Awards

Congratulations to our 2009 Faculty Award winners!

 

Faculty Research Awards
The Faculty Research Awards are in recognition of the researchers at the junior faculty and senior faculty ranks who produced the most outstanding publications during the past year in the areas of clinical research and basic research.

   
Early Career Faculty Research - Basic
Mauricio Rojas, MD
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
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Early Career Faculty Research - Clinical
 Natasha Khazai, MD                         
Division of Endocrinology

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Outstanding Research Citation - Basic
Roberto Pacifici, MD
Division of Endocrinology

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Outstanding Research Citation - Clinical
 Paolo Raggi, MD, FACP, FACC
Division of Cardiology

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Faculty Clinical Care Awards
The Clinical Care Awards are in recognition of Department of Medicine clinicians who have demonstrated outstanding clinical and collaborative care in the hospital and/or outpatient setting.   

   

Outstanding Clinician Award - Generalist
Stacy M. Higgins, MD
Division of General Medicine

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Outstanding Clinician Award - Specialist
 Kenneth Leeper, MD
Division of Pulmonary Medicine

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Faculty Quality Achievement Award
The Quality Achievement Award is presented to Department of Medicine faculty who have made outstanding contributions to clinical quality improvement or quality improvement teaching, leadership, or research.

   

Quality Achievement Award
 Nurcan Ilksoy, MD                            
Division of General Medicine

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Faculty Mentoring Awards

The Silver Pear Mentoring Award is presented to Department of Medicine Faculty who have demonstrated outstanding mentoring to early career faculty within the Department of Medicine during the past year

   
Silver Pear Mentoring Award - Research Faculty
Didier Merlin, PhD
Division of Digestive Diseases
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Silver Pear Mentoring Award - Clinical Faculty
Neil Winawer, MD
Division of General Medicine 

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Faculty Service Awards
The Nanette K. Wenger Service Award is presented to Department of Medicine faculty who have demonstrated outstanding citizenship to the Department of Medicine over the breadth of their careers.  One award is given in each of the faculty ranks: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor.

   

Nanette K. Wenger Service Award - Assistant Professor
Shanthi Srinivasan, MD
Division of Digestive Diseases

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Nanette K. Wenger Service Award - Associate Professor
 Jada Bussey-Jones, MD                     
Division of General Medicine

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Nanette K. Wenger Service Award - Professor
George Shambaugh, MD
Division of Endocrinology

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Faculty Teaching Awards

Juha P. Kokko Award
This award is presented to the faculty member who is voted by the residents as the best overall teaching attending in the residency program.  The Kokko Award is the highest teaching award given by the  residency program.

Neil Winawer, MD
Associate Professor, Division of
General Medicine
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Best Conference
Kokko Conference - Carlos del Rio, MD

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Golden Apple Awards
The Golden Apple recipients are those faculty recognized by the residents for excellence in teaching at each of the respective hospitals. All internal medicine residents are eligible to vote, and two faculty (or three in case of a tie) are recognized at each hospital.

   

Emory Hospital-Midtown:

Srinivas Bhadriraju, MD

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Jose Navarrete, MD

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Emory Hospital:
David Schulman, MD, MPH 

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Laurence Sperling, MD

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Grady Hospital:
Jeffrey Lennox, MD

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Kimberly Manning, MD

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Atlanta VA Medical Center:
Mark Nanes, MD, PhD

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Ned Wilson Holland, MD

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