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2019 News Highlights

December 2019

Douglas Murphy, Ankit Patel, and Vivian Wang Featured in U.S. News & World Report

Joe Sharma Appointed New Vice Chair of Quality, Patient Safety and Care Innovation for the Department of Surgery

Brett Tracy on a Roll: Reuters, AMA Award, EAST Scholarship

November 2019

William Jordan Reports Successful Four Year Endoanchor System Treatment of AAA

Emory Cardiac Surgery Achieves Elite Distinction

Grants Support Global Perioperative Working Group's Surgical Outreach Efforts

October 2019

Brendan Lovasik and Andrew Adams Study Selected as Highlight of IXA 2019

ACGME Selects Keith Delman for Courage to Teach Award

Martha-Conley Ingram Awarded NCATS Funding for Research and Mentorship

September 2019

Rachel Patzer and Stephen Pastan Receive R01 to Improve Quality and Access to Early Steps in Kidney Transplantation

Published Study by Theresa Gillespie, Vinita Singh, and Colleagues on Patients with Cancer Pain Facing Barriers to Medical Marijuana

Rachel Patzer is Senior Author of Study That Finds Kidney Dialysis Profit Status May Influence Timeline for Receiving Transplant

August 2019

Kendra Grubb and Structural Heart Center Associates Perform Live Cases for TVT 2019

HIP/Georgia CTSA Seed Grant will Fund Proposal to Improve the Match of Organ-Donor Pairs

Asa Yancey Scholarship Introduces Minority Medical Students to Surgical Residency Training

Muralidhar Padala Selected for 2019 Innovation for Impact Award

July 2019

Medical Illustrator Satyen Tipathi's Work Recognized at AMI Annual Meeting

Thirty Emory Surgery Faculty Named to Atlanta Magazine's 2019 Top Doctors

Georgia Health News Feature on Carla Haack's Relief Trips to Puerto Rico, Including a 2019 Trip with Emory Haiti Alliance Members

June 2019

Theresa Gillespie Named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

CT Surgery Resident Xiaoying Lou Elected President of the TSRA

May 2019

Steven Roser Receives SOM Nexus Award for Global Health Working Group

NIH TL1 Award Will Fund Michael Turgeon's Thesis Project

Raymond Lynch Takes First Steps Towards Building National Liver Disease Patient Registry with CTSA Grant

April 2019

Steven Roser Receives Distinguished Service Award from IAOMS

WABE Story on Robotic Heart Surgery at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Features Douglas Murphy

Emory Clinic Vascular Surgery Wins 3 Star SVS-VQI Award

March 2019

Mandy Ford Honored With 2019 AST Basic Science Investigator Award

ETC Investigators Work Towards Broader Application of Costimulation Blockade-Based Immunosuppression

Lily Yang, Jack Arbiser, and Colleagues Test New Nanoparticle as Therapy for Advanced Melanoma

February 2019

Emory Surgery Places 7th in 2018 NIH Funding Rankings

Andrew Adams is Co-PI of a Study Developing a Nanoparticle-driven Screening Method for Detecting Rejection of a Transplanted Organ

Cathy Graham Participates in Study of Minimally Invasive Excision of High-Risk Breast Lesions and Small Breast Cancers

Surgical Evidence Blog Augments Resident Learning in M&M Conferences

Emory Surgical Oncologists and Surgery Residents Participate in Study Confirming the Ability of Virus to Combat Melanoma

January 2019

S. Scott Davis is Co-editor of New SAGES Manual of Hernia Surgery

Edward Chen Honored with TSRA's 2019 Socrates Teaching Award

Emory Structural Heart & Valve Center Joins New NIH Network, Announces New Leadership