The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, is the recipient of the Endocrine Society’s 2021 Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award. This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice of clinical…
What is your professional background? I completed medical school at Boston University and residency in internal medicine at Tufts before coming to Emory for an endocrinology fellowship. I stayed on and joined the Grady endocrine team as…
It is with a great sense of enthusiasm that I announce Sonya Haw, MD, our new associate program director, effective August 1, 2020. We are truly fortunate to have such an incredibly talented, passionate, and…
What is your professional background? I went to college at TCU in Texas and majored in biology and religion. I completed medical school in Wisconsin (had to get out of Texas!) and completed a Med-Peds…
What is your professional background? My research training focused on skeletal regeneration and physiology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where I received my PhD under the direction…
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Zirka Smith, MPH, DrPH will join the Division of Infectious Diseases as the new division administrator. In addition, Bjay Wylde has been appointed division administrator for…
What is your professional background? I am a registered dietitian with a PhD in Nutrition Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I came to Emory in 2011 as a Postdoctoral Fellow to gain…
Emory’s Physician Group Practices Patient Experience Team recently announced the top performing providers from FY19. The Department of Medicine providers below each earned top box results (scores of 9 or 10), for the question “Overall…
What is your professional background? I received my medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Master of Public Health with a Certificate in Health Finance and Management from Johns Hopkins University. My…
The Department of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids and Diabetes Management Program recently hosted its inaugural Diabetes Day Symposium. The half-day event was hosted to further educate physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, CDEs, and…