AAA&S Honor

Paul Rothman, M.D., dean of the medical faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine,
has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1780, the academy is one of the country’s oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers.

Hall of Famer

Patricia (Patty) M.C. Brown, J.D., senior vice president, Managed Care and Population Health; president, Johns Hopkins HealthCare; and senior counsel for the Johns Hopkins Health System, has been inducted into the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame.

New Vice Dean

Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D., professor of medical discovery in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named vice dean for basic research for the school of medicine. She will focus on implementation of the Fundamental Science Task Force’s recent findings that identified five principal areas on which Johns Hopkins researchers should focus.

NAS Honorees

Stephen Baylin, M.D., professor of oncology and medicine, co-director of the Cancer Biology Division, and associate director for research programs at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center; and Robert Siliciano, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and an investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

AAP Accolades

Six Johns Hopkins physicians have been elected to the Association of American Physicians for their achievements in the pursuit of medical knowledge. The honors were bestowed on Stephen Baylin, M.D., professor of oncology and medicine, co-director of the Cancer Biology Division, and associate director for research programs at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center; Peter Calabresi, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Division of Neuroimmunology; Larry Cutting, M.D., professor of pediatrics and medicine; Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., professor of endocrinology and metabolism and executive vice director of the Department of Medicine; Frank Giardiello, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Colorectal Cancer Registry and Risk Assessment Clinic; and Justin McArthur, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., professor and director of the Department of Neurology.

New Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director

James Potash, M.D., M.P.H., has been chosen as the new Henry Phipps Professor and director of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. A 1993 graduate of the school of medicine and former faculty member, Potash returns to Hopkins after serving as head of the psychiatry department at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

New Cardiac Surgery Chief

Jennifer Lawton, M.D., professor of surgery, has been appointed the new chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery, becoming the first woman to hold that position. Previously, Lawton, who specializes in adult cardiac surgery, was associate chief of the division. She is also director of the Cardiac Surgery Research Laboratory.

Interim AAM Director

Corinne Sandone, M.A., C.M.I., associate professor of art as applied to medicine, has been appointed interim director of the department, succeeding Gary Lees, M.S., C.M.I., F.A.M.I., who is stepping down after 34 years at the department’s helm. He will remain on the full-time faculty. Sandone has been director of the department’s graduate program since 2013.

Hartwell Foundation Awards

Samuel Alaish, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, specializing in pediatric surgery, and Jill Fahrner, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, have each received a 2016 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. The awards provide three years of $100,000 support per year to foster their research.

Quality and Efficiency Recognition

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has been recognized by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation for the examples of patient safety and cost control initiatives it submitted to the foundation’s “Costs of Care—Creating Value Challenge.”

EAST BALTIMORE

Henry Brem, M.D., professor, director of the Department of Neurosurgery, and neurosurgeon-in- chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, has received the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring. The award is accompanied by a $5,000 honorarium.

Alan Cohen, M.D., professor and chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, has won first prize in the Prose Awards, given by the Association of American Publishers, for his book, Pediatric Neurosurgery: Tricks of the Trade.

Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology and orthopaedic surgery and director of the Translational Tissue Engineering Center at the Wilmer Eye Institute and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO).

Paul Fuchs, Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and co-director of the Center for Sensory Biology, will serve a two-year term as chair of the National Institutes of Health’s Auditory System Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review.

Charlene Gamaldo, M.D., associate professor of neurology, medicine and psychiatry, as well as medical director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep at Howard County General Hospital, has become a member of the American Academy of Neurology board of directors.

Elizabeth Jaffee, M.D., professor and deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, as well as of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, has been named president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Jaffee will begin a one-year term as head of the AACR in 2018.

Rita Rastogi Kalyani, M.D., M.H.S., associate professor of medicine and editor-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, has been named one of the “Top 100 Women in Maryland” by The Daily Record, the state’s legal and business newspaper.

Reza Sedighi Manesh, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received the 2017-2019 Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellowship in Clinical Translation. The $50,000 fellowship is bestowed by the New York Academy of Medicine, in collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Daniel O’Connor, Ph.D., assistant professor of neuroscience, has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Linda Regan, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, has been appointed as the first vice chair of education for the Department of Emergency Medicine. A 10-year veteran of the department, Regan will oversee the department’s education programs and faculty development related to education.

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Kathleen Allenbaugh, M.A., a communications, fundraising and media relations veteran, has been named senior director for consumer and physician engagement for the National Capital Region. She will work with executive and clinical leadership at Suburban Hospital and Sibley Memorial Hospital.

SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Jonathan Forsberg, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery and a professor in the Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, has been awardedthe 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

SUBURBAN HOSPITAL

Chris Granacagnolo, M.S., has become senior director of human resources.

Thomas Matthew, M.D., has been appointed director of the cardiothoracic surgery program. He was previously co-director of the cardiovascular service line at the Colorado Health Medical Group.

Jacqueline “Jacky” Schultz, R.N., M.S.N., C.N.A.A., president of Suburban Hospital, has been named the 2017 “Shining Star” recipient by Montgomery Women, a group that encourages women to achieve their professional potential and become Montgomery County leaders.