Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Brian Garibaldi, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, was recently awarded the Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellowship by the New York Academy of Medicine. In 2003, Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D., president of the New York Academy of Medicine, led a successful program on "Enhancing Education for the Clinical Transaction." To honor(...)
Congratulations to all of the below faculty members who have been promoted since October. A special congratulations goes out to Seva Polotsky (pictured) who will be honored at the School of Medicine’s annual professorial dinner in December 2016. Promoted to Professor: Vsevolod “Seva” Y. Polotsky, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Promoted to Associate(...)
Individual Staff Member award We are very happy to award the inaugural Staff Recognition Award to Laura Noffke (right), research service manager in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. Laura has exceeded in every one of the criteria for this award: leadership, teamwork, can-do attitude, resourcefulness and dedication. Pulmonary has pioneered the pre-(...)
FY15 saw the promotions of 14 well-deserving members of our department across many divisions and specialties. The below individuals demonstrate the diversity and proficiency that spans the Department of Medicine and succeeded in surpassing an extremely competitive process in order to earn the title of Professor of Medicine. Congratulations to: Theodore Abraham, Division of Cardiology(...)
The Department of Medicine had 11 graduates among the Office of Women in Science and Medicine Leadership Program for Women Faculty’s sixth cohort of talented faculty. The program’s goal is to provide leadership development for high potential women faculty, and it has already succeeded in fostering new research collaborations amongst the participants. Congratulations! Alicia Arbaje,(...)
For the full details and registration form, click here: http://medicine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/files/2015/09/Tracheostomy.pdf
The inaugural Solbert Permutt Memorial Lecture will be given on Tuesday, September 8 at 4 p.m. in Phipps 340. The visiting lecturer will be James C. Hogg, MD, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Hogg's lecture will be entitled, "Linking Changes in Lung Structure to Gene Expression Profiles in COPD." A(...)
Once again Hopkins was ranked among the best hospitals in the country, receiving the third slot on U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospital’s list. A contributing factor among the success of the hospital are the seven specialties within the Department of Medicine that were ranked some of the best nationwide. Please join us(...)
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) recently certified the DOM Pulmonary Hypertension Program as a Center of Comprehensive Care for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This accreditation demonstrates the team’s clinical excellence in diagnosis and comprehensive management of PH patients through criteria established by world leaders in the field. The team, led by Paul Hassoun, professor(...)
Roy Brower, professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical and Care Medicine, was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly of the American Thoracic Society. This award signifies a career devoted to research and teaching of the science and practice of critical care medicine and outstanding service to the assembly(...)