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STATE OF THEWOODRUFF HEALTHSCIENCES CENTERSELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS2013-2014
Sandra B. Dunbar, RN, DSN, CharlesHoward Candler professor ofCardiovascular Nursing andassociate dean for AcademicAdvancement at Emory University’sNell Hodgson Woodruff School ofNursing, was inducted into theInternational Nurse Researcher Hallof Fame by the Sigma Theta TauInternational Honor Society ofNursing.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The American College ofCardiology honored Nanette K.Wenger, MD, professor of medicinein the Division of Cardiology atEmory University School ofMedicine, with its inaugural 2013Distinguished Mentor Award inrecognition of her dedication tomentorship and her tremendous rolein shaping the careers of currentand future leaders in cardiology.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
A number of Emory University'sprofessional schools ranked amongthe best in the nation, according toU.S. News & World Report. TheSchool of Medicine rose in therankings, coming in 22nd nationallyamong research-oriented medicalschools, and 29th among primarycare schools (up from 40th last year).WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Vinod Thourani, MD, received the W.Proctor Harvey, MD, Young TeacherAward at the 2013 AmericanCollege of Cardiology's (ACC)annual meeting. The awardrecognizes and honors a promisingyoung member of the AmericanCollege of Cardiology who hasdistinguished him or herself bydedication and skill in teaching,and to stimulate, as far as possible,continued careers in education.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Emory is one of 17 collaboratingcenters from 10 countriesparticipating in an internationalconsortium project aimed at earlierdetection and prevention of heartfailure. The European Commissionawarded a grant of almost 16million to the Heart OMics in AGEing(HOMAGE) project, with a goal ofbetter identifying more specificbiomarkers for heart failure. JavedButler, MD, MPH, is Emory’s directorof heart failure research.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Mohammed K. Ali, MBChB, MSc,MBA, assistant professor in theHubert Department of Global Healthand Department of Epidemiology atEmory's Rollins School of PublicHealth was awarded the Velji Awardfor Teaching Excellence in GlobalHealth by the Consortium ofUniversities for Global Health. TheVelji Award honors faculty whohave distinguished themselves inthe field of teaching global health.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Emory Johns Creek Hospital was named tothe Georgia Hospital Association's (GHA)Chairman's Circle for patient safety. TheChairman's Circle is the second highestcategory in the GHA's HospitalEngagement Network (HEN) recognitionprogram and places the hospital betweenthe 80th and 90th percentile or above.The hospital is now in the top third of all116 Georgia hospitals participating in theGHA HEN.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Paul J. Scheinberg, MD, was named chiefmedical officer of Saint Joseph's Hospital.Scheinberg is a founding partner ofAtlanta Pulmonary Group, and has beenactively engaged in the practice ofpulmonology and critical care medicine atSaint Joseph's Hospital since 1979. He is aleader in the field of lung cancer and hasparticipated in numerous research studiesadvancing pulmonary care.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Fadlo R. Khuri, MD, deputy directorof Winship Cancer Institute of EmoryUniversity and one of the world'sleading experts in lung and otheraerodigestive cancers, wasawarded the coveted Richard andHinda Rosenthal Memorial Awardfrom the American Association forCancer Research in recognition ofoutstanding contributions andaccomplishments as an investigatorin lung and aerodigestive medicaloncology.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Emory University Hospital (EUH) joinsan elite group of only 20 nationalproviders focused on complexstroke care with its ComprehensiveStroke Center Certification from TheJoint Commission and the AmericanHeart Association/American StrokeAssociation. EUH is the only hospitalin north Georgia to earn thisdesignation and one of just two inthe state.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP,professor in the Department ofPsychiatry and BehavioralSciences at Emory UniversitySchool of Medicine, waspresented with the InspiringMentor Award at the ThirdAnnual White Coat Grady Gala.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Emory Healthcare was named one ofAtlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies toWork For by the National Association forBusiness Resources (NABR). The awardrecognizes organizations that excel inseveral key measures, including: benefits;employee engagement and retention;employee education and development;communication and shared vision;diversity and inclusion; and work-lifebalance.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA associateprofessor of emergency medicine atEmory University School of Medicine,was appointed the new Emory Schoolof Medicine Executive Associate Deanof Clinical Services for Grady and ChiefMedical Officer of the Emory MedicalCare Foundation. Haley is responsiblefor executive oversight and thestrategic vision and direction forEmory’s clinical, research, andteaching practices at Grady.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The American Association of NursePractitioners (AANP) inducted nurseeducator Tami Thomas, PhD, RN, intoits 2013 Fellowship class. AANPFellowship is considered one of thehighest honors for nursepractitioners. Fellows are electedthrough a highly selective processthat recognizes nurse practitionerleaders who have madeoutstanding contributions to healthcare through clinical practice,research, education and policy.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The Georgia Institute of Technologyand Emory University selected RaviV. Bellamkonda, PhD, a prominentbiomedical scientist and engineer,to chair their joint department ofbiomedical engineering. He beganas chair of the Wallace H. CoulterDepartment of BiomedicalEngineering at Georgia Tech andEmory University in July.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Judith Wold, PhD, RN, was inductedinto the National League for Nursing(NLN) Academy of NursingEducation Fellowship. The NLNestablished the Academy of NursingEducation in 2007 to fosterexcellence in nursing education byrecognizing and capitalizing on thewisdom of nurse educators whohave made sustained andsignificant contributions to the field.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
U.S. News & World Report rankedEmory University Hospital thenumber one hospital in bothGeorgia and metro Atlanta in its2013-2014 Best Hospitals guide for asecond year in a row. EmoryUniversity Hospital Midtown movedup a slot in each category, ranking4th in Georgia and 3rd in metroAtlanta this year. Emory SaintJoseph’s Hospital ranks 12th inGeorgia and 5th in metro Atlanta(up from 7th last year).WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The Yerkes National PrimateResearch Center, Emory University,has received a five-year, 9.5million grant from the NationalInstitute of Mental Health (NIMH) toestablish a Silvio O. Conte Center inNeuroscience Research to studyoxytocin, a brain chemical knownfor forming bonds between motherand baby. Larry Young, PhD, willdirect the Center.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The Georgia Research Alliance(GRA) has named Walter J. Curran,Jr., MD, executive director of theWinship Cancer Institute of EmoryUniversity, a Georgia ResearchAlliance Eminent Scholar and Chairin Cancer Research. In addition todirecting Georgia’s only NationalCancer Institute (NCI)-designatedcancer center, Curran is professorand chair of the Department ofRadiation Oncology in EmoryUniversity School of Medicine.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH, vicepresident for global health,received a 2013 People's Republicof China Friendship Award. TheFriendship Award is China’s highestaward for foreign experts who havemade outstanding contributions tothe country's economic and socialprogress. Koplan was activelyinvolved for more than 30 years inthe creation and development ofthe Chinese Center for DiseaseControl and Prevention, whichnominated him for the award.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Paige Tolbert, PhD, was appointedRollins Professor of EnvironmentalHealth at the Rollins School of PublicHealth. The professorship was madepossible through the generoussupport of the Rollins Family, whichled to the establishment of the O.Wayne and Grace Crum RollinsEndowment Fund. For 20 years,Tolbert has served as a member ofthe Rollins School of Public Healthfaculty. She has served theDepartment of Environmental Healthas its chair since 2007.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The Helene Fuld Health Trust hasdonated 6.5 million to establish aninnovative palliative care fellowshipprogram at Emory University's NellHodgson Woodruff School of Nursingand the Emory Palliative CareCenter. The program aims todevelop nurse leaders who canmake an impact in palliative care,an area of health care that is rapidlygrowing as more Americans arefacing life-threatening and chronicillnesses.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
David S. Stephens, MD, vicepresident for research, wasappointed chair of the Departmentof Medicine in Emory UniversitySchool of Medicine, and chief ofmedicine, Emory Healthcare.Stephens has served as vicepresident for research in the WHSCsince 2008. He also is the StephenW. Schwarzmann DistinguishedProfessor of Medicine and hasdirected the Division of InfectiousDiseases in the Department ofMedicine since 1992.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Helen Mayberg, MD, was named aFellow of the American Associationfor the Advancement of Science(AAAS). Mayberg is professor ofpsychiatry, neurology and radiologyand the Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair inPsychiatric Imaging andTherapeutics in the School ofMedicine. Election as an AAASFellow is an honor bestowed uponAAAS members by their peers forscientifically or sociallydistinguished efforts to advancescience or its applications.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Mahlon R. DeLong, MD, professor ofneurology at Emory UniversitySchool of Medicine, is one of sixrecipients of the 2014 BreakthroughPrize in Life Sciences. The 3 millionaward recognizes excellence inresearch aimed at curingintractable diseases and extendinghuman life.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Emory Healthcare's MarilynMargolis, RN, was awarded the 2013Lifetime Achievement Award fromthe Georgia Hospital Association.Margolis, who for more than 30years at Emory has cared forpatients, taught students, anddeveloped innovative new patientsafety and nurse retention models,currently serves as chief nursingofficer and vice president of patientservices and operations at EmoryJohns Creek Hospital.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Navigating today's healthcare landscape demands the best andbrightest, and the Woodruff Health Sciences Center is making adifference through the Woodruff Leadership Academy, healthcareleadership program. The 2014 Fellows are:Lawrence BoiseSandra MackeyJada Bussey-JonesViraj MasterChristopher DenteCraig McCoyCoastas HadjipanayisRuss PriceDeb HarrisJustin RemaisZachary JohnsonMichael RossJonathan KaufmanClint SheddJeanne LandryCameron TaylorElizabeth LarkinsAnne TomoloRay YoungWHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
The American College of Physiciansnamed Emory Healthcare's DanielDressler, MD, as one of its 2013 TopHospitalists. He is associateprofessor and director of educationfor the Division of Hospital Medicinein Emory University School ofMedicine. Honorees were selectedbased on work in the areas ofpatient rounding, residenteducation, technology, workloadbalance, and efficiency of care,among other criteria.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
George Henry Grant, MDiv, PhD,was named executive director ofthe Emory Center for PastoralServices. His work encompasses thespiritual health of patients, familiesand the staff of Emory Healthcare,at all of its hospitals and clinics.Since 2007, Grant has served as thedirector of research and innovationat the Emory Center for PastoralServices. His research has involvedthe practice component of spiritualhealth to palliative care and endof-life decision-making.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Professor Emeritus James Eckman,founder and medical director of theGeorgia Sickle Cell Center at GradyMemorial Hospital who retired fromEmory Hematology and MedicalOncology in September 2013, washonored with a Sickle Cell ScientificSymposium celebrating his career.The symposium attracted more than100 sickle cell experts, colleagues,and friends, and includedpresentations on sickle cellcomplications, treatments,research, and clinical trials.WHSC Selected Accomplishments 2013-2014
Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2013-2014 Best Hospitals guide for a second year in a row. Emory University Hospital Midtown moved up a slot in each category, ranking 4th in Georgia and 3rd in metro Atlanta this year. Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital ranks 12th in Georgia and 5th in metro Atlanta (up from 7th last year).
