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2024 Regional, National, and International Awards

As part of the School of Medicine's Faculty Recognitions Week, we would like to congratulate the faculty members listed below on their regional, national, and international honors and awards. This is just a sampling of the honors and awards that our faculty members have received over the past year. Thank you for all that you do for Emory and beyond!

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This is not an inclusive list and only includes awards submitted to the Recognitions Committee by Department Chairs. Each department is limited to 3 individuals or 1% of their faculty body whichever is greater.

  • Hanna Alemayehu (surgery) Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery and Advanced Surgical Techniques
  • Susana Alfonso (family and preventive medicine) 50 Most Influential Latinos in Georgia, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; National Liaison, ARC-PA
  • Emily Allen (human genetics) Hagerman Award, National Fragile X Foundation
  • James Bates (radiation oncology) Chair, Communication Committee, Head and Neck Cancer International Group
  • Sivasubramanium Bhavani (medicine) Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
  • Valerie Biousse (ophthalmology) Inductee, American Ophthalmology Society
  • Sarah Blanton (rehabilitation medicine) Member, NIH-National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research, NIH Eunice Shriver Kennedy National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • Eliot Blum (emergency medicine) Member-at Large, Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM)
  • Lawrence Boise (hematology and medical oncology) Appointed Task Force Member, American Society of Hematology (ASH)
  • Jada Bussey-Jones (medicine) President, Society of General Internal Medicine
  • Angela Cheng (surgery) Chair, American Council of Academic Plastic Surgery
  • Carlos del Rio (medicine) Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine Council
  • Abimbola Faloye (anesthesiology) Chair, Training & Certification Advisory Committee, Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE); Director at Large, Board of Directors, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
  • Eric Friedberg (radiology and imaging sciences) President, Georgia Radiological Society (GRS)
  • Amanda Gillespie (otolaryngology) Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
  • Katrina Gipson (emergency medicine) President, Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM)
  • Joanna Goldberg (pediatrics) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Douglas Graham (pediatrics) Elected Member, American Association of Physicians
  • Lara Harik (pathology and laboratory medicine) Chair, Cancer Committee, College of American Pathologists; Member, Executive and Editorial Committee, American Joint Commission on Cancer; President, Georgia Association of Pathologists
  • Tracey Henry (medicine) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellow, The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
  • John Hepler (pharmacology and chemical biology) Elected Fellow, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
  • Kimberly Hoang (neurosurgery) Chair, Committee on Technology and Innovation, AANS/CNS Section on Tumors Executive Committee
  • Craig Jabaley (anesthesiology) Secretary, Board of Directors, Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA)
  • Peng Jin (human genetics) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Marie Johanson (rehabilitation medicine) Catherine Worthingham Fellow, American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
  • Leslie Johnson (family and preventive medicine) Member, Mental Health and Substance Use Research Advisory Committee, AcademyHealth
  • Julie Kable (psychiatry and behavioral sciences) The Henry Rosett Award, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Study Group
  • David Katz (cell biology) Member, National Wormboard
  • Lee Kneer (orthopaedics) Head Team Physician, Atlanta Braves
  • Seema Lakdawala (microbiology and immunology) 2024 Kalvi Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
  • Wilbur Lam (pediatrics) Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine
  • Ticiana Leal (hematology and medical oncology) Leader, Annual Meeting Lung Cancer Track, American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Gerald Lee (pediatrics) Education Council Award, American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
  • Elizabeth Leslie (human genetics) Marylou Buyse Distinguished Scientist Award, Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology
  • John Lewis (emergency medicine) Co-Chair, Education Subsection, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
  • Chaoran Li (microbiology and immunology) ASPIRE Award, American Association of Immunologists (AAI); Regeneron New Investigator Award, International Cytokine & Interferon Society
  • Michael Lindsay (gynecology and obstetrics) Chair, Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee, Georgia Department of Public Health
  • David Loring (neurology) President, International Neuropsychological Society
  • Anice Lowen (microbiology and immunology) Elected Member, American Academy of Microbiology
  • Cheryl Maier (pathology and laboratory medicine) Co-Chair, Perioperative and Critical Care Subcommittee, International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Susan Margulies (biomedical engineering) Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
  • Jane Meisel (hematology and medical oncology) Chair, Communications Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • Andrew Miller (psychiatry and behavioral sciences) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Susan Modesitt (gynecology and obstetrics) Member-at-Large, Board of Directors, Foundation for Women's Cancer
  • Miranda Moore (family and preventive medicine) Board of Directors, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
  • Edward Morgan (pharmacology and chemical biology) 2024 Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
  • David Myers (biomedical engineering) Rising Star Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • Edjah Nduom (neurosurgery) Appointed Member, National Cancer Advisory Board
  • Kenneth Newell (surgery) Medal of Excellence, American Association of Kidney Patients
  • Janice Newsome (radiology and imaging sciences) Co Editor-in-Chief, Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Vandana Niyyar (medicine) Gerald Beathard Award, American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology
  • Igho Ofotokun (medicine) 2024 Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID); Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine
  • Rebecca Philipsborn (pediatrics) Macy Faculty Scholar, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
  • Brenda Poindexter (pediatrics) President, Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)
  • Susan Primo (ophthalmology) Distinguished Service Award, Vision Care Section, American Public Health Association
  • Cassandra Quave (dermatology) Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; Spirit Award, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
  • Sheila Rauch (psychiatry and behavioral sciences) 2024 Jerilyn Ross Clinician Advocate Award, Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
  • Barbara Rothbaum (psychiatry and behavioral sciences) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Nadine Rouphael (medicine) Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
  • Nabile Safdar (radiology and imaging sciences) Chair, Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)
  • Abeed Sarker (biomedical informatics) Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association 
  • Cary Sauer (pediatrics) Awarded Premiere Pediatric Healthcare Professional, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
  • Nikke Schmitt (otolaryngology) Co-Chair, Annual Meeting, American Head and Neck Society
  • Jenny Sharp (rehabilitation medicine) Merit Award, American Physical Therapy Association's Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Therapy
  • Vinita Singh (anesthesiology) Lisa Sterns Award, North American Neuromodulation Society
  • Nancy Sokkary (gynecology and obstetrics) Chair, Clinical Consensus Committee, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
  • Jennifer Stevens (psychiatry and behavioral sciences) 2024 Mid-Career Innovation Award, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • Nina Suh (orthopaedics) Chair, Annual Meeting, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
  • H. Cliff Sullivan (pathology and laboratory medicine) President's Award, American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • Esther Vivas (otolaryngology) Program Chair, American Cochlear Implant Alliance Conference; Specialty Section Chair, Latino Medical Student Association 
  • Eric Wagner (orthopaedics) Annual Meeting Chair, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
  • Tiffany Walker (medicine) Wilhelmina Jenkins ME/CFS Service Award, #MEAction Network
  • Michael Woodworth (medicine) Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
  • Howa Yeung (dermatology) Cochrane Scholarship Award, American Academy of Dermatology; President, Atlanta Association for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
  • Jindan Yu (urology) Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
  • Amy Zeidan (emergency medicine) President, Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM)
Awards and Distinctions
  • Faculty Recognitions Week
    • 2024 Clinical Distinctions
    • 2024 Regional, National, and International Awards
    • 2024 Senior Promotions
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    • Distinguished Service Award
    • Emory 1% Award
    • Excellence in Patient Care
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    • Hidden Gems
    • Innovation for Impact Award
    • Innovations in Clinical Care Award
    • Lifetime Service and Leadership Award
    • Mentoring Award
    • MilliPub Club
    • Preceptor of the Year Award
    • Scientific Integrity Award
    • Site-Based Awards
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Emory at Grady Awards
  • Evangeline T. Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award
  • National Academy of Medicine
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • SOM Staff Awards
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