Hospital Medicine Scholarship

The Emory Division of Hospital Medicine supports faculty involvement in scholarly work including research; quality improvement (QI) projects; case reports/clinical vignettes; narrative reviews; perspective pieces; presentations/workshops at institutional, regional, and national conferences; abstracts/posters; and publications.

Our faculty members are encouraged to compete for external funding and have been very successful in their submissions. Many of our faculty receive internal funding from the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Division of Hospital Medicine.

We are pleased to announce the return of SOUP funding!

The Emory Division of Hospital Medicine is soliciting proposals for projects that advance the care of patients and align with the division's priorities. SOUP, an acronym for Sharing Organizational and Unit Performance, is extra funding for investment in innovation, research, quality improvement projects, leadership roles, etc. In the past, we had approximately 20 faculty receiving SOUP funds annually for a variety of projects.

Examples of innovation and QI projects funded through this mechanism include:

• Transitions of Care

• Fast Track Dialysis

• Teaching Ultrasound Guided Procedures

• Improving Sleep Hygiene in Hospitalized Patients

• Improved Sepsis Surveillance and Epidemiology in Emory Healthcare

• CAUTI Reduction Among Inpatients

• RADAR Project (Clinical Documentation Improvement)

Proposals are submitted by EDHM clinicians on a rolling basis and approved by division leadership.

What is a FAME Grant?
FAME grants are an internal funding mechanism offered by the Department of Medicine (DOM) and are designed to provide support for clinical faculty to dedicate up to 20 percent of their professional time to scholarly activity, including research, education, quality improvement (QI) projects, and mentoring.

Who is eligible to apply?
Applications are restricted to DOM faculty whose salary is 100 percent funded by clinical sources (Emory Clinic professional billings, Emory Medical Care Foundation professional billings, Grady expense, or VA Medical Center clinical funding). Applicants must have an active faculty appointment at the time of submission of the grant.

How much funding does the grant offer?
The grant offers salary support up to 20 percent of the applicant's base salary, not to exceed 20 percent of the 50th percentile of Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) compensation for the faculty member's rank and specialty.

The Academy of Medical Educators (AME) was developed in 2011 to identify, recognize and honor master teachers, to develop and implement innovative education tools/programs, and to mentor and train aspiring educators who will act as role models for other faculty. 

The Teaching Innovations Grant Program, initiated in 2013, provides $2,500 of support for innovative teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate or faculty level within the Emory University School of Medicine. Grants are open to all Department of Medicine faculty and are available to both individual faculty members and faculty working within a group. Priority will be given to the proposal that most directly impacts education within the department in a sustainable fashion. Funds can be used to support teaching initiatives, including, but not limited to: 

• Developing innovative courses or curricula

• Developing an education research initiative

• Implementing innovative teaching methods

View publications from the Emory Division of Hospital Medicine on PubMed.

Select Publications

Chaudhuri MA, Lucas JM, Chandra M, Silver M. N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor-Negative Autoimmune Encephalitis in a Patient With an Ovarian Teratoma and an Associated Novel Cerebrospinal Fluid Autoantibody. Cureus. 2021 Jul 12;13(7):e16334. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16334. PMID: 34306894; PMCID: PMC8279908.

O'Keefe JB, Tong EJ, Taylor TH Jr, O'Keefe GAD, Tong DC. Use of a Telemedicine Risk Assessment Tool to Predict the Risk of Hospitalization of 496 Outpatients with COVID-19: Retrospective Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Feb 26. doi: 10.2196/25075. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33667174. 

O'Donnell C, Molitch-Hou E, James K, Leong T, Perry M, Wood D, Masud T, Thomas B, Ross MA, Franks N. Fast track dialysis: Improving emergency department and hospital throughput for patients requiring hemodialysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Feb 22;45:92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.02.035. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33677266. 

Sapiano MRP, Dudeck MA, Soe M, Edwards JR, O'Leary EN, Wu H, Allen-Bridson K, Amor A, Arcement R, Chernetsky Tejedor S, Dantes R, Gross C, Haass K, Konnor R, Kroop SR, Leaptrot D, Lemoine K, Nkwata A, Peterson K, Wattenmaker L, Weiner-Lastinger LM, Pollock D, Benin AL; NHSN Hospital COVID-19 Team. Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on US Hospitals and Patients, April-July 2020. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Feb 19:1-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.69. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33602380; PMCID: PMC7943952. 

Massart A, Hunt DP. Management of Refractory Breathlessness: a Review for General Internists. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr;36(4):1035-1040. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06439-0. Epub 2021 Jan 19. PMID: 33469757. 

Silver AM, Goodman LA, Chadha R, Higdon J, Burton M, Palabindala V, Jonnalagadda N, Thomas A, O'Donnell C. Optimizing Discharge Summaries: A Multispecialty, Multicenter Survey of Primary Care Clinicians. J Patient Saf. 2020 Dec 29;Publish Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000809. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33395016. 

Kaplow R, Cosper P, Snider R, Boudreau M, Kim JD, Riescher E, Higgins M. Impact of CPR Quality and Adherence to Advanced Cardiac Life Support Guidelines on Patient Outcomes in In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2020 Dec 15;31(4):401-409. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2020297. PMID: 33313710. 

Jagannathan R, Neves JS, Dorcely B, Chung ST, Tamura K, Rhee M, Bergman M. The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: 100 Years Later. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2020 Oct 19;13:3787-3805. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S246062. PMID: 33116727; PMCID: PMC7585270. 

Clarke K, Hall CL, Wiley Z, Tejedor SC, Kim JS, Reif L, Witt L, Jacob JT. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Adults: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention. J Hosp Med. 2020 Sep;15(9):552-556. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3292. PMID: 31532742. 

Mathews BK, Malik M. Immigrant Physicians Fill a Critical Need in COVID-19 Response. J Hosp Med. 2020 Aug;15(8):505-506. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3473. PMID: 32804614. 

Stolldorf DP, Mixon AS, Auerbach AD, Aylor AR, Shabbir H, Schnipper J, Kripalani S. Implementation and sustainability of a medication reconciliation toolkit: A mixed methods evaluation. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2020 Jul 7;77(14):1135-1143. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa136. PMID: 32596717; PMCID: PMC7455763. 

Ahmad K, Budoff MJ, Delaney JA, Mao S, Gao Y, Nasir K, Tracy R, Li D. Association of Aspirin and Other Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs With Vertebral Trabecular Bone: Data From Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, a Population-Based Multicenter Cohort Study. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2020 Jul/Aug;44(4):562-568. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000001022. PMID: 32697527. 

Zakka K, Gadi S, Koshlelashvili N, Maleque NM. Acute myocardial injury after administration of intravenous epinephrine for allergic reaction. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2020 Jun 17;8:2050313X20933104. doi: 10.1177/2050313X20933104. PMID: 32595973; PMCID: PMC7301683. 

Dantes RB, Jones TT, Neujahr DC. Delayed Recognition of Community Transmission of COVID-19 Resulting in Healthcare Worker Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jun 10:1-6. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.285. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32517835. 

Northcutt N, Papp S, Keniston A, Kara A, Kisuule F, Mandel C, Mathews B, Del Pino-Jones A, Smith D, Vuernick K, Burden M; Society of Hospital Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Interest Group. SPEAKers at the National Society of Hospital Medicine Meeting: A Follow-UP Study of Gender Equity for Conference Speakers from 2015 to 2019. The SPEAK UP Study. J Hosp Med. 2020 Apr;15(4):228-231. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3401. PMID: 32281920. 

Gorti H, Samo S, Shahnavaz N, Qayed E. Distal esophageal spasm: Update on diagnosis and management in the era of high-resolution manometry. World J Clin Cases. 2020 Mar 26;8(6):1026-1032. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i6.1026. PMID: 32258073; PMCID: PMC7103967. 

Boatman F, Golden M, Jin J, Kim Y, Law S, Lu A, Merriam N, Zola S. Assistive technology: Visual mapping combined with mobile software can enhance quality of life and ability to carry out activities of daily living in individuals with impaired memory. Technol Health Care. 2019 Nov 15. doi: 10.3233/THC-191980. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31796718.