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Excellence in Patient Care

We pride ourselves on providing an outstanding patient experience at all of our clinical sites. The faculty members below are recognized for high scores on patient satisfaction surveys.

Faculty member accepts award on stage with dean

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

These faculty members are recognized for achieving NRC patient experience survey scores of 97% or higher, during the period of August 2024 - June 2025.

Shruthi Arora
Pediatrics

Amirtha Chinnadurai 
Pediatrics

Kristina Cossen
 
Pediatrics

Megan Durham
 
Pediatrics

Cullen Dutmer
 
Pediatrics

Eric Felner
 
Pediatrics

Anthony Ferrantella 
Pediatrics

Roshan George 
Pediatrics

Holly Gooding 
Pediatrics

Daniel Hsia 
Pediatrics

Stephanie Jernigan
Pediatrics

Ajay Kasi 
Pediatrics

Sabina Kennedy 
Pediatrics

Gerald Lee 
Pediatrics

Andrew Lupo 
Pediatrics

Barbara Mcelhanon 
Pediatrics

David O'Banion 
Pediatrics

Rene Romero 
Pediatrics

Cary Sauer
Pediatrics

Samar Shah 
Pediatrics

Sheel Shah 
Pediatrics

Emory Healthcare

These faculty members achieved the 99th percentile for Press Ganey patient satisfaction scores within their respective specialty between August 2024 to July 2025. 

Harry M. Baddour Jr.
Otolaryngology

Laurence Balter
Medicine

Danielle Belva
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Penny Castellano
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Richard Danilkowicz
Orthopaedics

Thomas Edwards
Otolaryngology

Monica Giles
Medicine

Laura Gonzalez
Medicine

Adi Gundlapalli
Medicine

Anthony Hunter
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Michael Kraft
Family and Preventive Medicine

Karen Law
Medicine

Rachel Medbery
Surgery

Akanksha Mehta
Urology

Sara Radmard
Neurology

John F. Sweeney
Surgery

Frank Tong
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Mylin Torres
Radiation Oncology

Abhineet Uppal
Surgery

Joseph Vinson
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Grady Health System

From Q1 to Q2 of 2025, the following outpatient units have met or exceeded the target score for overall assessment and inpatient units have met or exceeded target score for “Communication with Doctors,” according to the Press Ganey Satisfaction Survey results for the Grady Health System. Faculty representatives have been selected to accept this award on behalf of their unit.

Inpatient Units

4A Mother/Baby: 
Nadi Kaonga
Gynecology and Obstetrics

4B Surgery: 
Kat Fay
Surgery

4J Family Birthing Center:
Therese Kirsch
Gynecology and Obstetrics

7A Neurology: 
Daniel Schachter
Neurology

7L Burn:
Laura Johnson
Surgery

9A Medical:
Shub Agrawal
Medicine

Mikhail Akbashev
Medicine

10 CD ICC Cardiology:
Sherri Bogard
Medicine

11 CD CHF Cardiology:
Christopher Hillhouse
Medicine

Outpatient Units

Asthma and Allergy:
Wendy Neveu
Medicine

Correll Gynecologic Oncology:
Sarah Dilley

Gynecology and Obstetrics

Correll Surgical Oncology:
Meredith Mason
Surgery

GI Specialty Procedure:
Nikrad Shahnavaz
Medicine

Lee and White Geriatrics:
Mariam Mati
Medicine

Neuroendovascular:
Jay Dolia

Neurology

Aqueel Pabaney
Neurosurgery

Jessica Vincent, NP

PreP Clinic – Ponce:
Meredith Lora
Medicine

Women’s Clinic – Ponce:
Caitlin Moran
Medicine

Awards and Distinctions
  • Faculty Recognitions Week
    • Adult Primary Care (APC) Site of the Year Award
    • 2025 Clinical Distinctions
    • Dean's Teaching Award
    • Distinguished Service Award
    • Emory 1% Award
    • Excellence in Patient Care
    • Excellence in Research Awards
    • Hidden Gems
    • Inclusive Excellence Award
    • Innovations in Clinical Care Award
    • Innovation for Impact Award
    • Lifetime Service and Leadership Award
    • MilliPub Club
    • Mentoring Award
    • Preceptor of the Year Award
    • 2025 Regional, National, and International Awards
    • 2025 Senior Promotions
    • Scientific Integrity Award
    • Site-Based Awards
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Emory at Grady Awards
  • Evangeline T. Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award
  • National Academy of Medicine
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • SOM Staff Awards