2023 Editions
Duly Noted | News from the Department of Surgery | January 2023
Craig Coopersmith Selected for 2023 ACCM Distinguished Investigator Award | Call for Abstracts: 21st Annual William C. Wood Research Symposium | CSAT Awarded ACS-AEI Reaccreditation | Emory/Grady Team Places Second in Annual SCCM Surgical Quiz Show | Martha Ryan Appointed Chief, Advanced Practiced Provider, Surgical Services | Kenneth Cardona, MD, FACS, Elected to Southern Surgical Association | Onkar Khullar Accepted to 2023 Em-ProLEAD Cohort | Congratulations Woodruff Leadership Academy 2023 Fellows | New Faculty: Megan Urbanski, Manuel Garcia-Toca.
2022 Editions
Duly Noted | News from the Department of Surgery | November 2022
Emory University Surgery Ranked Among World's Best Health Sciences Programs | Emory Heart Team Implants 500th Lifesaving Left Ventricular Assist Device | Maria Russell appointed Wadley R. Glenn Chair of Surgery for Academic Programs & SSO Vice Chair of Programs Directors Committee | Ravi Thadhani appointed Executive Vice President for Health Affairs | Congratulations to our 2022 ACS Winners: Raul Badell, Brendan Lovasik, and Laura Johnson | Callie Medin and Emilie Warren receive ASCO Merit Awards | Faculty Recognition Week 2022 Honorees | Emory Department of Surgery Staff Awards: Venetta Green & Cyndi Painter | New Faculty: Ellen Caparosa, Kanika Kalra, Omar Lattouf, Nidhi Khanna.
Duly Noted | News from the Department of Surgery | September 2022
Remembering Walter Ingram | Grady to serve as training site for Army trauma teams | VALOR grant to examine reduced access to organ donation care for veterans | Jessica Harding is co-investigator of a grant that will assess possible COVID-19/new-onset diabetes connection | Emilie Warren awarded 2022 Rochfort Scholarship | Charles Staley elected to American Board of Surgery for Complex Surgical Oncology | Maria Russell to serve as interim chief quality officer for Winship | Virginia Shaffer elected councilor of the AAS | RAS-ACS presents Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award to Laura Johnson | Faculty Excellence Awards: Drs. Chris Larsen, Steven Roser, Randi Smith | Johanna Hinman to present abstract at APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo | Brendan Lovasik honored with 20th Annual ACS Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching | Trio of resident recognitions at 2022 GSACS Annual Meeting | Dylan McLaughlin garners Robert Smith Resident Award | Emory DOS DEI Travel Awards issued for SBAS 2022 | Ben Hazen wins Resident Paper Competition at USU Trauma Day | New Faculty: Abdl-Rawf Al-Nowaylati, MD, Joshua L. Chan, MD, Daniel A. Cuzzone, MD, Clara R. Farley, MD, Gabriela Garcia Nores, MD, Laura Johnson, MD, Steven C. Kim, MD
Duly Noted | News from the Department of Surgery | July 2022
In Memoriam: Farewell to Joseph Craver, MD | Resumption: EGPA's June 2022 trip to Guatemala | 45 Department of Surgery faculty named to Atlanta magazine's 2022 Top Doctors | Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital top ranked for minimally invasive heart valve replacement | Jessica Harding receives IDEG's Harry Keen Award | Luke Brewster and Olamide Alabi's efforts to combat diabetes featured in VA video | Kudos to featured Department of Surgery faculty members for 2022 Educator Appreciation Day | Jerome Anyalebechi and David Swift receive Shock Society awards | Kenneth Cardona named inaugural holder of Reynolds Professorship | Keith Delman appointed Division Chief of Surgery at Grady and Chief of Surgery for Emory at Grady | Emory Transplant Center successfully renews NIAID/NIH T32 training grant in transplantation science | Brendan Lovasik to lead ACGME-funded Back to Bedside project | Jessica Liu McMullin will present at IAES Congress
Duly Noted | News from the Department of Surgery | April 2022
In Memoriam: H. Harlan Stone, MD | Welcome our new residents! | John Sweeney elected first vice-president of SESC | Mandy Ford elected to AST's Board of Directors | Raymond Lynch and Neal Dickert named new associate directors of the Health Services Research Center | Ravi Rajani named an editor of Annals of Vascular Surgery | Virginia Shaffer selected for membership in the SUS | David Vega's honor at Celebrate Life Gala also acknowledges his niece's organ donation | Steven Roser honored with 2022 ACOMS Humanitarian Award | Hakob Davtyan receives Heart of Columbus Award | Kudos to the winners of the 2022 William C. Wood Symposium | Preeti Subhedar and Lauren Postlewait represent Emory at ASBrS meeting | Peter Thompson celebrated on 2022 National Doctor's Day | Deadline approaching: DOS 2022 Pilot Research Award | Theresa Gillespie selected for SOM I3 Wow! Research Award | Felipe Maegawa is first author of a significant study of patient frailty's impact on post-hepatectomy outcomes | Rachel Patzer-helmed study finds national kidney policy change increased some patients' transplant referrals and evaluations
Duly Noted | News from the Department of Surgery | February 2022
Randi Smith appointed Department of Surgery's Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | J. David Vega named OPTN/UNOS Region 3 Associate Councilor | Wendy Greene elected to the ACS Board of Governors | Kenneth Cardona invited to serve on SPORE Review Panel | Mary Ann Garcia-Bowerman elected to Executive Committee of ARAS | Faculty inducted into the Southern Surgical Association | Bariatric Midtown team wins GHA PHA Patient Safety & Quality Award | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery names Fawwaz Shaw Reviewer of the Year | Mihir Shah wins Society of Asian Academic Surgeons' Junior Faculty Award | Deepika Koganti accepted into the Grady Faculty Development Program for Clinical Teachers | Steven Roser named an Atlanta magazine Top Dentist for 2022 | Owen Brown delivers top-rated quality improvement abstract at ASPS Annual Meeting | Caroline Medin and Jessica Keilson receive 2022 ASCO Merit Awards | Chrystal Paulos leads studies of immunotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer patients | Craig Coopersmith member of research team studying the use of AI to improve treatment for sepsis | Rachel Patzer co-leads Atlanta-based sites of nationwide effort to study long COVID-19 | 11Alive story on transplant patient, the result of a rare condition, includes Bradley Leshnower