Excellence in Education Award

Each year the Department of Medicine honors faculty with Excellence in Education Awards.

This annual initiative recognizes one faculty member in each division for excellence in medical education, outstanding leadership, and commitment to the education of fellows, residents, and students.

Annual award is determined by Division leadership. 

2023 Award Recipients

Division Name
Cardiology Anita Kelsey
Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition Nicole Jalesoff
Gastroenterology Cecilia Zhang
General Internal Medicine Bruce Peyser
Geriatrics Serena Wong
Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy Danielle Brander
Hematology Gowthami Arepally
Hospital Medicine Colby Feeney
Infectious Diseases Julia Messina
Nephrology Kimberly Evans
Medical Oncology Hope Uronis
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Alyssa Soskis
Rheumatology and Immunology Ankoor Shah

2022 Award Recipients

Division Name
Cardiology Nishant Shah
Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition Matthew Crowley
Gastroenterology Josh Spaete
General Internal Medicine Anne Phelps
Geriatrics Neema Sharda
Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy Andrea Sitlinger
Hematology Toyosi Onwuemene
Infectious Diseases Nicholas Turner
Nephrology Harpreet Singh
Medical Oncology Rich Riedel
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Lake Morrison
Rheumatology and Immunology David Leverenz
Hospital Medicine Jenny Van Kirk

2020 Award Recipients

Division Name
Cardiology Rob Harrison
Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition Jennifer Perkins
Gastroenterology Lindsay King
General Internal Medicine Fatima Syed
Geriatrics Jack Twersky
Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy Carlos DeCastro
Hematology Gow Arepally
Infectious Diseases Libby Dodds-Ashley
Nephrology Matt Ellis
Medical Oncology Ivy Altomare
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Stephen Bergin
Rheumatology and Immunology Nancy Allen
Hospital Medicine Nilesh Patel

2019 Award Recipients

Division Name
Cardiology Andrew Wang
Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition Jenniver Rowell
Gastroenterology Darshan Kothari
General Internal Medicine David Edelman
Geriatrics Laura Previll
Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy Christina Gasparetto
Hematology Ara Metjian
Infectious Diseases Richard Drew
Medical Oncology David Hsu
Nephrology Scott Sanoff
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Timothy Scialla (JR) and Terry Fortin (SR)
Rheumatology Nancy Allen
Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine Susanne Haga
Hospital Medicine Nadia Pasha

2018 Award Recipients

Name Division
Murat Arcasoy Hematology
David Caldwell Rheumatology and Immunology
Matt Crowley Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition
Talal Dahhan Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Tom Gehrig Cardiology
Liza Genao Geriatrics
Elizabeth Hankollari General Internal Medicine
Patrick Hemming General Internal Medicine
Peter Kussin Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Gwynn Long Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Micah McClain Infectious Diseases
Megan McNamara Medical Oncology
Jane Onken Gastroenterology
David Ortiz Melo Nephrology

2017 Award Recipients 

Name Division
Sara Ahmadi Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Murat Arcasoy Hematology

Christina Barkauskas

Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Megan Brooks General Internal Medicine
Lisa Criscione-Schreiber Rheumatology and Immunology
Terry Fortin Cardiology
Greg Gray Infectious Diseases
Mahfuzul Haque Gastroenterology
Michael Harrison Medical Oncology
Mitch Horwitz Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Shelley McDonald Geriatrics
Loretta Que Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
John Roberts Nephrology
Daniella Zipkin General Internal Medicine

2016 Award Recipients 

Name Division
Carl Berg Gastroenterology
David Caldwell Rheumatology and Immunology
David D'Alessio Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Katja Elbert-Avila

Geriatrics 

Eileen Maziarz

Infectious Diseases 

Oluwatoyosi Onwuemene

Hematology 

Chet Patel Cardiology

Sonal Patel

General Internal Medicine
Mark Powers

Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine

Craig Rackley Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine

Matthew Sparks

Nephrology

Keith Sullivan Hematological Malignancies & Cellular Therapy
Hope Uronis Medical Oncology

2015 Award Recipients 

Name Division
Gow Arepally Hematology
Carla Brady  Gastroenterology
Vivian Chu  Infectious Disease
Joseph Govert Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Michael Hershfield Rheumatology and Immunology
John Middleton Nephrology
Cara O'Brien Hospital Medicine
David Rizzieri Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Zainab Samad Cardiology
Timothy Scialla  Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine 
Tracy Setji Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition
Sharon Rubin  General Internal Medicine 
Mamata Yanamadalda Geriatrics
Yousuf Zafar Medical Oncology

2014 Award Recipients

Name Division
Gwendolen Buhr Geriatrics 
Samir Dalvi Rheumatology and Immunology
Carlos DeCastro Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Cristina Gasparetto Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Daniel Gilstrap Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Tom Hollond  Hospital Medicine
Bruce Peyser General Internal Medicine
John Reynolds Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Zainab Samad Cardiology
Alastair Smtih Gastroenterology
Stephen Smith Nephrology 
Jason Stout Infectious Diseases
Tom Weber Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
J. Brice Weinberg Hematology
Yousuf Zafar Medical Oncology

2013 Award Recipients

Name  Division
Nancy Allen Rheumatology and Immunology
Jonathan Bae Hospital Medicine
Michael Berkoben Nephrology
Lynn Bowlby General Internal Medicine
Gary Cox Infectious Diseases
Lou Diehl Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Bill Hargett Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Schuyler Jones Cardiology
Yutao Liu Medical Genetics
Neil Macintyre Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Ara Metjian Hematology
Jennifer Perkins Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Sandro Pinheiro Geriatrics
Richard Riedel Medical Oncology
Andrew Wolf Gastroenterology

2012 Award Recipients 

Name Division
Murat Arcasoy Hematology
David Caldwell Rheumatology and Immunology
Anna Lisa Crowley Cardiology
Arthur Greenberg Nephrology
Simon Gregory Medical Genetics
Vern Juel Neurology
Mark Lanasa Medical Oncology
Diana McNeil Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Mark Powers Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Keith Sullivan Cellular Therapy
Heidi White Geriatrics
Kenneth Wilson Infectious Diseases
Richard Wood Gastroenterology
Daniella Zipkin General Internal Medicine