Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
The DOM took home all but one of the Institute for Excellence in Education's (IEE) Awards for Outstanding Achievement at their ceremony last on Friday, March 31. These peer-nominated awards recognize outstanding educators and acknowledge great achievements in education, and we are so proud to have so many honorees from our department. Congratulations to all of(...)
Congratulations to our residency programs for a very successful match this year. Our department continues to attract some of the top talent from across the country, and we want to thank everyone who participated in this process over the past several months. Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Program: Categorical: Evans Brown, University of Minnesota Turja Chakrabarti,(...)
*pictured above: Rich Johns, Bob Johns, Mark Anderson, John Flynn, Jim Johns, Landon King, Sanjay Desai and seated, Dick Johns December was a busy month, and we are pleased to share that we have received $13,561,085 in gifts and pledges from donors toward our goal of $20,250,000. Top commitments included: Dr. Richard Johns, $1,150,000 pledge for(...)
Richard Light, professor of medicine at Vanderbilt, author of "The Light Criteria" and former Osler housestaff will be presenting at Medical Grand Rounds on Friday, February 3. In addition, he will be invited faculty at the 7th Annual Evaluation and Management of Pleural Disease CME course on February 2 and 3. The CME course is covered by tuition(...)
You are cordially invited to attend a celebration in honor of the establishment of The Richard and Carol Johns-William Osler Endowed Fund on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 5 p.m. in the Frank M. Houck Memorial Lobby of the Henry Phipps Building. Reception to follow. Kindly reply to Debbie at dsmit151@jhmi.edu or 410-550-9891 by December 28,(...)
We are excited to announce that Drs. Rachel Damico and Ramana Sidhaye have been named associate directors of the Physician Scientist Pathway (PSP). The Osler Program launched the PSP this year to recruit, develop and retain aspiring physician scientists at Johns Hopkins. Both Drs. Damico and Sidhaye bring unique leadership, insight and expertise to this(...)
*pictured above: William Kaelin (back left) in the dome during his time in the Osler Medical Training Program Congratulations to William Kaelin, former chief medical resident of the Osler Medical Training Program, who received the 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award along with co-recipients Peter Ratcliffe from the University of Oxford and Hopkins’ own(...)
Doximity assisted by U.S. News and World Report named the Osler Medical Training Program the number one internal medicine residency program by reputation in the country for the second year in a row. The program was also ranked number three for research output. To see the full list of ranked programs, click here: https://residency.doximity.com/programs?residency_specialty_id=39&sort_by=reputation
It is our privilege to announce Robert Brodsky, professor in the Division of Hematology, as the director of the Physician Scientist Pathway in the Osler Medical Training Program. With the emerging changes in academic medicine, the physician scientist career path has been challenged. Hopkins is built upon the promise of scientific advance in medicine and we(...)
Michael Melia, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was recently named the new Associate Program Director for Faculty Engagement for the Osler Medical Training Program. In this role Michael will lead efforts to connect faculty and trainees in a more meaningful way. Michael is the Fellowship Training Program Director in the Division of Infectious Diseases. His academic(...)