55 Words from the Chair

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issue!

Throughout the year, this newsletter will highlight some of the great work being done in our department.  This month's feature is DEI and all of the great work being done by our DEI Council and leadership.

Vice-Chair Dr. Antonio Graham on
DEI in the DFPM

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FPM DEI Climate Survey Results

The DEI council would like to thank each of you for taking time out of your busy day to complete our survey, 46% of you to be exact.

Based on your responses, the DEI council identified four areas needing attention:

1.  Compensation
2.  Department members feel they can be their authentic selves
3.  Education
4.  Training

The core of the respondents feels as though their needs are being met. However, it is clear from the “neutral" and "disagree" responses that there are still opportunities for growth. 

Action Plan:

1. I feel appropriately compensated in my current role: 

• DEI council submitted recommendations to improve compensation transparency for faculty & staff to senior leadership

2. Department members feeling they can be their authentic selves:  

• Focus groups with each division, addressing both faculty and staff concerning DEI-related topics
• Evaluate and address DEI on committees & leadership
• Creating an environment of inclusion for all divisions
• DEI representation from all divisions

3. Education

•  Institute quarterly DEI Grand Rounds
•  Listening sessions

4. Training

•  Expand current training to include all divisions
•  Develop education around “how to” report DEI concerns
•  Work with leadership on our internal reporting structure

Again, the DEI Council would like to thank you for your participation!

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Dr. Quest honored
with National DEI Award

Dr. Tammie Quest has been awarded the 2022 Richard Payne Outstanding Achievement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

This award is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates strong, lasting, personal, and professional commitment to improving care for diverse, vulnerable, and underrepresented patient populations.

The award was presented in February at the AAHPM annual meeting.

Click below to view a 3-minute video of her introduction and acceptance speech. Congratulations, Dr. Quest!

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Dr. Quest on her mission:
"Strong Service to Others"

Between college and medical school, I was a high school math teacher at Berkeley High School, which probably ranks as one of the hardest jobs I had in my life. From there and lots of emergency department volunteering, I went to U.C. San Francisco for medical school where I knew from nearly the beginning of medical school that I wanted to be an academic emergency physician. I stayed committed to that pathway through medical school and residency in Emergency Medicine at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, California. In my intern year, I had a formative experience after a terrible death disclosure in the ED that I performed with no training or supervision. I vowed I would do something to change that. As a 3rd year EM resident, I did a nationwide research study that showed that in emergency medicine residencies that we spent less than one hour training residents – not enough!

In 1998, right after residency, I came to Emory by happenstance – we happened to be visiting town for a wedding and I was job searching. I cold-called Emory and got an interview the next day… the rest is history! I have always loved trying to help those in need and those in crisis with no questions asked. I enjoy just being there to help. I am so fortunate to have had 23 amazing years at Emory as faculty, where I have been able to develop my love, skill, and passion for caring for the seriously ill and have had so many incredible experiences to influence change locally, regionally, nationally and internationally as a teacher, clinician, researcher, and leader. Along the way, I met and married my husband Robert of 23 years, had two incredible boys ages now 19 and 22, acquired 2 silly dogs and 3 big horses. We are one big happy family!

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Dr. Tina-Ann Thompson on "The Importance of Representation"

then, I had not had an African American female teacher. Her presence made me feel that a career in math and science was possible. Ms. Hawkins stressed that along the journey, it is invaluable to be mentored and to be a mentor. I listened. 

I will continue to focus on equal representation in medicine and in leadership until it is no longer necessary.

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Dr. Ted Johnson's DEI Work
in DFPM and Beyond

As a leader in General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Family and Preventive Medicine, he has been committed to transparency - all positions with title, dedicated time, or promotion are posted. He has recently created an Inclusion in Publishing metric and tool kit for academic units to discern how to increase belonging and inclusion around academic manuscripts.  

Dr. Johnson serves as a coach for the RYSE Under-Represented in Medicine Program Cohort and is a sponsorship advisor for the Society of General Internal Medicine Women & Medicine Commission's Career Advising Program. In his position as director of Georgia GEAR (a HRSA Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program), Dr. Johnson has funded programs such as ALTER,  a Dementia Friendly Faith Villages program to prepare historically African American Churches to foster community to be inclusive for those living with dementia and RYSE, the Department of Medicine's URiM faculty development program.

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Family and Preventive Medicine
DEI Council Spotlights
Ms. Chariss Smith
Administrative Assistant,
Family Medicine Residency
 

1. What do you like to do in your spare time, outside of work? I enjoy time with my family! Exploring Atlanta, shopping, reading, and playing games.

2. Birthdate: 6/27

3. Home town (please tell us a few interesting items about your birthplace):
Pell City, AL. Pell City, Alabama, is a small town about 30 miles E of Birmingham, Alabama and 109 miles W of Atlanta.
Pell City was named after George Pell, a financial backer of the Pell City Iron and Land Company in 1890. On May 6, 1891, the city was incorporated but it almost failed due to the panic of 1893. The city became a great hub of industry with textile mills, mercantile establishments, soybean, cattle, and cotton farms. Some famous locations are the Showboat Camp, Knoxs Landing, and the Pell City Civic Center.

4. A fun fact about yourself!
I enjoyed camping, hiking, fishing and campfires in the mountains of California with my family

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DEI Calendar

March 10, 12pm. FAALI Lecture Series - Leadership Lessons from Delta. Presented by Joanne Smith EVP and Chief People Officer, Delta Airlines. 

March 11, 12pm. Team Science Skill Series- Diversity and Representation in Teams. 

March 11, 12pm. FAALI Webinar: The Myth of Meritocracy. Presented by Jennifer Spicer MD.  

March 21 deadline: Submit an abstract for Dept. of Medicine Health Equity Day 2022. All members of the School of Medicine community, with at least one team member from the Department of Medicine, are invited to submit an abstract by Monday, March 21, at 11:59 p.m. Team members include faculty, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, residents, and medical or graduate students.

March 24, 12 pm: Update Forum: Community Engagement, Equity, and Inclusion, presented by Dr. Sheryl Heron. Register.

March 30 deadline: Emory community encouraged to comment on University DEI Strategic Planning Report

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DEI Recommended Reading

In this new monthly column, members of the DEI Council will recommend articles that might be of general interest. 

Emory Medicine, Winter 2022: an update on the creation, goals, and ongoing work of the School of Medicine's first diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan.

Health Equity: The Only Path Forward for Primary Care. The Annals of Family Medicine, 20(1) Feb 2022, 2789. Dr. Tracey Henry, Emory faculty in the division of General Internal Medicine at Grady, is one of the authors.

"Pulse Oximetry Accuracy Varies Among Different Groups." Francois Rollin, MD and Neil H. Winawer, MD, SFHM, reviewing Henry NR et al. Crit Care Med 2022 Feb Holder AL and Wong AI. Crit Care Med 2022 Feb. This article is behind a paywall, so the summary and links are included below. Drs. Rollin and Winawer are Emory faculty in the division of General Internal Medicine at Grady:

Self-identified Black patients were more likely to have occult hypoxemia missed by pulse oximetry.

Measuring arterial oxygen saturation with pulse oximetry might be less accurate in patients with darker skin pigmentation, and the effects of such a difference on patient outcomes is unclear (N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2477). In a retrospective observational study, researchers paired >128,000 pulse oximetry–estimated oxygen saturation (SpO₂) measurements with their associated arterial blood gas (ABG)–derived oxygen saturation (SaO₂) readings in >26,000 adult intensive care unit (ICU) or surgical inpatients at 3 U.S. academic medical centers.

After adjusting for potential confounders, self-identified Black patients were significantly more likely to have occult hypoxemia (defined as SaO₂ <88% despite normal SpO₂ [i.e., ≥92%]) during hospitalization than were white patients (6.2% vs. 3.6%). Self-identified Asian and American Indian patients also had greater risk for occult hypoxemia (6.6% each) than did white patients, but low numbers of minority patients led to differences that were not statistically significant. Occult hypoxemia was associated with higher risk for mortality in surgical patients (odds ratio, 3.0) and ICU patients (OR, 1.4).

Comment

The authors recognize that race (a social construct) is not synonymous with skin pigmentation. That said, their study shows that skin pigmentation (which can affect light absorption) in self-identified Black patients influences the results of pulse oximetry in a way that can affect clinical outcomes adversely. As editorialists note, clinicians should have a low threshold for obtaining ABG-measured SaO₂ in patients with darker skin pigmentation, especially when the index of suspicion for hypoxemia is high.

Citation(s):

Henry NR et al. Disparities in hypoxemia detection by pulse oximetry across self-identified racial groups and associations with clinical outcomes. Crit Care Med 2022 Feb; 50:204. 

Holder AL and Wong AI. The big consequences of small discrepancies: Why racial differences in pulse oximetry errors matter. Crit Care Med 2022 Feb; 50:335. 

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Black History Month Spotlight on Ms. Claudette Colvin

Read Ms. Claudette Colvin’s story in its entirety.

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"Black History 2022:
Black Wellness"

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FPM Staff - the DEI Council Needs You!

Welcome to
the FPM family!

We welcome to the world Baby Nadia, daughter of Ashima Lal and Danny Basri, who arrived on 2.22.22!  Both baby and mama are healthy and happy. Congratulations, Dr. Lal!

 Promotion News!

Dr. Ambar Kulshreshtha (Family Medicine) and Dr. Jennifer Mascaro (Preventive Medicine) have been promoted to Associate Professor. These promotions will be effective on September 1, 2022. Congratulations Dr. Kulshreshtha and Dr. Mascaro!

Wellness Corner

New Healthy Emory Connect

Have you tried Emory’s new Healthy Emory Connect powered by Sharecare? It went live on February 1 to all benefits-eligible employees, and it’s a one-stop-shop for:

1. Benefits: financial, educational, discounts, FSAP, work-life… it’s all here

2. Health and behavior tracking

3. Tons of wellness resources

To get started, follow the easy step-by-step instructions here: https://healthyemory.sharecare.com/  

For technical support, call Sharecare at 855-428-1708 or visit their Member Support.  

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SAVE the DATE!
Finding Joy in Medicine Through Art

April 15, 2022
12 - 1 pm

The Emory at Grady Professional Development Series will feature Dr. Paul DeSandre, Dr. Holly Gooding, and Dr. Ali John Zarrabi presenting on Finding Joy in Medicine Through Art.
 

Transformative Research

Research News

Kulshreshtha Receives Funding for
2 New Projects as PI

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Lowers Receives 2022 CHA Pilot Funding

The newly relaunched Emory Center for Health in Aging has announced four innovative pilot projects selected to receive up to $45,000 each for one year of study. The projects are a key tenant of the revitalized center, which will serve as a hub for innovation and cross-disciplinary collaboration throughout the Emory community.

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FPM Monthly Research Meeting

Our research meeting this month is scheduled for Friday, March 18, 2022, 12:30-1:30 pm. Zoom. Dr. Jennifer Mascaro will be presenting.

Dr. Mascaro will present research that evaluates a chaplain-delivered compassion-based intervention for hospitalized patients. She uses ambulatory linguistic assessments to identify linguistic behaviors associated with improved patient mood after the chaplain consultation. She will present proposed studies to build upon this work and will look for feedback from the research team.

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Nurse Burnout Paper Accolades Continue

Dr. Megha Shah, Family Medicine Resident Dr. Nikhila Gandrakota, Dr. Neena Ghose, Dr. Miranda Moore and Dr. Mo Ali's paper on Nurse Burn-out continues to make headlines. "Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Nurse Burnout in the US" was selected as Honorable Mention for the 2022 STFM Research Paper of the Year.

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Recent Presentations

Palliative Medicine Faculty and Fellows present at
AAHPM & HPNA national meetings

Emory was well-represented at the recent American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Annual Assembly. 

• Featured Session:
  • "Our Stories - Transgender and Non-binary Professionals On the Essence of Person-centered Care" - Ruth Thomson, DO MBA HMDCB FACOI FAAHPM (moderator); Rev. M Barclay, MDiv; Noelle Marie Javier, MD; Lawson Marcewicz, MD
• Posters:
  • "Caring for the Dying Physician," Palliative Fellow Lauren Sigler MD, Elizabeth Strabo MSW, Lawson Marcewicz MD, Meredith Maxwell MD
  • "Mitigating Suffering as a Patient Presents to Withdraw Life-Sustaining Therapies," Palliative Fellow Michael Krouse, MD, Lawson Marcewicz, MD
  • “That little bit of time”: Transition-to-Hospice Perspectives from Hospice Staff and Bereaved Family, Sarah H. Cross, PhD, LMSW, MPH, Janel R. Ramkalawan, BS, Jackie F. Ring, PhD, RN, NEA-B, and Nathan A. Boucher, DrPH, PA, MS, MPA, CPHQ
  • "Caring for the Vulnerable: Ethical Considerations in Determining Code Status and Surrogacy," Emma Kofmehl, MD, Ashima Lal, MD, Stephanie Foster, PhD

In addition, Dr. Kavalieratos, Dr. Lowers, and Dr. Cross gave multiple poster presentations at the inaugural AAHPM & HPNA State of the Science Meeting.

Isenberg SR, Kavalieratos D, Graham C, Tanuseputro T, Quinn K. “Association Between Regionally Organized, Collaborative Home-Based Palliative Care And Healthcare Outcomes In Adults Who Died With Chronic Heart Failure: A Matched Cohort Study.” State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care. February 12, 2022.   

Graham C, Schonnop R, Killackey T, Kavalieratos D, Quinn K, Isenberg SR. Exploring health care providers’ experiences of providing collaborative palliative care for patients with advanced heart failure at home: a qualitative study. State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care. February 12, 2022. 

Dubin E, Lowers J, Dellon EP, Faro A, Tallarico E, Hempstead SE, Kavalieratos D. "Adults with CF, Caregivers, and Clinicians Differ Regarding Perceptions of Pain and Symptom Prevalence and Distress: Results of a National Survey." State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care. February 12, 2022.   

Ingle MP, Ernecoff NC, Check DK, Cross SH, Lowers J, Matlock D, Kavalieratos D. "Use of theoretical frameworks in the development and testing of palliative care interventions." State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care. February 12, 2022.   

Kavalieratos D, Harinstein M, Rose B, Hoydich ZP, Lowers J, Rollman BL, Bakitas MA, Bekelman DB, Allen L, Arnold RM.  "PENPal-HF: A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Nurse-Led Primary Palliative Intervention in Outpatient Cardiology.” State of the Science in Hospice and Palliative Care. February 12, 2022. 

Pictured below: Members of the Emory Palliative Care Center enjoy a gathering at Twain's during their virtual annual meeting of the American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).  Pictured are (L-R): Lynn O'Neill, Lawson Marcewicz, Paul DeSandre, Tammie Quest, Michael Schmitt, Kimberly Curseen, Emily Twa, Courtney Cawthon, Emily Pinto Taylor, Anita Sundaramoorthy, and Joanne Kuntz.

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Preventive Medicine Residents
Excelling in Research 

Preventive Medicine resident Dr. Ronak Ghiya will be presenting his poster: "Evaluation of a local health department's response to the COVID-19 pandemic" at the NACCHO (National Association of County and City Health Officials) Preparedness Summit 2022.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

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Dr. Alex Molinari and Dr. Siri Chirumamilla have been selected as inaugural members of the Editorial Board of “AJPM Focus,” the new open access journal related to the AJPM (the American Journal of Preventive Medicine) as sponsored by the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research.

For the past 6 years, the Emory Preventive Medicine Residency didactic curriculum has included regularly-scheduled, highly interactive sessions on critical appraisal of the literature (known in some quarters as journal club).  The sessions truly do emphasize probing assessment and constructive criticism of the articles selected for review through use of a basic framework for critical review. The decision of Alex and Siri to apply to serve on this Editorial Board dovetails wonderfully with their and the other PM residents’ engagement in the critical review process emphasized on the curriculum.

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Gandrakota named 1st FM Residency Health Research Track Scholar

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Recent Publications

Collaborative department publications
 

Family Medicine resident Dr. Nikhila Gandrakota and Family Medicine faculty Dr. Megha Shah published The social determinants of health associated with cardiometabolic diseases among Asian American subgroups: a systematic review. (BMC health services research, 2022;22(1), 257. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07646-7)

Family Medicine resident Dr. Nikhila Gandrakota and Family Medicine faculty Dr. Miranda Moore and Dr. Megha Shah published Trends in Diet Counseling Among Stroke Versus Non-Stroke Patients: Evidence from the NAMCS, 2011-2016. (J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2022 Feb;31(2):106223. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106223. Epub 2021 Nov 26.)

Family Medicine faculty Dr. Ted Johnson and Dr. Miranda Moore published The Georgia Memory Net: Implementation of a statewide program to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. (J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Feb 8. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17690)

Palliative faculty Dr. Dio Kavalieratos and post-doc Dr. Sarah Cross published Rural-Urban Disparities in Mortality from Cirrhosis in the United States from 1999 to 2019. (Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Feb 25. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001712)

Dr. Jennifer Mascaro (Preventive Medicine), Dr. Maha Lund (PA Program), and Dr. Miranda Moore (Family Medicine) published Flourishing in Healthcare Trainees: Psychological Well-Being and the Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022;19(4), 2255)

Palliative Medicine faculty Dr. Lawson Marcewicz, Dr. Susan Kunihiro, Dr. Kim Curseen, and Dr. Dio Kavalieratos published Application of Critical Race Theory in Palliative Care Research: A Scoping Review. (J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Feb 26:S0885-3924(22)00103-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.018.)

Palliative Medicine faculty Dr. Ali John Zarrabi and Dr. Kim Curseen published A dose-escalation clinical trial of intranasal ketamine for uncontrolled cancer-related pain.  (Pharmacotherapy. 2022 Feb 11. doi: 10.1002/phar.2669) 

Faculty publications

Dr. Mo Ali:

Burden and Correlates of Mental Health Symptoms Among Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Engaged in HIV Care in Atlanta. (AIDS Behav. 2022 Feb 23. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03629-1)

Cohort Profile: The Center for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia (CARRS). (Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 9:dyac014. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac014)

Interventions for Reversing Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Am J Prev Med. 2022 Feb 9:S0749-3797(21)00596-1. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.10.020)
 

Dr. Kim Curseen:

Response to Fitzgerald Jones et al., Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Delivering Antiracist Care to Black Americans (DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2021.05021). J Palliat Med. 2022 Mar;25(3):345-346. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0622.

Dr. Ted Johnson:

Exploratory evaluation of baseline cognition as a predictor of perceived benefit in a study of behavioral therapy for urinary incontinence in Parkinson disease. (Neurourol Urodyn. 2022 Feb 19. doi: 10.1002/nau.24891)
 

Dr. Dio Kavalieratos:

Perceptions of Need for Palliative Care in Recently Hospitalized Patients With Systolic Heart Failure. (J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Dec;62(6):1252-1261. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.06.001)
 

Dr. Tammie Quest:

Race Roundtable Series: Structural Racism in Palliative Care. (J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Feb 11:S0885-3924(22)00038-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.01.015) 

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Educational Investments for our future

Dr. Guest Chosen to Lead
New WHSC Program

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Newly Matched Preventive Medicine Residents! 

The Preventive Medicine Residency program has matched with three new residents who will begin in July 2022, joining Siri Chirumamilla and Alex Molinari (who will be in their second year):

Radhika Agarwal, MD

• Undergrad:  Northwestern Univ.
• Medical School:  Loyola Univ. (Chicago)
• Family Medicine residency:  community hospital system in Chicago (she’s completing her 3-year FM residency)

Kunal Doshi, MD, MPH

• Undergrad:  Univ. California Riverside
• MPH:  George Washington University
• Medical School:  University of Colorado
• Family Medicine PGY1:  Contra Costa Regional (California) (completing PGY1 now)

Annie Rouza, MD, MPH Candidate

• Undergrad:  Cornell College (Iowa)
• Medical school:  Florida International
• OB/GYN through PGY3:  Prisma Health (South Carolina)
• MPH: Baylor (currently completing MPH) 

Being of Service

PA Program Faculty Bryson receives Emory APP Service Award
 

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Emory Farmworker Project:
Volunteers Needed!

The Emory Farmworker Project has been providing free health care for more than 25 years to farmworkers and their families in south Georgia who lack access to basic medical care. Unfortunately, COVID-19 impacted our ability to provide this important service to those communities last summer.

We plan to resume our outreach this summer and invite you to participate with us. Bainbridge clinic is scheduled for June 4^th-10th, followed by Valdosta clinic June 11th-17^th.

We need:

• Preceptors (MD, PA, DPT, DMD, NP, PharmD)
• Dental preceptors and volunteers for a dental van which will be set up at both sites
• Spanish and Haitian Creole Interpreters

 
Hotel costs, breakfast, and dinner are covered by the Emory PA program. If you would like to volunteer, please use this registration link.

You can also support the program by donating hats and clothing or sponsoring meals to feed students, preceptors, and volunteers. Contact Khaliala Ward, Sr. Business Manager of the PA Program, at khaliala.ward@emory.edu for further information about donating or volunteering. 

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New Monthly CME Webinar Series on
Clinical Care for Dementia Patients

Georgia Memory Net is hosting a new monthly series called: GMNsights- Expert Clinical Insights in Dementia Care for your Patients. Earn .5 CME credits for attending.

“Managing Dementia with cholinesterase inhibitors” 
March 16 at 12 pm via Zoom. In this session, we will discuss a brief history of Cholinesterase inhibitors, their uses, and the problems associated with their use.

Presented by Carolyn Clevenger, DNP, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA, FAAN, Associate Dean for Transformative Clinical Practice, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University and Alison Schlenger, NP, Integrated Memory Care Clinic, Brain Health Center, Emory University

Register. Feel free to share with interested colleagues! Upcoming webinar topics include Neuroimaging finds, algorithms for neuropsychiatric medications, managing safety concerns, assessment tools, modifiable causes of ADRD, unusual case findings, and more!

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Dine Out/Take Out to Support The Nia Project

Spread the word to your family and friends! A mano, an adorable Italian restaurant in the Old Fourth Ward, has generously offered to donate a portion of their proceeds to the Nia Project (program for survivors of intimate partner violence ) during the month of March. Proceeds will come specifically from Thursday dinners.  They offer takeout and outdoor seating, as COVID-safe options. Check out their delicious menu here as well as information on their location. 

Pictured above: shrimp toast from a mano, photo: @amanoatl on Instagram.

News from the
Faculty Development
Committee

Our department deadlines can be found here.

• If you are going up for Associate Professor (non-tenure) in the service or teaching area of distinction, talk to your division or program director by April 4.
• If you are going up for Associate Professor or Full Professor in the scholarship area of distinction, talk to your division or program director by May 16.
• If you are going up for Full Professor in the service or teaching area of distinction, talk to your division or program director by July 15.

We also highly recommend that you view the following video: Understanding Promotion in the School of Medicine before meeting with your division or program director.

Please note that our department deadlines are different from the School of Medicine deadlines. You should follow our department deadlines.

Got news? Please send your announcements and photos to leigh.partington@emory.edu.
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