Educator of the Year Award
Educator of the Year Award recognizes Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty who delivers exceptional education to Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine medical and/or graduate students, including didactic teaching, clinical teaching, or mentoring.
Categories:
- MD – Preclinical and Clinical
- GMS – Master’s and PhD
Eligibility:
- All Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty who are involved in teaching medical and/or graduate students.
- Must be at Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine for at least 3 years
- Cannot be a previous category winner of Educator of the Year Award
Criteria for nomination: Though these criteria are not exhaustive, competitive nominees will have demonstrated some of the following:
- Excellence in teaching based on teaching evaluation
- Engagement of students
- Challenging students to think critically
- Promotion of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in mentoring and educational pedagogy
- Professionalism
- Thoughtful constructive feedback to the students
Who can nominate: Faculty and Students
Nomination Process: A formal nomination letter addressing the most outstanding teaching attributes of the faculty based on above criteria should be submitted to Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Awards Committee. The nomination letter should not exceed two pages with minimum font 11 point.
Past Award Recipients
Year | Last Name | First Name | Degree | Award | |
2013 | Nugent | Matthew | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Sciences | |
Stanfield | Lorraine | MD | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | ||
McAneny | David B. | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences | ||
2014 | Rushmore | R. Jarrett III | PhD | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | |
Ananthakrishnan | Sonia | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences | ||
Shipley | G. Graham | PhD, DSc | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Doctoral Degree Programs | ||
Holick | Michael F. | MD, PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Master’s Degree Programs | ||
2015 | Saide | Judith D. | PhD | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | |
Mendez | Jane E. | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences | ||
McKnight | C. James | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Doctoral Degree Progams | ||
MacNeil | Maryann | MA | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Master’s Degree Programs | ||
2016 | Larson | Allison R. | MD, MS | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | |
Saia | Kelley | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, BMC | ||
Serrao | Richard | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, Affiliated Programs | ||
Edillon | Pamela | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, Branch Programs | ||
Moore | Tara | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Doctoral Degree Programs | ||
Garcia-Diaz | J. Fernando | MS, PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Master’s Degree Programs | ||
2017 | Whitney | Elizabeth | PhD | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | |
Levi | Jessica | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, BMC | ||
Doherty | Janna | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, Kaiser Permanente, CA | ||
Young | Aaron | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Master’s Degree Programs | ||
Craigen | Laurie | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Master’s Degree Programs | ||
Gabel | Christopher | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences, Doctoral Degree Programs | ||
2018 | Harnett | Karen | PhD | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | |
Carter | Cullen | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, BMC | ||
Thompson | Rachel | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, BMC | ||
Koness | James | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, Affiliated Programs, RWMC | ||
Lemiuex | Katie | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences, Kaiser Permanente, CA | ||
Deeney | Jude | PhD | Educator of the Year in MA Didatic Instructor | ||
Haydar | Tarik | PhD | Educator of the Year in PhD Didatic Instructor | ||
Kotton | Darrell | MD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences Disseration Advisors | ||
Ganem | Neil | PhD | Educator of the Year in Graduate Medical Sciences Disseration Advisors | ||
2019 | DiPetrillo | Melissa D | MD | Educator of the Year in Preclerkship | |
Borkan | Steven | MD | Educator of the Year in Clerkship | ||
Swenson | Kathleen | MS, MPH | Educator of the Year in the MA/MS Program | ||
Symes | Karen | PhD | Educator of the Year in the PhD Program | ||
2022 | Siddiqi | Omar | MD | Educator of the Year in Preclinical Sciences | |
Brahmbhatt | Tejal | MD | Educator of the Year in Clinical Sciences | ||
Broduer | Amy | MFS | Educator of the Year in the MA/MS Program | ||
Layne | Matthew | PhD | Educator of the Year in the PhD Program |