This SOM tiered recognition program, established in 2021, bestows honor on FPM clinical faculty for their outstanding patient-centered contribution.
Past Award Recipients
Eminent Physician
Eminent Physicians provide exemplary clinical reputation, leadership in practice optimization, and often hold significant leadership positions in administration, teaching, and service. They have been FPM faculty for at least 12 years. This tier is intended to represent less than 10 percent of all SOM faculty.
- 2021 - Kimberly Curseen, MD (Division of Palliative Medicine)
Distinguished Physician
Distinguished Physicians provide outstanding clinical care, are current on new techniques, have expanded participation in citizenship and administration, and have been Emory FPM faculty for at least eight years.
- 2024 - Ashima Lal, MD (Division of Palliative Medicine)
- 2022 - Sharon Rabinovitz, MD (Division of Student Health Services)
- 2021 - Oguchi Nwosu, MD (Division of Family Medicine)
Senior Physician
Senior Physicians provide excellent clinical care, are current on new techniques, participate in citizenship and administrative activities, and have been Emory FPM faculty for at least four years.
2024
- Dan Bell, MD (Division of Palliative Medicine)
- Susan Kunihiro, MD (Division of Palliative Medicine)
- Jimi Malik, MD (Division of Palliative Medicine)
- Aparna Mark, MD (Division of Family Medicine)
- Meredith Maxwell, MD (Division of Palliative Medicine)
- Julie Mitchell, DO (Division of Palliative Medicine)
- Anu Murthy, MD (Division of Student Health Services)
2023
- James Jo, MD (Division of Family Medicine)
- Thien-Kim Le, MD (Division of Family Medicine)
- Lawson Marcevicz, MD (Divison of Palliative Medicine)
2022
- Javier Valle, MD, MPH (Division of Preventive Medicine)