2021 Excellence In Medical Education Awards


Teaching Awards

Phase 1 Curriculum

Essential Principles of Medicine

Keith LaScalea, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Dept of Medicine

Health, Illness and Disease 1

Aaron Schulman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Dept of Medicine

Felica Mendelsohn Curanaj, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Dept of Medicine

Health, Illness and Disease 2

Edward Parrish, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine, HSS

LEAP

Keith LaScalea, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Dept of Medicine

Clinical Preceptor

Maya Gambarin-Gelwan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Clinical Masters

Anyanate Gwendolyne Jack, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Area of Concentration (AOC)

David Otterburn, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Dept of Surgery

Phase 2 Curriculum

Anesthesia & Critical Care Clerkship

Dana Gurvitch, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Dept of Anesthesiology

Medicine Clerkship

Michael Torres Lizardi, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Ob/Gyn Clerkship

Wing Kay Fok, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Primary Care Clerkship

Samuel Ayala, MD
Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Dept of Emergency Medicine, NYPM

Surgery Clerkship

Philip Hyungjin Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dept of Surgery

Neurology Clerkship

Reza Zarnegar, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Dept of Neurology

Pediatrics Clerkship

Adin Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Dept of Pediatrics

Psychiatry Clerkship

Elaina DellaCava, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dept of Psychiatry

Phase 3 Curriculum

Translational Science

Christopher Klebanoff, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Advanced Clinical Ethics

Richard Cohen, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Healthcare Policy

Amanda Ramsdell, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Emergency Medicine Sub-I

Elizabeth Moore, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Dept of Emergency Medicine

Medicine Sub-I

Carrie Erickson, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine, MSKCC

Pediatrics Sub-I

Marianne Nellis, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Dept of Pediatrics

Surgery Sub-I

Sharif Ellozy, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Dept of Surgery

Neurology Sub-I

Alan Segal, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Dept of Neurology

Transition to Residency

Susan Fraymovich, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Dept of Pediatrics

Special Awards

Service in Medical Education

Caryn Davi
Foundational Curriculum Manager

Sharon Brooks
Student Life Manager

Service in Education

Doug Cohen
Director of Educational Computing

Edgar Figueroa, MD
Director of Student Health Services
Associate Professor of Family Medicine in Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Dana Zappetti, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs (2016-2020)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Education Innovation Award

Ernie Esquivel, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Gary M. Sumers Education Scholar
Dept of Medicine

Lifetime Achievement in Education

Academic Year 2019 - 2020

Carol Capello, PhD
Director of Office of Academic Achievement (2002-2019)
Associate Professor of Geriatrics for Education

Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey, EdD
Assistant Dean of Diversity and Student Life (2003-2019)

Charles L. Bardes, MD
Associate Dean, Admissions (1999-2020)
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Andrew Schafer, MD
Inaugural Director of Area of Concentration program (2014-2020)
Professor of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

Richard Friedman, MD
Director of Student Mental Health Services (1999-2020)
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Dept of Psychiatry

Academic Year 2020 - 2021

Olaf Andersen, MD
Director, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program (1996-2021)
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Dept of Physiology and Biophysics

Sibel Klimstra, MD
Ehrenkranz Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (2013-2021)
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Dept of Psychiatry

Oliver Fein, MD
Associate Dean, Affiliations
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Dept of Medicine (1995-2021)

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