Department of Medicine

DOM Chair Carlos del Rio, MD, longtime Emory faculty member, infectious diseases physician, HIV/AIDS researcher, collaborative colleague, mentor, and global health leader, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 James Shepherd Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA). Watch the GHA spotlight video on Dr. del Rio to hear from his colleagues, family, and friends who celebrate his achievements and successes throughout his career. 

Read Emory News Center spotlight article, "Emory’s Carlos del Rio wins statewide Hospital Hero Lifetime Achievement award from GHA."

The Department of Medicine is committed to ensuring a climate of inclusion and organizational equity by leveraging the diversity within our community. The department’s commitment to diversity is guided by its values of integrity, respect, trust, compassion, innovation, collaboration, inclusion, quality, accountability, and excellence.

The Department of Medicine is proud of its robust research portfolio of cross-cutting, collaborative work by basic scientists, clinical researchers, and clinicians. The Office of Research provides many support programs and resources for investigators at all stages of their research careers

The Department of Medicine is led by an extraordinary group of faculty who are experts in their fields. Learn more about our leaders, our faculty, and our ten internal medicine divisions.

The J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program is committed to providing residents with the knowledge and skills needed to address the downstream effects of the social determinants of health. Check out this video to hear our faculty and residents share their experiences at Emory.

Department of Medicine News

Emory University researchers identified that psilocin, a byproduct of consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, actively delays aging in cells and organisms.

Emory’s faculty and staff conduct studies across every discipline, from the sciences to the humanities. This compilation of published research findings and the newest grant awards illustrates how Emory researchers are cutting a path toward groundbreaking discoveries.

Emory University researchers identified that psilocin, a byproduct of consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, actively delays aging in cells and organisms.

Department of Medicine Events

  • July 14, 2025
  • 4:00pm
Fellows Conference

  • July 14, 2025
  • 4:00pm
EKG Conference

  • July 14, 2025
  • 9:00pm
GI Grand Rounds