Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Bayview Internal Medicine Residency Program: The 22 members of this internship class are exceptionally accomplished students who hail from top medical schools from all around the country with 55 percent women and 41 percent from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine. Osler Medical Training Program: This outstanding class was selected from almost 400 applicants and comprises of over 60 percent women--our highest(...)
Michael Choi and John Sperati, both associate professors in the Division of Nephrology, were selected to be part of the 2018 cohort of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. They are two of 10 physicians throughout the School of Medicine to receive this honor, which recognizes them as exceptional clinicians who are committed to excellence in(...)
The recently-launched ACGME Wellbeing Tools and Resources website features many resources aimed at helping residents and faculty members address burnout, promote well-being, cope with tragedy and more--including the Osler Training Program's own resource, the Resident Wellness Toolkit. The toolkit suggests ways training programs can help increase resident wellness and combat burnout by making sure residents' basic needs(...)
The Osler Program's Medical Jeopardy team recently won first place at the Maryland American College of Physicians (ACP) competition. The team, featuring Deepak Atri, senior assistant resident on Barker Firm, Sandeep Raj, intern on Thayer Firm, Kevin Shenderov, junior assistant resident on Longcope Firm, and John Woller, intern on Thayer Firm, will now advance to compete(...)
As the birthplace for graduate medical education, education is in our DNA. When the School of Medicine was established in 1893 (125 years ago this year) thanks to gifts from Mary Elizabeth Garrett and Johns Hopkins himself, it set the stage for Sir William Osler’s educational ideals that brought teaching to the bedside. Today, education(...)
For the first time, residents and faculty members of the Osler Medical Residency Training Program participated in the Johns Hopkins Adopt-a-Family program of the Office of Work, Life, and Engagement. Over $1,500 worth of gifts and funds were donated to provide holiday cheer to families selected through the Furman L. Templeton Preparatory Academy and The Franklin Center. The residents had a fantastic time(...)
I am delighted to announce that Allan Gelber will become the new chair of the M.D. Admissions Committee, effective Aug. 1, 2017. Dr. Gelber is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is(...)
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our 2017-2018 interns, residents and fellows. This group of the best and brightest has come from all over, and we are honored to have them as a part of our department. This year's class consists of: 22 Bayview interns 16 Bayview assistant residents 16 Bayview residents(...)
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,(...)