In honor of National Doctors’ Day (March 30), the Emory University School of Medicine Recognitions Committee asked faculty and staff to nominate doctors who demonstrate dedication to improving the health and well-being of our patients and community through the care they provide, the research they conduct, and/or their efforts to teach and inspire young doctors.
The Department of Medicine congratulates our Doctors’ Day nominees in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics and wishes to express our appreciation to all General Medicine and Geriatrics faculty for your dedication to our community. Emory Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics nominees:
Erica Brownfield, MD
- “Dr. Brownfield demonstrates an immeasurable amount of dedication in promoting and ensuring patient, student, faculty, and staff well-being.”
- “Dr. Cranman is personable, concerned, and responsive.”
Jean Fiedler, MD
- “Dr. Fiedler cares about my personal well-being and is extremely responsive to her patients.”
Taylor Graves, MD, MS
- “Dr. Graves has strong communication skills and is very empathetic to the patient.”
Jason Higdon, MD
- “Dr. Higdon invites and encourages patients in decision-making.”
- “Dr. Higdon is encouraging when medical issues are not quickly resolved.”
- “Dr. Lom is a dedicated teacher and has built curricula for students and residents alike. She was afforded a grant to teach residents about fall risk in the elderly and created a learning module used by the internal medicine residents to help improve care of their geriatric patients.”
- “Dr. Lom has a clinical and research focus on hepatitis C and getting patients access to care. Through her research and clinical effort on this subject, she has taught residents how to screen and link patients to care. During her time in hep C clinic, she provides patients with curative therapy for this disease.”
- “Dr. Lom is regarded as a wonderful teacher and an efficient ward attending by her learners.”
Thomas Jarrett, MD
- “Dr. Jarrett shows exceptional bedside manner and is committed to patient wellness.”
- “Dr. Jarrett goes the extra mile to ensure the patient is well taken care of.”
James O’Keefe, MD
- “Dr. O’Keefe provides excellent care and goes out of his way to help patients.”
Jonathan Masor, MD
- “Dr. Masor has the best bedside manner.”
- “Dr. Masor follows through with his patients.”
- “Dr. Masor is engaged in Emory Healthcare quality-improvement initiatives.”
- “Dr. Masor provides the highest quality teaching and learning environment for students.”
- “Dr. Masor is immediately responsive to patient needs and spends time communicating with his patients.”
Lesley Miller, MD
- “Dr. Miller is the smartest, most articulate person I have ever met. Her work is influencing national policy and setting the standard of care for physicians across the country.”
Clyde Partin, MD, PhD
- “Dr. Partin is thoughtful with his input to specialists.”
- “Dr. Partin is invaluable to families.”
- “Dr. Partin is caring and compassionate.”
- “Dr. Partin always responds to requests, emails, consults, etc.”
Nathan Spell, MD
- “Dr. Spell enjoys teaching physicians and faculty quality standards. He cares about helping physicians to increase their potential and going to the next level in care.”
Dipak Vashi, MD
- “Dr. Vashi is an exceptional leader at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital.”
- “Dr. Vashi provides high quality patient care and is dedicated to clinical excellence.”
- “Dr. Vashi provides excellent patient care.”
Pamela Vohra-Kullar, MD
“Dr. Vohra is an excellent teacher and clinician.”
- “Dr. West shows consistent, true dedication to patient care. She stays current on the latest medical news and treatments.”
- “Dr. West is empathetic but direct and is a very effective primary care physician.
Jennifer Zreloff, MD
- “Dr. Zreloff is genuine, caring, and compassionate.”
- “Dr. Zreloff never hurries those around her. She really takes the time to listen to the patient.”
Related Links
- Emory University Department of Medicine
- Emory Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics
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- Congratulations to our featured Doctors Day clinicians (2016)
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