Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听 April 1 – April 30, 2025.
- Kevin Friede, MD, FACC, FSCAI, received SCAI’s 30 in their 30s award.
- Paul Armistead, MD,PhD, was promoted to Professor of Medicine.
- Sam Rubinstein, MD, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine.
- Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD, was promoted to听Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine.
- Evan Dellon, MD, was awarded the William Beaumont prize in Gastroenterology.
- Kunal Patel, MD, and Daniel Song, MD, were inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society.
- Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH, and听Brian Conlon, PhD,听have been selected for the 2024鈥�25 Translational Team Science Awards.
- Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD, and Saira Sheikh, MD, took first place for project fundability at the FNIH Biomarkers Consotorium Meeting.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听 March 1 – March 31, 2025.
- 大象传媒 Hospitals听ranked 13th on Premier’s Top Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2025.
- McGinty Chilcutt, MD,听and听Anil Gehi, MD,听attended the recent Southeastern EP Fellows Symposium in Charlotte, NC. 听Dr. Chilcutt won 1st place in the fellows鈥� case competition.
- Sid Smith, MD, is a contributing author of two chapters (2 & 13) in a recently published new book entitled听
- Thelsa Weickert, MD, has been selected for the ACC鈥檚 Emerging Faculty Leadership Academy.
- Rick Stouffer, MD,听was a speaker at the annual meeting of the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC) in Arizona.
- Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH,听was promoted to professor of medicine.
- Laura Blanchard, MPAP, PA-C, received the Advanced Practice Providers Oncology Summit (APPOS) Most Valuable Professional of the Year award.
- The听大象传媒 Department of Medicine听ranks 22nd in the top 30听听departments, 8th among public schools.
- 大象传媒 Ranks #13 on听
- Astia Allenzara, MD, and听Aaron Smith, MD,听have been chosen to receive 大象传媒 Core Center for Clinical Research听pilot grant funding听for their proposed projects.
- Emma Astrike-Davis, MD, and Daniel Song, MD,听were awarded the Resident Excellence in Hospital Medicine Award at the annual Society of Hospital Medicine, Triangle Chapter Awards Night.
- Mildred Kwan, MD,听helped听听to help patients and providers check a penicillin (or augmentin or amoxicillin) allergy. It is published on the Penicillin Allergy Decision & Mobile Empowerment (PADME) website.
- Elizabeth Cole, MD,听was promoted to associate professor of medicine.
- Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD,听American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Foundation Faculty Development Award.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, February 1 – February 28, 2025.
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The lab of Jason Mock, MD, PhD, received an R01, $2.5M, 听from the NHLBI to study the contribution of host genetic variability through which regulatory T cells promote reparative processes and their response to glucocorticoids. Co-investigators include Claire Doerschuk, MD.听
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Saad Mohammed Shariff, MD, has been elected as a councelor for the . 听
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Kelsea Just, DNP FNP-BC, AOCNP, has been selected as the APP supervisor for Hem/Onc Outpatient services.
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Chris Jensen, MD, MSCR, received a $10k Junior Faculty Development Award from the 大象传媒 Provost’s office.
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Bill Churchwell, PA-C, will serve as a 2025 APP Advisory At-Large Council Member.听
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Martina Gentzsch, PhD, and Carla Ribeiro, PhD,听received a $250K grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for their project, “Inflammation-Enhanced HEMT Efficacy: CFTR Stability and Regulation Mechanisms and Impact on Rare Mutations”.
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Hannah Coletti, MD, MPH, will lead the Academy of Educators Bootcamp.
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Debra Bynum, MD, has been honored with the North Carolina Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians.
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Travis McBride has been promoted to Business Analyst. Travis has been with the department since January 2018, previously in the Accountant role.
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Ron Crosby is taking on the role of team lead of the Department’s Accounting Specialists.听
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Ross Boyce, MD, MSc,听was promoted to Associate Professor.
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Michael Herce, MD, MPH, MSCR was promoted to Associate Professor.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, December 1, 2024 – January 31, 2025.
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听Natalie Grover, MD, received the Joanne Levy, MD, Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement from the American Society of Hematology.
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The 大象传媒 Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic has been named a recipient of the Press Ganey 2024 HX Data-Driven Pinnacle of Excellence Award in the category of Patient Experience (10-49 physicians) 鈥� Medical Practice.
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Megan Sterlina, PA,听has accepted the role of APP Manager for Hematology Services.
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Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, was invited to speak at the Gold Humanism Honor Society induction ceremony.
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William Churchwell, PA, joined the 2025 APP advisory council.
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David Weber, MD, MPH, will serve as the 2025 听Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Board of Trustees President beginning January 1, 2025.
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Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH,听 has been named Senior Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Pediatrics.
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Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD, received a R.J. Reynolds Junior Faculty Development Award.
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Christopher Hurt, MD was promoted to Professor of Medicine.
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Jonathan Parr, MD, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine.
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Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine.
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Michael Herce, MD, MPH, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, November 1 – November 31, 2024.
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Dr. Hudson receiving the ACG outstanding research award. Joshua Hudson, MD, MSc, received the ACG outstanding research award听 in the best scientific abstract in practice management category.
- Natalie Grover, MD, will be receiving a Distinguished Abstract Achievement Award in a ceremony at the听 American Society of Hematology annual meeting.
- Richard Loeser, MD, MACR,听was awarded designation as听an American College of Rheumatology Master.
- Emily Ray, MD, MPH,听was promoted to Associate Professor.
- Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD听听by the Turkish States.
- Beth Jonas, MD听won the 2024 Distinguished Clinician听Scholar Award from the American College of Rheumatologists.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, October 1 – October 31, 2024.
- Jonathan Serody, MD, received the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award.
- Yohei Hisada, PhD, has been awarded an $764k R56 grant from NIH NHLBI听 for his project entitled 鈥淢echanisms of Coagulopathy and Bleeding in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia鈥�.
- Ankita Ashoka, MD,ANIO GP Kaushal Annual Outstanding Trainee Award.
- Matthew Baker, MD, was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine.
- Faisal Syed, MBChB, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine.听
- Evan Raff, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine.听
- Jason Wittes, PharmD, has been elected to serve on the Hemophilia Alliance Board of Directors.
- Beth Jonas, MD, received the from the American College of Rheumatology.听
- Kathleen Ferrell, MPAS, PA-C named in Gastroenterology by POCN.听
- Joshua Hudson, MD, Outstanding Research Award from the American College of Gastroenterology.听
- Janice Hwang, MD, MHS, awarded a $2.7 million, 5-year, NIH grant to investigate neurocognitive effects of type 1 diabetes in children.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, September 1 – September 30, 2024.
- Steven Grover, PhD, has been awarded a $3.2 million R01 grant from the NIH NHLBI for his research into C1 inhibitors.
- Kelsey Haywood won a Clinical Dean鈥檚 Performance Award.
- The CGWEP (Carolina Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program) has received a $5 million HRSA grant.
- Millie Long, MD, MPH, awarded Sherman prize for advancements in IBD practices.
- Joshua Rivenbark, MD, PhD, won the 2024听 Agios Hemolytic Anemias Clinical Fellowship Competitive Grant.
- Brian Bramson, MD, was promoted to professor of medicine.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, August 1 – August 31, 2024.
- Evan Raff, MD,听received the The Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in the Clinical Sciences
- Yohei Hisada, PhD, was awarded $50K for his research in leukemia at the 2024 ISTH conference in Bangkok
- Brian Miller, MD, Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award for $250k.
- Aadra Bhatt, PhDa 5 year Maximizing Investigators Research Award (MIRA) from the NIGMS to study how intestinal bacteria affect drug responses.
- Kaitlin Morrison, PhD, was awarded $250K from the FDA for her project听 improving clinical trial access in NC
- Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD 1 million dollars for her project, “Carolina Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program.”
- Ross Boyce, MD, $341K grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his project titled, “Reducing malaria in pregnancy through focal drug administration in household members: A pilot feasibility trial”.
- Erin Steinbach, MD, received a K08 Award to Investigate the Relationship Between Intestinal Permeability and Peanut Allergy.听
- Rafal Pawlinski, PhD, has been awarded a new MPI R01 grant from the NIH NHLBI for a joint four-year, $3,129,000 project titled 鈥淩ole of Factor XII in Thrombo-Inflammatory Complications of Sickle Cell.鈥�
- Christopher Klipstein, MD,听 Evan Raff, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, were chosen to be the white coat ceremony coaters in October by the Medical Student Class of 2027.
- Gaurav Dave, MBBS, has been promoted to full professor and reflects on his journey in this article.听听
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, July 1 – July 31, 2024.
Jason Akulin, MD, on a new device to treat chronic pleural effusion.
Christopher Jensen, MC, MACR, Integrative Medicine Award for his research on personalized support for cancer-related fatigue.
Edwin Kim, MD, MS, participation in NIH-funded research on food allergy prevention and therapy.
Joanna Tallon, ACNP, has accepted the role of APP Manager for the Cardiac ICU, Medicine ICU and Neuroscience ICU.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, June 1 – June 30, 2024.
Millie Long, MD, MPH, will serve as interim chief of the 大象传媒 Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
Jose Martinez, MD, PhD, has been awarded 大象传媒鈥檚 RNA Discovery Center鈥檚 Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2024/2025.
Michelle Floris-Moore, MD, MPH, 2024 Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture on June 20 honoring the trailblazing work of her mentor, the late Adaora Adimora.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, May 1 – May 31, 2024.
Stanley L. Lemon, MD, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Casey Gazda, MD, has been named co-director of the cardiology block of the Circulation Course for the Offices of Medical Student Education (OMSE).
Samantha Morrissey, MD , PhD, received the Bondurant-Ehringhaus award for her work on the mechanisms underlying trametinib-induced cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening side effect of certain cancer treatments.
Akshay Roy-Chaudhury, MD, has been selected for induction into 大象传媒’s Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha.
Josh Niznik, PharmD, PhD, hosted a talk for the American Geriatric Society on 鈥�
Jonathan DeBetta, PA, has been accepted into the Johns Hopkins PhD program for Biochemistry.
Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, was honored with the Professor award, bestowed by the senior class in recognition of outstanding contributions to their medical education.
Evan Raff, MD, had the honor of being a hooder, symbolically placing hoods over the heads of graduates to mark their transition to doctorate degree holders.
Brooke Matson, MD, PhD, and Jeramy Meier, MD, PhD,听 who will receive support from the 大象传媒 Physician Scientists Training Program to cultivate their careers as translational clinical scientists.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, April 1 – April 30, 2024.
John Buse, MD, PhD, , along with former 大象传媒 Chancellor Holden Thorp, 听to select the Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year awardees.
Christine Hill, MHA, business officer for the 大象传媒 Blood Research Center, received a $3,300 School of Medicine Staff Development Grant.
Lisa Carey, MD, Ned Brooks Award for Public Service from the Carolina Center for Public Service.
Christopher Klipstein, MD, Katie Gill, MD, Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, and Marco Aleman, MD, provided words of wisdom to graduating medical students at Pearls Day.
Ammy Jordan passed the exam to achieve notary status.
Chris Caulfield, MD, and Edward Hu, MD, presented at the National Physician Advisor Conference (NPAC) on the process for filing member appeals of Medicare Advantage denials.
Mark Woodcock, MD, has been promoted to assistant professor of medicine.
Siddharth Sheth, DO, MPH, has been promoted to associate professor of medicine.
Rachael Fraser, clinical research coordinator in the 听Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity Clinical Research Unit (EnDO CRU) won the NIDDK RADIANT protocol trivia competition at the annual study meeting in Chicago IL.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, March 1 – March 31, 2024.
Katherine Reeder Hayes, MD, MBA, has been promoted to professor of medicine.
Brian Jensen, MD, has been promoted to professor of medicine.
Laura Blanchard, PA-C, served on the planning committee for the APP Oncology Summit, a regional CME conference designed for APPs practicing hematology/oncology. Speakers also included Brianne Buchanan, PA-C, Natalie Grover, MD, Bejal Kikani, MSN, Stephan Moll, MD, and Josh Zeidner, MD.听
John Buse, MD, PhD, honored with the 2024 Outstanding Physician Clinical Diabetes Award.
Rick Stouffer, MD, has been accepted as a new member of the Association of University Cardiologists, an organization limited to an active membership of only 135 academic cardiologists.
Yohei Hisada, PhD, is a recipient of a CSL Behring 2024 for his proposal titled “The role of the podoplanin-C-type lectin-like receptor 2 pathway in thrombocytopenia and bleeding in acute promyelocytic leukemia.”
Josh Zeidner, MD, led a hematology team to coordinate the 1st Annual Chris Perri Symposium at the Carolina Club. This event was established to honor the legacy of a beloved patient who wanted to fund research to find a cure for AML.
Samuel Short, MD, presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health conference on identifying despite taking blood-thinning medication.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, February 1 – February 29, 2024.
Amanda Nelson, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine.
Drs. Manasi Malik, Hannah Dee, and Lauren Goldbeck at Doctor’s Dilemma.Andrew Moon, MD, is leading a clinical trail site aimed at validating point-of-care hepatitis C RNA tests in nationwide effort to eradicate hepatitis C.
Yohei Hisada, PhD, has been accepted into Early Career Editorial Board (ECEB) program from January 2024 through December 2025.
Kelly Stepanek, ACNP-BC, received a
Paul Armistead, MD, PhD, has been appointed as the John William Pope Distinguished Professor of Medicine.
Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, has been promoted to associate professor of medicine.
Edwin Kim, MD, MS, an expert panel at the Feeding Community Health conference.
Paul Armistead, MD, PhD, has been appointed as the John William Pope Distinguished Professor of Medicine.
Drs. Manasi Malik, Hannah Dee, and Lauren Goldbeck took home 1st place for the NC Doctor鈥檚 Dilemma competition.
大象传媒 Hospitalists were recognized at the Society of Hospital Medicine NC Triangle Chapter’s annual networking and awards night.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, January 1 – January 31, 2024.
Sascha Tuchman, MD, MHS, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine.
Cassi Frank, MMSc, PA-C, earned her Certified Professional in Patient Safety credential .
Alena Markmann, MD, PhD, ASCI’s 2024 Young Physician-Scientist Award.
Angela Johnson, was promoted to administrative coordinator in the Division of Hospital Medicine.
Jason Akulian, MD, MPH, was a visiting professor at Dartmouth College where he gave both Medicine and Pulmonary Grand Rounds.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, December 1 – December 31, 2023.
Yara Abdou, MD, and Joannie Ivory, MD, received career development awards from the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Program.
Benjamin Vincent, MD, a webinar on computation immuno-oncology on January 16.
Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH, has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).
Amanda Nelson, MD, received a grant to attend the AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, November 1 – November 30, 2023.
Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, marks his 10th year as an Associate Editor for JAMA. Dr. Basch has served as an oncology editor for JAMA over this time during which he has published more than 40 papers and editorials in JAMA and JAMA Oncology.
Andrew Moon, MD, MPH, AASLD Liver Cancer Sig Shark Tank Competition at The Liver Meeting 2023.
Kim Isaacs, MD, PhD, was named a Master of the American College of Gastroenterology at this year鈥檚 ACG meeting in Vancouver Canada.
John Buse, MD, PhD, and Sidney Smith Jr., MD, have been named in Clarivate鈥檚 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers鈩�.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, October 1 – October 31, 2023.
John Harrison, travel manager for the Division of Infectious Diseases, for a 2023 Dean’s Performance Award.
Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD,听has been appointed by Innovation in Aging as Associate Editor for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy.
Jessica Lin, MD, has been selected听for the RTI International 2023-24 class of university scholars.
Angela Spruill, ANP-BC, Tatjana Grgic, PharmD, and Cassi Frank, PA-C, were honored听during first annual APP Recognition Awards Ceremony.
John Buse, MD, PhD, recently stepped down from his role as senior associate dean for clinical research in the School of Medicine Office of Research and Nick Shaheen, MD, MPH, stepped into the role on Oct.
The 大象传媒 Hillsborough Cardiology clinic received a Carolina Cares Award for Top 10 performing clinic.
Tashas Cameron-Wheeler and Sora Lee, research coordinators, celebrated a new 大象传媒-Durham Tech partnership with the president of Durham Tech and 大象传媒 Chancellor.
Jonah Pierce, RN,听received the 2023 Dr. Patrick Kenny Certified Nurse of the Year Award.
A multidisciplinary team, lead by Evan Raff, MD, and Carlton Moore, MD, MS, has been recognized as a top finalist for The Joint Commission and Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson National Award for Excellence in Pursuit of Healthcare Equity.
Faisal Syed, MD, has been appointed as Vice Chair of the Young Investigators Awards Subcommittee for the Heart Rhythm Society.
Stephen Royal, MD, has been appointed to professor of medicine.
Joshua Hudson, MD, MS, was named to the American College of Gastroenterology’s inaugural cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program.
Carla M. P. Ribeiro, PhD, will present a talk titled 鈥淐ystic Fibrosis Airway Inflammation Enhances the Efficacy of CFTR Modulators鈥� at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, in Phoenix, AZ on November 2, 2023.
David Weber, MD, MPH,听received the Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award.
Jeffrey Damrauer, PhD, was elected to the Board of the International Bladder Cancer Network.
Tammy Triglianos, DNP, ANP-BC, the 大象传媒 Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic she spearheads at the 2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听September 1 – September 30, 2023.
Nancie M. Archin, PhD, Diversity in Science and Excellence award from the International Society for Antiviral Research. 
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society announced Anne Beaven, MD, as the 4th highest fundraiser in the nation this year.
Bejal Kikani, MSN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, was selected for 2023 Carolina Care Words and Ways that Work Award.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听August 1 – August 31, 2023.
Mirnela Byku, MD, PhD, MBA,听has been promoted to associate professor of medicine.
Cody Deen, MD, has been promoted to associate professor of medicine.
Michael Cunningham, MD, Calvin Gross, MD, Krishan Sivaraj, MD,听Cefalo House Officer Awards
Amit Gupta, MD, was selected the 2023 鈥� 2024 cohort of the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP).
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has selected C.听Adrian Austin, MD, MSCR, to join the 2023 Butler-Williams Scholars Program.
Chad Pecot, MD, has been promoted to professor of medicine.
Thelsa Weickert, MD, and Shifali Arora, MD,听have been elected to the Medical Staff Executive Committee.
The 2023 Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH.
Gabrielle Ritaccio, MD, Ryan Balko, MD, and Alicia Muratore, MD, MBA,听won the Golden Scope ASGE Competition.
Faculty and residents were recognized by the 大象传媒 SOM Student Government:
Calvin Gross, MD, MTS, and Chloe West, MD,听received this year鈥檚 Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards for Internal Medicine Residents
Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA,听was honored with The Best Application Phase Course Award for the Hospital, Interventional and Surgical Care (HISC) course.
Christopher Klipstein, MD,听received the The Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in the Clinical Sciences
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听July 1 – July 31, 2023.
Marco Aleman, MD, received the听2023 Distinguished Faculty Award from 大象传媒 Medical Alumni Affairs.
M. Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS,听was the recipient of the 2023 Solovy Award for Advancement in COPD.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听June 1 – June 30, 2023.
Drs. Sarah Ro, Sriram Machineni, Jennifer McCauley (大象传媒 Weight Management Team)Katharine Harrell, MSN, NP-C, is the new APP Manager for Adult Oncology Services.
听Sidney C. Smith, MD, FAHA, FESC, FACP, MACC,听has been ranked #194 for Best Medicine Scientists in the world by Research.com.
The Japan Primary Care Association recently selected Christine Kistler,听MD, MASc,听as the recipient of the Best Investigator Award in the International Session from their 14th Annual Conference.
Martha “Dell” Strayhorn, MPH, FNP-C, has accepted the role of APP Manager for Hematology Services.
The 大象传媒 Weight Management Team has been awarded a 大象传媒 Medical Center Quality and Safety Team Award for their project, 鈥淚mproving Obesity Treatments in Primary Care.鈥�
Erin Finn, MD, Junior听Faculty Award from the Academy of Educators.
Shakira J. Grant, MBBS,听was honored with the Healio Innovators NextGen Disruptor Award.
Kevin Friede, MD, was awarded the Leonard S. Gettes Teaching Award by 大象传媒 Cardiology fellows.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听May 1 – May 31, 2023.
Ana C.G. Felix, MBBCh, FAAN, has been elected by her peers to the Dean’s Advisory Committee.
Alan Hinderliter, MD, has been selected for the 听SOM Committee to Review Appointments and Promotions to Full Professor.
Ashley Henderson, MD, will serve on the SOM committee听to Review Promotions of Fixed Term Faculty.
Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure.
Lisa Rose-Jones, MD, has been selected by the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) to represent cardiology on the Association of Specialty Professor Council (ASP).
Ryan Bonner, MD, received a fellow teaching award from DOM residents.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听April 1 – April 30, 2023
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, with the Ned Brooks for Public Service Award.
David Wohl, MD,2023 Health Care Innovator/Researcher Leadership Award from the Triangle Business Journal.
Stephen Tilley, MD, and听Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD, were selected for a 2023 Innovation Pilot Award.
Cassandra Donahue RDN, LDN, CDCES, and Karla Fulghum,听RN, IBCLC, received Research Staff Excellence Awards.
Anna Kahkoska, PhD, received a Teaching Innovation award from the 大象传媒 Gillings School of Global Public Health.
H. James Ford, MD, was named chair of the task force on Patient Perspective for the to be held in June 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.
Maureen Dale, MD, recently received a Geriatrics Academic Career Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Dr. Honey Mone鈥檛 Jones has accepted the role of APP Supervisor for the Medicine ICU.
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society at 大象传媒-Chapel Hill inductees:
David Lynch, MD听
Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA
David Phillips, MD, JD
Chris Okorieocha, MD
Laura Rachal, MD, MS
Kayo Robinson, MD
Ben Lin, MD
Safiyye Adam, MD
Zachary Tugaoen, MD
Liar Abramson, MD
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听March 1 – March 31, 2023.
Shakira Grant, MBBS, has been nominated for a 2023 Healio NextGen Disruptor Award. You can (voting closes April 1).
Casey Gazda, MD,听has been named the Cardiology Unit Director for the Physician’s Assistant program this year.
Chad Pecot, MD,听was awarded 100K from the Lung Cancer Initiative to support his research on co-targeting two genes linked to lung cancer.
Joseph S. Rossi, MD, MSCI, FACC, FSCAI, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine.
Carla M. P. Ribeiro, PhD, is now a permanent member of the NIH Study Section: Committee- Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award-D Study Section (MRAD). Study Section- Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award – D Study Section (MRAD), Cell Biology Integrated Review Group (CB).
Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, FAHA, FESC, FACP, MACC,听will serve on the Writing Group for an AHA Consensus Statement on Management of Patients with Cardiovascular-Kidney Metabolic Conditions.
Evan Raff, MD,听and Nick Piazza, MD, the “Platinum Chapter Excellence Award” by the Society of Hospital Medicine.
Jennifer Goralski, MD, is the co-chair of the newly formed national committee through the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Women CF Physician & Scientist Forum.
Jason Akulian, MD, MPH, has been named Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group (IPOG) Finance Committee Co-Chair, a Steering Committee Member and the CHEST thoracic oncology and chest procedures network chair.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听February 1 – February 28, 2023.
Todd H. Baron, MD, MASGETodd H. Baron, MD, MASGE, was the Rudolf Schindler Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, the Master Endoscopist Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
The听International Neuropalliative Care Society (INPCS) recently honored Laura Hanson, MD, MPH, with its Outstanding Scientific Contribution Award.
Anne Beaven, MD, accepted her nomination for Visionaries of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Brandi Reeves, MD, received a Tar Heel Trauma – One Great Team Award for exemplary care of a trauma patient.
Saad Mohammed Shariff, MD, was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听January 1 – January 31, 2023.
Micah Mooberry, MD,听was promoted to Associate Professor.
Daniel Richardson, MD, Mac, MA, earned an听听under the mentorship of听Bill Wood, MD, MPH.
Seth Alexander, EdM,听 大象传媒听Tanner Award for Exellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants.
Elizabeth Cole, MD, Lindsey Phillips, MD, Evan Raf, MD, 听and Lauren Raff, MD, 听won Best Clinical Vignette at the Society of Hospital Medicine North Carolina Triangle Chapter’s Research, Innovation and Clinical Vignette Poster Competition.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听December 1 – December 31, 2022.
Steven Grover, PhD, received a Junior Faculty Development Award.
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin), hasas the Dr. Ronald & Katherine Falk Eminent Professor in Nephrology.
Saira Sheikh, MD, 听was elected to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR鈥檚) Board of Directors.
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc,听has the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at 大象传媒-Chapel Hill.
William Wood, MD, MPH,听will join Quantum Health’s new.
Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, DTM&H, has as a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH).
Magdalene Assimon, PharmD, PhD, Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, and David Weber, MD received the 2022 Drug Therapy Research Award from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Foundation for their JAMA Cardiology听manuscript.
Matthew A. Cavender, MD, MPH, FACC,听was named co-chair of the Global Expert Panel for the Novo-Nordisk REDEFINE-3 trial which will evaluate the cardiovascular safety of a novel anti-obesity drug (cagrilintide/semaglutide).听 Cavender was also named the co-chair of the
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听November 1 – November 30, 2022.
David Weber, MD, MPH,听has been elected as the incoming vice president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
NANOBIOTIX听appointed听Jared Weiss, MD,听听to their to support 听development of lead therapeutic candidate NBTXR3.
William Fischer, MD, is one of the leaders of the听 (STOMP).
Laura Blanchard, MPAP, PA-C, has been accepted into the 2023 大象传媒 Physicians Clinical Leadership Program.
Steven Grover, PhD,听titled, “C1 Inhibitor Deficiency Results in Increased Activation of Coagulation and Enhanced Venous Thrombosis” has been selected for presentation in the Plenary Scientific Session of the ASH annual meeting.
Will Kwan, Jr. MD, is now an associate professor of medicine.
Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, FAHA, FESC, FACP, MACC, was named one of
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听October 1 – October 31, 2022.
William Fischer, MD and David Wohl, MD will lead a Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services鈥� Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FRCP was elected Executive Councilor of the American Society for Nephrology.
Jason Akulian, MD, MPH, has been elected vice chair of the Thoracic Oncology Network of CHEST and a听CHEST distinguished educator.
Nilu Goonetilleke, PhD, has been named one of three 2021-2022 Yang Biomedical Scholars.
Jack Kuritzky, 听MD, was selected by his peers for the Jon M. Williams Award.
Jason Akulian, MD, MPH, helped launch the 大象传媒 Lung Cancer Biorespository.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听September 1 – September 30, 2022.
Ryan Threadgill, MD, was voted the .
Carla M. P. Ribeiro, PhD,will serve as a reviewer in the Maximizing Investigators鈥� Research Award – D Study Section (MRAD) in the Cell and Developmental Biology Review Branch at the Center for Scientific Review within the NIH.
Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, earned the听2022 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听August 1 – August 31, 2022.
Judy A. Trieu, MD, will be of The New Gastroenterologist(TNG), a newsletter focused on the clinical and professional needs of early career GIs.
Jonathan J. Juliano, MD, has been named Fellow by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the nation鈥檚 leading infectious diseases professional society.
Faculty and residents who received awards during the 大象传媒 Student Government 2022 Fall Convocation and Ceremony:听
Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH, was selected by the senior class for the Leonard Tow Humanism听in Medicine Award.
Christopher Klipstein, MD, received The Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in the Clinical Sciences and The Best Application Phase Course Award.
Koyal Jain, MD, was honored with The Best听Foundation Phase Block Award.
Kathryn Johnson, MD, and Portia Nleya, MD, MPH, received a Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award.
The Joseph M. Craver, MD, 鈥�67 Professor Awards were given to Ria Dancel, MD, 听and Karen Kimel-Scott, MD.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听July 1 – July 31, 2022.
Katie Westreich, MD, won the听Walter W. Tunnessen Faculty Clinician Award.
Sascha Tuchman, MD, MHS has been named the Clinic Medical Director for Malignant Hematology, effective August 1st.
Chad Pecot, MD, will lead the 大象传媒 RNA Discovery Center.
Weiming Tang, PhD, is going to be a Keynote Speaker at the.
Anne Friedland, MD,听has been selected to participate in the .
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听June 1 – June 30, 2022.
Mildred Kwan, MD, PhDJoseph Tucker, MD, PhD, in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Director of 大象传媒 Project-China, is now a tenured professor.
Chris Evans, DNP, MSN, is one of three recipients of the 2022 Claude Paoloni Preceptor of the Year Award in recognization for his outstanding contributions to the educational development of future pharmacists.
Allen Cole Burks, MD, received the ATS Thoracic Oncology Assembly Early Career Achievement Award at this year鈥檚 American Thoracic Society International Conference
Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, was honored with a from the听Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (CASP)
Nigel Mackman, PhD, spoke at Karolinska Institute as part of the KI South Distinguished Lecture Series
Christopher Klipstein, MDCongratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, May 1 – May 31, 2022.
Massicotte-Azarniouch, PhD, Meghan Free, PhD, Carolina A. Herrera, PhD, and Ronald Falk, MD听discuss how anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies can damage the vascular system in in Seminars in Immunopathology.
Maxwell Diddams, MD, was awarded an Abstract Scholarship Award from the American Thoracic Society Clinical Problems Assembly for on the surgical management of patients with pleural infection who received intrapleural enzyme therapy.
Evan Raff, MD,听was a recipient of the Academy of Educators Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award.
Karen Kimel-Scott, MD, and Ria Dancel, MD, FAAP,听were awarded the Craver Award for Teaching Medical Students by the Academy of Educators.听
Christopher Klipstein, MD,听was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education by the Academy of Educators.听
Subhashini Sellers, MD, MSc, has been named as a new course director for the , a required course in the Individualization Phase at the 大象传媒.
Jill Cunnup, division administrator for endocrinology & metabolism, was a finalist for the 2021-2022 University Manger of the Year Award.
Jeremy Meier, MD, PhD, Simon Gray, MD, PhD, Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD听will receive support from the .
Katie Gill, MD, and Katie Allen, MD,听received Chair Awards from Dr. Ron Falk.
Ana Felix, MBBCh, FAANCongratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, April 1 – April 30, 2022.
Ana C.G. Felix,听MBBCh, FAAN, an associate professor in the听Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology听and the听Department of Neurology, has been elected Vice-Chair of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) AB Baker Section for Neurological Education.
Hannah Little, MHA, the former Associate Chief for Administration for the Division of Infectious Diseases Medicine听and the听Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine听in the Department of Medicine, the Associate Chair for Administration in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Leigh Callahan, PhD, Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, and Louise Thoma, PT, DPT, PhD, were co-authors on a paper about the management of osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee. It is published by Arthritis & Rheumatology.
A paper about hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19 global trends, co-authored by听Saira Sheikh, MD, and Tessa Englund, PhD, was recognized as in ACR Open Rheumatology in 2020-2021.
Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS was listed 2nd among the 鈥淢ost Cited鈥� articles in 2020, with 120 lifetime citations. The in 2018, in Osteoarthritis & Cartilage.
A study co-authored by Saira Sheikh, MD, shows that a type of psychotherapy known as acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, as an effective tool for people with lupus struggling with anxiety or depression.
Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS was newly elected to the Board of Directors for the Osteoarthritis Research Society International. Dr. Nelson has a long history with OARSI, including as a founding member of the Young Investigator Subcommittee, abstract reviewer, & member of the OAC Editorial Board.
Gabriel Lupu, MDCongratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, March 1 – March 31, 2022.
Gabriel Lupu, MD, Stephanie Pavlovich, MD, PhD, and Aaron Lerner, MD, for 鈥渞emarkable examples of excellence鈥� during rapid response events at 大象传媒 Medical Center during听the fourth quarter of 2021.
Steven Grover, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the division of hematology and the 大象传媒 Blood Research Center has been selected to receive a “Fellow to Faculty Scholar Award” from the American Society of Hematology.
Bryan Godfrey, LCSW, was Geriatric Medicine’s “QI Champion of the Month” in February, recognized for听significantly improving the workflow for ordering home medical equipment, saving provider time, and positively impacting the lives of patients.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听February 1 – February 28, 2022.
David Margolis, MD, has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Jennifer Maguire,听MD, has been appointed Director of the Critical Care Selective, a听required course for every medical student in their final year of undergraduate medical education.
Amanda Nelson, MD,听Yvonne Golightly, PhD,听Leigh Callahan, PhD,听were co-authors of the #2 most talked about article in , during 2021.
Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听December 1, 2021 – January 31, 2022.
大象传媒 Nephrology in Burlington received a 2021 大象传媒 Health Carolina Care Award听which recognized top clinics with the highest overall Press Ganey Scores. Congratulations to Lucy听Menefee, MSN, DNP, Emily Chang, MD, Mark Kleman, DO, Shannon Murphy, MD, Kawan Swain, MD, Raven Voora, MD, Carlota Brown, CMA, and Sandy Trollinger.
The National Kidney Foundation presented the Shaul G. Massry Award to Jenny Flythe, MD.
The National Institute of Health and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recognized Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, for her contributions to COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines.
Victor Garcia, PhD, was named the 2022 recipient of the International Society for Antiviral Research Diversity Speaker Award.
Leslie Davis, PhD, RN, was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.
Tony Mazzella, MD, was selected as a member of the American Heart Association’s fifth Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology听fellowship class.
A new video celebrates Edward Barnes, MD, the recipient of the 2021 Sherman Emerging Leader Prize.
Shifali Arora, MDCongratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听November 1 – November 30, 2021.
Leigh Callahan, PhD,听will co-chair the Arthritis Foundation’s听Pain Management Expert Panel.
Shifali Arora, MD, has been appointed vice-chief of clinical operations for the division of gastroenterology and hepatology.
Asher Schranz, MD, was selected for a three-year term on the IDSA Clinical Affairs Committee.
Luther Bartelt, MD, was promoted to associate professor with tenure.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听October 1 – October 31, 2021.
Congratulations to Department of Medicine nominees for Dean’s Awards: Dan Dalton, MS, RPh, Ashwini Roy-Chaudhury, MPH, Delphine Bull and听Tracy Stone.
Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, was elected to the 大象传媒 Faculty Physicians Board.
Millie Long, MD, is the new听 of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
David Weber, MD, MPH, received the听SHEA (Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) Mentor Scholar Award at ID Week 2021.
Clare Mock, MD, was named the “Physician Leader of the Mortality Reduction Program” for 大象传媒 Medical Center. The current Mortality Reduction Team, which includes听Paul Ossman, MD, MPH, (hospital medicine) and Lydia Cheng, MD, (pulmonary), won a 2021 “Quality and Safety Award,” recognized by the 大象传媒 Medical Center Improvement Council.
Crystal Wiley Cen茅, MD, MPH, will leave 大象传媒to serve as UCSD鈥檚 Chief Administrative Officer for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Amanda Nelson, MD, received the “Henry Kunkel Early Career Investigator Award”听from the American College of Rheumatology.
A new Carolina Care Award recognized听Joanne Lowry, BSN, RN, MS-BC,听for ‘Words and Ways that Work.’ Eastowne听received the “Carolina Care Award for听Collaboration.”
James Donohue, MD, was recognized听as an world expert in respiratory system diagnostic techniques.
Becki Cleveland, PhD, received the “President Honors Award” from the Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP). She was also听appointed Chair of the ARP Research Subcommittee.
Kelli Allen, PhD, was named editor of Arthritis Care & Research.
Saira Sheikh, MD, was appointed the Linda Coley Sewell Distinguished Professor of Medicine.听Alfredo Rivadeneira, MD, was promoted to Professor of Medicine.
Ed Barnes, MD, received the 2021 Sherman Emerging Leader Prize.
John Batsis, MD, participated in a National Council on Aging Roundable, as the representative from the American Geriatrics Society.
Congratulations to Emily Sturkie, MD, Andrew De La Paz, MD, and Leslie Appleton, MD, MPH, recognized for “remarkable examples of excellence” in the newly-instituted ‘Rapid Response Recognition Report.’
Joanne Jordan, MD, was named 鈥�Master of the American College of Rheumatology.鈥�
Leigh Callahan, PhD, joined a Lancet听Commission to help change perceptions about OA. She was also appointed President for the US Bone & Joint Initiative, and appointed to the NIAMS Advisory Council for a 3-year term.
TARC established the 鈥淛ohn B. Winfield, MD, Visiting Scholar Award.鈥� Its first recipient, Ellen Gravallese, MD, (Brigham and Women’s) served as keynote speaker for the TARC Annual Research Day.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听September 1 – September 30, 2021.
Turkeisha BrownThe American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has awarded 6 Bedtower a gold-level 鈥�Beacon Award for Excellence鈥� at 大象传媒 Medical Center.听The Beacon application unfolds a story of a nursing unit鈥檚 continuous pursuit of excellence and often tells a story of resilience. Patient Services Manager Turkeisha Brown, MSN, RN, NE-BC, says the three-year recognition represents the efforts of the entire 6BT team. Read more.
Sofia Volertas, MD, will give a on October 7, explaining how telemedicine听is a chance to return to听the roots of healing.
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, has joined the editorial board of the new digital journal NEJM Evidence. She also received the .
Cardiology’s “Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Length of Stay Initiative was selected as a top project for the 大象传媒 Health-大象传媒 Hospitals Quality Expo 2021, Around the World of Quality.
Jared Weiss, MD, will听 at the European Society of Medical Oncology in November.
大象传媒’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion named Yolanda Scarlett, MD, the new Director for Underrepresented Trainee Access and Success.
The project听“A Novel Atrial Fibrillation Care Pathway in the ED Reduces Unnecessary AF Hospitalizations and Improves Quality of Care,鈥� led by Anil Gehi, MD, received a 大象传媒 Medical Center Quality and Safety Award. Read more.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments,听August 1 – August 31, 2021.
Ria Dancel, MD, was awarded the Educational Excellence Award at the National Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference.
Carla Ribeiro, PhD, will serve as Section Editor for the 2022 respiratory theme on cystic fibrosis for听Current Opinion in Pharmacology.
Ada Adimora, MD, was elected 2021 Infectious Diseases Society of America Director.
Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, the inaugural M. Andrew Greganti Distinguished Professor, was honored with an Investiture celebration.
Nash 大象传媒 Health in Rocky Mount received the AHA鈥檚 Mission: Lifeline庐 NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and STEMI Gold Receiving Achievement Award.
Adeline Dorough, MPH, research coordinator for 大象传媒 Dialysis Research under the leadership of Jenny Flythe, MD, will be a speaker for the September Network for Research Professionals education session.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, July 1 – July 31, 2021.
Ana Felix, MD, MBBCh,听was selected to present the Whitehead Lecture.
Claire Larson, MD, was appointed Electives Director for the School of Medicine.
Diya Jost, MD, (med-peds resident) received a听.
Ria Dancel, MD, received the 2021 Virtual Education Excellence Award Winner at the听Pediatric Hospital Medicine virtual conference.
Spencer Dorn, MD, and Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, were appointed Professors of Medicine.
Connie Gilet, RN, MN, ANP-BC, was named the 2021 Maestro Award Winner in the division of nephrology and hypertension.
Sidney Smith, MD, was selected to听serve on the AHA International Committee and will speak at a Plenary Session at the 2021 AHA Scientific Session in Boston.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, June听1 – June 30, 2021.
Jared Lowe, MD, has been appointed Medical Director of 大象传媒 Hospice.
Faculty in geriatric medicine expressed appreciation to endocrinology faculty for assisting in a recent telementoring series.
Saira Sheikh, MD, was named the Linda Coley Sewell Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology.
Deb Bynum, MD, was named the Mary and Thomas Hudson Distinguished Professorship in the division of geriatric medicine.
大象传媒 Health celebrated Jonathan Hansen, MD, in a Carolina Care Highlight.
Brad Drummond, MD, was elected chair-elect of the American Thoracic Society Clinical Problems Assembly.
Kunal Patel, MD, and Animesh Jain, MD, were appointed to the Office of Academic Excellence to provide student support across the state.
Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, FASN, was elected to the AOE Leadership Council.
大象传媒 Medical Center received the American College of Cardiology鈥檚 NCDR 鈥�Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.” Joseph Rossi, MD, said the award reflects the success of the entire 大象传媒 healthcare system.
Congratulations to GI fellows Jared Sninsky, MD, Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, and Patrick Campbell, MD, for making it to the .
Erin Finn, MD, received an AOE High-Value Care Award. Ria Dancel, MD, received the AOE Educational Mentor/Advisor Award.
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, was conference co-chair for the VASA Spring Symposium.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, May听1 – May 31, 2021.
Leigh Callahan, PhD, was recently appointed to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Advisory Council for a three-year term.
Scott Commins, MD, PhD, has been appointed section chief of allergy and immunology within the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, in the department of medicine. Edwin Kim, MD, MS, is moving to the department of pediatrics to serve as division chief of pediatric allergy and immunology.
Kimberly Weaver, MD, was selected for the Clinical Trialist Training Program (CTTP), which includes a clinical trials bootcamp, frequent didactic training, and significant hands-on clinical trial experience.
Jared Sninsky, MD, Sasha Deutsch-Link, MD, and Patrick Campbell, MD, are finalists in the ASGE “Gold Scope” competition for GI fellowship training programs. Their team is one of 12 chosen for an all-expense paid trip to Chicago in August for the Final Championship.
Patrick Campbell, MD, Laura Rachal, MD, Kelly Hathorn, MD, Tamara Saint-Surin, MD, and Paul Zimmerman, MD, were selected for .
Congratulations to eight individuals from the department of medicine who were inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha.
Claire West, MD, was selected for the IHQI鈥檚 Improvement Scholars Program for “Expanding Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care.”
Jaydeep J.S. Lamba, MD, PhD, and Hillary Spangler, MD, were also selected for the IHQI Improvement Scholars Program for “Mitigating Inpatient Clinical Deterioration through Timely Recognition and Management.”
Expertscape recognized 10 physicians in the department of medicine who rank in the top 20 experts in their fields.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, April听1 – April 30, 2021.
Dorey Glenn, MD, MPH, received the “Golden Apple Award” from Health Volunteers Overseas USA.
Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD, received the “Recognition of Early Academic Achievement Award” from the American Thoracic Society’s Assembly of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
Klara Klein, MD, PhD, received an “Outstanding Achievement Award” from the Canadian Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes.
Alyssa Tilley, MD, was appointed director of palliative care for 大象传媒 Malawi.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, March 1 – March 31, 2021.
Joe Eron, MD, was awarded the Herman and Louise Smith Distinguished Professorship.
Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, received the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award.
Will Kwan, Jr, MD, completed the Society of Hospital Medicine’s CHEST Certificate of Completion in Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Kwan joins John Stephens, MD, and Naseem Alavian, MD, in their dedication to mastering and teaching POCUS.
Congratulations to department faculty and clinics that received the following accolades, awards and appointments, February 1 – February 28, 2021.
The 大象传媒 Medical Center’s Heart Valve Clinic is the first TAVR center in North Carolina to become an American College of Cardiology (ACC) Certified TAVR Center of Excellence.
Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH, and Chad Pecot, MD, have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Evan Dellon, MD, MPH, was recognized as a Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Awardee for his study 鈥淎nti-Selig-8 Antibody for Eosinophilic Gastritis and Duodenitis,鈥� published in the New England Journal of Medicine last fall.
John Buse, MD, PhD, has been appointed co-chair of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program Steering Committee.
Mazen Al-Qadi, MD, received a for “Respiratory variation in right atrial pressure predicts right ventricular dysfunction in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension.”
Congratulations to department faculty that received the following accolades, awards and appointments, January 1 – January 31, 2021.
Millie Long, MD, MPH, and Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, are recipients of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s “2021 United to Care & Cure Awards.”听
Yvonne Golightly, PhD, has been appointed associate editor for the Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Journal.
Brad Drummond, MD, has been named director of the 大象传媒 Alpha-1 Clinical Resource Center.
Mina Hosseinipour, MD was honored with the “Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction.”
Congratulations to department faculty and clinics that received the following accolades, awards and appointments, December 1 – December 31, 2020.
The Department of Neurology expresses appreciation to Medicine faculty for “Herculean” efforts during the pandemic.
The 2020 Carolina Care Excellence Award winners were announced and 80 of the 173 come from the Department of Medicine.
Business North Carolina published an abridged list of “” (Page 64), which includes faculty from the Department of Medicine.
Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS, won first prize in the clinical research award session of the 2020 annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, was named 2020 Clinical Educator of the Year by the HIV Medicine Association.
Lisa Rose-Jones, MD, was invited to serve as chair-elect of the Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators Section Leadership Council for the American College of Cardiology.
Edwin Kim, MD, was selected for membership in the Society of Pediatric Research.
Joe Eron, MD, Annie Lachiewicz, MD, and Christopher Hurt, MD, have been elected to the Fellows of Infectious Diseases Society of America, the “highest honor in the field of infectious diseases.”
John Buse, MD, PhD, was named 2021 co-Chair of the CTSA Consortium Steering Committee.
Congratulations to department faculty that received the following accolades, awards and appointments, November 1 – November 30, 2020.
Anthony Mazzella, MD, was accepted as a Fellow-In-Training (FIT) Correspondent for the ACCEL Editorial Board, and an ACC FIT Editorial Fellow for the 2020-2021 publishing cycle, specializing in education and teaching.
David Wohl, MD, was honored with the first Charles van der Horst Humanitarian Award. He was also named the Tar Heel of the Month by the News & Observer.
Brian P. Kelley, MD, Casey Gazda, MD, and Joseph A. Siyak, MD, published 鈥淟oeffler Endocarditis as a Manifestation of Paraneoplastic Hypereosinophilia鈥� in听 CASE, Cardiovascular Imaging Case.
Megan Andrews, ANP, cardiology and heart transplantation, was named Chair-Elect for the Donate Life NC Board.
Naseem Alavian, MD, Babette Stern, MD, and James Sasaki-Adams, MD, won best poster at this year鈥檚 Triangle Society of Hospital Medicine Conference.
Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, received the H. Fleming Fuller Award.
Miranda Van Tilburg, PhD, published 鈥淧aediatric Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders鈥� in听Nature Reviews Disease Primers.
Dorey Glenn, MD, MPH, has been selected as the “Pre-Clinical Instructor of the Year” by the 大象传媒 Physician Assistant Program.
Sidney Smith, MD, and Myron Cohen, MD, were recognized in Clarivate鈥檚 2020 list of Highly Cited Researchers.
Kelli Allen, PhD, is editor-in-chief of Arthritis Care & Research.
H. James Ford, MD, was named Chair of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association PH Care Centers accreditation review committee for a two-year term effective July, 2020.
Patty Chang, MD, has been promoted to Professor of Medicine in the division of cardiology. Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA, and Jenn McEntee, MD, have been promoted to Associate Professor in the division of hospital medicine.
John Batsis, MD, was appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and co-chair of the Diversity in Research Subcommittee of the AGS Research Committee. He also published three new papers.
Congratulations to Janette Goins, RN, BSN, (NC TraCS) who received a Dean’s Performance Award and has “massively” supported the department’s infectious disease investigators to facilitate vaccine and therapeutic trials, including preparation for multiple facilities for COVID positive patient studies.
Congratulations to department faculty that received the following accolades, awards and appointments, October 1 – October 31, 2020.
Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH, received the 鈥�Distinguished Clinical Investigator Award鈥� from the American College of Rheumatology for outstanding clinical research in osteoarthritis.
Marco Alem谩n, MD, presented the听inaugural “Dulce Garcia Award for Outstanding Medical Interpreter,” to Catherine Wilson, an annual recognition sponsored by the division of general medicine.
The HIV Medicine Association honored Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, with the “” during the annual IDWeek conference, recognizing Adimora鈥檚 鈥渆xtraordinary contributions to advancing clinical education, with a focus on disseminating her research on the drivers of HIV-related racial disparities.鈥�
Martha Dell Strayhorn, MPH, FNP-C, nurse practitioner in the division of hematology, was recognized in a 大象传媒 Health Carolina Care Highlight.
Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH, was selected as co-director of the Individualization Phase of the 大象传媒 curriculum.
Lisa Carey, MD, was named one of the top 10 breast cancer experts in the country, ranked by Expertscape.
Jenny Flythe, MD, was appointed vice chief of nephrology and hypertension, and Raven Voora, MD, was appointed associate professor.
Carleton Moore, MD, MPH, has been appointed associate director of 大象传媒鈥檚 Institute for Health and Quality Improvement.
Hyman Muss, MD, who received the “Allen S. Lichter Visionary Leader Award,” is featured in .
Congratulations to department faculty and clinics that received the following accolades, awards and appointments, September 1 – September 31, 2020.
大象传媒 Geriatrics received the “2020 Carolina Care Excellence Award” for patient care. 大象传媒 Geriatrics is the only primary care clinic to be recognized with this award, which is based on Press Ganey patient surveys. Under the medical directorship of Steve Kizer, MD, 大象传媒 Geriatrics clinic has been a Carolina Care Excellence Award recipient for the past 5 years.
Lindsey Wilson, MD, MPH, received a “Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award” for significantly influencing courses in the Foundation Phase.
Ada Adimora, MD, MPH, received 大象传媒鈥檚 Thomas Jefferson Award.
Christopher Klipstein, MD, received the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Award in the Clinical Sciences.
Katie Gill, MD, and Casey Birschbach, MD, received Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Jason Akulian, MD, MPH, and Patricia Rivera, MD, were both named 鈥�2020 Distinguished CHEST Educator鈥� a designation that provides national-level recognition of excellence in continuing medical education.
Under the medical directorship of Margaret Drickamer, MD, the SECU Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home won a Carolina Care 鈥淏ehavioral Award鈥� for outpatient care.
Cristine Henage, MPS, EdD, was recently promoted to assistant director of the 大象传媒 Center for Aging and Health鈥檚 Carolina Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (CGWEP). Henage has led the CGWEP since 2011 and guided the program through two rounds of Health Resources Services Administration funding to ensure that geriatrics is embedded throughout North Carolina鈥檚 health care workforce.
The 大象传媒 IV Diuresis Clinic received the “大象传媒 Medical Center Quality and Safety Team Award.” Medicine’s Value Care Action Group developed the clinic, initiated by Thelsa Weickert, MD.
The 大象传媒 Hospitals Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic at Meadowmont was named one of the “Top Clinic Achievers” at 大象传媒 for FY2020, based on Press Gainey scores. Deepa Kirk, MD, is medical director of the clinic.
Neil Shah, MD, has been appointed associate program director for the 大象传媒 Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship Program.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, August 1 – August 31, 2020.
Koyal Jain, MD, MPH, has been selected to deliver the Whitehead Lecture, scheduled for 9/4 at noon. Jain was also selected as this year’s recipient of the “Foundation Phase Outstanding Director Teaching Award” by the Class of 2022.
Jean Dostou, MD, has been promoted to professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism.
Lisa Rose-Jones, MD, was appointed to the program committee of the Annual Scientific Session. She will also join the American Board of Internal Medicine to help determine passing score for the Cardiovascular Disease Certification.
Sidney Barritt IV, MD, MSCR, was appointed director of clinical hepatology.
Matt Cavender, MD, was named to the editorial board for the American College of Cardiology.
Two medicine divisions have received National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home designations. General Medicine received a five-star rating, and Geriatric Medicine received a four-star rating.
Becky White, MD, MPH, has been selected as a teacher in the “Foundation Phase” of the 大象传媒, recognized for excellence as a patient-centered care tutor.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, July 1 – July 31, 2020.
Crystal Wiley Cen茅, MD, MPH, has been named听大象传媒 Health System Executive Director For Health Equity.
Alena Markman,听MS, MD, PhD,听Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD, and听Tessa Andermann, MD, MPH, were inducted into the prestigious听physician-scientist training program.
Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, was named听co-PI of NC TraCS.
John Kizer, MD, was recognized for patient care in a听Carolina Care Highlight.
Ashley Henderson, MD, was also recognized in this听Carolina Care Highlight.
Gene Bozymski,听MD, has received the Samuel Weiss Award from the American College of Gastroenterology.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, June 1 – June 30, 2020.
John P. Vavalle,听MD听has been promoted to associate professor with tenure.
Richard Loeser,听Jr., MD, was听named听the Joseph P. Archie, Jr. Eminent Professor of Medicine.
Leigh Callahan, PhD, was听voted president-elect听of the US Bone and Joint Initiative.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has invited听Stephan Moll, MD, to present “The Potential of Telepresence to Transform Future Space Exploration Operations” at the AIAA meeting in November.
Robert Hagan,听MD, PhD, has received a听junior investigator award听from the ATS’s Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology for听“
Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology.
Hyman Muss, MD, received the听听for improving cancer care in older adults.
The 大象传媒 Allergy and Immunology Clinic was selected to become an听FCN Discovery Center of Distinction. As lead principal investigator,听Edwin Kim, MD, MS, will help develop critical infrastructure necessary to deliver optimal clinical care to patients with food allergy and leadership in the community.
The听Office of Global Health Education听recently听announced the 4th cohort of Global Health Scholars, and two fellows are from the department of medicine.听Jennifer Morgan, MD (Oncology), and听Min Kim, MD (Infectious Diseases), will join the two-year, multi-disciplinary program with funding to support their interests in global health.
The 大象传媒 Internal Medicine Residency Program held the听annual resident awards ceremony听June 22, celebrating those who engender the shared and treasured spirit of the 大象传媒 Department of Medicine.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, May 1 – May 31, 2020.
William Fischer, MD, and Helen Lazear, PhD, earned Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships for infectious diseases research and clinical care.
Myron Cohen, MD, is a new inductee into the Order of the Golden Fleece, 大象传媒’s oldest and most prestigious honor society.听
Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, has been named a 2020-2021 Junior Investigator Intensive Awardee by the US Deprescribing Research Network.听
The 大象传媒 Academy of Educators welcomes 24 new members from the Department of Medicine.
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, commended Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, for contributing to treatment guidelines for COVID-19 in people with HIV/AIDS.听In his letter, he expressed gratitude for her outstanding work in caring for patients and for all the additional ways she is helping to respond to the pandemic during this most extraordinary time.
Kiri Bagley, MD, MPH, has been with AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships to train with Department of Health and Human Services.
Brian Diekman, PhD, TARC, and 2019 Medical Student in Aging Research (MSTAR) student Kayla Darris, have been awarded the American Geriatrics Society鈥檚 2020 Best Abstract Award for “The effect of long-term systemic treatment with the senolytics dastinib and quercetin on age-related osteoarthritis.”听
Shana Ratner, MD, expressed her appreciation for the ACLGIM Leadership Award听in a recorded video .
Christian听Agosto-Burgos, working in the 大象传媒 Kidney Center Lab of Ronald Falk, MD, has received the , a 大象传媒 Chancellor鈥檚 Award.
David Weber, MD, MPH, was commended by Fort Bragg鈥檚 US Army Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla for his 鈥渓eadership and critical partnership with Fort Bragg and Womack Army Medical Center.鈥� William Roper also praised Weber for strong leadership that helped the 大象传媒 System craft a strategic response to the pandemic.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, April 1 – April 30, 2020.
Patricia Rivera,听MD, was voted听new secretary-treasurer听of the American Thoracic Society. She will serve as president in 2023.
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades, awards and appointments, February 15-March 31, 2020.
Sue Kirkman, MD,听received the , recognizing her outstanding achievements in improving diabetes clinical practice. Read more.
Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, Amy Durr, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Subhashini Sellers, MD, MSCR, Clare Mock, MD, CPPS, and Evan Raff, MD, have been named Institute For Healthcare Quality Improvement Scholars. Read more.
Charles Jennette, MD, received the Robert H. Heptinstall Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renal Pathology Society.
Claire Larson, MD, was recognized in this Carolina Care Highlight.
Lindsey Wilson, MD, MPH, FACP, is the new president-elect for the 大象传媒 Academy of Educators.
Patricia Rivera, MD, was nominated for the new secretary treasurer of
Congratulations to department faculty and fellows who received the following accolades and awards, January 15-February 14, 2020.
Shana Ratner, MD, FACP, will receive the 2020 Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Medicine Leadership Award. Read more.
R. Balfour Sartor, MD, received the American Gastroenterological Association鈥榮 Distinguished Achievement Award in Basic Science. The award will be presented during Digestive Disease Week 2020, May 1-5, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. Read more.
大象传媒 alumnus Dr. William Nebel honored Amy Shaheen, MD, by establishing the Amy Shaheen, MD, Fund for Student Research and Quality Improvement.
Congratulations to department faculty and fellows who received the following accolades and awards, December 15, 2019-January 15, 2020.
Jason Akulian, MD, MPH, received the Presidential Citation Award from the Association of Interventional Pulmonary Program Directors. 鈥�
Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD, has been invited to serve on the Governor鈥檚 Advisory Council on Aging. The 33-member Council advises the Governor and NC鈥檚 Department of Health and Human Services on programs to promote public understanding of aging issues and makes recommendations on improving services for older adults.听
Lisa A. Carey, MD, FASCO, has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Oncology鈥檚 Board of Directors. Read more.听
Luis Malpica Castillo, MD,听received an American Society of Hematology Achievement Award鈥� for his abstract/oral presentation, 鈥�Adherence to Infectious Disease Screening and Immunization Guidelines When Treating Non-Malignant Immune-Mediated Hematologic Disorders.鈥�鈥�听
The Triangle Business Journal Health Care Heroes Award for 鈥淐ommunity Impact鈥� will be awarded to the Center for Aging and Health鈥檚 Dementia Friendly Hospital Initiative and 大象传媒 Health Care. The award recognizes the dementia friendly training program鈥檚 impact at the pilot site, 大象传媒 Hospitals Hillsborough Campus, and its expansion to other 大象传媒 Health Care hospitals: Chatham Hospital 大象传媒 Health Care, NC Memorial Hospital, Pardee 大象传媒 Health Care, and Wayne 大象传媒 Health Care.鈥�听
Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS, received one of the 2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund/ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases awards.
Catherine Coombs, MD, MS, received the Prostate Cancer Foundation鈥檚 Young Investigator Award.听
Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, has been appointed to the听American Society for Clinical Investigation鈥檚 Institutional Representatives Program for the next five years.
Shana Ratner, MD, FACP, will receive the Association of Chiefs & Leaders of General Internal Medicine leadership award.听
Joseph S. Rossi, MD, MSCI, FACC, FSCAI, and George Stouffer, MD,听were co-authors on a study led by Eshelman School of Pharmacy doctoral student Jesse Martin which was听recognized as one of the top 10 advances in genomic medicine in 2019. Read more.
Gary Winzelberg, MD, has been elected as National Chair Elect of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Directors Special Interest Group.听
December 16, 2019
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades and awards, November 15-December 15, 2019.
Edward L. Barnes, MD, MPH, had a posted designated as Presidential Poster at听the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) annual meeting.
Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, was featured in the Carolina Care Highlight.
Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH, has been elected to serve on the executive committee for Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Read more.
Richard Loeser, MD, received Rheumatology Research Foundation鈥檚 鈥淢emorial Lectureship Award,鈥� at the 2019 Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.听
Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD,听was selected for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Junior Reviewer Program. Dr. Niznik is one of 18 junior faculty selected for the 2-year program from a highly competitive pool of peers engaged in aging research.
Chad Pecot, MD, was named a Yang Family Biomedical Scholar. .
November 16, 2019
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades and awards, October 15-November 15, 2019.
Arlene E. Chung, MD, MHA, MMCi, will be inducted into the second cohort of Fellows of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA). .
Erin Finn, MD, received the 2019 Cefalo House Office Award.
Barbara LeVarge, MD, was featured in 大象传媒’s Carolina Care Highlight. Read more.
Patricia Rivera, MD, has been selected to the ABIM Pulmonary Exam Committee, beginning in the fall of 2020.
Sidney Smith, MD, received an Outstanding Contributions award during the 30th Anniversary of the Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology. Dr. Smith also received a 2019 Educator Award from the American College of Chest Physicians.
October 16, 2019
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades and awards, September 1 – October 15, 2019.
Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Patricia Rivera, MD, will receive the 2019 Educator Award from the American College of Chest Physicians. Read more.
Jamie Waldron, MD,听third-year fellow, received the Best Fellow Presentation award at the Southeastern Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society鈥檚 (SEAAIS) annual meeting. Read more.
September 10, 2019
Congratulations to department faculty who received the following accolades and awards, July 1 – September 1, 2019.
Ria Dancel, MD received the 2019 Pilot Innovation Award. Read more.
Fellow Daniel Duddleston, MD received the Carolina Care Resident of the Year award and was honored at a ceremony on Tuesday, September 10 at Kenan Stadium.
Expertscape recognized Ron Falk, MD and Nigel Mackman, PhD as world experts. Read more
Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH received Nephrology鈥檚 Maestro Award.
Sid Smith, MD received the World Heart Federation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more.