Ted Johnson, MD, MPH
Plenty in our Division to be thankful for! Check out SGIM President Dr. Bussey-Jones’ podcast, soak up all our Faculty’s SOM Recognitions Awards, and celebrate your colleagues’ accomplishments in education, service, and scholarship. Want to submit? Please send us shout-outs for our dedicated faculty and staff, and submit your work to SGIM 2025 – details below!
Sharing our Awesomeness!
Let's create a culture of celebrating the everyday moments that make our hardworking division amazing!
Every day, our GIM faculty and staff do amazing work and now we have a new way to share our Division of GIM everyday awesomeness, shout-outs, recognition, and kudos!
Scan the QR code below or click here to access the quick nomination form.
Shout-outs can be given anonymously if preferred and will be published in the monthly newsletter.
In this issue:
- SGIM news
- 6th Annual Diabetes Update and Technology Symposium (CME)
- Save the Date! Bettye Rose Connell Lecture and Health Equity Day
- Kudos and Congratulations!
- Research Corner
- Faculty Publications
Updates from SGIM
SGIM President's Podcast
Introducing the President’s Podcast, a new series celebrating SGIM’s rich history and forward-looking vision as we approach our 50th anniversary. Hosted by SGIM President Dr. Jada Bussey-Jones, the SGIM President’s Podcast will feature insights from current and past Society of General Internal Medicine Presidents and leaders. These conversations highlight diverse general internal medicine leaders across health care, public health, policy, and academia. These leader reflections will benefit SGIM, its members, and healthcare as we grow, innovate, and meet the challenges of our evolving healthcare environment.
Present at SGIM 2025
Now Accepting Submissions for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Hollywood, FL!
Deadline December 19, 2024
- Scientific Abstracts
- Clinical Vignettes
- Innovations in Healthcare Delivery
- Innovations in Medical Education
6th Annual Diabetes Updates & Technology Symposium
Saturday, December 7
8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Emory Conference Center Hotel
Cost: FREE
CME credit:
The Emory University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ or 3.75 contact hours by ENPDC upon completion of the activity evaluation and by participating in 90% of the activity time.
- Understanding Hepato-Cardio-Renal-Metabolic (HCRM) diseases
- Diabetes Technology Update & Interpretation
- CGM Workshop
- Type 1 Diabetes Management & CGM
- Implementation and overcoming barriers of CGM in primary care
For Physicians, PAs, NPs, Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists, and CDCES.
Save the date!
April 22, 2025: Bettye Rose Connell Memorial Lecture (in-person) with Joseph Gaugler, PhD
May 20, 2025: Health Equity Day (hybrid - Zoom and Grady)
Faculty Recognitions Week recap
Emory at Grady Advocacy Award - Dr. Maura George
Clinical Distinctions
Senior Physician: Dr. Caroline Collins, Dr. Reema Dbouk, Dr. Marshall Fleurant
Distinguished Physician: Dr. Bhavin Adhyaru
Eminent Physician: Dr. Stacy Higgins
Dean's Teaching Award - Dr. Bhavin Adhyaru and Dr. Jason Higdon
Excellence in DEI - Dr. Kimberly Manning
Excellence in Patient Care
Emory Healthcare: Dr. Paul Baird and Dr. Dipak Vashi
Grady Hospital: Dr. Mikhail Akbashev, Dr. Dylan Baker, and Dr. Marshall Fleurant
Preceptor of the Year
Dr. Cheryl Buck-Patterson
Mentoring Award
Dr. Tracey Henry
Senior Promotions
Dr. Shelly-Ann Fluker promoted to Professor
Dr. Marshall Fleurant promoted to Associate Professor
Sekar named Associate Clerkship Director
Dr. Dheepa Sekar was selected as the Associate Clerkship Director for the M3 medical student Core Internal Medicine clerkship.
Dr. Sekar practices primary care at Grady Memorial Hospital and supervises residents and students in the primary care clinic and general medicine wards. She is passionate about observation and feedback for learners and has presented nationally on these topics. She also enjoys teaching communication skills, particularly for the benefit of our disadvantaged populations, as well as teaching clinical reasoning.
As the Associate Clerkship Director for the third-year medical student Core Internal Medicine clerkship, Dr. Sekar will partner with Dr. Jernigan to oversee the eight-week required rotation for all third-year Emory University School of Medicine students. During the clerkship, each student rotates for four weeks at Grady Memorial Hospital and four weeks at one of the following three sites: the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Emory University Hospital, or Emory University Hospital Midtown.
Walker featured in new Long COVID video
Dr. Tiffany Walker was selected by the American Public Health Association (APHA) to feature in the APHA Thought Leadership Film Series for her work in the Long COVID field as Director of the Atlanta Long COVID Collaborative. With approval from Emory and Grady media relations, Dr. Walker was featured and filmed a brief documentary of the work, which debuted at the APHA 2024 annual conference. Click below to watch the video.
Academic Internal Medicine Center Annual Meeting
The AIM Center held its annual November meeting on November 4 at the Emory Conference Center. The faculty from all 3 sites spent time collaborating on current projects and planning future projects. The invited speakers were Dr. Jason Higdon and Dr. Natasha Travis.
GIM Faculty Presentations
Dr. Stan Sonu spoke at the "Increasing Access to Justice" Forum for the Legal Services Corporation in his role as Medical Director for the Health Law Partnership. He spoke on the importance of medical-legal partnerships in advancing health equity, one family at a time. Dr. Sonu's talk was very well-received. You can watch the panel in the video recording linked below.
Dr. Sonu was also invited to co-lead a workshop at the 2024 AAMC Learn, Serve, Lead Conference on “Health Justice: How to Build a Medical-Legal Partnership Session.” This opportunity has inspired Dr. Sonu further to increase the visibility of medical-legal partnerships across Georgia.
Dr. Chris Masi led three poster presentations at the Department of Medicine Research Day. "Innovation contest and perceptions of work among employees in Primary Care" included inter-professional collaboration with the School of Nursing. "Novel strategies to reduce EHR in basket volume in Primary Care" was a collaboration with colleagues from GIM (Dr. Kennard Hood, Dr. Reema Dbouk, and Dr. Jennifer Zreloff) as well as from Geriatrics and other SOM departments. "Data availability and quality metric performance" had collaborators from other SOM departments.
Dr. Tiffany Walker (pictured right) provided the keynote address for the University of Washington Long COVID RISE Symposium.
GIM faculty win Best Clinical Poster at DOM Research Day
Dr. Alex Galloway, Dr. Dheepa Sekar, Dr. Shub Agrawal, Dr. Pamela Vohra-Khullar, Dr. Britt Marshall, Dr. Danielle Jones, and Dr. Dylan Baker were all part of the team!
AIM Center Faculty - Past and Future Presentations
The scholarship corner is a space to share opportunities to help further the scholarship interests of our GIM faculty! If you have any ideas of things to include please let saria.hassan@emory.edu know!
GIM-Wide Monthly Scholarship Support Meeting
No meeting in December due to the winter holidays. Kick off the new year right by joining us on January 16, 2025.
Slides and recordings from the sessions can be found on the GIM Division Intranet.
SGIM Abstract Submissions due December 19th!
Need help writing or reviewing your abstract before submission? Reach out to saria.hassan@emory.edu
Need project funding support?
- Faculty can apply for up to $1000 for project support
- Funds will be distributed on a rolling basis
- Applications will be reviewed monthly
- To access the application, click here
Need a Master of Public Health student assistant?
- MPH students can be very helpful on research projects as they bring skills they are learning in their program
- MPH students are allowed to work up to 20 hours a week as long as the work fulfills one of their MPH program competencies
- Students are back so applications need to go in NOW for Fall semester
- If you are interested in having an MPH student work with you to support a project, please complete the application form here
Recent Collaborative Faculty Publications
Dr. Danielle Jones and Dr. Tracey Henry published Recommendations for Clinicians, Technologists, and Healthcare Organizations on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: A Position Statement from the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Francois Rollin, Dr. Jennifer Lom, Dr. Lesley Miller, and Dr. Shelly-Ann Fluker published Real world experience in treatment of chronic hepatitis C in patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis
Medical Student Julia Shuford and Dr. Mark Spencer published What the Astronomical Rise in Incarceration Means for Women's Health at MedPage Today.
Recent Faculty Publications
