The department announces a new fellowship which is designed to train generalist clinician-scientists for careers in global health research. Over the past decade, there has been a heightened recognition of the need for generalist clinician-scientists in global health, reflecting the rise of non-communicable diseases in resource-limited settings and the importance of primary care for sustainable health improvements.
The Weill Department of Medicine congratulates Dr. Charles L. Bardes on receiving the 2014 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). This prestigious award recognizes significant contributions to medical education made by gifted teachers.
Initiated in 2002, the Fellow Award in Research is presented annually to fellows within the Weill Department of Medicine who have presented outstanding research. This year's finalists were announced at the June 10 Medicine Grand Rounds (12th Annual).
Established in 1995, the David E. Rogers Memorial Research Award encourages medical residents to continue their investigative research in internal medicine. Each year, senior medical residents submit research abstracts, and four finalists are chosen to present their work during medical grand rounds.
Dr. Lia Logio, Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program (Weill Department of Medicine), has been named President-Elect of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). The Weill Department of Medicine salutes Dr. Logio in recognition of her outstanding leadership in furthering the department's educational mission.
This award represents the 9th annual national competition for Housestaff GIM Research Awards, and aims to stimulate interest in academic GIM (general internal medicine) and recognize outstanding house officers who have the potential to become leaders in GIM-related research.
On January 28th, 2014, the Department of Medicine hosted the second annual QIPS Poster Session to share results of the many exciting projects conceived and led by DoM faculty and residents in the training program. Infrastructure for these projects is internally funded by the DoM, but the lion's share of the credit goes to the projects' principal investigators who devoted enormous effort to this work.
Dr. Michael G. Knight, one of our residents training in the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at NYP/WCM, was chosen as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. He is one of the last cohorts (2015) selected for inclusion in this prestigious and highly competitive clinical scholars program. His proposal submitted to the RWJF focuses on a faith-based diabetes prevention initiative.
Department of Medicine physicians have published a pivotal paper on patient care transitions in Academic Medicine. The study evaluated findings from a resident-staffed early post-discharge program. A goal of any academic medical center is to ensure a patient's safety after discharge from the hospital. This often includes visits and follow-up care at outpatient practices that are staffed by residents-in-training. However, residents may not always be comfortable managing patient care transition.
On June 6, 2013, the Internal Medicine Residency program celebrated the 2013 class of graduating residents at its annual banquet. Dr. Lia Logio, Vice Chair for Education and Residency Director, announced several awards for faculty and housestaff. Honored at the event were Dr. Lee Shearer, outgoing Chief Resident, and Dr. Brian Eiss, outgoing Quality Improvement Chief Resident.
