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49 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
Atlanta, GA 30303Phone+1 404-778-1618
Summary
- Dr. Lorenzo Di Francesco is an internal medicine specialist based in Atlanta, GA, with a focus on hospital medicine. He completed his medical education and residency at Emory University School of Medicine and holds a BS in Kinesiology/Microbiology from UCLA. He serves in multiple roles at Emory University School of Medicine including Director of Distinction in Medical Innovation and Distinction in POCUS for the IM residency program and serves as an Associate Chief of Service in the Department of Medicine at Grady Memorial hospital. Dr. Di Francesco has expertise in acute care conditions such as community acquired pneumonia and bedside diagnostic point-of-care ultrasonography. His research in medical education, hospital medicine and technology has been published in various medical journals, and he has received numerous local and national teaching awards, recognizing his exceptional contributions to medical education.
Education & Training
- Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
- Emory University School of MedicineClass of 1993
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)BS, Kinesiology/Microbiology, 1985 - 1989
Certifications & Licensure
- GA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Division of General Medicine Best Inpatient Attending 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2023
- Department of Medicine Clinical Distinctions Program - Master Clinician designation Emory Department of Medicine, 2018
- Juha P. Kokko Teaching Award 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2016-2017
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 14 citationsDetection of pathological mechano-acoustic signatures using precision accelerometer contact microphones in patients with pulmonary disorders.Pranav Gupta, Haoran Wen, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Farrokh Ayazi
Scientific Reports. 2021-06-28 - 13 citationsPatient Recall of Health Care Provider Counseling for Opioid‐Acetaminophen PrescriptionsDanielle M. McCarthy, Kenzie A. Cameron, Jennifer P. King, Rebecca J. Mullen, Stacy Cooper Bailey
Pain Medicine. 2014-10-01 - 67 citationsRisk of Unintentional Overdose with Non-Prescription Acetaminophen ProductsMichael S. Wolf, Jennifer P. King, Kara L. Jacobson, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Stacy Cooper Bailey
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2012-05-26
Journal Articles
- Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour RulesJeffrey H. Silber, M.D., Ph.D., Lisa M. Bellini, M.D., Judy A. Shea, Ph.D., Sanjay V. Desai, M.D., David F. Dinges, Ph.D., Mathias Basner, M.D., Ph.D., Orit Even‑Shosh..., NEJM, 3/7/2019
- Education Outcomes in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal MedicineS.V. Desai, D.A. Asch, L.M. Bellini, K.H. Chaiyachati, M. Liu, A.L. Sternberg, J. Tonascia, A.M. Yeager, J.M. Asch, J.T. Katz, M. Basner, D.W. Bates, K.Y. Bilimoria, D..., NEJM, 4/19/2018
- Risk of Unintentional Overdose with Non-Prescription Acetaminophen Products.Michael S. Wolf, PhD MPH, Jennifer King, MPH1, Kara Jacobson, MPH, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Stacy Cooper Bailey, MPH, Rebecca Mullen, BA,Danielle McCarthy, MD, Marina..., J Gen Intern Med, 2012
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- A Hard Secretion to Swallow: Pharyngeal deposits in a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy-Dependent PatientFink, J., Brooks, C., Di Francesco, L., Southern Society of Hospital Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/2023
- Systemic Infection with a Chance for Systemic ImprovementKatharine Rainer, Nicole Cardoso Dragna MD, John Bloch MD, MPH, Lorenzo Di Francesco MD, FACP, FHM, Emory University Department of Medicine Health Equity Day, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/11/2021
- “Monit-Air” Project & Poster Presentation -Lung monitoring harness for evaluation of lung soundsZahra Mousavi Karimi, Katelynn Phang, Matthew Levy, Abigail Schuyler, Franco Zapata, Lorenzo Di Francesco (clinical mentor), GT/Emory BME Senior Capstone Project Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, 11/2020
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Lectures
- Strategies for Successful Inpatient Attendings: The Medicine Perspective. Learning To Be Better Teachers.EUSM Atlanta, Georgia, 2005, 2006, 2009-2011
- Advances and Controversies in Community Acquired Pneumonia.Southern Society of Hospital Medicine, Regional Meeting 2012 Atlanta, Georgia - 10/27/2012
- Skills Workshop for the Teaching Attending Panel Member.EUSM Faculty Development Day Atlanta, Georgia - 5/16/2012
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Other
- The Strategy for Off-Site Rapid Triage (SORT™) and Real-time Epidemiological Assessment for Community Health (REACH™) materials were created and developed at Emory Uni...Alexander Isakov, Arthur Kellermann, Ruth Parker, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Kara Jacobson
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Professional Memberships
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