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2022 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!

Faculty member receiving award from the dean

This is not an inclusive list and only includes awards submitted to the Recognitions Committee by Department Chairs.

  • Susana Alfonso, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine) - President, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians 

  • Ahmed Babiker, MD (Medicine) - Member of Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines Subcommittee, American Society of Microbiology (ASM) 

  • Martina Badell, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - COVID Task Force, Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 

  • Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors 

  • Eliot Blum, MD (Emergency Medicine) - Chair of LGBTQIA+ Committee, Society of Academic Emergency (SAEM) 

  • Heather Bonilha, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 

  • Kyle Bradley, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair of Hematology Cluster, College of American Pathologists Council on Scientific Affairs; Chair, Hematopathology Committee, College of American Pathologists 

  • Penny Castellano, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Member of Group on Faculty Practice Steering Committee, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 

  • Sarah Caston, DPT (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Emerging Educator Award, American Council of Academic Physical Therapy 

  • Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) - Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation 

  • Max Cooper, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors 

  • Robert Cotes, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - 2022 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, National Alliance on Mental Illness 

  • Sushma Cribbs, MD (Medicine) - Presidential Commendation, American Thoracic Society 

  • Salma de la Feld, MD (Dermatology) - Board of Directors, American Contact Dermatitis Society 

  • Carlos del Rio, MD (Medicine) - Elected, American Academy of Arts and Science and President, Infectious Disease Society of America 

  • Stephanie Drew, DMD (Surgery) - President, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 

  • Christine Dunham, PhD (Biochemistry) - Fellow, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) 

  • Gregory Esper, MD (Neurology) - Chair of Health Services Research Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology 

  • Edee Field-Fote, DPT, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - The Anne Shumway-Cook Lectureship, American Physical Therapy Association; The Mary McMillan Lecture Award, American Physical Therapy Association 

  • George Fulk, PT, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Editor in Chief, Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy 

  • Rodolfo Galindo, MD, (Medicine) - Rising Star Award, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology 

  • Laura Gilbertson, MD (Anesthesiology) - Executive Leadership Board, North American Pediatric Spine Association 

  • Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH (Emergency Medicine) - Secretary, National Medical Association EM Section and Subcommittee Co-Chair of Equity and Inclusion Committee, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) 

  • Joanna Goldberg, PhD (Pediatrics) - Elected At-Large Board of Directors, American Society for Microbiology 

  • Robert Gross, MD, PhD (Neurosurgery) - Medical Student Teaching Award, Society of Neurological Surgeons; Roy Bakay Memorial Research Award, American Society of Neural Therapy and Repair 

  • Tracey Henry, MD, MPH (Medicine) - National Chair of the Council of Early Career Physicians, American College of Physicians 

  • Adriana Hermida, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - President, International Society of ECT and Neurostimulation 

  • McKenzie Hollon, MD (Anesthesiology) - National Point of Care Ultrasound Project Co-Director, American Society of Anesthesiologists 

  • Adriana Ioachimescu, MD, PhD (Neurosurgery) - Annual Program Chair, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology 

  • Hanjoong Jo, PhD (Biomedical Engineering) - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  • William Jordan, MD (Surgery) - President, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 

  • Rishi Kamaleswaran, PhD (Biomedical Informatics) - Appointed Vice Chair of Discovery Data, Outcomes, and Definitions Workgroup, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 

  • Saul Karpen, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) - Elected Councilor, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 

  • Sachin Kedar, MD (Ophthalmology) - Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award for Program Director Excellence, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 

  • Brent Keeling, MD (Surgery) - President, Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Consortium 

  • Alexander Kendall, MPAS, PA-C (Family and Preventive Medicine) - Faculty of the Year, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants 

  • Kathy Kinlaw, Mdiv (Pediatrics) - Donna Glass Non-Physician Distinguished Service Award 2021, Medical Association of Georgia 

  • Adam Klein, MD (Otolaryngology) - 2021 Gerald Gussack Award, Georgia Society of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 

  • Gagan Kooner, MD (Pediatrics) - 2021 Mike Koran Scholar Award, Society of Pediatric Urgent Care 

  • Colleen Kraft, MD (Medicine) - President, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

  • Loren Krueger, MD (Dermatology) - Board of Directors Co-Chair, Skin of Color Society; Diversity in Action Task Force, Skin of Color Society 

  • Colonel Julio Lairet, DO (Emergency Medicine) - Legion of Merit, US Air Force and AAir National Guard 

  • Joshua Levy, MD (Otolaryngology) - Appointed Chair of Section on Allergy and Immunology, American Rhinological Society (ARS)

  • Hong Li, MD, PhD (Human Genetics) - Co-Chair, State of Georgia Newborn Screening Advisory Committee; Education Committee Chair, The Association of Chinese Geneticists in America (ACGA)

  • Albert Losken, MD (Surgery) - President, Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons 

  • Anant Mandawat, MD (Medicine) - Cardiol-oncology Center of Excellence Status, International Cardio-oncology Society 

  • Vince Marconi, MD (Medicine) - Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation 

  • Nichole McIntosh, MD (Anesthesiology) - Chief Anesthesiology Consultant, VA Healthcare System VISN7

  • Akanksha Mehta, MD (Urology) - Member at Large of Board of Directors, American Society for Reproductive Medicine 

  • Shivani Mukkamala, MD (Anesthesiology) - Board of Directors, American Medical Women's Association Ignite Initiative 

  • Yuko Nakajima, MD (Emergency Medicine) - President, Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MFS) Japan 

  • Edjah Nduom, MD (Neurosurgery) - Chair of the Resident Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Member-at-Large Executive Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 

  • Andrew Neish, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair, NIH DHMI Study Section 

  • Mary (Mimi) Newell, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - President, Georgia Radiological Society

  • Nancy Newman, MD (Ophthalmology) - Top Science Honor, Science Committee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 

  • Gina Northington, MD, PhD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Elected Board of Directors, American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) 

  • David O'Banion, MD (Pediatrics) - Young Physician of the Year Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Georgia Chapter

  • Jacquelyn O'Banion, MD (Ophthalmology) - Secretariat Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology 

  • Laura Oh, MD (Emergency Medicine) - ACEP Representative, ACGME Workforce of the Future Taskforce; Course Director, Virtual Grand Rounds, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP); Representative, ABEM Three-Year Review of the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (EM Model) Task Force, ACEP

  • George Painter, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - 2022 Gertrude Elion Memorial Award, International Society of Antiviral Research 

  • Mihir Patel, MD (Otolaryngology) - Editor in Chief, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (ORL)

  • Suzanne Penna, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Associate Editor, Neurosurgery; President, Association for Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology (AITCN); Treasurer of Board of Directors, Association for Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology 

  • Dan Perrien, PhD (Medicine) - Elected to the Board of Directors, Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) 

  • Varun Phadke, MD (Medicine) - Chief Medical Editor, Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) COVID-19 Real-Time Learning Network 

  • Ingrid Pinzon, MD (Medicine) - Excellence in Humanitarian Services Award, Society of Hospital Medicine 

  • Brenda Poindexter, MD (Pediatrics) - Chair of the Leadership Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Women in Neonatology Group, American Academy of Pediatrics 

  • Stephanie Pouch, MD (Medicine) - Chair of ID Professional Community, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT); Vice Chair of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Disease Transmission Advisory Committee 

  • Meena Prasad, MD (Medicine) - Chair of IBD Subcommittee 2022, National VA Gastroenterology Field; Member of Advisory Board, National VA Gastroenterology Field

  • Susan Primo, OD (Ophthalmology) - Co-Chair of Advisory Committee, Center for Visions and Population Health, Prevent Blindness 

  • Cassie Quave, PhD (Dermatology) - 2021 American Botanical Council, James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award 2022; 2022 Herbal Insight Award. American Herbal Products Association (AHPA); Chair of Bylaws and Protocol Committee, Society for Economic Botany 

  • Tammie Quest, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine) - Richard Payne Outstanding Achievement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 

  • Sandra Reed, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Appointed Board of Directors, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 

  • Michelle Reid, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Co-Chair of Membership Committee, Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology; Vice President, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society; Vice President of DEI Committee, American Society of Cytopathology

  • Barbara Rothbaum, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies 

  • Jeff Sands, MD (Medicine) - Homer W. Smith Award, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies 

  • Jason Schneider, MD (Medicine) - 2022 AMA Excellence in LGTBQ Health Award, American Medical Association (AMA) 

  • David Schulman, MD, MPH  (Medicine) - Master Educator Award, CHEST; President, CHEST

  • David Schuster, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Presidential Distinguished Service Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)

  • Anandi Sheth, MD (Medicine) - Member of Perinatal Guidelines Panel, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) 

  • Stephen Simoneaux, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - President, Society for Pediatric Radiology

  • Rani Singh, PhD (Human Genetics) - Chair of Evidence-Based Review Subcommittee for International Guidelines for Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders 

  • Tricia Smith, MD, MPH (Emergency Medicine) - William Speight, Jr Award and Invited Clinical Lecturer, National Medical Association Conference 

  • Nancy Sokkary, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Program Chair, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG)'s 2022 Annual Clinical and research Meeting 

  • Arthur Stillman, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Lifetime Service Award, American Board of Radiology (ABR)

  • N. Wendell Todd, MD (Otolaryngology) - Leila D. Denmark Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021, Georgia Chair of American Academy of Pediatrics 

  • David Vega, MD (Surgery) - Lifetime Service Honoree, Georgia Transplant Foundation 

  • Jill Ward, PhD (Cell Biology) - R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology, American Association of Anatomy

  • Martha Ward, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - President, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry 

  • Dan Wechsler, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) - Appointed Chair of the ABP Subboard of Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics 

  • Nanette Wenger, MD (Medicine) - Lifetime Achievement Award, American College of Cardiology; Newly Endowed Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Professorship for Women's Heat Health Research, American College of Cardiology 

  • Sarah Wise, MD (Otolaryngology) - President, American Rhinological Society (ARS)

  • Tim Yoon, MD, PhD (Orthopaedics) - Chair of International Degenerative Knowledge Forum, AO Spine 

  • Larry Young, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Chair, NIH Study Section The Neurobiology of Motivated Behaviors 

  • Linsheng Zhang, MD, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair of Education Committee, Chinese American Pathology Association (CAPA); Member of Executive Committee, Chinese American Pathology Association (CAPA); President Award, Chinese American Pathology Association (CAPA)