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Dr. Amita Gupta will be our next director of the Division of Infectious Diseases effective immediately. Dr. Gupta is a Professor of Medicine with a joint appointment in International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is deputy director of the JHU Center for Clinical Global Health Education and a faculty […]
Thirteen members of the DOM were named to the Clarivate's list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers. The list represents the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. Approximately 6,600 researchers are named Highly Cited Researchers in 2021 with the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in […]
Dr. Francesco Simonetti, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, received the Director's Early Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health. Part of the NIH's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award provides an opportunity for exceptional junior scientists who have recently received their doctoral degree or completed their medical residency to skip traditional […]
ARTICLE: HOPE in action: A prospective multicenter pilot study of liver transplantation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV AUTHORS: Christine M Durand, Sander Florman, Jennifer D Motter, Diane Brown, Darin Ostrander, Sile Yu, Tao Liang, William A Werbel, Andrew Cameron, Shane Ottmann, James P Hamilton, Andrew D Redd, Mary G Bowring, Yolanda Eby, Reinaldo E Fernandez, Brianna Doby, Nazzarena Labo, Denise Whitby, Wendell Miley, Rachel Friedman-Moraco, Nicole Turgeon, Jennifer C Price, Peter Chin-Hong, Peter Stock, Valentina Stosor, Varvara […]
Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Derek Fine, Nephrology Vikesh Singh, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associate Professor Gail Berkenblit, General Internal Medicine Shruti Chaturvedi, Hematology Justin Echuouffo Tcheugui, Endocrinology and Metabolism Risha Irvin, Infectious Diseases Sara Keller, Infectious Diseases Casey Overby Taylor, General Internal Medicine David Wu, General Internal Medicine Mihail […]
Dr. Kieren Marr will step down from her role as vice chair for innovation in healthcare implementation and retire as faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases on December 31, 2021. She will become cofounder and chief medical officer of Sfunga Therapeutics, a new Deerfield-backed antifungal company and continue her work with the Johns Hopkins […]
Baltimore magazine recognized 54 physicians from the Department of Medicine as “Top Doctors” of 2021. This acknowledgement comes from an annual peer survey in which thousands of the metro area’s physicians vote on which doctor they would send a friend or member of their family to. The survey includes 131 specialties, and only approximately 6 […]
Dr. Natasha Chida will be the next program director of the Osler Medical Residency effective immediately. Dr. Chida is an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, associate director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program and co-director of the Medical Education Pathway of the Johns Hopkins Bayview and Osler Internal Medicine Residency Programs. She […]
Drs. Risha Irvin and Kathleen Page, associate professors in the Division of Infectious Diseases, have been selected as “Protégés” for the inaugural JHM Levi Watkins, Jr. Mentorship Program. This program is for high potential, high performing leaders in JHM; and is intended to honor the work of Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D. who was a pioneer […]
Ana Cervantes, senior administrative coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education, received the 2021 Hispanic Heritage Award from Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott. She was recognized for her work with Dr. Kathleen Page, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, on COVID testing and vaccination services for Baltimore’s large Latino community. […]