Dr. Leon Haley
Remembering Dr. Leon Haley
Before joining UF Health Jacksonville as CEO and Dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Dr. Haley was the Executive Associate Dean of the Emory School of Medicine (SOM), Deputy Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Grady Memorial Hospital, and Chief of Emergency Medicine Affairs. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Brown University and his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Haley’s footprint began in Emergency Medicine and his leadership within our department and Emory University’s School of Medicine, for almost 2 decades, cannot be underscored. He was a dear friend and mentor to many in the Emory University SOM Department of Emergency Medicine, and the countless residents, trainees and staff at Grady Memorial Hospital who benefitted from his council.
In 2021, the team was fortunate to spend time with him (virtually) through the Emory Department of Emergency Medicine’s Dr. Arthur Kellermann Grand Rounds Lecture. During the March 2021 lecture, Dr. Haley addressed the state of healthcare today, activities and interventions before and after medical care, environmental challenges, social determinates of health, and the roll of Emergency Medicine in all of this. The recording of his presentation can be seen here.
The American College of Emergency Physicians remembered Dr. Haley and celebrated his leadership. They noted, "Dr. Haley was particularly interested in health administration, operations and strategic management, and diversity as it relates to health care and emergency medicine."
Dr. Haley was a dear friend, collegue and leader. He will always be remembered in the Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine for his compassion, advocacy, clinical excellence, friendship, and professionalism.
Dr. Douglas Lowery-North
Remembering Dr. Douglas Lowery-North, 08PH
Doug was a charismatic teacher, mentor, leader, caring physician, father, husband, and friend. He impacted many careers through his devotion to inspiring future medical providers. His emphasis on individual professional and personal goals provided his trainees the understanding to balance all aspects of life. Doug was the first physician director of the Emory University Hospital Emergency Department in 1996 and was the director as the ED transitioned from a treatment room. In this role, he developed a model of care based on the patient and family. His insightful understanding and critical decision-making skills steered the department to success.
Dr. Lowery-North was a true mentor that, as Dr. Ric Martinez said, “made his life’s journey about supporting those around him.” Dr. Mike Ross remembers how, “he set a tone of friendship, innovation, and hope that still lingers. We are in a better place because of him.” Dr. Selin Caglar appreciated his mentorship and friendship from his first day at Emory. “Doug, to me, was a consummate giver. A soul stuffed full of positive energy, passion, charm, wit, and one of the most brilliant people I knew. He could read a room just as well as he could resuscitate. I always strived to make myself better because I felt like he believed in me.” Chris Stevens appreciated how Doug saw the importance of every member of the team. Dr. Brooks Moore remembered Doug “as a mentor and friend that always helped me reach for the stars. I always walked away from a lunch with him with a clearer head and a happy heart. I know I would not be where I am today without his guidance.” Dr. David Wright, EM’s Chair, said, “He was a dear friend and one of my most influential mentors. I owe much of my career and success to Doug, as do many in our department.”
Emory’s Department of Emergency Medicine honors Dr. Douglas Lowery-North’s legacy at Emory through the Dr. Lowery-North Mentorship Fund (DLN). This fund supports a Grand Rounds Lecture and a Mentor of the Year Award in memory of Dr. Lowery-North.
The Dr. Lowery-North Mentorship Fund is utilized for these purposes until exhausted:
- Grand Rounds Lecture: annual event with lecturer travel and honorarium expenses to help bring together the brightest minds and leaders in mentorship and/or education from the national and international stage
- Teaching Mentorship Award – celebrating the faculty member voted the most outstanding mentor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. This award will provide needed resources for the awardee to conduct meaningful mentorship activities with faculty, residents, and fellows
You can support the DLN Grand Rounds Lecture and Teaching Mentorship Award created in honor and memory of him here: https://momentum.emory.edu/project/21999
Dr. John Stone III
Remembering Dr. John Stone
John H. Stone III was a poet, musician, and physician that found joy spending time with his family, helping people, practicing medicine, and exploring the arts. John was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1936. He graduated from his hometown’s Millsaps College, received his MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and completed a residency in medicine and cardiology at the University of Rochester. He came to Emory for a fellowship in cardiology and then for nearly 40 years served as medical school faculty. He was a Professor, Associate Dean, and Director of Admissions for the School of Medicine.
Dr. Stone spent the first half of his career at Grady Memorial Hospital. While serving as the Director of Outpatient Clinics at Grady and as the Director of General Medicine, John oversaw the Medical Emergency and Surgical Emergency Clinics. During his day-to-day involvement with the MEC and SEC, John realized there was a compelling need for specialized training in the area of emergency medicine. At the time there were just three or four newly formed EM residency programs in the country. John contacted the directors of these programs for advice. Many phone conversations and in-person meetings followed over several months. Dr. David Wagner and Dr. Peter Rosen were involved in the discussions. In late 1972 and early 1973, John began floating the idea of a program to Emory, Grady, and Crawford Long. After a very long process and many meetings with hospital officials, department chairs, and Dean Arthur Richardson, the residency program was approved and the first two residents started their training at Grady in 1974. It was the 16th accredited residency program in the country. The program has since graduated over 600 residents (2022) rotating to five hospitals.
Dr. John Stone had a gift for teaching and inspiration and during his long career at Emory he made many contributions as a clinician, teacher, administrator, and poet. He wrote five books of poetry, a book of essays, and was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2007. He was once called “Emory’s poet laureate of medicine.” He also wrote the libretto for Canticles of Time, a choral symphony that won the Music Award of the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters. For his last 19 years as a faculty member at Emory, Dr. Stone was associate dean for the School of Medicine’s Admissions. Among his many honors at Emory, he received the school’s best clinical professor award several times and the Thomas Jefferson Award- the university’s top award for service, leadership, and achievement. This was one of the numerous scholarly honors he received from various schools.
Dr. Stone co-edited a 1978 book titled Principles and Practices of Emergency Medicine that was the first comprehensive textbook for EM. He created one of the first medical school courses combining literature and medicine and taught it at Emory and in Emory’s summer studies program at Oxford University. “On Doctoring: Stories, Poems, Essays” is the anthology of literature and medicine that he co-edited with Richard Reynolds, former executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This anthology was given to every U.S. medical student by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Arthur Kellermann, one of Dr. Stone’s former students and Emory EM physician, said, “Through…On Doctoring, John made tens of thousands of America’s medical students better human beings.”
Poet and doctor, he believed that medicine and literature are “intrinsically linked.” “He wore his self-described ‘double harness of medicine and literature’ easily, always ready to capture an image, the revealing power of simple moments, on the note cards he carried in his pocket. He believed that medical students must understand the importance of humanity in order to properly treat their patients.” Dr. William Eley 83M, said, “John turned out to be the ‘heart’ of our medical school. He was where we smiled, cried, rejoiced, and were comforted.”
The John Stone fund for Emergency Medicine was started in 2005 and included a bequest from John Stone to recognize and advance gifted educators in the Department. We are honored to have the John Stone Endowment within our department and the team is grateful to the John Stone family for the incredible support they have provided over the years.
The John Stone Endowment Fund was established by the Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine in 2012 in honor of Dr. Stone’s dedication and service to the Emory School of Medicine, our specialty, and the Emory Emergency Medicine’s Residency Training Program that he founded. The fund was developed to “support the Department of Emergency Medicine’s effort to educate and train … future generations of medical students and residents.”
Dr. John Stone has a legacy of mentorship within the School of Medicine and Emergency Medicine and we are thankful for the opportunity to honor his memory through four John Stone Awards. These awards include:
- The John Stone Invited Professorship
- John Stone Resident Teacher of the Year
- John Stone Medical Student Teacher of the Year
- John Stone Faculty Development Award
Dr. Andre Matthews, the 2022 Dr. John Stone Medical Student Teacher of the Year, said:
“I believe that the practice of medicine is an immensely personal experience. Outcomes are neither entirely predictable nor completely controllable, and they leave a deep impact both on our patients and ourselves. Dr. John Stone captured this perfectly in this spirit of his writings. I understand completely why “On Doctoring” by Dr. Stone and Dr. Richard Reynolds was the very first book given to us for discussion as new medical students at Yale, much before any of the ones containing science or statistics. I am incredibly and indescribably honored to have won such an award bearing his name.”
Historical accounts of his life:
- The Rose Library at Emory University has a collection on Dr. Stone that you can request to review
- http://whsc.emory.edu/home/publications/medicine/emory-medicine/summer2009/a-beautiful-life.html
- https://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2008/November/Nov17/JohnStoneTribute.htm
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/poetry-john-stone-md/2011-07