Sharing successes, challenges and daily happenings in the Department of Medicine
Dr. Carrie Herzke will step down from her role as vice chair for inpatient operations in February to become Chief Medical Officer for the Charleston Division of the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Herzke came to Hopkins after completing an internal medicine-pediatrics residency at Duke University. She joined the faculty in 2008 as an […]
Dr. Kieren Marr will step down from her role as vice chair for innovation in healthcare implementation and retire as faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases on December 31, 2021. She will become cofounder and chief medical officer of Sfunga Therapeutics, a new Deerfield-backed antifungal company and continue her work with the Johns Hopkins […]
Dr. Natasha Chida will be the next program director of the Osler Medical Residency effective immediately. Dr. Chida is an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, associate director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program and co-director of the Medical Education Pathway of the Johns Hopkins Bayview and Osler Internal Medicine Residency Programs. She […]
Dr. Clifton “Bing” Bingham, is our next Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Bingham is a professor in the Division of Rheumatology, director of the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center, deputy director for research in the Division of Rheumatology and co-director of the Rheumatic Diseases Research Core Center P30. He […]
Dr. Erica Johnson, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and program director of the Bayview Internal Medicine Residency, was named the Associate Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Education for the Department of Medicine effective September 1, 2021. In this role, Dr. Johnson will be responsible to develop and oversee the […]
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 […]
Dr. Sanjay Desai will leave Johns Hopkins to become the next Chief Academic Officer for the American Medical Association in October. Dr. Desai has been a pillar of this department for over two decades. He came to Hopkins as a resident in 1998 and then served as an Assistant Chief of Service for the Osler […]
We are excited to announce that on July 1, Dr. Samantha Pitts became the Department of Medicine’s inaugural Associate Vice Chair for Ambulatory Quality & Safety. Dr. Pitts is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and core faculty of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. She completed her internal […]
Dr. Garima Sharma will be the next Associate Vice Chair for Women’s Careers in Academic Medicine and Chair of the Task Force on Women’s Academic Careers in Medicine. Dr. Sharma’s interest in diversity, gender and health equity stems from her experiences as a first-generation immigrant and woman navigating Cardiology—a sub-specialty of medicine where women are underrepresented. She […]
We are in search of our next vice chair for clinical and translational research. Dr. Gail Daumit will step down to become vice dean for clinical investigation. We’d like to express our gratitude to Dr. Daumit for the important work she has done to guide our strategic efforts related to research in partnership with the […]