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July 8, 2024
What you will learn in this week's Faculty Development edition of the Bulletin:
- Friday, 7/12 Deadline: Clinical Distinctions Nominations & CV Review Session Registration
- Meet the newest DOM faculty
- Career Development Corner
- 31 DOM faculty named Top Docs
- Meet our new DOM fellows
- DOM Honors & Recognitions
- NEW Staff Spotlight: Chelsea Rock
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
DOM Clinical Distinctions nomination period closes this Friday
The Clinical Distinctions (CD) designation program is an annual School of Medicine program designed to recognize faculty who have devoted a majority of their time and careers to providing excellence in clinical care. Distinctions are awarded at three levels: Senior Physician, Distinguished Physician, and Eminent Physician. Program guidelines, distinction criteria, and required supporting documents may be found here.
Please contact your Division Director or Division Administrator if you are interested in being nominated. Divisions must submit names of nominees in each category to the Office of Faculty Development (OFD) by Friday, July 12.
As part of your nomination, you will need an updated CV in the proper SOM template. Learn how to easily move your CV into the current SOM template by watching the Emory SOM CV Fillable Template Instruction video.
Approved Clinical Distinctions take effect September 1, 2025. If you have any questions regarding the above deadlines or program information, please email Bevin Pascual.
DOM Virtual CV Review Session
Wednesday, August 14 | 4–6 p.m. | Zoom | Register
Registration closes on Friday, July 12.
DOM faculty members are invited to register for the virtual CV Review Session on August 14 from 4–6 p.m. This session provides participating faculty with individualized advice on their progress toward promotion from a member of the department's Faculty Development Promotion and Tenure Committee. This committee is responsible for reviewing all senior-level promotion packets within the department and offers valuable advice to faculty members about their path to promotion to associate professor or professor.
Who should attend?
Assistant and associate professors who are thinking of going up for promotion within the next two to three years; however, the session is open to all DOM faculty. This session is for you if you want to know if you are on track for promotion. The CV Review Session will provide individualized advice on your progress toward promotion.
Questions?
Contact Dorothy Kitchens, Senior Program Coordinator for the DOM Office of Faculty Development.
Reminder: Career Conference and Performance Review Deadline
The School of Medicine is dedicated to sustaining and facilitating the career development of its faculty in scholarship, teaching, and professional service. Maintaining and developing each faculty member's professional engagement throughout his or her career is a high priority for the school. This review is based on performance in the areas of teaching scholarship, and service.
The Department of Medicine’s internal deadline for completion of faculty Career Conference and Performance Review (CCPR) evaluations is August 31, 2024. For CCPR questions, please contact Bevin Pascual.
NEW DOM FACULTY
Welcome to Emory!
We are excited to welcome 17 new faculty members to the Department of Medicine team! Please join us in giving them a warm welcome to Emory. Click on their names to send them a welcome email!
Adetoun (Kristin) Adeyemi, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Prabhava Bagla, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Pradeep Bathina, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Nicholas Boleman, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Preetam Cholli, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Stephane Conte, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Dilek Elbistan, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Renal Medicine
Austin Gitomer, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Joel Megli, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Bhagyashri Navalkele, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rahul Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Renal Medicine
Robert Renjel, JD, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Mark Saad-Naguib, MD, FASN
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Ee Rah Sung, DO
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Cynthia Tsai, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Geetanjali Vasandani, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Cindy Ye, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Digestive Diseases
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CORNER
Learn about PATHS
Did you know that the Department of Medicine created PATHS (Professional Advancement Tracks for Health Sciences) specifically for faculty to use as a guide as they navigate through their careers? Each pathway is divided by career year(s) into best practices and academic mission areas:
Clinical Educator and Service:
Helps faculty demonstrate clinical competence in their areas of expertise, submit and present abstracts, contribute to collaborative team efforts in clinical activities, participate in workshops, etc.
Clinical Investigator:
Assists faculty with teaching in patient care environments, understanding clinical metrics, publishing peer-reviewed articles, etc., all to be able to provide outstanding patient care.
Research Scientist:
Provides faculty with resources to assist them with setting up laboratories and training staff, writing grant proposals, working on independent research projects, presenting study results, and much more.
DOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
DOM physicians represented in 2024 ‘Top Doctors’ list
in Atlanta magazine
Emory physicians once again lead in being recognized in Atlanta magazine’s 2024 “Top Doctors” issue. Physicians within Emory Healthcare, Emory Healthcare Network, Emory medical staff, and faculty and adjunct faculty of Emory University School of Medicine comprise 40% of the list. This year, 495 Emory physicians made the “Top Doctors” list out of 1,235 physicians named in the publication ─ with more Emory physicians named in the listing than any other healthcare system in metro Atlanta. Of these 495 Emory physicians, 31 are Department of Medicine faculty members.
The July issue of Atlanta magazine can be found on newsstands, while magazine subscribers should have received their issue at home. You can view the digital version here.
Please join us in welcoming DOM's newest fellows!
As we say goodbye to an incredible group of trainees over the last few weeks, we are thrilled to welcome our newest fellows who started on Monday, July 1. This week, our fellowship programs are hosting orientation and welcome events for our 50+ newest DOM members. Please join us in welcoming them to the Department of Medicine family!
Congratulations to our departing fellows
Please join us in congratulating our fellows who have completed their fellowships this academic year. Across our many fellowship programs, trainees, leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate this momentous achievement in these physicians' medical training. We thank the Class of 2024 for their time spent with us, and look forward to witnessing the great achievements and success they will have as they take the next steps in their careers!
Did you know that the Division of Renal Medicine's Polycystic Disease Center for Excellence at Emory was awarded the official label of Polycystic Kidney Disease Center of Excellence in January 2023 by The PKD Foundation, and more recently received a PKD Care Team Grant from the same foundation, in January 2024?
This prestigious label has been awarded to centers that have shown excellence in caring for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) patients by providing a multidisciplinary platform for all aspects of care for ADPKD, but also participate in groundbreaking research projects that have changed and will continue to elevate the standards of care for ADPKD.
The Polycystic Kidney Diseases Center of Excellence at Emory has been part of almost all landmark trials in ADPKD since 2000, including the CRISP cohort, TEMPO 3:4 and REPRISE trials, and HALT-PKD trials. Congratulations to all those involved in this outstanding effort including the Center's Director Frederic Rahbari Oskoui, MD (Clifton), the physicians active in this work including Marc Saad, MD (Clifton), and Dilini Daswatta, DO (MOT), Donique Cumberbatch, LPN, the group's new Nurse/Navigator who will be the main point of contact for all PKD patients including new referrals and finally: Zohreh Forghani, their clinical research coordinator for the past seven years.
DOM Honors & Recognitions
Congratulations to Tracey Henry, MD, (General Internal Medicine) for being named a 2024–2025 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow. Beginning in September, Dr. Henry will be one of seven health professionals spending a year in Washington, D.C., working on health-related legislative and regulatory issues with members of Congress and the executive branch.
Dana DaCosta (Renal Medicine), Research Lab Manager for the Human Integrative Physiology Laboratory (Park Lab) at Emory University, received the 2024 Atlanta VA Lab Manager of the Year Award. Congratulations!
Each year, the Emory School of Medicine House Staff Organization (HSO) hosts the House Staff Organization Professionalism Excellence (HOPE) Award to recognize residents and fellows who excel in working with their colleagues across specialties and in delivering patient care. Congrats to the following DOM winners:
- Primary care:
- Mohamad Ali Tfaily (internal medicine)
- Tahj Blow (internal medicine)
- Daniel Barboto (internal medicine)
- ACGME Fellows:
- Jonathan Huang (infectious disease)
- Peyton Hanson (cardiovascular disease)
In Case You Missed It:
The Curbsiders TEACH Podcast with Kimberly Manning, MD
In case you missed it, Kimberly Manning, MD, (General Internal Medicine), was featured on a LIVE episode of The Curbsiders TEACH podcast, the internal medicine podcast for all things medical education! In this episode, Dr. Manning discusses her leadership journey, tips for budding leaders in health professions education with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how to stay grounded and vulnerable in the process of being a humanistic leader.
Phillip Anjum, Emory IM Resident, short film highlights the diversity and the complexities of medical school
Congratulations to Emory IM resident, Phil Anjum, MD, who created and directed a short film inspired by his experience in medical school at Ohio State University College of Medicine. In a recent interview with The Columbus Dispatch, Dr. Anjum shared more on the inspiration and visions for the film, and how it all came together.
About "A Place For Us"
The film explores the often-overlooked emotional and ethical challenges faced by medical trainees. Set against a backdrop of social and political unrest, A Place For Us delves into themes of identity, belonging, and the cultivation of humanity within the rigorous demands of healthcare education. Director Phil Anjum's goal was to shed light on how medical students develop resilience and strength, vital traits for their future roles as compassionate caregivers. In addition to its focus on medical education, the film examines evolving concepts of masculinity and intimacy within the healthcare setting. It advocates for self-love and confidence as essential qualities for effective and empathetic medical practice.
STAFF NEWS
Meet Chelsea, Research Regulatory Specialist and Clinical Research Coordinator IV in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine!
In this spotlight, Chelsea shares her personal and professional background that led her to work in clinical research. Before joining Emory, she worked at the Marcus Autism Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in autism research. This experience along with her interest in family systems, mental health, and knowledge in research coordination, led her to focus her career on research regulations and training research staff. Now at Emory, she supports the RADx Tech studies and supports investigators interested in starting studies within the PACCSM division. Read the full interview below!
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!
Assistant Director of Global Health Programs - School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Associate Academic Research Scientist - School of Medicine, Endocrinology
Clinical Research Coordinator II - School of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Clinical Research Coordinator II - School of Medicine Pulmonary *New*
Manager Program & Research - School of Medicine Pulmonary *New*
Research Specialist, Lead - School of Medicine Pulmonary *New*
Senior Administrative Assistant - School of Medicine, Department of Medicine Administration
EVENTS
R2NEXUS Workshop 3: Preparing Your R01 and Other Grant Applications
Session A: Thursday, August 8 | 8–11:30 a.m. | Main Campus, SOM 190P
Session B: Thursday, August 15 | 8–11 a.m. | Main Campus, SOM 190P
DOM Virtual CV Review Session
Wednesday, August 14 | 4–6 p.m. | Zoom
18th Annual Emory Women and Heart Disease Conference
Wednesday, August 24 | 7 a.m.–1:15 p.m. | Hyatt Regency Villa Christina
Southeastern Critical Care Summit
Friday, September 20 | Emory Conference Center Hotel
Winship 5K
Saturday, September 28 | 8:30 a.m. | Emory University McDonough Field
17th Annual Department of Medicine Research Day
Thursday, November 7 | 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. | Emory Student Center
27th Annual Cardiology Update for the Non-Cardiologist
Friday, November 8–Saturday, November 9 | Grand Hyatt Atlanta
IN THE NEWS
Recent Department of Medicine News
MedTech Dive: Insulet seeks label expansion of Omnipod 5 for Type 2 diabetes (Francisco Pasquel quoted, Emory research featured)
Verywell Health: Why you should avoid alcohol on a long-haul flight (Danny Eapen quoted)
GIVE TO US
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STAY CONNECTED
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