In 2015, the Emory School of Medicine Recognitions Committee instituted the Hidden Gem award. These FPM faculty members were nominated in recognition of their outstanding, but often unrecognized, contributions to Emory or beyond.
Pictured below: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Chair Dr. Ted Johnson and 2025 Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine Hidden Gem Awardee Dr. Jimi S. Malik, Division of Palliative Medicine
Past Award Recipients
2025 - Jimi S. Malik (Palliative Medicine)
2024 - Sarah Dupont, MD, MPH (Preventive Medicine)
2023 - José M. Villalón-Gómez, MD, MPH (Family Medicine)
2022 - Veketa Smith, MMSc, MPH, PA-C (Physician Assistant Program)
2021 - Sharon Rabinovitz, MD (Student Health Services)
2020 - Joanne Kuntz, MD (Palliative Medicine)
2019 - Matthew McKenna, MD, MPH (Preventive Medicine)
2018 - James Jo, MD (Family Medicine)
2017 - Megha Shah, MD (Family Medicine)
2016 - Oguchi Nwosu, MD (Family Medicine)
2015 - Isabel Lowell, MD (Family Medicine)