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I’m proud to serve as Chair for a department uniquely qualified to provide comprehensive team-based primary care services, interdisciplinary health professional education, and community-based research in the metro Atlanta area. Full letter from ChairOur Department faculty are dedicated to caring for a diverse patient population in a variety of settings, improving the health of patients and families through cutting-edge research, and educating learners. We train: Students (medicine, physician assistant, nursing) Residents (family medicine, public health and general preventive medicine) Fellows (hospice and palliative medicine, public health and general preventive medicine) Faculty and Staff Development Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Community Engagement News Divisions and ProgramsDivisions and Programs Family Medicine Palliative Medicine Physician Assistant Program Preventive Medicine Primary Care Consortium Student Health Undergraduate Medical Education Research Department of Family and Preventive MedicineToggle Menu Toggle Toggle Welcome from Chair Mission, Vision and Values Faculty and Staff Directory Community Service Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Department History Events News Faculty Development Excellence to Eminence Employment Opportunities Divisions and Programs Toggle Menu Toggle Toggle Family Medicine Palliative Medicine Physician Assistant Program Preventive Medicine Medical Student Programs in Family Medicine Student Health Services Emory Primary Care Consortium Education and Training Toggle Menu Toggle Toggle Family Medicine Residency Palliative Care Education Physician Assistant Education Preventive Medicine Residency Undergraduate Education Programs Continuing Medical Education Office Clinical Training Sites Living in Atlanta Patient Care Toggle Menu Toggle Toggle Become a Patient Research Toggle Menu Toggle Toggle Meet our Researchers Currently Funded Projects Research Teams and Labs Support Our Programs Faculty Directory DFPM Intranet Department Contacts Department Chair Theodore "Ted" Johnson II, MD, MPH Vice Chair for Faculty Development Lynn O’Neill, MD , MS, FAAHPM Vice Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Kimberly Curseen, MD Vice Chair for Research Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MSc, MBA Department Administrator Jason Freiji, MBA twitter twitter linkedin linkedin youtube youtube Support Our Programs News Highlights More NewsNews Highlights More News Kavalieratos will lead $3.1M CF project April 2024 Dr. Dio Kavalieratos , Director of Research and Quality for the Division of Palliative Medicine, will lead a new 5-year, $3.1 million study titled "Patient-Centered Understanding of Quality of Life, Symptoms, and Health Equity in Cystic Fibrosis (PULSE-CF)." Dr. Susana Alfonso named one of 50 Most Influential Latinos in GA September 2023 Dr. Susana Alfonso , Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Medical Director of the Emory PA Program, was named one of the 50 most influential Latinos in Georgia and honored at an event hosted by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GHCC). Dr. Sara Turbow named Program Director September 2023 Sara Turbow, MD, MPH is the new program director for the Emory Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship Program . Dr. Turbow is an associate professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine and in the Division of General Internal Medicine (Department of Medicine). She has served as the associate program director since 2020 and is a core faculty member and director of the didactic curriculum for the Emory Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship Program. She is an attending at the Grady Primary Care Center. Recent Prev Med alum leads DeKalb Co. Health Dept. August 2023 As the COVID-19-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, DeKalb County, Georgia’s 4th most populous county, counted on the director who had been there for 15 years. When that director...