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Faculty & Staff Awards 2021

On November 10th, 2021, we celebrated the outstanding work of our Pediatrics faculty and staff in a virtual awards ceremony. The winners were nominated by their colleagues and selected by committee members. Their significant contributions to the department make such a huge impact and we appreciate all that they do. A very hearty congratulations to this year's winners!

This year, we celebrated the newly named Hal Simon Career Development Mentor Faculty Award and the Liz McCarty Standing Ovation Staff Award. Congratulations to Hal and Liz for being role models in their areas and giving these awards a name to carry for many years to come.

Faculty Awards

Junior Faculty Researcher
Glaivy Batsuli, MD, Assistant Professor -  Aflac

Best Scientific Publication - Clinical/Translational
Mehul Suthar, PhD, Assistant Professor and Jens Wrammert, PhD, Associate Professor – Infectious Disease
Rapid generation of neutralizing antibody responses in COVID-19 patients.
Cell Reports Medicine 2020

Best Scientific Publication - Basic Science
Shannon Gourley, PhD, Associate Professor – Marcus Autism Center
The PI3-kinase p110β isoform controls severity of cocaine-induced sequelae and alters the striatal transcriptome.
BiolPsychiatry (2021) 89:959-969

Best Publication – Quality Improvement
Bola Akinsola, MD, Assistant Professor – Emergency Medicine
Improving Isotonic Maintenance Intravenous Fluid Use in the Emergency Department
Pediatrics Jul 2021, 148 (1)

Innovations in Clinical Program Development
Katharine Brock, MD, Assistant Professor - Palliative Care and Aflac - for Outpatient Palliative/Supportive Care Clinic in Oncology

Innovations in Teaching Program Development
Shanelle Clarke, MD, Assistant Professor - Sibley Heart Center - for ECPR Cannulation (ECMO cannulation with ongoing CPR) simulation training

Career Teaching Award
Susie Buchter, MD, Professor - Neonatology

Teacher of the Year - Subspecialty Pediatrics
Roshan George, MD, Associate Professor - Nephrology
David O'Banion, MD, Assistant Professor - Neurology

 

Teacher of the Year - General Pediatrics
Melissa Adams, MD, Assistant Professor - General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award
Stanley Fineman, MD, Adjunct Associate Professor – Peds Allergy

Research Mentor
Lazaros Kochilas, MD, Professor - Sibley Heart Center

Hal Simon Career Development Mentor
Hughes Evans, MD, PhD, Professor - General Pediatrics

Joe Snitzer Master Clinician Award for Clinical Expertise
Rene Romero, MD, Professor – Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Ira Adams-Chapman Humanitarian award for Compassionate and Patient/Family Centered Care
Vipin Bansal, MD, Assistant Professor - Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Nadrat Nuhu, PhD, Assistant Professor - Marcus Autism Center

Brumley Leadership Award
Dan Salinas, MD – Chief of Community Clinical Integration, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Chair’s Service Award
Melinda Mathis, MPA, CRA – Vice President of Research and Academic Administration, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Staff Awards

Unsung Hero
Anne Dodd, Manager, Research Projects
D’Arcy Tickle, Administrative Assistant
Meghan Tracewski, Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Palliative Care
 
Collaboration and Engagement
Shantisa Fulgham, Business Manager

STAR Award
Kira Moresco, Lab Manager, Pediatric Research Centers
Scott Gillespie, Associate Director, Pediatrics Biostatistics Core

The Liz McCarty Standing Ovation Award
Amelia Randall

Rising to the Occasion
ECC Vaccine Research Clinic Team:

Nadine Baida, Mariah Benning, Leisa Bower, RN, Jessica Bowman, RN, Amari Butler, Natsuko Campbell, RN, Caroline Ciric, Khalel De Castro, Theda Gibson, Felicia Glover, Hui-Mien Hsiao, Amberly Hunter, Laila Hussaini, Inara Jooma, Gidget Kettle, RN, Marcia Lewis, RN, Wensheng Li, Austin Lu, Cindy Lubbers, RN, Lisa Macoy, RN, Maanu Mansuria, Humera Momin, Molly Morrison, Amy Muchinsky, Heather Nurse, RN, Arshiya Patel, Etza Peters, RN, Olivia Reese, Luis Salazar, Amber Samuel, Maya Stagg, Kathy Stephens, RN, Elizabeth Taylor, Meg Taylor, Ashley Tippett, Wenting Wu, Katie Zaks



Additional Awards and Recognitions

Congratulations to our Faculty members recognized during School of Medicine's Recognitions Week!

Hidden Gem
Anne Fitzpatrick

Emory 1%
Raymond Schinazi

Site-Based Awards
Mark Griffiths
Subhadra Shashidharan
Michelle Wallace

MilliPub Club
Larry Anderson
Murali Kaja
Muna Qayed
Vahid Serpooshan
Eric Sorscher

Dean’s Teaching Awards
Jonathan Meisel
Shivani Mukkamala

Distinguished Service Awards
Alexis Pavlov

Clinical Distinctions
John Bergsagel
Frank Berkowitz
Bradley George
George Bugg
Sheena Carter
Martha Clabby
Anthony Cooley
Peter Fischbach
Alesia Fleming
Philip Holt
Anna Janss
Patricia Lantis
Leticia Mobley
Ana Pimental
Sam Spizman
Barbara Weissman
Deborah Young

 

 

Excellence in Patient Care
William Boydston
Matthew Clifton
Kristina Cossen
Tanicia Daley Jean-Pierre
Eric Felner
Satya Gedela
Grace Gombolay
Steven Goudy
Devon Greene
Lokesh Guglani
Kelli-Lee Hartford
Ammar Kheder
Jackson Londeree
Jonathan Meisel
Stephen Miller
Sonal Patel
Sampath Prahalad
Eric Price
Nikhila Raol
Andrew Reisner
Cary Sauer
Samar Shah
Snehal Vala
Brian Vickery
Joshua Vova
Guojun Zhang

Regional, National, and International
Ann Chahroudi - Co-Director for Basic Science, CFAR
Laura Downey - Selected to serve on the Board of Directors, Society of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology
Roshan George - Co-chair, American Society of Transplantation (AST) Pediatric Community of Practice (PCOP) Executive Committee
Wilbur Lam - Atlanta Business Chronicle Healthcare Innovator/Research Award
Darlene Mashman - Selected to serve as Chair of Education for MHAUS and serves on Board of Directors, Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MHAUS)
Nikhila Raol - Elected to AAO-HNS Young Physicians Section Governing Council (Member-at-Large), AAO-HNS
Bonney Reed - Outstanding Early Career Psychologist Contribution Award, Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC)
Raymond Schinazi - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science and elected to the Section on Pharmaceutical Sciences for his “distinguished contributions to the field of pharmacology and medicinal chemistry."
Tim Slesnick - President, Society of Pediatric Echocardiography