Department of Medicine Faculty Awards

We are pleased to announce that faculty award nominations are now being accepted for the 2021-2022 academic year. Do you know a faculty member who goes above and beyond in their role? Submit a nomination by June 13, 2022!

All award winners will be recognized during the Department of Medicine Honors and Awards Celebration. Additional information about the event forthcoming. 

Questions? Contact the DOM Office of Faculty Development at somfdev@emory.edu 

Academy of Medical Educators “Teach 12” Award

• 2021: Jonathan Colasanti (Infectious Diseases)
• 2020: Jason Cobb (Renal Medicine)
• 2019: Noble Maleque (Hospital Medicine)
• 2018: Theresa Vettese (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
• 2017: Frederic Rahbari (Renal Medicine)
• 2016: Clifford J. Gunthel (Infectious Diseases)

 Educator Impact Award

• 2021: Varun Phadke (Infectious Diseases) 
• 2020: Janice Lea (Renal Medicine)
• 2019: Joanna Bonsall (Hospital Medicine)
• 2018: Charles O'Neill (Renal Medicine)
• 2017: Eric Honig (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• 2016: Dustin Smith (Hospital Medicine)

Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Service Award

2021

• Marshall Fleurant, Assistant Professor
• David Holland, Associate Professor
• Henry Blumberg, Professor

2020

• Marybeth Sexton, Assistant Professor
• Ugochi Ohuabunwa, Associate Professor
• Carlos del Rio, Professor

2019

• Vasanth Payaswini, Assistant Professor
• Vandana Niyyar, Associate Professor
• Susan Ray, Professor

2018

• Tracey Henry, Assistant Professor
• Joanna Bonsall, Associate Professor
• James Steinberg, Professor

2017

• Jonathan Colasanti, Assistant Professor
• Aneesh Mehta, Associate Professor
• Ighovwerha Ofotokun, Professor

2016

• Maura George, Assistant Professor
• Octavian Ioachimescu, Associate Professor
• Wendy Armstrong, Professor

Outstanding Clinician Award

• 2021: Janice Lea (Renal Medicine)
• 2020: Stephen Pastan (Renal Medicine)
• 2019: Alan Plummer (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• 2018: Field Willingham (Digestive Diseases)
• 2017: Molly Eaton (Infectious Diseases)
• 2016: Dhaval Desai (Hospital Medicine)

Quality Achievement Award

• 2021: Bhavin Adhyaru (General Internal Medicine)
• 2020: Paulina Rebolledo (Infectious Diseases)
• 2019: Tracey Henry (General Medicine)
• 2018: Marybeth Sexton (Infectious Diseases)
• 2017: Divya Gupta (Cardiology)
• 2016: Jesse Jacob (Infectious Diseases)

Outstanding Scientific Citation Award (Clinical and Basic)

2021:

• Basic Science (Junior Faculty): Yanhua Wang (Renal Medicine)
• Basic Science (Senior Faculty): Young-Mi Go (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Clinical/Translational (Junior Faculty): Lauren Collins (Infectious Diseases)
• Clinical/Translational (Senior Faculty): Aneesh Mehta (Infectious Diseases)

2020

• Basic Science (Junior Faculty): Nicholas Maurice (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Clinical/Translational (Junior Faculty): Merin Kuruvilla (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Clinical/Translational (Senior Faculty): Sri Edupuganti (Infectious Diseases)

2019

• Basic Science/Clinical-Translational (Junior Faculty): Sara Auld (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Basic Science (Senior Faculty): Xiaonan Wang (Renal Medicine)
• Clinical (Senior Faculty): Eun Hyung Lee (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)

2018

• Basic Science (Junior Faculty): Marina Sorrentino Hernandes (Cardiology)
• Clinical/Translational (Junior Faculty): Kiyoko Takemiya (Cardiology)
• Basic Science (Senior Faculty): Alejandra San Martin (Cardiology)
• Clinical/Translational (Senior Faculty): Nadine Rouphael (Infectious Diseases)

2017

• Basic Science (Junior Faculty): Bum Yong Kang (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Clinical/Translational (Junior Faculty): Yih Ling Tzeng (Infectious Diseases)
• Basic Science (Senior Faculty): David Weiss (Infectious Diseases)
• Clinical/Translational (Senior Faculty): Charles Searles (Cardiology)

2016

• Basic Science: Jau-Yi Li (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)
• Clinical/Translational: Jonathan Colasanti (Infectious Diseases)
• Senior Faculty: S. Tanveer Rab (Cardiology)

R. Wayne Alexander Excellence in Research Award

• 2021: Mark Czaja (Digestive Diseases)
• 2020: Ighovwerha Ofotokun (Infectious Diseases)
• 2019: Peter Wilson (Cardiology)
• 2018: Jeffrey Lennox (Infectious Diseases)
• 2017: Monica Farley (Infectious Diseases)
• 2016: Arshed Quyyumi (Cardiology)

Shanthi V. Sitaraman Silver Pear Mentoring Award

2021

• Clinical: James Bailey (Renal Medicine)
• Research: Russell Kempker (Infectious Diseases)

2020

• Clinical: Shanthi Srinivasan (Digestive Diseases)
• Research: Colleen Kelley (Infectious Diseases)

2019

• Clinical: Jennifer Christie (Digestive Diseases)
• Research: Guillermo Umpierrez (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)

2018

• Clinical: Danielle Jones (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
• Research: Jeff Sands (Renal Medicine)

2017

• Clinical: Joanna Bonsall (Hospital Medicine)
• Research: Colleen Kraft (Infectious Diseases)

2016

• Clinical: Robin E. Rutherford (Digestive Diseases)
• Research: Mark Mulligan (Infectious Diseases)

Hidden Gem Award

2021

• Michael McDaniel (Cardiology)
• Anand Shah (Digestive Diseases)
• Priyathama Vellanki (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)
• ​Tiffany Walker (General Internal Medicine)
• Diego Remolina (Geriatrics)
• Amy Miller (Hospital Medicine)
• Abeer Moanna (Infectious Diseases)
• Sara Auld​ (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Ibironke Apata (Renal Medicine)
• Frehiywot Ayele (Rheumatology)

2020

• Wendy Book (Cardiology)
• Georgia Davis (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)
• Alison Gizinski (Rheumatology)
• James O'Keefe (General Internal Medicine)
• Anju Oommen (Renal Medicine)
• Nikrad Shahnavaz (Digestive Diseases)
• Yoo Mee Shin (Hospital Medicine)
• Maxwell Weinmann (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Henry Wu (Infectious Diseases)

2019

• Saurabh Chawla (Digestive Diseases)
• Lisa Daniels (Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Raymund Dantes (Hospital Medicine)
• John Doran (Renal Medicine)
• Abhinav Goyal (Cardiology)
• Sol Jacobs (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)
• Ameeta Kalohke (Infectious Diseases)
• Arezou Khosroshahi (Rheumatology)
• Anna Mirk (General Medicine)

2018

• Jessica Alvarez (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)
• Stephanie Brown-Johnson (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
• Jason Cobb (Renal Medicine)
• Bernard Lassegue (Cardiology)
• Ethan Molitch Hou (Hospital Medicine)
• Emad Qayed (Digestive Diseases)
• Anandi Sheth (Infectious Diseases)
• Michael Sterling (Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Athanasios Tiliakos (Rheumatology)

2017

• George Chang (Cardiology)
• Stephen Goebel (Digestive Diseases)
• Danielle Jones (General Medicine and Geriatrics)
• Janet Klein (Renal Medicine)
• Chris Knudson (Hospital Medicine)
• Aliza Lipson (Rheumatology) 
• Rachel Friedman-Moraco (Infectious Diseases)
• Srihari Veeraraghavan (Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine)
• Neale Weitzmann (Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids)