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January 8, 2024
What you will learn in this week's edition of the Bulletin:
Happy New Year!
Renal Medicine Interim Leadership Update
Faculty Conversations Video Series: Carlos del Rio, MD
- Get to know our Primary Care Track
- MLK Day celebrations
- Upcoming Medicine Grand Rounds
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DOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Happy New Year, Department of Medicine!
Thank you to our Department of Medicine teams and divisions for sharing photos from their holiday gatherings. It's always wonderful to celebrate with our colleagues. We thank you for a wonderful 2023 and look forward to the year ahead. Happy New Year!
Renal Medicine Interim Leadership Update
With the recent retirement of Jeff Sands, MD, Janice Lea, MD, will serve as the Interim Division Director for Renal Medicine, and Jeanie Park, MD, as the Interim Associate Division Director, effective January 2, 2024. The search for Dr. Sands’ permanent replacement will begin soon. More details will be provided as they become available.
Faculty Conversations Video Series:
Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, interviews Carlos del Rio, MD
Faculty Conversations is a biweekly series in which diverse leaders across the Woodruff Health Sciences Center and Emory Healthcare join Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University, Executive Director, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, to discuss health system integration, nimble decision-making, community engagement, caregiver well-being, educating and training the next generation, research breakthroughs, transformative technology, and many other factors which directly affect our ability to deliver on our tripartite mission. The most recent video featured DOM faculty member, Carlos del Rio, MD, (Infectious Diseases).
Get to Know Our Primary Care Track
Emory's primary care track produces outstanding general internists who are prepared for professional careers in clinical practice, as clinician-educators, or in research. Hear from Primary Care Track Program Director, Shelly-Ann Fluker, MD, (General Internal Medicine), faculty, and residents on what makes this program special. Click here or the video on the right to learn more.
Emory University King Week will take place from January 13–24, 2024. This week is a series of programs offered by various Emory units to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. Programs include educational lectures, spiritual events, community service projects, celebrations, and exhibits. View full event schedule
SOM Community Engagement Champion Awards
Thursday, January 18 | 5:30–7 p.m | Zoom
In celebration of MLK Jr. Day, Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center proudly presents the SOM Community Engagement Champion Awards. This year, we honor exceptional community partners engaged longitudinally with our medical students through the Community Learning and Social Medicine course. Join us in recognizing their invaluable contributions. Click here to register.
Celebrate MLK Day with the Churchwell
Diversity and Inclusion Collective (CDIC)
The CDIC is a resident-run organization born out of the desire to cultivate a safe and welcoming environment for Emory Internal Medicine Residency Program's house staff from diverse backgrounds. They aim to foster a culture of camaraderie, championing efforts within advocacy, recruitment/retention, and professional development, with the goal of building an inclusive resident body to better serve the greater Atlanta community.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service Project
Saturday, January 27 | 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Atlanta Community Food Bank
3400 North Desert Drive,
Atlanta, GA 30344
All DOM faculty, staff, and trainees are invited to participate. Join us for a day of serving the community at the Hunger Action Center. For more information, contact Kathryn Thompson.
MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS
Weekly Medicine Grand Rounds, Every Tuesday at noon
Medicine Grand Rounds resumes tomorrow, January 9, 2024, with Victor Dzau, MD, President of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with a lecture titled, The Future of Academic Medicine and Training.
Tuesday, January 9 | noon–1 p.m., Zoom
Zoom Link - Meeting ID: 941 8304 9108,
Passcode: MGR
Mark Your Calendars for a Special MLK Week
Medicine Grand Rounds, Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Mark your calendars for the Medicine Grand Rounds on the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Day, January 16.
We are thrilled to welcome André Churchwell, MD, the first black IM chief resident at Emory, as the speaker of this special Medicine Grand Rounds. Join via Zoom and listen to his lecture, Reflections on Hearing the Voices of Your Mentors.
Tuesday, January 16 | noon–1 p.m., Zoom
Zoom Link - Meeting ID: 941 8304 9108,
Passcode: MGR
All upcoming sessions will be hosted on Zoom, and recordings will be available on the DOM YouTube channel for CME credits.
DOM EVENTS
Emory University King Week *New*
Saturday, January 13–14
SCDP Echo Session: An Update on Long COVID *New*
Thursday, January 18 | 11 a.m.–noon | Zoom
SOM Community Engagement Champion Awards *New*
Thursday, January 18 | 5:30–7 p.m | Zoom
Professional Development Lecture Series: Promotions in the School of Medicine
January 19 | noon–1 p.m. | Zoom
13th Annual Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals Conference *New*
Saturday, January 27 | Executive Park – Brain Health Center
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service Project
Saturday, January 27 | 8:30–11:30 a.m. | Atlanta Community Food Bank
2024 GME DEI Virtual Open House
January 31 | 6–7:30 p.m. | Zoom
DOM Faculty Development's Mentoring Workshop *Registration full*
February 9 | 8–10 a.m. | WMB Room 1109
CV Review Session
February 28 | 8–10 a.m. | Zoom
IN THE NEWS
Recent Department of Medicine News
American Heart Association News: Heart abnormalities in older Hispanic women linked to high blood pressure during pregnancy (Maria Gongora Nieto)
HCP Live: Patients with burnt-out diabetes exhibit undiagnosed hyperglycemia, study finds (Emory research featured, Guillermo E. Umpierrez quoted)
Livestrong: What really happens to your body when you take Lactaid (Kavya Sebastian quoted)
WAFB-TV: Your Health: Common habits that can cause kidney damage (Jeanie Park interviewed)
WPSD-TV: Kidney damage: Common habits that can cause it (Jeanie Park interviewed)
STAFF NEWS
Check out the latest list of open staff jobs within the DOM. See a job you are interested in or know someone who would be a good fit? Click the job title below to read the full description and apply. Be sure to follow the DOM LinkedIn page to stay up-to-date on the latest job openings!
GIVE TO US
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STAY CONNECTED
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The Emory University Department of Medicine is a component of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University, which includes the Emory Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Winship Cancer Institute; and Emory Healthcare.