Please join us in congratulating our 2016 Department of Medicine Faculty Award nominees. Winners will be announced at Celebratory Grand Rounds on Tuesday, June 21 at noon in the Emory University Hospital auditorium (2E).
Academy of Medical Educators’ “Teach 12” Award
- Cliff Gunthel (Infectious Diseases)
- Christopher Knudson (Hospital Medicine)
- Emad Qayed (Digestive Diseases)
- Eva Rimler (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Julia Massaad (Digestive Diseases)
- Lynn Schlanger (Renal Medicine)
- Dustin Smith (Hospital Medicine)
Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Service Award
Assistant Professor
- John Doran (Renal Medicine)
- Maura George (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Azizul Hoque (Cardiology)
- Alicia Lyle (Cardiology)
- Willie H. Smith, Jr. (Hospital Medicine)
- Elizabeth Camille Vaughan (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
Associate Professor
- Octavian Ioachimescu (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
- Tahsin Masud (Renal Medicine)
Professor
- Frank Anania (Digestive Diseases)
- Wendy Armstrong (Infectious Diseases)
- James Bailey (Renal Medicine)
- Laurence Sperling (Cardiology)
- Byron Williams, Jr. (Cardiology)
- Dhaval Desai (Hospital Medicine)
- Stephan Goebel (Digestive Diseases)
- Danielle Jones (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Khurram Khan (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Stephen Pastan (Renal Medicine)
- S. Tanveer Rab (Cardiology)
- Kimberly Workowski (Infectious Diseases)
Outstanding Quality Achievement Award
- Jason Cobb (Renal Medicine)
- Jesse Jacob (Infectious Diseases)
- Steve Keilin (Digestive Diseases)
- Aliza Lipson (Rheumatology)
- Modele Ogunniyi (Cardiology)
- Ugochi Ohuabunwa (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Anne Tomolo (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
Outstanding Scientific Citation Award
Basic research
- David Green (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
- Janet Klein (Renal Medicine)
- F. Eun-Hyung Lee (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
- Jau-Yi Li (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids)
- Carlos (Alberto) Moreno (Infectious Diseases)
- S. Tanveer Rab (Cardiology)
- Viranuj Sueblinvong (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
Clinical/translational research
- Jonathan Colasanti (Infectious Diseases)
- Sushma Cribbs (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
- Ihab Hajjar (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
R. Wayne Alexander Excellence in Research Award
- Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology)
- Ignacio Sanz (Rheumatology)
- Guillermo Umpierrez (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids)
- Susan Wall (Renal Medicine)
- C. Chris Yun (Digestive Diseases)
Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentorship Award
Clinical education/service area
- Angel R. Leon (Cardiology)
- Robin E. Rutherford (Digestive Diseases)
Research area
- Mary M. Ball (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Ted M. Johnson II (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
- Mark Mulligan (Infectious Diseases)
