Jorge Henao-Mejia, MD, PhD, is the 2019 recipient of the Michael S. Brown New Investigator Research Award from the Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence. The distinguished recipients of the Awards of Excellence exemplify the profession's highest values of scholarship, teaching, innovation, commitment to service, leadership, professionalism and dedication to patient care. They epitomize the preeminence and impact Penn Medicine strives to achieve. Each recipient was chosen by a committee of distinguished faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine or the University of Pennsylvania. The contributions of these clinicians and scientists exemplify the outstanding quality of patient care, mentoring, research, and teaching of our world-class faculty.