Faculty Recognition & Service
FACULTY RECOGNITION & SERVICE
The Department of Medicine’s 10 divisions have more than 240 clinical faculty (about a third of School of Medicine faculty overall) and more than 50 research faculty. The diversity and depth of clinical and research expertise they represent, and the number of lives they touch as caregivers, teachers and researchers, is remarkable.
Awards, Achievements & Milestones: FY 2015
Appointments to Chair
- Mohan Nadkarni, MD – Appointed the Harry T. Peters, Jr., Professor of Internal Medicine; elected to a Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professorship
- Alan C. Dalkin, MD – Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor
- Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH – Harrison Distinguished Teaching Associate Professorship
Award of Tenure
- Christopher McCartney, MD – Endocrinology
- Patrick Northup, MD –Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor
- Stacey Anderson, MD – Endocrinology
- Sue Brown, MD – Endocrinology
- Garland Campbell, MD – Nephrology
- Elizabeth Gay, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
- Neeral Shah, MD – Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Max Weder, MD – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Promotion from Associate to Full Professor
- Rasheed Balogun, MD – Nephrology
- Robert Battle, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
- Douglas Lake, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Retirements
- W. Kline Bolton, MD – Nephrology: Appointed professor emeritus; faculty member since 1973.
- Robert M. Carey, MD, University Professor of Medicine and David A. Harrison III Distinguished Professor of Medicine – Endocrinology: Appointed professor emeritus; faculty member since 1973.
- John P. DiMarco, MD, Julian Ruffin Beckwith Professor of Medicine – Cardiovascular Medicine: Appointed professor emeritus; faculty member since 1981.
- Vincent Giuliano, MD – Rheumatology: Faculty member since 1974.
- Frederick Hayden, MD, Stuart S. Richardson Professor of Clinical Virology in Medicine – Infectious Diseases: Appointed professor emeritus; faculty member since 1978.
- J. Terry Saunders, PhD – Endocrinology: Faculty member since 1984.
- Paul Suratt, MD, John L. Guerrant Professor of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine: Appointed professor emeritus; faculty member since 1974.
- Geoffrey Weiss, MD – Hematology-Oncology: Appointed professor emeritus; faculty member since 2004.
Passing
- David Stone, MD, founding faculty member of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Read a tribute and obituary here.
Department of Medicine Awards, 2015
Excellence in Clinical Care:
- Brendan Bowman, MD – Nephrology
- Anthony McCall, MD – Endocrinology
- Bryan Sauer, MD – Gastroenterology
- Costi Sifri, MD – Infectious Diseases
- Benjamin Sneed, MD – Hospital section/General, Geriatric, Pallative & Hospital Medicine
- Amy Tucker, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Excellence in Research:
- Stacey Anderson, MD – Endocrinology
- Kenneth Bilchick, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
- Jie Liu, PhD – Infectious Diseases
- Sundararaman Swaminathan, MBBS – Nephrology
- Mami Taniuchi, PhD – Infectious Diseases
- Angela Taylor, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Excellence in Education:
- Julia Den Hartog, MD – General, Geriatric, Palliative & Hospital Medicine
- Curtis Argo, MD – Gastroenterology
- John Densmore, MD – Hematology-Oncology
- Andrew Darby, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
- Vincent Giuliano, MD – Rheumatology
- Adam Carlson, MD – Rheumatology
- Sue Brown, MD – Endocrinology
Excellence in Mentoring:
Service & Leadership
DOM faculty members serve their institution and profession in countless ways. In the clinical realm, they are medical directors for scores of clinics, and members of numerous hospital committees. Academic leadership is provided at the division, department, school and university levels; and DOM faculty are active in shaping the future direction of their profession through service in national organizations and membership on many NIH review panels. Here is a sampling of service rendered:
UVA Health System:
- Ken Ballew, MD – General, Geriatric, Pallative & Hospital Medicine: Medical director, University Physicians Charlottesville
- Ira Helenius, MD – General, Geriatric, Pallative & Hospital Medicine: Medical director, University Medical Associates
- George Hoke, MD – General, Geriatric, Pallative & Hospital Medicine: Director, Hospitalist program
- Amy Mathers, MD, and Heather Cox, PharmD (Infectious Diseases): Antibiotic Stewardship Program
- Mark Newbrough, MD – General, Geriatric, Pallative & Hospital Medicine: Director, Blue Ridge PACE (aging-in-place program)
- Costi Sifri, MD – General, Geriatric, Pallative & Hospital Medicine: University Hospital Epidemiologist
- Eric Davis, MD – Pulmonary: Sleep Services Program (Assumed leadership for FY 2015)
- Greg Townsend, MD – Infectious Diseases: Ryan White HIV Clinic
UVA School of Medicine:
- Brian Behm, MD – Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Chair, Academic Standards and Achievement Committee (3-year term)
- John Densmore, MD – Hematology & Oncology: Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs
- Greg Townsend, MD – Infectious Diseases: Associate Dean for Diversity
National Organizations:
- Curtis Argo, MD – Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Chair, Graduate Training Exam Committee, American Gastroenterological Association
- Robert Carey, MD – Endocrinology: Chair, Publications Committee, American Heart Association
- Ayotunde Dokun, MD –Endocrinology: Chair, Internal Medicine Section, National Medical Association
- Susan Kirk, MD – Endocrinology: Member, Institutional Review Committee, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- Zhenqi Liu, MD – Endocrinology: President, Chinese-American Diabetes Association (two-year term)
- Patrick Northup, MD – Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Chair, Membership and Professional Standards Committee, United Network for Organ Sharing
- Emaad Abdel Rahman, MD – Nephrology: Member, Geriatric Advisory Group, American Society of Nephrology
- Mitchell Rosner, MD – Nephrology: Co-chair, Board Review Course, American Society of Nephrology
- Richard Santen, MD – Endocrinology: President, Endocrine Society (2014–2015)
- Andrew Wang, MD –Gastroenterology & Hepatology: Director, Regional Postgraduate Course, American College of Gastroenterology
- Michael Williams, MD – Hematology & Oncology: Chair and council member, Hematology Board, American Board of Internal Medicine; vice chair, Lymphoma Committee, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG); member, Clinical Trials Planning Committee (Lymphoma), National Cancer Institute
Faculty Development Programs
The Department of Medicine’s Faculty Leadership Development Program is designed for junior faculty members in the early stages of their careers, and aims to give them the knowledge and skills they need to become the department’s future leaders. It consists of 10 two-hour workshops over a period of 10 months, on topics ranging from “Strategies for Leadership Success” to “Financial Literacy,” presented by senior leaders in DOM, the School of Medicine and UVA Medical Center. Team building exercises, networking opportunities and a one-on-one mentoring relationship with a DOM division chief round out the program. Participants are required to attend DOM and SOM management meetings, which expose them to the inner workings of academic organizational culture.
The K Awards Mentor Program is another Department of Medicine initiative that seeks to provide support for junior faculty. Several times a year, DOM Vice Chair for Research Eric Houpt, MD, convenes meetings of “K” awardees — those who hold multiyear NIH career development grants. The meetings provide a forum for sharing ideas, discussing needs and providing support.