2022 Excellence In Medical Education Awards


Teaching Awards

Phase 1 Curriculum

Essential Principles of Medicine (EPOM)

Kathleen Bubb, MD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Teaching in Radiology
Department of Radiology

Health, Illness, and Disease (HID) I

Robert Kim, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Health, Illness, and Disease (HID) 2

Evan Noch, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology

LEAP

Catherine Lucero, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Clinical Preceptor

Melissa Frey, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Clinical Master’s Teaching Award

Carlos Vaamonde, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Areas of Concentration Program

Mark Souweidane, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery in Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics

Phase 2 Curriculum

Ambulatory Care Clerkship

Ahmed Shokry, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Anesthesia/Critical Care Clerkship

James Littlejohn, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology

Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Sophia Lin, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics

Medicine Clerkship

Aram (Annie) Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship

Kristen Pepin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Neurology Clerkship

Alina Masters-Israilov, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Department of Neurology

Pediatrics Clerkship

Nicole Kucine, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics

Psychiatry Clerkship

Smita Agarkar, MB, BS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry

Surgery Clerkship

Minerva Romero Arenas, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery

Phase 3 Curriculum

Translational Science

Carl Crawford, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Advanced Clinical Ethics

Ezra Gabbay, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Health Policy

Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
Department of Population Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Emergency Medicine Sub-I

Sam Senturia, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine

Medicine Sub-I

William Levine, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine

Neurology Sub-I

Neal Parikh, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Brain and Mind Research Institute

Pediatrics Sub-I

Kiran Gadani-Patel, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics

Surgery Sub-I

Lea Lowenfeld, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery

Transition to Residency

Brooke Spector, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics

Special Awards

Distinguished Service to Medical Education Award

James Gillespie, MA
Program Coordinator
Medical Education – Academic Affairs

Thomas Nesdill, MA, MBA
Director, Admissions
Medical Education – Admissions

Sheena Rumnit, MA
Assistant Director, Admissions
Medical Education – Admissions

Sahira Torres, MS
Coordinator of Student Community Service
Medical Education – Student Life

Jeff Zhu, MBA
Managing Director of Community Engagement and Research
Research Program Manager
Clinical and Translational Science Center

Distinguished Service to Education Award

Scott Ellis, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Hospital for Special Surgery

Janna Gordon-Elliott, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry

Education Innovation Award

Susana Morales, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine

Lifetime Achievement in Education Award

Madelon Finkel, PhD
Professor of Population Health Sciences
Department of Population Health Sciences

Peter Marzuk, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Associate Dean for Education
Medical Education – Academic Affairs

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