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December 2, 2024
What you will learn in this week's edition of the Bulletin:
- DOM leadership announcement
- Diabetes Update & Technology Symposium
- PCCSM Ingram Lecture & Awards
- Division of Hospital Medicine gives back this holiday season
- Required EHC clinical faculty training due 12/31
- Annette Esper, MD, interviewed by Fox’s LiveNOW
- Applications now open: Emory BIRCWH Program
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DOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Brandon Darrington named Vice President of Internal Medicine and Executive Administrator
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that, after an extensive search, Brandon Darrington, MPH, MHA, CLSSGB, CCCM, FACHE, has been named Vice President for Internal Medicine/Executive Administrator for Clinical Affairs and Administration.
Brandon will begin this role and join Emory on December 16. He will provide overall operational, strategic, and financial leadership for all internal medicine specialties within Emory Healthcare (EHC), Emory Clinic, and Emory Specialty Associates (ESA) with a focus on developing departmental long-term and short-term strategic goals and objectives to ensure that the Department of Medicine operates effectively and efficiently.
Don't Miss the 6th Annual Diabetes Update & Technology Symposium this Saturday, December 7, from 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Emory Diabetes Education Academy, featuring Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, will lead an In-person half-day event for Physicians, PAs, NPs, Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists, and CDCES.
Date: Saturday, December 7
Time: 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Cost: FREE
Location: Emory Conference Center Hotel,
1615 Clifton Rd N E, Atlanta, GA 30329
To read the Accreditation, Physician designation, and Nursing Credit Statement, visit the calendar listing or click the button below.
Recap: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine 25th Annual Ingram Lecture & Awards
On November 21, 2024, the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine hosted the 25th Annual Roland H. Ingram, Jr. Lecture and awards ceremony. This year's lecture speaker was Michael A. Matthay, MD, Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia at the University of California at San Francisco, Senior Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute, and Associate Director of Critical Care Medicine.
This highly prestigious lecture series honors Emory University's Roland H. Ingram, Jr, MD, as an esteemed leader in pulmonary and critical care medicine. The event is an enduring acknowledgment of Dr. Ingram's commitment to excellence in teaching, patient care, and research. Each year since 1999, except during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has featured a distinguished physician who shares expertise in the clinical investigation and basic science of lung disease.
Additionally, this night included the division's awards ceremony. Congratulations to the following awardees!
- Award of Excellence: Wendy Neveu, MD, PhD, and Viranuj Sueblinvong, MD
- Faculty Research Award: Frances Eun-Hyung Lee, MD, and Doan Nguyen, MD, PhD
- Lindy Wolfenden Pulmonary Star Award: David Berkowitz, MD
- Teacher of the Year Award: Meredith Greer, MD
Division of Hospital Medicine gives back this holiday season
DOM's Division of Hospital Medicine recently hosted a volunteer event at the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Our staff, along with other local volunteers, processed over 7,600 pounds of food!
Organizer of the event, Lakshmi Katta, MD, shares the following on why these outings are an important part of our work in the DOM.
"My hope for the event was to strengthen our sense of community within our division and Atlanta. I believe community and a sense of belonging are one of many antidotes to burnout and provider well-being. This volunteering event felt like a natural fit with the benefit of being able to give back to the community. Folks said they had fun and are looking forward to future events. Hopefully, we can continue this as an annual tradition!"
Grady Memorial Team named T1D Exchange QI Collaborative 2024 Award Recipients
Congratulations to Grady Memorial Hospital Team T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative (T1DX-QI) on being selected as the recipient of the 2024 T1D Exchange Outstanding Adult Team Award. The Grady Memorial team was recognized for their active engagement and participation in the collaborative, including active involvement on multiple T1DX-QI committees and working groups.
The T1DX-QI brings together 62 clinics across the United States that care for over 100,000 individuals with type 1 diabetes. T1DX-QI members share data via the T1D Quality Improvement platform to track baselines and outcomes and measurably improve the lives of individuals with type 1 diabetes. Our Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids colleagues Sonya Haw, MD, Francisco Pasquel, MD, David Ziemer, MD, and Georgia Davis, MD, work on this initiative with support from Grady clinical staff.
Division of Rheumatology represents Emory at ACR Convergence
Our Division of Rheumatology colleagues recently attended the 2024 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Converge Annual Meeting, the world's premier annual rheumatology event, held this year in Washington, D.C. From November 14–19, many of our division members enjoyed numerous learning opportunities, allowing them to stay updated on the latest research, advancements, and breakthroughs in the field. Many presented their own research and learned about advancements in rheumatology from colleagues from around the world. Special shoutout and kudos to Arezou Khosroshahi, MD, who delivered an excellent presentation at the IgG4-RD Symposium!
NEW Required training: Awareness of Transfusion Reactions for Providers must be completed by December 31, 2024
Attention all clinical faculty with Emory Healthcare privileges: EHC is now mandating new transfusion reaction training, which must be completed by December 31, 2024.
The training path for Emory University faculty is located in the Branier Catalog. To access the training, please follow these steps.
EHC is required to report our provider training completion rates back to CMS, so we appreciate all providers completing this short (10-minute) training and attestation of completion by December 31, 2024.
- Click HERE to access the Emory self-service portal.
- Log in using your Emory netID and password
- Go to “Learning Management” in Self-Service
- Select “Learning Management -Branier” under learning management
- Browse by title, “Awareness of Transfusion Reactions for Providers” (41314) (see example below)
- Start a new instance of this objective
- Step 1: Complete training -it takes just 10 minutes!
- Step 2: Attest to completion of training
Note: Be sure the browser's pop-up blocker is turned off.
Is it the flu or is it COVID? Annette Esper, MD, shares insights with LiveNOW from FOX.
Annette Esper, MD, (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine) recently was interviewed on LiveNOW from FOX, where she spoke about over the counter combination tests for flu and COVID-19. These tests can be taken at home and cut out the need for doctor or urgent care visits.
Researchers at Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Institute of Technology and Grady Health System have played a pivotal role in evaluating these combination tests through the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) and Independent Test Assessment Programs (ITAP), which select and test the most promising diagnostic tools and then help them move quickly through the development, approval and commercialization pipeline.
RESEARCH CORNER
Request for Applications: Emory Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program
The Emory BIRCWH Program is now accepting applications! Emory BIRCWH is a highly selective career development program for junior faculty interested in women's health research and/or sex/gender science. The goal of this program is to train junior faculty, through a mentored research and career development experience, to become independent investigators who use novel, interdisciplinary approaches to advance the science of women’s health and sex/gender research.
Communicable disease research (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, HCV/HBV, bacterial and fungal diseases, antimicrobial resistance, etc.) is an area of focus for the Emory BIRCWH program. However, compelling applications outside these areas, but aligned with the BIRCWH research objectives, will also be considered.
Applications are due Monday, February 3, 2025, at 5 p.m. For any questions or concerns, please contact Program Director, Shannon Walker, PhD.
Don't miss the last Ease of Research Town Hall this year!
When: Friday, December 6 | noon–1 p.m.
Where: Zoom (Please note that this session will only be held virtually.)
Guest Speakers:
Esmerelda Meyer, MD, JM, CPIA
Director of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Deepika Bhatia,
Associate Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs
Call for Applications: Biolocity Funding Opportunity
Biolocity is pleased to announce its open call for biomedical innovations that solve an unmet clinical need and positively impact human health.
Proposals under this opportunity should encompass any medical innovation contributing to patient care, diagnosis, treatment, or drug delivery. Letters of intent are now open and due TODAY, Monday, December 2.
Eligibility :
- Intellectual property held (at least in part) at Emory University or Georgia Tech
- Two Principal Investigators (PI's) preferred – one technical, one clinical
- At least one PI must be affiliated with Georgia Tech or Emory University
- Technology must positively impact human health with compelling evidence for commercial potential
About Biolicity:
Biolocity is a multi-institutional program at Emory University and Georgia Tech that provides education, funding, and commercialization support to early-stage biomedical technologies.
Learn more at the following links:
Visit Biolocity's webpage to learn about the application process, timeline, and eligibility.
Submit your Letter of Intent form.
MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS
Tomorrow's Medicine Grand Rounds is Canceled
#MedicineGrandRounds
PLEASE NOTE: Next Week's Medicine Grand Rounds is canceled for the DOM Leadership retreat.
Mark your calendars!
Medicine Grand Rounds will resume on Tuesday, December 10, for the Chief Resident Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC) with presenter, Grace Seo and
subspecialists, Jennifer Spicer, MD, and Athan Tiliakos, DO.
Tuesday, December 10 | noon–1 p.m., Zoom
Zoom Link - Meeting ID: 941 8304 9108
Session ID # 18864
For more information about Medicine Grand Rounds, visit bitly.com/grandround.
IN THE NEWS
Recent Department of Medicine News
Healio: Elevated CVD risk with type 2 diabetes may be traceable to diabetes development factors (Laurence Sperling quoted)
Mother Jones: RFK Jr. has made false and dangerous claims about AIDS. That could become a global problem. (Carlos del Rio quoted)
Science: Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky (Boghuma Titanji quoted)
Science News: Refurbished heart pacemakers work like new (Miguel Leal quoted)
WAGA-TV: First case of bird flu reported in child (Neil Winawer 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!
- Advanced Practice Provider - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (NP/PA), Nocturnal - School of Medicine, Hospital Medicine
- Administrative Assistant - School of Medicine, Nephrology *New*
- Bioinformatics Analyst - School of Medicine, Pulmonary *New*
- Clinical Research Coordinator III - School of Medicine General Medicine *New*
- Endocrinology & Rheumatology Fellowship Program Coordinator *New*
- Program Coordinator of TREE Program - School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases *New*
- Research Dietitian - School of Medicine, Endocrinology
EVENTS
DOM Ease of Research Initiative Town Hall: Esmerelda Meyer and Deepika Bhatia
Friday, December 6 | noon–1 p.m. | Zoom
6th Annual Diabetes Update & Technology Symposium
Saturday, December 7 | 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Emory Conference Center Hotel
December K-Club Mentoring Networks: What they are & how to build yours
Monday, December 9 | noon–1p.m. | HSRB II, N600 and Zoom
EDDI Seminar Series with Karen Edelblum, PhD
Thursday, December 12 | 4–5 p.m. | Whitehead Biomedical Research Building Auditorium
Emory SCORE 5th Annual Workshop on How to Incorporate Sex and Gender as Variables in Your Research
Friday, January 17 | 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | Zoom
DOM Mid-Career Workshop Series
Friday, January 31, and Friday, February 7, 2025 | Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 1109
DOM CV Review Session (DOM faculty only)
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 8–10 a.m. | Zoom
Faculty Education, Enrichment, and Development Conference (FEED)
Friday, March 28, 2025 | 8 a.m.–noon | Zoom
RYSE Health Equity Day
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | Hybrid: Grady Hospital Trauma Auditorium and Zoom
GIVE TO US
The Department of Medicine includes more than 800 faculty members across our ten divisions. Your support for our work can make a difference to health care locally and globally. Click the button below to learn more about making an impact through your support for the DOM. For general department giving inquiries, please contact Ashley Michaud, Executive Director of Development, at 404-778-1250.
STAY CONNECTED
Please send photos and news from your division to deptofmed@emory.edu and visit the Department of Medicine's blog, EmoryDailyPulse.com.
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.