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DOM Clinical & Education Retreat Recap

May 13, 2022

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 DOM Clinical & Education Retreat. This was the first time we've been able to celebrate these missions since their separate retreats in 2019, and it was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues in person. We'd like to thank our keynote speaker, Dr. Torian Easterling, First […]

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Faculty Promotions and Additions

April 15, 2022

Congratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor Bimal Ashar, GIM Peter Toth, adjunct professor, Cardiology (not pictured) Associate Professor Majd AlGhatrif, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC Cynthia James, Cardiology Emily Kendall, ID Ana-Maria Orbai, Rheumatology Assistant Professor Andrea Fava, Rheumatology Howard Graham, Hospital Medicine at JHBMC Mohamad Hanouneh, Nephrology We would also […]

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April is Sarcoidosis Awareness Month

April 14, 2022

Today, it is estimated that 175,000 people in the U.S. have sarcoidosis, with an estimated 1.2 million individuals living with the disease worldwide. Despite increasing advances in research, sarcoidosis remains difficult to diagnose with limited treatment options and no known cure. For more than 50 years, the Johns Hopkins Sarcoidosis Program has provided specialized care […]

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Rabb Receives Bywaters Award

February 28, 2022

Dr. Hamid Rabb, professor in the Division of Nephrology, received the 2022 Bywaters Award from the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). This biennial lifetime achievement award recognizes scientific excellence in the field of acute kidney injury (AKI), and is named after Eric Bywaters, who first described crush syndrome in the 1940s. Nominated by ISN members […]

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Jaar Receives National Kidney Foundation Award

January 27, 2022

Dr. Bernard Jaar, assistant professor in the Division of Nephrology, is the recipient of this year’s National Kidney Foundation’s Garabed Eknoyan Award. This award, established in 2002, was created to recognize an individual who has promoted the mission of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in making lives better for people with kidney disease through exceptional contributions […]

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Faculty Promotions and Additions

November 19, 2021

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 […]

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54 From the DOM Named Top Doctors

November 11, 2021

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 […]

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Crews Elected to the Council of the American Society of Nephrology

October 18, 2021

Dr. Deidra Crews, professor in the Division of Nephrology, was elected Executive Councilor of the council of the American Society of Nephrology. Her term begins January 1, 2022, and she will serve through December 31, 2026. Dr. Crews was also recently awarded a Mastership from the American College of Physicians. Election to Mastership is the […]

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Long COVID and kidney disease

September 22, 2021

ARTICLE: Long COVID and kidney disease AUTHORS: Sachin Yende, Chirag R Parikh JOURNAL: Nat Rev Nephrol. 2021 Sep 9;1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41581-021-00487-3. Online ahead of print. Abstract Kidney involvement is common in patients with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, and subclinical inflammation and injury may persist for many months, resulting in a progressive decline in kidney function that leads to chronic kidney […]

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2021 State of the Department Recap

September 10, 2021

Thank you all for attending Dr. Anderson's State of the Department address and the opening of Medical Grand Rounds. Your interest and participation in the successes and future of this department are a huge part of what makes it the productive and accomplished department it is. Listed below are a few highlights of the presentation […]

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Mark Anderson, M.D., Ph.D - William Osler Professor of Medicine, director of the Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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