Posted by Mark Anderson | Congratulations, LeadershipIt is with mixed emotions that we announce that Dr. Eric Howell, Professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Hospitalists (also known as CIMS for the Collaborative Inpatient Medicine Service) at Johns Hopkins Bayview, will be appointed as CEO for the Society of Hospital Medicine effective July 1, 2020. We are extremely proud […]
Feb 21, 2020

Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by kbennett | CongratulationsCongratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Jonathan Golub, Infectious Diseases Associate Professor Mark Lazarev, Gastroenterology We would also like to welcome our new faculty members who joined the department last quarter. James Clyne, instructor, GIM Paul Coen, adjunct associate professor, Endocrinology James DeLany, adjunct professor, Endocrinology Bupesh Dogra, instructor, GIM Stephen Gardell, […]
Jan 3, 2020

Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by kbennett | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: David Valle, Genetic Medicine Associate Professor: Maurizio Colognesi-Capogrossi, Cardiology Flora Kisuule, Hospital Medicine Mariana Lazo, GIM Sammy Zakaria, Cardiology Assistant Professor: Panagis Galiatsatos, Pulmonary Mark Ranek, Cardiology Sarina Sahetya, Pulmonary Instructor: Peter Anderson, Cardiology We would also like to welcome our new […]
Nov 8, 2019

SOM Faculty Senate
Posted by kbennett | LeadershipThe School of Medicine’s Faculty Senate resumed for the year in September. They have focused on the new Clinical Excellence Track and Gold Book revisions as well as learner mistreatment, ethical guidelines for physicians involved in grateful patient fundraising and the SOM's policy on disclosure and professional commitments. The faculty representatives for the DOM are: […]
Nov 4, 2019

Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by kbennett | CongratulationsCongratulations to all of the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor: Michael Blaha, Cardiology Albena Dinkova-Kostova, secondary appointment in Medicine Amita Gupta, Infectious Diseases Laszlo Nagy, Endocrinology Anne Marie O'Broin Lennon, Gastroenterology Karen Robinson, GIM Michelle Rudek, Clinical Pharmacology Associate Professor: Maria Bettinotti, Immunogenetics Kimberly Gudzune, GIM Jonathan Jun, Pulmonary Waseem Khaliq, Hospital Medicine […]
Aug 16, 2019

Panek Hosts Society of Hospital Medicine Podcast
Posted by kbennett | CongratulationsTiffani Panek, administrator of the Division of Hospital Medicine, hosted the first episode of the new Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) podcast, WELL: Wellness, Engagement, Leadership & Learning. In it, she interviews four members of the SHM Board of Directors about what they do for SHM, and what they hope for SHM's members. For this […]
Aug 6, 2019