Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Deidra Crews, associate professor in the Division of Nephrology and associate vice chair for diversity and inclusion, will speak at the 8th Annual Mosaic Initiative Lectureship in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology on Thursday, June 28 at 4-5 p.m. in the Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, Level 1, Richard A. Grossi Auditorium (Bayview campus); reception to follow. Title(...)
CLOSLER.org, a site that exposes physicians around the world to exceptional clinician role models who are masterful in caring for patients, free of charge, launched earlier this month. Scott Wright, chief of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview, launched a free online platform, CLOSLER, to expose medical students, residents and physicians to clinically excellent patient-centered(...)
Sarah Disney was named the administrative director for JHH inpatient operations and JHH/JHBMC endoscopy, effective February 1. Sarah’s appointment to this role marks an expansion of her responsibility as the administrative director of the Endoscopy Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She will work closely with the department’s vice chairs and(...)
Randy Komenski, director of operations at Bayview, was recognized nationally in January/February 2018 issue of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) magazine for his receipt of the ACHE Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award. Randy also received the ACHE Exemplary Service Award acknowledging his service to the profession, organization and mentorship. Randy completed an elected three-year term on the American College(...)
Simon Mathews, assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and assistant director at the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Bayview, has been named head of clinical innovation for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. He will be leading efforts to integrate quality and safety more(...)
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Jill Kearney will be expanding her role and assuming additional responsibilities within the Academic Division. Please join us in congratulating Jill on her promotion to senior administrator, which complements her continued role as assistant dean for the Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus. In addition to her responsibilities within(...)
Now in their third year, the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams aim to recognize physicians and care teams who provide consistently outstanding patient care throughout all of Johns Hopkins Medicine. All Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians facilities selected their six winners after nomination and local committee review. This year’s winners were(...)
The 12th Annual Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Symposium will be held Friday, December 15, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Grossi Auditorium (located in the Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center). This year’s symposium will focus on “Novel Approaches to Cancer Immunotherapy: 2017 Updates.” Keynote speakers to include: Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD – President(...)
Jeremy Walston, (pictured) professor in Geriatrics, Karen Bandeen-Roche, professor in biostatistics and Geriatrics, and Ravi Varadhan, associate professor in Oncology, were recently awarded a U2U3 grant mechanism sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for their clinical research project entitled "Characterizing Resiliencies to Physical Stressors in Older Adults: A Dynamical Physiological Systems Approach." This award totals $11,560,771 over five years and(...)
"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(...)