In 2015, the Emory Medicine Recognitions Committee instituted the Hidden Gem award. These faculty members have been nominated by their departments in recognition of their outstanding, but often unnoticed or unrecognized, contributions to Emory or beyond. In partnership with Emory
2021 Honorees
- Vaidehi Avadhani, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Nick Boulis, MD (Neurosurgery)
- Brian Boyce, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Stephanie Drew, DMD (Surgery)
- Tony Eng, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Anne Fitzpatrick, PhD (Pediatrics)
- Judith Fridovich-Keil, PhD (Human Genetics)
- Felix Gonzalez, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences)
- Joshua Guttman, MD (Emergency Medicine)
- Chad Hales, MD, PhD (Neurology)
- Lindsey Hartsell, MD (Urology)
- Karmella Haynes, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
- Andrey Ivanov, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology)
- Ed Jackson, MD (Orthopaedics)
- Ashish Khanna, MD (Rehabilitation Medicine)
- Bo Liang, PhD (Biochemistry)
- Anice Lowen, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
- Billynda McAdoo, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Amy Miller, MD (Medicine)
- Walid Nassif, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
- Suchita Pakkala, MD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
- Brian Pollack, MD, PhD (Dermatology)
- Sharon Rabinovitz, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine)
- Dawn Russell, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
- Abeed Sarker, PhD (Biomedical Informatics)
- Jill Ward, PhD (Cell Biology)
- Jill Wells, MD (Ophthalmology)
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2020 Honorees
- Olatunji Alese, MD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
- Kathy Lee Bishop, DPT (Rehabilitation Medicine)
- George Bugg Jr., MD (Pediatrics)
- Mark Caridi-Scheible, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Stacia Crochet, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
- James Galt, PhD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences)
- Thota Ganesh, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology)
- Carolina Garcia Santibanez, MD (Neurology)
- Sandra Garraway, PhD (Physiology)
- Homa Ghalei, PhD (Biochemistry)
- Jonathan Grossberg, MD (Neurosurgery)
- Oswaldo Henriquez, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Elizabeth Iledare, MD (Emergency Medicine)
- Shella Keilholz, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
- Jacob Kohlmeier, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
- Joanne Kuntz, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine)
- Leslie Lawley, MD (Dermatology)
- Dorothy Lerit, PhD (Cell Biology)
- Jolinta Lin, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Adam Lorentz, MD (Urology)
- Erica Marshall-Lee, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
- Hassan Monfared, MD (Orthopaedics)
- Matt Reyna, PhD (Biomedical Informatics)
- Rossana Lucia Sanchez Russo, MD (Human Genetics)
- Marybeth Sexton, MD (Medicine)
- Geoffrey Smith, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
- Randi Smith, MD (Surgery)
- Natalie Weil, MD (Ophthalmology)
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2019 Honorees
- John Altman, PhD (Microbiology & Immunology)
- Laura Aspey, MD, MPH (Dermatology)
- Cecelia Bellcross, PhD, MS, CGC (Human Genetics)
- Erin Buckley, PhD (Biomedical Engineering)
- Susan Dreyer, MD (Orthopaedics)
- Manila Gaddh, MD (Hematology and Medical Oncology)
- Kathy Glas, MD, MBA, FASE (Anesthesiology)
- Carla Haack, MD (Surgery)
- Jessica Hammett, MD (Urology)
- Cherie Hill, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
- Jean Ikanga, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine)
- Richard Kahn, PhD, MS (Biochemistry)
- Shannon Kahn, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Ioannis Karakis, MD, MSc, FAAN, FANA, FACNS, FAES, FAANEM (Neurology)
- Thomas Kukar, PhD (Pharmacology & Chemical Biology)
- April Landry, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Matthew Thomas McKenna, MD, MPH (Family & Preventive Medicine)
- Anna Mirk, MD (Medicine)
- Courtney Moreno, MD (Radiology & Imaging Sciences)
- Ghazala O'Keefe, MD (Opthalmology)
- Maureen Powers, PhD (Cell Biology)
- Gustavo Pradilla, MD (Neurosurgery)
- Brian Quigley, MD (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)
- Ashish Sharma, PhD (Biomedical Informatics)
- Joy Smith, MD (Pediatrics)
- Daniel Wood, MD (Emergency Medicine)
- Keith Wood, PhD, ABPP (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
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2018 Honorees
- Adina Alazraki, MD (Radiology & Imaging Services)
- Jessica Alvarez,
PhD (Medicine) - Evan Anderson, MD (Pediatrics)
- Britton Chahine, MD (Gynecology & Obstetrics)
- Inyeong Choi,
PhD (Physiology) - Graeme Conn,
PhD (Biochemistry) - Yuhong Du,
PhD (Pharmacology) - Lauren Hudak, MD, MPH (Emergency Medicine)
- Stephen Hunter, MD (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)
- Andy Jenkins,
PhD (Anesthesiology) - James Jo, MD (Family & Preventative Medicine)
- Shella Keilholz,
PhD (Biomedical Engineering) - Lee Kneer, MD (Orthopaedics)
- Omar Lattouf, MD (Surgery)
- Qiao Li,
PhD (Biomedical Informatics) - Jamie Mackelfresh, MD (Dermatology)
- Morgan McLemore, MD (Hematology & Medical Oncology)
- Kenneth Moberg,
PhD (Cell Biology) - Charles Moran, Jr.,
PhD (Microbiology & Immunology) - Julie Pace,
PhD (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) - David Paine, MD (Ophthalmology)
- Kara Prickett, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Sara Pullen, DPT (Rehabilitation Medicine)
- Owen Samuels, MD (Neurosurgery)
- Joseph Shelton, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Christine Stanislaw, MS (Human Genetics)
- Aaron Weiss, MD (Urology)
- Thomas Wichmann, MD (Neurology)
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2017 Honorees
- Ira Adams-Chapman, MD, MPH (Pediatrics)
- Martha Arellano, MD (Hematology & Medical Oncology)
- Joseph Bishop, MD (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
- Robert Bruce, MD (Orthopaedics)
- Jeff Carney, MD (Urology)
- Michael Cawley, MD (Neurosurgery)
- George Chang, MD (Medicine)
- Hee Cheol Cho,
PhD (Biomedical Engineering) - Lee Cooper,
PhD (Biomedical Informatics) - Victor Faundez, MD,
PhD (Cell Biology) - Ron Feldman, MD,
PhD (Dermatology) - Jonah Fox, MD, MHA (Rehabilitation Medicine)
- Ghaleb Ghani, MD (Anesthesiology)
- Kristin Higgins, MD (Radiation Oncology)
- Andrea Joyner, MD (Gynecology & Obstetrics)
- Adam Klein, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Ken Loud, MS (Human Genetics)
- Heping Ma,
PhD (Physiology) - Pardeep Mittal, MD (Radiology & Imaging Sciences)
- Bryan Morse, MD (Surgery)
- TJ Murphy,
PhD (Pharmacology) - Andrew Pendley, MD (Emergency Medicine)
- Daniel Reines,
PhD (Biochemistry) - Debra Saxe,
PhD (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine) - Megha Shah, MD (Family & Preventive Medicine)
- Yoland Smith,
PhD (Neurology) - David Steinhauer,
PhD (Microbiology & Immunology) Jiong Yan, MD (Ophthalmology)
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2016 Honorees
Laruen Alexander, MD - Radiology & Imaging Sciences- Bradley Carthon, MD,
PhD - Hematology & Medical Oncology - Cara Cimmino, MD - Urology
- Steve Helfman, MD - Anesthesiology
- Eric Honig, MD - Medicine
- John P. Horton, MD - Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Veda Johnson, MD - Pediatrics
- Jeremy Jones, MD - Ophthalmology
- Jaffar Khan, MD - Neurology
- Kelly Magliocca, DDS - Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Brooks Moore, MD - Emergency Medicine
- Oguchi Nwosu, MD - Family & Preventive Medicine - Video Profile
- William Shafer,
PhD - Microbiology & Immunology - Video Profile - Ashish Sharma,
PhD - Biomedical Informatics - Arvinpal Singh, MD - Surgery
- Yogita Tailor, DO - Rehabilitation Medicine
- Lena Ting,
PhD - Biomedical Engineering - Video Profile - Erwin Van Meir,
PhD - Neurosurgery - Pete Wenner,
PhD - Physiology - Elizabeth Willingham, MD - Otolaryngology
- Ray Young, MD - Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
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2015 Honorees
- Martina Badell, MD - Gynecology
and Obstetrics - Gari Clifford,
PhD - Biomedical Informatics - Jonathon Cohen, MD, MS - Hematology & Medical Oncology
- Michael Davis,
PhD - Biomedical Engineering - Arthur Jack Fountain, Jr., MD - Radiology & Imaging Sciences
- Paul Garcia, MD,
PhD - Anesthesiology - Video Profile - Julie Hollberg, MD - Medicine
- Isabel Lowell, MD - Family & Preventive Medicine
- Charles Moore, MD - Otolaryngology - Video Profile
- Rachel Patzer, MD - Surgery - Video Profile
- Winfield Sale,
PhD - Cell Biology - Bijal Shah, MD - Emergency Medicine - Video Profile
- Hal Simon, MD, MBA - Pediatrics
- Talaat Tadros, MD - Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Malu G. Tansey,
PhD - Physiology - Jennifer Wooten, MD - Psychology & Behavioral Sciences