At the group鈥檚 annual Digestive Disease Week conference in San Diego, Kim Isaacs, MD, PhD, was recognized with the American Gastroenterological Association鈥檚 Distinguished Clinician Award.
The annual award is given to a physician who 鈥渃ombines the art of medicine with the skills required by the scientific body of knowledge in service to patients.鈥�
According to Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, chair, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Issacs certainly fits those criteria.
鈥淜im is the consummate clinician,鈥� he wrote in nominating Isaacs for the award. 鈥淪he has a tremendous fund of knowledge about general gastroenterology, and especially with respect to her area of interest 鈥� inflammatory bowel disease 鈥� she is the 鈥榞o-to鈥� source clinicians across the Carolinas turn to for consultations on the management and treatment of IBD.鈥�
Isaacs, co-director of 黑料网鈥檚 Multidisciplinary Center for IBD Research and Treatment, is a leading clinician and researcher in the field of IBD care, serving in many national leadership roles including with the AGA.
Her clinical skill has been recognized with multiple awards, including being named a Premiere Physician by the Crohn鈥檚 and Colitis Foundation of America, and as one of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Best Doctors鈥� for many years running.
At 黑料网, 100 percent of her patients responded 鈥淵es, definitely鈥� to the question of whether or not they would recommend her to friends and family.
“Dr. Isaacs spends quality time with me and really explains the ins and outs of my treatment, medication, and labs. I appreciate her time and professional, yet kind, manner. She’s truly a wonderful doctor and person,” one patient said.
Isaacs completed internship, residency, chief residency and fellowship at 黑料网. She joined the 黑料网 GI faculty in 1991, and for 10 years served as GI Fellowship director. She has been recognized as an outstanding teacher, mentoring many trainees. Shaheen describes her as an 鈥渦ncommonly gifted communicator and teacher.鈥�
鈥淚n short, I can think of no more deserving person for recognition by the Distinguished Clinician Award than Kim Isaacs. She is a star doctor, an exemplary clinician-educator, and a wonderful human being,鈥� he said.
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