Hospitalist Operations Blog: “What Do We Do?”
By John Vazquez, MD (Emory Division of Hospital Medicine) PART 1 of 3 Not long ago, I was at a wedding with my wife, and another couple asked what I do for a living. I…
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2016 Fostering the Academic Mission (FAME) Grant awardees
Congratulations to Emory Department of Medicine faculty members Kari Esbensen and Christopher O’Donnell. Esbensen and O’Donnell received this year’s Fostering the Academic Mission in the Emory Department of Medicine (FAME) Grant. The FAME Grant program enables Emory Department of Medicine…
Join us for Celebratory Grand Rounds on June 21
Please join the Emory University Department of Medicine for Celebratory Grand Rounds, where we will announce our 2016 Faculty Award winners. Each year, faculty are nominated for Department of Medicine Faculty Awards in recognition of their outstanding contributions. Nominations…
Educator Spotlight: Kari Esbensen, MD
Meet Division of Hospital Medicine clinician-educator Kari Esbensen, MD. Esbensen is the mother of two daughters, an internist, a bioethicist, and a hospice and palliative medicine physician. She completed her MD, PhD (philosophy and bioethics), and…
EQUiPPED: Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department
The Enhancing Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED) project is an interdisciplinary quality improvement initiative that focuses on using education, “geriatricized” medication order sets, and other clinical tools to reduce medication-related…
Emory Global Health Residency Scholars Program finale
The Global Health Residency Scholars Program (GHRSP), (co-sponsored by the Emory University School of Health and Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health), was established in 2012 and includes a year-long curriculum (consisting of monthly lectures, seminars, and…
Congratulations to our #QualityResearch16 winners
Last week, Emory University Department of Medicine members met for the third annual quality research symposium to discuss and learn more about the breadth of quality, effectiveness, and value-based research activities at Emory University. Top…
Congrats to our 2016 Faculty Award nominees
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…
Congratulations to our featured Doctors’ Day clinicians
In honor of National Doctors’ Day, the Emory Medicine Recognitions Committee of the School of Medicine sent out a call for nominations to recognize School of Medicine doctors who go above and beyond. More than…
SHM Atlanta
Thank you to everyone who joined us for another great SHM Atlanta chapter meeting. Our own Bruce Mitchell gave a riveting talk on the legal risks we face as hospitalists last week at the Fish Market…