In the University’s circle of life, our health professional trainee calendar rings in a new year each July 1. This month, we wished in online ceremonies our palliative medicine fellows (4) and our podiatry (5), family medicine (8), and preventive medicine residents (6) all the best. We look forward to continued partnership in important work.
Photo: Family Medicine faculty, residents, and staff at Emory's White Coats for Black Lives event at Emory University Hospital Midtown on June 5, 2020.
These unimaginable, uncertain times have highlighted the Emory community’s creativity and selflessness. Notably, many in DFPM have leaned in to provide clinical, research, educational, and administrative support locally and globally. In this fast-evolving landscape, let’s continue to be proud of our multi-talented efforts, kind to ourselves, and ready to face a (likely) new normal ahead.
Photo: Dr. Jodie Guest and her Emory COVID-19 testing team in North Georgia.
Virtual Match Day. Virtual Graduation. Who would’ve known when you gathered last, that you would not see your classmates again? Moving during a pandemic. Meeting colleagues virtually. Anxiously stepping into roles as doctors, knowing that this is what the years of studying, rounding and testing were for. These are extraordinary times. You are extraordinary students.
Photo: Dr. Emily Herndon extends a virtual welcome to Emory medical students who matched with Family Medicine residency programs.
Patients first. A great rule every day, but particularly now with COVID-19. As a medical school department in a large, academic medical center, we face heavy, sometimes harrowing clinical tasks. What will carry us through? Yes, clinical work, but that along with the other parts of our academic mission- research, education, and advocacy. Be well.
Photo: PYG-3 Family Medicine Residents at Research Day 2020
If you’ve been keeping track, you’ll recognize the 2019-2020 academic year as a banner year for our Department. This month? Dr. Dio Kavalieratos officially joins us on March 1, 2020, adding significantly to our research capacity. Our outreach activities are tremendous going on nearby (farm-workers) and far away (Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia).
Photo: Dr. Jenny Mascaro presenting her innovative spiritual health research
Settling into our new Department home…warm welcomes abound! Good news opens 2020 - HPM Fellowship 100% match - 5 positions AY20; expansion approved 5 to 7 positions AY21. Recruitment of Dr. Dio Kavalieratos as Director of Research for the Division. Palpable excitement. New work friends and family joined. Joy and success to all in 2020!
Photo: Preventive Medicine residents with Leslie Marshburn, MPH, MBA,Executive Director, Strategy & Population Health at Grady Health System
