The sixth annual ceremony for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams from the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians took place on Tuesday, April 6. The below clinicians and care teams from the DOM were recognized by their peers for their commitment to the mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine and their […]
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Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Drs. Duvuru Geetha and Rosalyn Stewart are the first in the Department of Medicine to be promoted through the new Clinical Excellence Promotions Track. Professor Geetanjali Chander, General Internal Medicine Deidra Crews, Nephrology Duvuru Geetha, Nephrology Joseph Marine, Cardiology Rasika Mathias, Allergy and Clinical Immunology […]
Boyd, Hansel and Karakouis Elected to ASCI
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchDr. Cynthia Boyd, professor and director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology, Dr. Nadia Hansel, professor and director of the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, and Dr. Petros Karakousis, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, were recently named to the newest cohort of members of the American Society for Clinical […]
Myocardial Injury in Severe COVID-19 Compared to Non-COVID Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Myocardial Injury in Severe COVID-19 Compared to Non-COVID Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome AUTHORS: Thomas S Metkus, Lori J Sokoll, Andreas S Barth, Matthew J Czarny, Allison G Hays, Charles J Lowenstein, Erin D Michos, Eric P Nolley, Wendy S Post, Jon R Resar, David R Thiemann, Jeffrey C Trost, Rani K Hasan JOURNAL: Circulation. 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050543. Online ahead of print. Abstract Background: Knowledge gaps remain […]
Agbor-Enoh, Bumpus and Taylor Named Inspiring Black Scientists
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchThree from the DOM were named on the list of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America by the Community of Scholars, a group postdoctoral fellows, early-stage investigators, instructors and consultants with a common passion to advance scientific discovery while innovating diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The following members of the DOM were recognized: Dr. Sean […]
7 From the DOM Receive Discovery Awards
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchJohns Hopkins University Discovery Awards provide grant awards to cross-divisional teams, comprised of faculty and/or non-faculty members from at least two schools or affiliates of the university. In 2020, 41 Discovery Awards were given to interdisciplinary faculty teams across eleven units of Johns Hopkins. The following projects involving members of the Department of Medicine (in bold) […]
Right Atrial Pacing to Improve Acute Hemodynamics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Posted by | Article of the WeekARTICLE: Right Atrial Pacing to Improve Acute Hemodynamics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension AUTHORS: Jasjeet S Khural, Brian A Houston, Peter J Leary, Stephen C Mathai, Todd M Kolb, Rachel Damico, Paul M Hassoun, David A Kass, Steven Hsu, Ryan J Tedford JOURNAL: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Oct 7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202006-2278LE. Online ahead of print. Right atrial (RA) pacing to increase heart rate is […]
Montemayor and Siddharthan Receive CHEST Foundation Awards
Posted by | Congratulations, ResearchEach year, the CHEST Foundation offers grants to worthy research candidates, generous community service volunteers, and distinguished scholars. In 2020, the foundation awarded just over one million dollars in clinical research and community service grants. Dr. Kristina Montemayor, instructor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, received a CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Cystic […]
Top Doctors in the DOM
Posted by | Congratulations, Patient CareBaltimore magazine recognized close to 200 Johns Hopkins physicians as “Top Doctors” of 2020. This acknowledgement comes from an annual peer survey in which the metro area’s roughly 14,000 physicians vote on which doctor they would send a member of their family or friend to. The survey includes 135 specialties, and only approximately 6 percent of […]
Faculty Promotions and Additions
Posted by | CongratulationsCongratulations to the below faculty members who were recently promoted. Professor *announced in the State of the Department Namandje Bumpus, Clinical Pharmacology Sanjay Desai, Pulmonary Khalil Ghanem, ID Morgan Grams, Nephrology Allen Kachalia, GIM Sophie Lanzkron, Hematology Brent Petty, Clinical Pharmacology Grant Tao, Occupational Medicine Assistant Professor Sean Agbor-Enoh (adjunct), Pulmonary Kunchok Dorjee, ID Sarath […]