Honors: Jing (Jason) Wu, PhD, from Nephrology, was elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association, conferred by the Council on Hypertension.

Awards: Suma Prakash, MD, from Nephrology, earned a UR CTSI Pilot Award for her project "Understanding the kidney replacement therapy decision-making process."

Publication: Tetsuro Maeda, MD, a Pulmonary fellow, Sandhya Khurana, MD, and Michael Nead, MD, PhD, from Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, are co-authors of "Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosed During Endobronchial Ultrasound in a Patient With Major Trauma," published in Cureus.

Publication: William Archibald, MD, a Hematology/Oncology fellow, and Clive Zent, MD, from Hematology/Oncology, are authors of "The role of splenectomy in management of splenic B-cell lymphomas," published in Leukemia Research.

In the News: Sonal Munsiff, MD, from Infectious Diseases, is a featured expert in the article "Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections May Be More Common Than You Realize," published in Infectious Disease: Special Edition.

In the News: Clare Park, DO, has a featured profile in "Hospitalist Volunteers Give Back to Their Communities," published in The Hospitalist.

DOM Survey: Scholarly Review Activity

Our Research Leadership and Administration team is looking to capture the scholarly review activity in the department to learn about all the great work of our colleagues. We kindly ask that you complete this survey, no later than Friday, April 28. The survey will take no more than five minutes to complete. Your response is appreciated, as this will help us to support and move research forward in the department of Medicine.

Thank you,
Laura Calvi, Vice-Chair for Basic and Translational Science
Valentina Kutyifa, Vice-Chair for Clinical Research
Stefanie Fingler, Research Program Administrator

Youngrin Kim, MD, from Highland Hospital, earned an RBJ Health Care Hero Award. Highland shared a great tweet to celebrate their winners! (Full magazine: Kim's profile on page 27.)

Daniel Mendelson, MS, MD, from Geriatrics & Aging, was honored with the Carter Catlett Williams Award for Excellence in Aging or Long-term Care Services. One highlight of Lifespan's annual Celebration of Aging event was meeting famed footballer Jim Kelly.

On May 17, SMD Dean Mark Taubman will host an event that honors named professorships and celebrates mentorship awards. Thomas Caprio, MD, from Geriatrics & Aging, earned the Faculty Academic Mentoring Award, and Carla Casulo, MD, from Hematology/Oncology, earned the Trainee Academic Mentoring Award in Clinical Programs.