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Dean's Teaching Award

In 2000, Dean Thomas Lawley established the Emory University School of Medicine Dean’s Teaching Awards recognizing outstanding teaching and educational contributions to our medical students in four categories: outstanding teachers, outstanding courses or course directors, outstanding mentors and small group teachers, and special awards for outstanding contributions to teaching, creative teaching approaches, or other significant contributions.

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Recipients are nominated by colleagues and students and chosen by the Teaching Awards Committee for their dedication to medical student teaching and their many contributions as course directors and mentors.

Awardees

2024

  • Bhavin Adhyaru (medicine)
  • Daniel Dressler (medicine)
  • Jason Higdon (medicine)
  • Nisha Joseph (hematology and medical oncology)
  • Akanksha Mehta (urology)
  • Alaina Steck (emergency medicine)

2023

  • Catherine Albin, MD (Neurology)

  • Dimitri Cassimatis, MD (Medicine)

  • Tracey Henry, MD, MPH, MS (Medicine)

  • Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, MPA (Pediatrics)

  • Jeffrey Siegelman, MD (Emergency Medicine)

  • Jennifer Stever, MMSc (Anesthesiology)

2022

  • Olamide Alabi, MD (Surgery)

  • Lisa Flowers, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)

  • David Goldsmith, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)

  • Jason Liebzeit, MD (Emergency Medicine)

  • Eva Rimler, MD (Medicine)

2021

  • Tanvi Dhere, MD (Medicine)
  • Megan Henn, MD (Emergency Medicine)
  • Jonathan Meisel, MD (Surgery and Pediatrics)
  • Shivani Mukkamala, MD (Anesthesiology)
  • Tambre (Tami) Phillips, PT, DPT, MBA, NCS (Rehabilitation Medicine)
  • Anna Von, MD (Medicine)
  • Martha Ward, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)

The Recognitions Committee celebrated Educator Appreciation Day in May 2021!

2020

  • Alok Deshpande (Financial Wellness Educator, SmartPath Financial, CEO)
  • Charles Frederick Gillespie, MD, PhD (Psychiatry)
  • Michael H. Greenwald, MD (Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine)
  • Taylor  B. Harrison, MD (Neurology)
  • Meredith Lora, MD (Medicine)   
  • Viraj Master, MD, PhD (Urology)         
  • Varun K. Phadke, MD (Medicine)
  • Maria Citarella Russell, MD (Surgery)
  • Jennifer O. Spicer, MD, MPH (Medicine)

2019

  • Stephen Brandt, MD (Medicine)
  • Dimitri Cassimatis, MD (Medicine)
  • Victor Faundez, MD, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Jennifer Goedken, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • Michael Gottschalk, MD (Orthopaedics)
  • Dawn Moore, MMSc (Radiology and Imaging Sciences)
  • Richard Pittman, MD (Medicine)
  • Bijal Shah, MD (Emergency Medicine)

2018

  • Donald Batisky, MD (Pediatrics)
  • Lisa Bernstein, MD (Medicine)
  • Robert Gaynes, MD (Medicine)
  • David Goldsmith, MD (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
  • Bruce Greenfield, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine)
  • Mary Jo Lechowicz, MD (Hematology & Medical Oncology)
  • Robert McKeon, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Jason Schneider, MD (Medicine)

2017

  • Mary S. Dolan, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • Adriana P. Hermida, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
  • Marie A. Johanson, PhD, PT, OCS (Rehabilitation Medicine)
  • Kenneth H. Moberg, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Stewart Neill, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
  • J. Richard Pittman, MD (Medicine)
  • Ravi Rajani, MD (Surgery)
  • Parminder S. Suchdev, MD, MPH (Pediatrics)


2016

  • Sierra Beck, MD (Emergency Medicine)
  • Martha Burdette, BA, MA, PhD (Ben Franklin Academy)
  • Edward Morgan, PhD (Pharmacology)
  • Mark Mullins, MD (Radiology and Imaging Sciences)
  • Gaurav Patel, MD (Anesthesiology)
  • Jeffrey Rakofsky, MD (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
  • Eva Rimler, MD (Medicine)
  • Phillip Rogers, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine)

2015

  • Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, MS (Medicine)
  • Kathryn B. Garber, PhD (Human Genetics)
  • Karen Law, MD (Medicine)
  • Judson Miller, MD (Pediatrics)
  • David Pallas, PhD (Biochemistry)
  • Allan Platt, PA-C, MMSc (Family and Preventive Medicine)
  • Maureen Powers, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Jahnavi K. Srinivasan, MD (Surgery)

2014

  • Joanna Bonsall, MD (Medicine and Hospital Medicine)
  • Jada Bussey-Jones, MD (Medicine)
  • Eric Felner, MD, MSCR (Pediatrics)
  • Maura George, MD (Medicine)
  • Clifford Gunthel, MD (Medicine)
  • Joseph Hilinski, MD (Pediatrics)
  • Debra Houry, MD, MPH (Emergency Medicine)
  • Zoher Kapaso, PT, PhD, MD (Rehabilitation Medicine)
  • Brian Kogon, MD (Surgery)
  • Andrew Kowalczyk, MD (Cell Biology)

2013

  • Keith Delman, MD (Surgery)
  • Joel Felner, MD (Medicine)
  • Mary Jo Lechowicz, MD (Hematology and  Oncology)
  • Wylie Nichols, PhD (Physiology)
  • Richard Pittman, MD (Medicine and General Medicine)
  • Shanthi Srinivasan, MD (Medicine)
  • Ram Subramanian, MD (Medicine)
  • Joshua Wallenstein, MD (Emergency Medicine)

2011

  • Nathan Flacker, MD (Medicine)
  • Sheryl Heron, MD MPH (Emergency Medicine)
  • Jarrar Kahn, MD (Neurology)
  • Patricia Nichols, BSc (Rehab Medicine)
  • Barbara Pettitt, MD (Surgery)
  • Louis Rapkin, MD (Pediatrics)
  • David Schulman, MD, MPH (Medicine)
  • Stefan Tigges, MD (Radiology)

2010

  • Emily Herndon, MD (Family and Preventive Medicine)
  • Virginia Joslin, MPH, PA-C (Physicians Assistant Program)
  • Raymond Kotwicki, MD, MPH (Psychiatry)
  • Maureen Powers, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Shanthi Sitaraman, MD, PhD (Medicine)
  • Joseph Snitzer, MD (Pediatrics)
  • Laurence Sperling, MD (Medicine)
  • Neil Winawer, MD (Medicine)

2008

  • Erica Brownfield, MD (Medicine)
  • Victor Faundez, MD, PhD (Cell Biology)  
  • Nicolas Krawiecki, MD (Pediatrics)
  • Kimberly Manning, MD (Medicine)
  • Sankhavaram “Pani” Panini, PhD (Biochemistry)
  • Douglas Parker, MD (Pathology)
  • Winfield Sale, PhD (Cell Biology)

2007

  • Lisa Bernstein, MD (Medicine)
  • Gordon Churchward, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
  • Lisa Flowers, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • Jane Gilmore, MD (Neurology)
  • C. Michael Hart, MD (Medicine and Pulmonary)
  • Fernando Holguin, MD (Medicine)
  • Michael M. Johns, III, MD (Otolaryngology)
  • David Pallas, PhD (Biochemistry)
  • Tammie Quest, MD (Emergency Medicine)
  • Karl Saxe, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • C. Whitaker Sewell, MD (Pathology)

2004

  • Douglas S. Ander, MD (Emergency Medicine)
  • Howard Frumkin, MD, Dr PH (Environmental Health (SPH))
  • Randy A. Hall, PhD (Pharmacology)
  • Joshy Jacob, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
  • David Lloyd, MD (Pediatrics)
  • Bhagirath Majmudar, MD (Pathology)
  • Nancy J. Newman, MD (Ophthalmology and Neurology)

2003

  • Henry Blumberg, MD (Medicine and Infectious Diseases)
  • Karen Drexler, MD (Psychiatry)
  • Jane Gilmore, MD (Neurology)
  • Katherine Heilpern, MD (Emergency Medicine)
  • Eric Honig, MD (Medicine and Pulmonology)
  • Linton Hopkins, MD (Neurology)
  • Kathy Kinlaw, MDiv (Ethics Center)
  • Ken Minneman, PhD (Pharmacology)
  • Bryan Noe, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Shanthi Sitaraman, MD, PhD (Medicine and Digestive Diseases)
  • Kirk Ziegler, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)

2002

  • April Barbour, MD (Medicine)
  • Erica Brownfield, MD (Medicine and General Medicine)
  • Gordon Churchward, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
  • David Feliciano, MD (Surgery)
  • Jennifer Goedken, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • Jodi Guest, PhD (Family and Preventive Medicine)
  • Neil Lamb, PhD (Human Genetics)
  • Douglas Lowery, MD (Emergency Medicine)
  • Winfield Sale, PhD (Cell Biology)
  • Cyril Spann, MD (Gynecology and Obstetrics)

2001

  • Lisa Bernstein, MD (Medicine and General Medicine)
  • Gene Branum, MD (Surgery)
  • Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD (Medicine and General Medicine)
  • James Eckman, MD (Hematology and Oncology)
  • Nancy Fajman, MD (Pediatrics)
  • Linda Gooding, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
  • J. Willis Hurst, MD (special award) (Medicine)
  • Joseph Kinkade, PhD, MPH (Biochemistry)
  • John Louis-Ugbo, MD (Orthopedic Surgery)
  • Michael Lubin, MD (Medicine and General Medicine)
  • William McDonald, MD (Medicine)
  • Daniel Reines, PhD (Biochemistry)
  • Phillip Rogers, MD (Family and Preventative Medicine)
  • Charles Saxe, MD (Cell Biology)
  • Whit Sewell, MD (Pathology)
  • William Shafer, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
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