This is not an inclusive list and only includes awards submitted to the Recognitions Committee by Department Chairs.
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Susana Alfonso, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine) - President, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
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Ahmed Babiker, MD (Medicine) - Member of Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines Subcommittee, American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
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Martina Badell, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - COVID Task Force, Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
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Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
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Eliot Blum, MD (Emergency Medicine) - Chair of LGBTQIA+ Committee, Society of Academic Emergency (SAEM)
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Heather Bonilha, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Fellow, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Kyle Bradley, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair of Hematology Cluster, College of American Pathologists Council on Scientific Affairs; Chair, Hematopathology Committee, College of American Pathologists
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Penny Castellano, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Member of Group on Faculty Practice Steering Committee, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
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Sarah Caston, DPT (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Emerging Educator Award, American Council of Academic Physical Therapy
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Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) - Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Max Cooper, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
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Robert Cotes, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - 2022 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Sushma Cribbs, MD (Medicine) - Presidential Commendation, American Thoracic Society
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Salma de la Feld, MD (Dermatology) - Board of Directors, American Contact Dermatitis Society
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Carlos del Rio, MD (Medicine) - Elected, American Academy of Arts and Science and President, Infectious Disease Society of America
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Stephanie Drew, DMD (Surgery) - President, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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Christine Dunham, PhD (Biochemistry) - Fellow, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
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Gregory Esper, MD (Neurology) - Chair of Health Services Research Subcommittee, American Academy of Neurology
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Edee Field-Fote, DPT, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - The Anne Shumway-Cook Lectureship, American Physical Therapy Association; The Mary McMillan Lecture Award, American Physical Therapy Association
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George Fulk, PT, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Editor in Chief, Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
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Rodolfo Galindo, MD, (Medicine) - Rising Star Award, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
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Laura Gilbertson, MD (Anesthesiology) - Executive Leadership Board, North American Pediatric Spine Association
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Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH (Emergency Medicine) - Secretary, National Medical Association EM Section and Subcommittee Co-Chair of Equity and Inclusion Committee, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
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Joanna Goldberg, PhD (Pediatrics) - Elected At-Large Board of Directors, American Society for Microbiology
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Robert Gross, MD, PhD (Neurosurgery) - Medical Student Teaching Award, Society of Neurological Surgeons; Roy Bakay Memorial Research Award, American Society of Neural Therapy and Repair
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Tracey Henry, MD, MPH (Medicine) - National Chair of the Council of Early Career Physicians, American College of Physicians
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Adriana Hermida, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - President, International Society of ECT and Neurostimulation
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McKenzie Hollon, MD (Anesthesiology) - National Point of Care Ultrasound Project Co-Director, American Society of Anesthesiologists
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Adriana Ioachimescu, MD, PhD (Neurosurgery) - Annual Program Chair, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
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Hanjoong Jo, PhD (Biomedical Engineering) - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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William Jordan, MD (Surgery) - President, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
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Rishi Kamaleswaran, PhD (Biomedical Informatics) - Appointed Vice Chair of Discovery Data, Outcomes, and Definitions Workgroup, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
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Saul Karpen, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) - Elected Councilor, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Sachin Kedar, MD (Ophthalmology) - Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" Award for Program Director Excellence, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
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Brent Keeling, MD (Surgery) - President, Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Consortium
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Alexander Kendall, MPAS, PA-C (Family and Preventive Medicine) - Faculty of the Year, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants
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Kathy Kinlaw, Mdiv (Pediatrics) - Donna Glass Non-Physician Distinguished Service Award 2021, Medical Association of Georgia
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Adam Klein, MD (Otolaryngology) - 2021 Gerald Gussack Award, Georgia Society of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
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Gagan Kooner, MD (Pediatrics) - 2021 Mike Koran Scholar Award, Society of Pediatric Urgent Care
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Colleen Kraft, MD (Medicine) - President, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
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Loren Krueger, MD (Dermatology) - Board of Directors Co-Chair, Skin of Color Society; Diversity in Action Task Force, Skin of Color Society
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Colonel Julio Lairet, DO (Emergency Medicine) - Legion of Merit, US Air Force and AAir National Guard
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Joshua Levy, MD (Otolaryngology) - Appointed Chair of Section on Allergy and Immunology, American Rhinological Society (ARS)
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Hong Li, MD, PhD (Human Genetics) - Co-Chair, State of Georgia Newborn Screening Advisory Committee; Education Committee Chair, The Association of Chinese Geneticists in America (ACGA)
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Albert Losken, MD (Surgery) - President, Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
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Anant Mandawat, MD (Medicine) - Cardiol-oncology Center of Excellence Status, International Cardio-oncology Society
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Vince Marconi, MD (Medicine) - Elected Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Nichole McIntosh, MD (Anesthesiology) - Chief Anesthesiology Consultant, VA Healthcare System VISN7
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Akanksha Mehta, MD (Urology) - Member at Large of Board of Directors, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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Shivani Mukkamala, MD (Anesthesiology) - Board of Directors, American Medical Women's Association Ignite Initiative
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Yuko Nakajima, MD (Emergency Medicine) - President, Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MFS) Japan
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Edjah Nduom, MD (Neurosurgery) - Chair of the Resident Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons; Member-at-Large Executive Committee, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
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Andrew Neish, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair, NIH DHMI Study Section
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Mary (Mimi) Newell, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - President, Georgia Radiological Society
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Nancy Newman, MD (Ophthalmology) - Top Science Honor, Science Committee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
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Gina Northington, MD, PhD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Elected Board of Directors, American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS)
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David O'Banion, MD (Pediatrics) - Young Physician of the Year Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Georgia Chapter
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Jacquelyn O'Banion, MD (Ophthalmology) - Secretariat Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
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Laura Oh, MD (Emergency Medicine) - ACEP Representative, ACGME Workforce of the Future Taskforce; Course Director, Virtual Grand Rounds, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP); Representative, ABEM Three-Year Review of the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (EM Model) Task Force, ACEP
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George Painter, PhD (Pharmacology and Chemical Biology) - 2022 Gertrude Elion Memorial Award, International Society of Antiviral Research
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Mihir Patel, MD (Otolaryngology) - Editor in Chief, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (ORL)
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Suzanne Penna, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) - Associate Editor, Neurosurgery; President, Association for Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology (AITCN); Treasurer of Board of Directors, Association for Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology
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Dan Perrien, PhD (Medicine) - Elected to the Board of Directors, Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM)
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Varun Phadke, MD (Medicine) - Chief Medical Editor, Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) COVID-19 Real-Time Learning Network
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Ingrid Pinzon, MD (Medicine) - Excellence in Humanitarian Services Award, Society of Hospital Medicine
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Brenda Poindexter, MD (Pediatrics) - Chair of the Leadership Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Women in Neonatology Group, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Stephanie Pouch, MD (Medicine) - Chair of ID Professional Community, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT); Vice Chair of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
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Meena Prasad, MD (Medicine) - Chair of IBD Subcommittee 2022, National VA Gastroenterology Field; Member of Advisory Board, National VA Gastroenterology Field
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Susan Primo, OD (Ophthalmology) - Co-Chair of Advisory Committee, Center for Visions and Population Health, Prevent Blindness
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Cassie Quave, PhD (Dermatology) - 2021 American Botanical Council, James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award 2022; 2022 Herbal Insight Award. American Herbal Products Association (AHPA); Chair of Bylaws and Protocol Committee, Society for Economic Botany
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Tammie Quest, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine) - Richard Payne Outstanding Achievement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Sandra Reed, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Appointed Board of Directors, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Michelle Reid, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Co-Chair of Membership Committee, Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology; Vice President, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society; Vice President of DEI Committee, American Society of Cytopathology
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Barbara Rothbaum, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
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Jeff Sands, MD (Medicine) - Homer W. Smith Award, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
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Jason Schneider, MD (Medicine) - 2022 AMA Excellence in LGTBQ Health Award, American Medical Association (AMA)
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David Schulman, MD, MPH (Medicine) - Master Educator Award, CHEST; President, CHEST
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David Schuster, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Presidential Distinguished Service Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)
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Anandi Sheth, MD (Medicine) - Member of Perinatal Guidelines Panel, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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Stephen Simoneaux, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - President, Society for Pediatric Radiology
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Rani Singh, PhD (Human Genetics) - Chair of Evidence-Based Review Subcommittee for International Guidelines for Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders
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Tricia Smith, MD, MPH (Emergency Medicine) - William Speight, Jr Award and Invited Clinical Lecturer, National Medical Association Conference
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Nancy Sokkary, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics) - Program Chair, North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG)'s 2022 Annual Clinical and research Meeting
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Arthur Stillman, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences) - Lifetime Service Award, American Board of Radiology (ABR)
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N. Wendell Todd, MD (Otolaryngology) - Leila D. Denmark Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021, Georgia Chair of American Academy of Pediatrics
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David Vega, MD (Surgery) - Lifetime Service Honoree, Georgia Transplant Foundation
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Jill Ward, PhD (Cell Biology) - R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology, American Association of Anatomy
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Martha Ward, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - President, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry
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Dan Wechsler, MD, PhD (Pediatrics) - Appointed Chair of the ABP Subboard of Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics
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Nanette Wenger, MD (Medicine) - Lifetime Achievement Award, American College of Cardiology; Newly Endowed Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Distinguished Professorship for Women's Heat Health Research, American College of Cardiology
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Sarah Wise, MD (Otolaryngology) - President, American Rhinological Society (ARS)
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Tim Yoon, MD, PhD (Orthopaedics) - Chair of International Degenerative Knowledge Forum, AO Spine
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Larry Young, PhD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) - Chair, NIH Study Section The Neurobiology of Motivated Behaviors
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Linsheng Zhang, MD, PhD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) - Chair of Education Committee, Chinese American Pathology Association (CAPA); Member of Executive Committee, Chinese American Pathology Association (CAPA); President Award, Chinese American Pathology Association (CAPA)