Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Emory University School of Medicine is a leading institution with the highest standards in education, research, and patient care.
Sandra L. Wong has been appointed the next dean of Emory University School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Emory Healthcare. An accomplished surgical oncologist and researcher, she will join Emory in March 2024.
➡️ Meet Dr. Wong:
Speaking to
@CarlosdelRio7
through Zoom, Anthony Fauci, Director of NAIAD, delivered a message to the Emory at Grady virtual town hall on Friday. "In my mind and in the mind of the country, you're my heroes." Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for the message and all you have done.
#COVID19
Our students are not only getting vaccinated against
#COVID19
-- roll-out began in mid-December -- but they're now helping others get the vaccine. Pictures from this past weekend shared by MD/PhD student Brianna Brammer and the MD/PhD program itself.
#COVIDvaccine
#IGotTheShot
Dr. Carlos del Rio (
@carlosdelrio7
), an internationally known clinician and epidemiologist, has been named interim dean for
@EmoryMedicine
. He will begin his role on Mar. 1, when Dr. Vikas Sukhatme steps down as dean to return to the Emory faculty.
In an article in
@Forbes
, Emory's Dr. Kim Manning (
@gradydoctor
) is one of several African-American physicians who write of the special burdens of black doctors, particularly during the
#COVID19
pandemic and protests against police brutality.
Working with our Serious Communicable Disease Unit,
@EmoryVme
has created an outstanding set of PPE instructions (samples here) This series () reflects the current
#COVID19
pandemiv supply shortage in which
#PPE
may be conserved and reused.
We welcome Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS as our new dean today! She is an accomplished surgical oncologist and researcher, and will also serve as the chief academic officer for Emory Healthcare.
#Welcome
, Dean Wong! ➡️
#Emory
#EmoryHealthcare
Congrats to
@EmoryMedicine
star Dr. Joanna Bonsall, recipient of this year's Evangeline Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award. The annual award & honorarium honor a faculty member who's generated the greatest excitement about learning.
@EmoryDeptofMed
Tomorrow students, faculty and others
@EmoryMedicine
and
@EmoryHealthcare
will stand in solidarity with the Black community and POC as part of
#WhiteCoatsforBlackLives
. Clifton campus location: Emory University Quad. **Masks and social distancing are REQUIRED** (1/4)
Dr. Tracey Henry has been named the inaugural thread director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Racial Advocacy for our MD program. Dr. Henry is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Program Director for the Emory EMPACT mentorship program.
Supporting our health heroes! We facilitated the delivery of more than 70 boxes of masks, 50 boxes of gloves, and hundreds of other items including bottles of sanitizer, wipes, and disposable gowns to local Atlanta hospitals
#PPEsupplies
#HealthWorkers
#covid19
Infectious disease doctors are the linchpin of the
#COVID19
pandemic response, but the ranks of this specialty face a shocking decline. It’s a problem that troubles Wendy Armstrong (
@Armstrws
), who recently shared her thoughts with
@ProtoMagazine
.
For the 7th year in a row,
@USNewsHealth
has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2018-2019 Best Hospitals Guide. 2 other
@emoryhealthcare
hospitals ranked in the top 10 for Georgia and Atlanta.
On Tuesday, Emory's Dr.
@colleenkraftmd
was named President-Elect of
@ASMicrobiology
. Dr. Kraft is a Professor of Medicine & Pathology and directs the Clinical Virology Research Laboratory. In 2020 she has been fully engaged in battle against
#COVID19
.
"Today is a special day
It is a day that everything
Will go your way.
Today is the day the Match is on...
It's ya Match Day!
Hey, you've got it going on!
It's ya Match Day!
It's ya Match Day!"
--
@gradydoctor
to the
#EmoryMedicine
#ClassOf2020
on
#EmoryMatchDay
You made it,
@EmoryMedicine
Class of 2018! Have a wonderful Commencement and our heartiest congratulations. We know you are ready to make your mark. ESOM Commencement guide:
#Emory2018
Last summer
@emorycollege
senior Afam Maduka was part of a team
that joined Emory ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave (
@QuaveEthnobot
) to collect plants in SW Georgia. The plants will be tested for medicinal purposes. Full story:
Emory doctors have helped create a new online tool, Coronavirus Checker, allowing people everywhere to assess how likely it is that they have contracted
#COVID19
. Thousands of people have used to self-triage themselves. Use and share!
As part of
#HispanicHeritageMonth
, we celebrate our interim dean
@CarlosdelRio7
- one of few Hispanic medical school deans in the U.S. We celebrate & support all Latinx physicians, trainees & students who are making critical contributions to medicine at Emory & beyond
#SomosEmory
DYK?
@GradyHealth
is the 1st hospital in Georgia using a new molecular lab system to detect
#COVID19
in as little as 3 hours. Dr. Yun Wang of Emory Pathology was part of the team that worked to get the system up and running.
.
@AtlBizChron
has selected two Emory researchers as winners of its 2022 Health Care Heroes awards, including
@EmoryInfectDis
' Nadine Rouphael, executive director
@hopeclinicemory
, who won as Health Care Hero in the Innovator/Researcher category. ➡️
WAKING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. In a new video, Dr. Rafi Ahmed
@EmoryVaccineCtr
recounts 30 yrs. studying the human immune system to improve
#vaccines
, battle chronic infections, and even tackle cancer. Full video:
#immunology
Congrats to Dr. Jennifer Spicer (
@JenniferSpicer4
), Infectious Disease, the new director for the Distinction in Medical Education for our Hurst IM Residency Program. Dr. Spicer has shown sustained engagement with resident learners.
We're pleased & proud to announce that
@gsmartinmd
(Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine), was recently elected president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (
@SCCM
), an org he's been actively involved in for < 20 yrs.
Meet Dr. Jeannette Guarner, one of the ten outstanding faculty members we are featuring during National Hispanic Heritage Month. Dr. Guarner grew up largely in Mexico and is faculty in pathology. Full Q&A
For
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're recognizing and celebrating
@EmoryMedicine
faculty and staff by sharing their stories and experiences. First up: Joanna M. Bonsall, MD, PhD, SFHM, Associate Professor,
@EmoryDeptofMed
. Additional stories:
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (
@childrensatl
) and
@EmoryUniversity
announced the launch of the Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute, an affiliation focused on leveraging the capabilities of both top-tier organizations.
Across the country, people have shown support for
#COVID19
health care workers with applause, praise, accolades. But the best way to support HCWs is to
#WearAMask
, says
@CarlosDelRio7
. Full Q&A:
People-first language puts a person before a diagnosis, describing what a person "has" rather than asserting what a person "is." It is intended to avoid marginalization or dehumanization. Example: "people with disabilities" rather than "disabled people."
Emory biochemist C. Denise Okafor, PhD has been chosen by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (
@bwfund
) for a $500,000 Career Award at the Scientific Interface, supporting her research on the evolution of steroid receptors. Let's here it for Denise!
Dr.
@WilburLam
, a professor at
@CoulterBME
, is passionate about designing products for the ways people live. "The partnership between Emory School of Medicine and
@GeorgiaTech
allows for a direct link between technology and medicine."
Emory Match Day is here. Very different from how we expected, but still exciting! Look here and on all our social media for photos and videos celebrating the Class of 2020. Use
#EmoryMatchDay
and you may end up RT'd or over here:
#MatchDay
"The increase we’re seeing in
#COVID19
cases nationally, here in the South can be traced to Memorial Day weekend - I’m very concerned that now we’re getting ready for
#FourthofJuly
weekend. We really need to remember that there’s pandemic happening right now." -
@CarlosdelRio7
Our own Dr. Carlos Del Rio, executive associate dean for Emory Medicine
@GradyHealth
, has been elected as the next foreign secretary of
@theNAMedicine
.
@CarlosdelRio7
will serve as a senior adviser on international matters.
Congrats to Dr. Jonathan Grossberg (Dept. of Neurosurgery) as one of the winners of our 2020 Hidden Gem Award! Faculty members like Dr. Grossberg have been nominated in recognition of their outstanding contributions to Emory.
#FacultyRecognition
Congrats to Dr. Jason Schneider (
@EmoryDeptOfMed
), a winner of our Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion Award, which recognizes faculty who made significant achievements in ensuring that the school climate is inclusive & equitable.
#FacultyRecognition
In recognition of
#DoctorsDay
, our Recognitions Committee sent out a call for nominations for doctors across the school who go above and beyond. Over 195 Emory faculty members were nominated by their peers and colleagues.
#EmoryDoctorsDay2021
The Boden triplets will be separated for the first time in their lives as they graduate from
@EmoryMedicine
and head to different residency programs to begin their careers in orthopedics. Congratulations x 3 !!!!!!
#Emory2018
#meded
In recognition of
#DoctorsDay
, the School of Medicine sent out a call for nominations for doctors across the school who go above & beyond. Over 200 faculty members were nominated by their peers. ➡️ Featured faculty:
#EmoryDoctorsDay2023
#HealthcareHeroes
In its annual Health Care Heroes awards,
@AtlBizChron
has recognized Emory's
@colleenkraftmd
as the winner in the physician category for her work in serious communicable diseases, like
#COVID19
&
#Ebola
. Congrats, Dr. Kraft!
Earlier this morning before
@EmoryUniversity
#Ebola
press conference: Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, two of
@emoryhealthcare
's Ebola patients from five years ago, embrace. At left, Kent's wife.
For the first time since 2019, our graduating medical students experienced Match Day in person. Watch the emotional moment when the MD Class of 2022 learned where they matched to begin residency training.
#EmoryMatchDay
Meet Chris Ramos, MD, one of six outstanding faculty and staff members we are featuring during
#NationalHispanicHeritageMonth
. Dr. Ramos is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy,
@emorysurgery
.
Meet Xin (Cynthia) Wu, one of the four outstanding faculty members we are featuring during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Born in China and raised mainly in the U.S., Dr. Wu practices
@EmoryWinship
. Full Q&A
#AAPIHeritageMonth
#AAPI
Craig Coopersmith, professor
@EmorySurgery
, was selected by the American College of Critical Care Medicine as the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Investigator Award. It is the highest recognition given by the college & is given to Coopersmith for his
#sepsis
& shock research.
There is a robust body of evidence that women in medicine are not treated equitably compared to male counterparts. The
#HerTimeIsNow
campaign aims to be inclusive of all people who identify as women. Web: Report:
#womeninmedicine
Direct amygdala stimulation can enhance human memory, study out of
@EmoryMedicine
indicates. 1st example of electrical brain stimulation in humans giving a time-specific boost to memory lasting more than a few minutes.
From a terrifying virus... to a rethinking of medical education... to a massive research pivot... to ICU care.... to every form of PPE... to collaboration... to exhaustion & mourning... to
#COVID19
vaccines... 2020 is a year we will never forget - and one that is now behind us.
In a new video, 7
@EmoryMedicine
emergency physicians share their personal stories as black men who have had negative encounters with the police based on their race, from having their cars searched to being followed on the street.
@EmoryEM
@GradyHealth
She did it! Our own Cassie Mitchell (
@CoulterBME
) made the podium again, winning silver 🥈 at the Tokyo
#Paralymics
in the F51 club throw, setting an American record. 💪
#FlashbackFriday
A week ago actor/director/producer
@tylerperry
delivered a message to Grady. “To take an oath that says 'do no harm' is one thing,” he says, “but to have to put yourself in harm's way to make sure you honor that oath, is another.”
#healthcareheroes
#covid19
11
@EmoryMedicine
students and graduates who have committed to practicing primary care in Georgia have been awarded $40,000 each in tuition credit or loan forgiveness. We are profoundly grateful to Kathelen and Dan Amos for their vision and generosity.
Congratulations to
@CarlosdelRio7
, Exec. Assoc. Dean, who will be honored by
@mapintl
this Thurs. for his contributions to the progress of global health. Other recipients include: Dr. Anthony Fauci (NIAID) & Dr. Katalin Karikó (BioNTech).
.
@EmoryMedicine
@emoryhealthcare
is pleased to welcome Dr. Mani Daneshmand as director of the Emory Heart & Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support programs and Emory ECMO, effective 6/3.
Sunrise in Midtown, with Emory University Hospital Midtown in the foreground. Credit for this marvelous photo: Instagram user Paul Daniel (pauldaniel5010).
@emoryhealthcare
@MidtownATL
Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating
@universityofga
as 1 of the 1st 2 African-American students admitted 1961. Holmes was also the 1st black student admitted to
@EmoryMedicine
, 2 years later. He was an Emory resident & later a faculty member.
Who's the namesake for the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA stop & Elementary School? He was the 1st African American medical student
@EmoryMedicine
& served as medical director & chief of orthopaedic surgery
@GradyHealth
and as an associate dean
@EmoryUniversity
.
Dr. Maura George, assoc. prof. of medicine
@EmoryMedicine
, has been selected for the Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty members for classroom skills, leadership and campus involvement.
@EmoryDeptofMed
Currently under construction, the Health Sciences Research Building II on Haygood Drive is an example of how
@EmoryUniversity
makes every day
#EarthDay
. Designed by
@HOKnetwork
, construction by
@JEDunn
.
From the
#HerTimeIsNow
Report: The future has always been considered an ideal time to address gender equity. That strategy has not worked well for half the world’s population. Her time is now. Pic: Grady TeamH, showing their support. Full report:
In a profile in Atlanta magazine, Dr. Carolyn Meltzer (
@brainbanker
), chair
@EmoryRadiology
, talks about her career and one of her primary focuses these days: breaking up the hierarchies in her historically male-dominated field.
It's Match Day! Can we make
#EmoryMatchDay
trend? Use the hashtag so we can RT and also add to our
#Match2021
social board. (Bring on the selfies and OMG-I-matched vids!)
Earlier this year,
@usnews
published a list of 17 U.S. medical schools with the highest percentage of African-American students. We're pleased to say we made the list! (Photo by
@gradydoctor
)