Inspiring Excellence in Primary Care though Engagement, Collaboration, and Innovation

Welcome to the Primary Care Consortium (PCC) Quarterly Newsletter! The PCC continues to promote a positive, diverse culture of collaboration and engagement that supports high value and quality patient-centered primary care, discovery, and innovation across Emory University and Emory Healthcare. Keep an eye on our website and this quarterly newsletter for news and events. If you have primary care-related news to share, please send it to pc.consortium@emory.edu.

Primary Care News

Emory currently has over 20 openings in Primary Care! We have job openings for family medicine and general internal medicine physicians at locations throughout metro Atlanta. Check out Primary Care Physician Jobs at Emory for more information. Emory Healthcare was recently recognized by Forbes in its Best Employers for New Grads list, ranking #32 nationwide.

Pictured below, Emory Primary Care leaders at a recent recruitment event. Ted Johnson MD, MPH; Camille Vaughan MD, MS; Fred Turton MD, MBA, MACP; LeShea Turner, VP  Emory Healthcare Primary Care; Chris Masi MD, PhD, FACP.

twenty-one years while making great strides creating a new Irritable Bowel Syndrome protocol along with a program to meet ACO metrics in primary care settings. Dr. Proulx received her Bachelor’s in Nursing from St. Anslem College in New Hampshire and her Masters of Science in Nursing from Boston College.  For the past 8 years, she has been the only APP to join the Achieving Excellence team, as a provider Ambassador, focusing on mentoring, coaching and improving both patient and provider experience.  She completed her Doctorate in Executive Leadership from American Sentinel University in 2016 and was formally named the Associate Director of Advanced Practice Providers for the Dartmouth Community Group Practices. 

In her role as Director of Advanced Practice Providers at EHC, she will provide oversight, coordination, and improved integration of Advanced Practice Providers across the Emory Healthcare continuum of care.  She will function as a primary resource regarding APP’s for initiatives such as; recruitment and retention, onboarding, scope of practice, optimization, and professional development. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Proulx into this very important role at Emory Healthcare.

Grady's Food as Medicine Center Update

When a fast food vendor vacated the space next to Grady Memorial Hospital, an opportunity opened up.  Why not create a space that made healthy, affordable food accessible to patients, families, and staff? The Food as Medicine Center will do all that and more. 

Grady has joined with community organizations Open Hand Atlanta, Atlanta Community Food Bank, and Wholesome Wave Georgia to form a Food as Medicine Partnership. These partners are already beginning to offer valuable food access programs to patients. WWG launched a comprehensive Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program in 2016, and ACFB began offering SNAP screening and enrollment in May 2017. The Food as Medicine Center will open in 2019 (fundraising & planning is still ongoing). The center will include a Food Pharmacy and Teaching Kitchen to support the patient Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, and a Café and Farmer’s Market open to patients, staff and visitors.

In addition, the Food as Medicine Center is looking for teams to evaluate their programs. Suggested topics include: BMI, blood pressure, QOL, readmissions, healthcare utilization, fruit and vegetable consumption. Contact Katie Mooney, Community Benefits Manager at klmooney@gmh.edu for more information on the Center or on being a research team member.

Big changes and new partners for Emory Healthcare!

Big news that will affect primary care practice and training at Emory: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory are launching the Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute, which will focus on leading-edge pediatric research and train pediatrician and pediatric subspecialists, both of which are in short supply in the US. More information on this partnership can be found here.

September 1st marked the beginning of the DeKalb Medical merger with Emory Healthcare. This new partnership will produce an expanded Emory Healthcare network by adding DeKalb Medical's 55 practice locations, 3 hospital campuses, and more than 800 doctors. The goal is for patients to benefit from a more comprehensive array of easily accessible, high-quality, and well-coordinated services. You'll find the latest news about this merger at the Emory News Center.

 Emory's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center has been renamed Goizueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center following a $25 million gift from The Goizueta Foundation supporting the development of a Clinical Trials Unit and to support the Neuroinflammation Discovery Unit. This gift will dramatically expand the work of the Emory Brain Health Center and Alzheimer's research at Emory. Read more about the gift here.

Finally, in case you missed it, you'll find details about the new Kaiser Permanente and Emory Partnership at this link.

Welcome to the Emory Primary Care family! The Primary Care Consortium welcomes Tina-Ann Thompson, MD, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer - Primary Care of DeKalb Medical Physicians Group.

Left to right: Leigh Partington, PhD; Fred Turton, MD Chris Masi, MD; Tina-Ann Thompson, MD, FAAFP; Danielle Jones, MD, FACP, Miranda Moore., PhD

Primary Care Faculty Development and Excellence

Department of Medicine Celebrates Promotions and Clinical Distinctions

The Department of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development hosted their second annual Clinical Distinctions and Promotions Celebration in honor of this year’s recently awarded faculty promotions and clinical distinctions.

Faculty promotions are based on a rigorous application process and are awarded to faculty members based on their impressive contributions in the tri-partite mission areas of service, teaching and scholarship at the local, regional and national/international levels. During the event, nine faculty members were honored for their promotions to the professor level, and 27 faculty members were honored for their promotions to the associate professor level.

In addition, the event celebrated faculty who received this year’s clinical distinctions. The tiered clinical distinction levels, including senior physician, distinguished physician, and master clinician, recognize faculty who have demonstrated achievement in quality of care and patient satisfaction, innovation in clinical care/processes, citizenship and clinical administration. Three faculty members were named master clinicians, six were named distinguished physicians, and 13 were named senior physicians.

See the full list of honorees here. Congratulations to all!

News from  Atlanta VA Medical Center

Melissa Stevens, MD,, the current Director of Quality for the Specialty Medicine Service Line at the Atlanta VAMC, has accepted the position of Assistant Chief of Medicine for the Specialty Medicine Service Line. Dr. Stevens attended medical school at the Medical College of Georgia, trained in internal medicine at Emory, and has been working at the Atlanta VA since 2006 in both the Emergency Department and on the inpatient medicine teaching service. She has also been instrumental in developing several exciting programs including EQUiPPED, which enhances prescribing practices for older veterans in the emergency department and has been implemented in 11 VA Emergency Departments and 3 civilian centers (Grady, Mount Sinai, and Duke) as well as STRIDE, which is focused on early ambulation in hospitalized patients. Dr. Stevens is currently involved in activation of the new inpatient FLOW center, is the co-chair of the facility flow committee, and is a member of the VA Professional Standards Board. 

 Department of Medicine Celebratory Grand Rounds

The Department of Medicine held its Faculty and Staff Awards Celebratory Grand Rounds on June 26th. Congratulations to the following:

• Bhavin Adhyaru, MD was honored with the Juha P. Kokko Teaching Award - representing the single most outstanding teaching attending the residents work with at any of the hospital sites.
• Stephanie Brown-Johnson, MD received the Hidden Gem Award.
• Tracey Henry, MD was honored with the Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Service Award.
• Danielle Jones, MD received the Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Peer Mentoring- Clinical Award.
• Kimberly Manning, MD received the Best Conference Award – for her work on BST MODE with the chief residents.
• Tracy Vettese, MD, FACP was honored with the Academy of Medical Educators “Teach 12” Award, the Golden Apple Award, and the Joyce P. Doyle Award.  

Division of General Medicine/Geriatrics concludes pilot DRIVE (Diverse Recruitment/Retention is Valued) Program 

Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of the DRIVE (Diverse Recruitment/Retention is Valued) Underrepresented Minority Faculty Development Program: Kimberly Curseen MD, Marshall Fleurant MD, Stephanie Garrett MD, FACP, CHPE; Quintessia Grant MD, Antonio Graham DO, Khalia Johnson MD, Diego Remolina MD, Antoine Trammell MD, and Natasha Travis MD, all from General Medicine at Grady. Ted Johnson MD, MPH is the sponsor, Stacy Higgins MD, Jada Bussey-Jones, MD,  Danielle Jones MD, FACP and Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, served as faculty. The program had a successful first year with all faculty that engaged reporting satisfaction with the program and a perception that it would benefit their future career.

This pilot program, open to faculty from General Internal Medicine (TEC Primary Care, VA, Grady, Geriatrics), Palliative Care and Family Medicine, was intended to enhance peer mentoring and a sense of community, develop/enhance leadership and career development skills, discuss the experience of navigating academic health sciences as an URM faculty member, and contribute to efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive environment. The pilot is currently being evaluated. Future sessions are yet to be determined.

Mentoring Minutes video series debut

The Department of Medicine’s Mentoring Subcommittee has introduced its new quarterly Mentoring Minute video series. The series will aim to foster an optimal mentoring environment, share knowledge from faculty experts, and encourage discussions of the value of mentoring in academic medicine.

The first video in the series features Danielle Jones, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine from the division of General Medicine and Geriatrics and the recipient of the 2018 Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award. Dr. Jones’ video explores the importance of mentorship and the five types of mentors who are key to career advancement. 

"State Health Policy: Does Evidence Really Even Matter?"

2018 Seavey Distinguished Lecture Nov. 6, 2018
Medicine Grand Rounds, 12 pm

Wu worked at Evolent Health as Vice President for Clinical Transformation and Medicaid Strategies where he led provider groups and health systems to implement value based population health redesign. In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services working on ACA implementation, delivery system reform, and addressing social determinants of health. Dr. Wu is a board certified Internist who completed his Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency and Chief Medical Residency at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital. He practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System.

Clinical Highlights

Emory Nursing receives $2.7M to increase nurses in primary care

Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing received a $2.7 million award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to help increase the number of nurses working in community-based primary care settings, particularly among medically underserved populations.

A unique characteristic of the four-year project is the school’s partnership with Mercy Care --- a federally qualified health center and Atlanta’s only health center for the homeless that also helps individuals who lack access to behavioral health care services.

Undergraduate nursing students selected to participate in the program will receive scholarship support and will complete community health clinical experiences at Mercy Care, precepted by Mercy Care nurses. The grant will also fund creation and deployment of professional development programs for registered nurses working in community-based primary care environments as well as those who are transitioning from acute care settings to primary care. Read more about the program here. 

Emory Nursing receives $2.5M to improve care of chronic conditions

Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Center for the Study of Symptom Science, Metabolomics and Multiple Chronic Conditions.

The goal of the nurse-led center is to better understand the mechanisms underlying the symptoms of fatigue, depression, and anxiety that often accompany multiple chronic conditions such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS, depression, and hypertension, among African-American men and women. This goal is based on past studies that show African-Americans are more susceptible to living with multiple chronic conditions (MCC), which can be related to stress, diet and limited access to health care. Elizabeth Corwin, PhD, RN, FAAN, is leading the formation of the center, which has the long-term goal of improving clinical treatment approaches for African-American men and women living with multiple chronic conditions.

Patient-Centered Medical Home News

Emory's first PCMH Academy started in late 2014. At that time, there were already 2 PCMH practices within Emory: the Patient-Centered Primary Care Clinic on Clifton Rd. and Emory at Dunwoody - Family Medicine.  Our second cohort, consisting of three Emory Healthcare Network private practices, have all received PCMH recognition. They are:
Johns Creek Primary Care
Tri County Internal Medicine
Urban Family Practice
This second cohort of three private Emory Healthcare Network practices brings us to a total of 15 within the network. Congratulations to this latest group of PCMH-certified practices!

Clinician Spotlight

The Department of Medicine's Daily Pulse recently featured clinician Christopher Masi, MD, PhD, FACP who serves as Emory's Medical Director of Primary Care. Dr. Masi talks about his definition of clinical excellence and what he hopes to achieve at Emory - including "increasing joy in medicine among providers and staff." Read the full article here.   

Education Highlights

Interprofessional Hotspotting Learning Collaborative

by Colin McNamara, BSN, RN, (MSN (FNP) candidate)
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

The Interprofessional Hotspotting Learning Collaborative is a program for Grady’s high-utilizing patients to work with students of varied backgrounds on non-medical matters contributing to frequent hospital utilization. Who are high-utilizers?  High utilizers are the top 5% of patients who constitute 50% of healthcare costs.  High utilizers often have complex chronic conditions requiring daily maintenance, like ESRD and CHF.  Beyond complex chronic conditions, additional mental health diagnosis and limited access to social resources can contribute to difficulty navigating healthcare infrastructure.  Atlanta’s student hotspotters work with Grady’s high-utilizers to address barriers to managing health without frequent hospitalization.

The Atlanta student hotspotting program is an offshoot of a national hotspotting initiative led by Primary Care Progress and the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, which is currently in place at about twenty universities across the country.  While the national interprofessional hotspotting initiative began in 2014, the program is new to Atlanta.  The Atlanta team is sponsored by the Healthcare Innovation Program/Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance Seed Grant, Emory University’s Primary Care Consortium, and Dean Linda McCauley at Emory’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.  The team began with five students for the 2017-2018 school year, and is now composed of about thirty students from Emory University, Georgia State University, Mercer University, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, whose academic backgrounds include law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and social work. 

As a student, I am eager to learn.  I’m also eager for hands-on experience that benefits patients.  Yes, learning happens in the classroom and during clinical rotations.  That said, there are other valuable lessons to be picked up from students of other professions, and most importantly—patients.  I am excited for this program as it is an opportunity to approach a dilemma (high utilization) with input from the interprofessional team.  Law students will assist in parsing out the details of disability paperwork and insurance eligibility.  Pharmacy students will aid in establishing a daily routine for medication adherence.  Public health students will offer personalized education as it fits within systemic trends.  Medical and nursing students will help navigate the healthcare landscape. And social work students will assist in setting tangible goals and accessing community resources to bring them to fruition.  From these varied angles, student hotspotters hope to allow Grady’s high-utilizers to engage in lifestyles more conducive to maintaining health, with fewer hospitalizations. 

If you would like to learn more, please contact student.hotspotting.atl@gmail.com.    

Internal Medicine Residency receives StARR award

Emory's J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program is one of only three institutions nationwide selected to receive an R38 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases titled "Stimulating Access to Research in Residency" (StARR) Award to increase the number of physician scientists engaged in infectious diseases, microbiology, and immunology research. The Emory StARR program’s approach will include development of a structured research training program that offers in-depth training in the fundamentals of clinical and translational research, as well as creation of an Emory R38 specific mentoring program that is tailored to the training needs of resident physicians. More information on this new program can be found here.

Primary Care Preceptors needed

Emory Primary Care is looking for high quality educational experiences for our learners. Learn how become an Emory Preceptor or adjunct faculty member within the Primary Care Consortium.

• Guidelines for applying to become an adjunct professor 
• Appointment of Adjunct Professors in the Primary Care Consortium (PCC) policy
• Adjunct faculty member appointment form

2018 Grady Resident Research Day 

Residents from the Department of Medicine’s J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program participated in the third annual Mr. William Booth and Dr. James Zaidan Grady Resident Research Day, hosted by Grady Memorial Hospital, in collaboration with the Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Grady Foundation. The resident/fellow-focused event was designed to help promote scholarly activity and engagement, strengthen graduate medical education, and advance research in the clinical and health sciences. More information about the featured oral and poster presentations can be found here.

Educator Appreciation Day 

Several faculty involved in primary care education were recognized by Dean Sukhatme, MD, ScD for Educator Appreciation Day 2018 including Yelena Burklin, MD; Dominique Cosco, MD; Kimberly Curseen, MD; Girish Kalra, MD; Ashima Lal, MD; Annie Massart, MD; Stacie Schmidt, MD; Hasab Shabbir, MD; Melissa Stevens, MD; Tracy Vettese, MD; and Anna Von, MD.

Teaching Physician now available

The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine has been selected to pilot a program that offers American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Performance Improvement Credit (MOC Part IV) for the teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows. The focus of the performance improvement project is on giving feedback to learners. As part of this pilot, we have purchased a subscription for Emory's Primary Care Physicians to an innovative web resource, Teaching Physician (available at TeachingPhysician.org). The site offers videos, audio interviews, tips, answers to frequently asked questions, and links to in-depth information on precepting topics, such as: preparation, residents as teachers, orienting a learner, precepting principles, what to teach, teaching strategies, EHR and health informatics, giving feedback, evaluating learners, learners in difficulty, and after the rotation.

We’ve purchased this subscription to provide you with quick answers to questions that arise during your daily interaction with learners. You can earn up to 40 CME credits by reviewing the information on the site and new content is added on a regular basis. If you have not received an email communication from Porsha Clayton, MSM with the username and password, then please contact her at porsha.clayton@emory.edu.

Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Medical Education Module

Consider taking the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Medical Education Module.  This is a 1 hour On-Demand Webinar done by our own former resident, now faculty Anna Skold MD.  Also, don't forget to use this training to discussed advanced care planning, document time spent and bill for this important service for our patients and families!

The "Emory Way" Video Series

Review the “Emory Way” of doing physical examinations.  These videos were developed by one of our master clinical educators, Lisa Bernstein, MD. The links below will take you directly to the video on YouTube.

• Emory Way Standard Adult PE
• Emory Way Thyroid Lung and Cardiac Exams 
• Emory Way Std Adult Thyroid Lung and Cardiac Exams
• Emory Way Shoulder and Spine Exams
• Emory Way MSK and Neuro Head to Toe Exam
• Emory Way Knee Exam
• Emory Way Complete MSK Exam
• Emory Way Adult PE Abdominal Exam

Certification/Re-certification Board Review Conference for Physician Assistants

The Emory Physician Assistant Program has provided quality board review courses for twenty seven years. Tuition includes: 

• 38 hours of live lectures in stadium seating with ergonomic chairs and power outlets. 38 Cat 1 AAPA CME hours credit, 10 hours pharmacology credit
• The Home study version of the Fall 2017 Board Review conference with MP3 audio files, and speaker video.
• Digital and printed syllabus with notes, slides and study pearls
• Four weeks of  PANCE/PANRE practice tests using Exam Master Online
• Online access to the live speaker videos, power point slides, and PDF handouts

Cardiology in Primary Care

October 18 - 20 
Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center

With the restructuring of healthcare in the United States, one of the major changes in patient care has been a shift from subspecialty care to primary care. At the Emory Cardiology in Primary Care Conference, you will hear from nationally renowned speakers on a wide variety of topics,  including CHF, CAD, arrhythmias, PVD and more. The Conference will be held October 18-20, 2018 at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center. More information available here.  

Student Programs

The Family Medicine Interest Group would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers from the 2018 What is Family Medicine? – A “Speed Dating” Dinner and Event. We had many first year medical students attend the event to learn about the breadth of Family Medicine. Dr. Isabel Lowell was the keynote speaker for the night and her presentation generated many thoughtful questions which cultivated lively discussions. The event was very well received and the listserv increased dramatically.

Photo collage below: pictures from Speed Dating.

FMIG would also like to introduce their new leaders for 2018 – 2019 term - Larry Nguyen (M1), Namita Mathew (M1), and Esther Miah (M1)! The 2017 - 2018 leadership team, Elizabeth Mensah (M2), Mark Jedrzejczak (M2), and Sherman Jones (MD/PhD), will continue to mentor and work alongside the new leadership team until November. Their first official event will take place during National Primary Care Week in October. FMIG will host a GYN Workshop titled “Women’s Health Procedures in Family Medicine” with the help of Angelina Ti, MD and Emily Herndon, MD.

Primary Care Progress

The Emory Primary Care Progress Team is happy to welcome Elizabeth Holve (BSN+MSN student), Emma Neish (M2), Christopher Arthur (M2), Vilija Bishop (PA-S), and Christina Durcan (PA-S) as student leaders for the 2018-2019.  With student leads spanning three programs, Emory’s PCP Team is eager to continue bringing a wide array of students together to learn about emerging trends in primary care from interdisciplinary faculty and one another.  The students will begin the academic year by attending the National Primary Care Progress' Annual Gregg Stracks Leadership Summit, where they will have the chance to brainstorm with interprofessional students from PCP teams at universities throughout the United States.  This coming year, the Emory PCP Team will organize events for National Primary Care Week October 1-7, and is excited to plan a number of speaker sessions, social gatherings, and trainings for students of varied backgrounds interested in primary care.  If you would like to contact the Emory Primary Care Progress Team, please email emory.primarycareprogress@gmail.com. 

Research Highlights

Antoine Trammell, MD and his work on the impact of psychosocial stress and cardiovascular risk on the progression of cognitive impairment was featured as a DOM Daily Pulse highlighted researcher.  He was also selected through a very competitive process to participate in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Butler-Williams Scholars Program. The Butler-Williams Scholars Program provides unique opportunities for junior faculty and researchers who are new to the field of aging to gain insight about research on aging from a number of perspectives. The 2018 Butler-Williams Scholars Program includes lectures, seminars, and small group discussions in research design. Lectures will cover research topics including: the biology of aging; health disparities; genetics and Alzheimer's disease; and health, behavior, and aging. Discussion sessions will focus on methodological approaches and interventions. The program also will include consultation on the development of research interests and advice on preparing and submitting research grant applications to NIA. The B-W Scholars Program is sponsored by NIA with support from the National Hartford Foundation and the Alzheimer's Association.

Laura Plantinga, PhD has a faculty appointment in the Divisions of Renal Medicine and General Medicine & Geriatrics. She also teaches in the Rollins School of Public Health. Her interdisciplinary research on improving quality of care was featured in the Department of Medicine's Daily Pulse. Read the full article here. 

2018 Department of Medicine Research Day 

Poster Judging Invitation. The Department of Medicine would like to invite you to serve as a poster judge at the 11th annual DOM Research Day Friday, October  26, 2018. The research posters are an important component of the Research Day. We are asking our judges to evaluate a total of 6 posters (3 during the break from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. and 3 during the break from 2 - 3 p.m.) and would encourage you to come for the whole day (7:30 am - 5 pm) if at all possible. 160 abstracts have been submitted. Click here to be a poster judge!  

The full-day program includes both oral and poster presentations as well as a keynote address titled “Preventing Cancer Recurrence” from Vikas P. Sukhatme, MD, ScD, Dean of the Emory University School of Medicine. Awards are given at the conclusion of the day to recognize the most outstanding presentations. Click here to view the event schedule. ALL attendees must RSVP - use this link to register.

SOM Research Appreciation Day 2018

Each year, the SOM’s Faculty Recognitions Committee works to bring recognition to  investigators who lead the way in making scientific advances that improve patient care. Be sure to view the website showcasing the honorees. Their accomplishments are impressive: uncovering novel targets for stroke and sepsis, working to develop stem cell therapies for heart failure, investigating data-driven algorithms in disease prevention and clinical practice, and collaborating in a national consortium for medical device development. And we know that these researchers and their teams represent only a snapshot of the outstanding research happening across the SOM. Congratulations!

Grants

The Emory Primary Care Consortium provides grants up to $2,500 to support any project that involves research, quality improvement, advocacy, development of clinical decision support tools, or educational activities in support of advancements in primary care (as it relates to patient safety, innovations in healthcare delivery, addressing disparities in healthcare, etc.).   You'll find details and application information on our website. The PCC funded two projects during the past funding cycle:

"An Evaluation of Patient Communication Content and Format" (Ebonee Harris and Miranda Moore, PhD) will conduct 3 focus groups of patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus who have received targeted outreach communications from Emory Family Medicine Clinic in Dunwoody. The project aims to improve upon the delivery, content, and effectiveness of these communications and then make recommendations to both the Dunwoody clinic and EMory Healthcare on specific improvements to patient communications to improve patient outcomes.

"Engaging Patients to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates at the Grady Primary Care Center" (Emory's Erica Heiman, MD, MS; Stacie Schmidt, MD, Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, and Georgia State's Ike Okosun, PhD, and Heartley Egwuogo, PhD) will engage students in team-based educational outreach at Grady to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among Grady's primary care patients through the use of decision support tools in the waiting room. The secondary goal is to inspire young learners to pursue careers as primary care providers to underserved populations.

Emory SOM: Imagine, innovate and impact (I³) awards Deadline: Monday, 10/15

The SOM Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Awards accentuate the theme of innovation, complementing existing WHSC supported Synergy awards, and fall into two categories in this initial round: (1) those focused on transformational research ideas (the I3 WOW Research awards), and (2) those focused on novel ideas in medical education (the I3 Education awards).  RFPs:

SOM Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Awards - Research 

SOM Imagine, Innovate and Impact (I3) Awards - Education

Follow this link to the School of Medicine Faculty Development Calendar. 

Currently enrolling! The Interventional Cardiology Research team at Emory Midtown is currently enrolling hypertensive patients in clinical trials of novel device therapies to possibly lower blood pressure independent of medications. 
The following patients may be eligible:
1) Resistant hypertensives on ≥ 3 medications
2) Patients newly diagnosed or on ≤2 medications

Interested participants or referring providers may contact the Interventional Cardiology Research Department, (404) 686-7468.

Upcoming Conferences

2018 GEORGIA CHAPTER ACP SCIENTIFIC MEETING

CALLAWAY GARDENS – PINE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 12- 14, 2018

View the Full Schedule and other Meeting Details here.
Click here to register.
Book rooms at the Lodge here.

The 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians FMX (Family Medicine Experience) will be held in New Orleans October 9-13, 2018.

The 2018 Physician Assistant Education Association Education Forum & Fall Workshops will be held in Anaheim CA October 22-24, 2018.

The North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 46th Annual Meeting at the Chicago Hilton will be held Friday, November 9–Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The next Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Conference will be held February 28 - March 1, 2019 at Callaway Resort and Gardens. Researchers from across the state will come together to present the best new clinical and translational research and build collaborative partnerships. Additional information, registration, and call for abstracts will be announced in the coming months.

Emory Medical Education Day 2019 will be held on March 25th at the School of Medicine from 12 - 5 pm.