Sue Cox, M.D. Academy of Distinguished Educators Announces 2020 Awardees

On Monday, October 12th, the Dell Med Academy of Distinguished Educators announced its newest inductees and granted awards to top educators throughout Dell Med.

2020 Symposium Presentation
2020 Symposium Pictures

2020 Dell Med Academy of Distinguished Educators Inductees

Coburn Allen, Pediatrics
Valli Annamalai, Pediatrics
Todd Berger, Surgery
Barbara Jones, Health Social Work
Michael Lee, Medical Education
Beth Miller, Internal Medicine
Sherine Salib, Internal Medicine
William Schwartz, Neurology
Lynn Thoreson, Pediatrics

Outstanding Educator Award

Christopher Moriates, Internal Medicine

Excellence in Teaching Awards

Ammar Ahmed, Internal Medicine
Swati Avashia, Population Health
Lloyd Berg, Psychiatry
Alison Brooks, Women's Health
Zachary Chipman, Women's Health
Anne Cioletti, Internal Medicine
Jeffrey Eaton, Internal Medicine
Robert Feinstein, Psychiatry
Michael Hole, Pediatrics
Sujit Iyer, Pediatrics
Mrinalini Kulkarni-Date, Internal Medicine
Michael Lee, Medical Education
Aliza Norwood, Population Health
Alan Rampy, Medical Education
Timothy Ruttan, Pediatrics
Sara Scott, Surgery
Dana Sprute, Population Health
Steve Taylor, Internal Medicine
Robert Vezzetti, Pediatrics

Compassion & Character Award

Clarissa Johnston, Internal Medicine

Teaching Health Equity Award

Brandon Allport-Altillo, Population Health

Innovation in Education Award

Lauren Gambill, Pediatrics

Patient Safety Teaching Champion Awards

Michael Brode, Internal Medicine
Saurin Gandhi, Internal Medicine
Joanna Schwartz, Pediatrics
Stuart Wolf, Surgery

Clinical Learning Environment Awards

Faculty

Ammar Ahmed	Internal Medicine
Valli Annamalai	Pediatrics
John Bedolla	Medical Education
Zachary Chipman	Women’s Health
Ben Coopwood	Surgery
Elizabeth Douglass	Internal Medicine
Kristin Escamilla	Psychiatry
Declan Fleming	Surgery
Christopher Getto	Surgery
Kobina Ghartey	Women’s Health
Danielle Glade	Pediatrics
John Harkins	Women’s Health
Chandrini Jayasundera	Internal Medicine
Jaison John	Internal Medicine
Clarissa Johnston	Internal Medicine
Brett Keeling	Internal Medicine
Kimberly Kjome	Psychiatry
Chandra Krishnan	Diagnostic Medicine
Mrinalini Kulkarni-Date	Internal Medicine
Pratima Kumar	Internal Medicine
Julie Machen	Internal Medicine
Alejandro Moreno	Medical Education
Kirsten Nieto	Internal Medicine
Om Pandey	Internal Medicine
George Rodgers	Internal Medicine
Sherine Salib	Internal Medicine
Sara Scott	Surgery
Suneet Singh	Surgery
Christopher Stearns	Internal Medicine
Steve Steffensen	Neurology
Steve Taylor	Internal Medicine

Residents

Alexandra Abbate	Women’s Health
Blair Brandt	Women’s Health
Lauren Caldwell	Women’s Health
Karen De La Garza	Internal Medicine
Whitney Leonard	Women’s Health
Michael Li	Psychiatry
Melissa Miller	Emergency Medicine
Christine Pack	Emergency Medicine
Matthew Parker	Surgery
Simin Roward	Surgery
Ryan Seaver	Psychiatry
Kevin Wilcox	Emergency Medicine

GME Clinical Learning Environment Awards

Mark Bochey, Surgery

Bridget Brady, Surgery

Kathleen Berg, Pediatrics

Deborah A Bergfeld, Neurology

Ray Bietry, Internal Medicine

Rachel Kathleen Bowman, Women’s Health

Michael Breen, Women’s Health

Michael Brode, Internal Medicine

Alison Brooks, Women’s Health

Lawrence Brown, Surgery

Johanna Busch, Internal Medicine

Clay Cauthen, Internal Medicine

Jessica Yvonne Marie Chambers, Internal Medicine

Zachary Chipman, Women’s Health

Ashley Choucroun, Women’s Health

Tina Chu, Pediatrics

Danielle Margaret Colette Jackson, Surgery

Patrick Combs, Surgery

Ben Coopwood, Surgery

Andrew Coyne, Surgery

Adriana DaSilveira, Surgery

Joanne Davis, Surgery

Lucia Diaz, Surgery and Internal Medicine

Dayna Diven, Internal Medicine

Oliver Fannin, Surgery

Matthew Fox, Internal Medicine

Jorge Ganem, Pediatrics

Christopher Garrison, Neurology

Jennifer Goodrich, Pediatrics

Ernest Haeusslein, Internal Medicine

John Harkins, Women’s Health

Raymond Harshbarger, Surgery

Shailaja Hayden, Internal Medicine

Keith Hurst, Surgery

Sujit Iyer, Pediatrics

Jaison John, Internal Medicine

Brett Keeling, Internal Medicine

Patrick Kelley, Surgery

Andrew Kienstra, Pediatrics

Andrew Kitcher, Internal Medicine

Andy Kitlowski, Surgery

Kimberly Kjome, Psychiatry

Sussann Kotara, Psychiatry

Isaac Lavie, Women’s Health

David Leake, Neurology

Marla Levine, Surgery

Moise Levy, Internal Medicine

William Lindsey, Surgery

Sharon Long, Surgery

Winifred Mak, Women’s Health

Adrian Jimenez Martinez, Surgery

R. Lowell McRoberts, Psychiatry

Meghal Mehta, Surgery

Sarah Mills, Internal Medicine

Alan Mincher, Pediatrics

Peter Monteleone, Internal Medicine

Kirsten Nieto, Internal Medicine

Nicholas Nunez, Internal Medicine

Janet Orrock, Pediatrics

Uchenna Ossai, Women’s Health

Monica Patel, Pediatrics

Laura Pittman, Pediatrics

Jason Reichenberg, Internal Medicine

Robin Reister, Internal Medicine

Logan Ray Rencher, Pediatrics

Stan Rice, Surgery

George Rodgers, Internal Medicine

Rebecca Rogers, Women’s Health

Timothy Ruttan, Pediatrics

Sherine Salib, Internal Medicine

Stewart Schaefer, Internal Medicine

Joanna Schwartz, Pediatrics

Kamran Shaikh, Internal Medicine

Celeste Sheppard, Women’s Health

Eric Shute, Psychiatry

Suneet Singh, Surgery

Patrick Spicer, Neurology

Nicholas Steinour, Surgery

Mark Tabarrok, Pediatrics

Jessica Thompson, Psychiatry

Lynn Thoreson, Pediatrics

Marc Trust, Surgery

Robert Vezzetti, Pediatrics

Amar Vira, Surgery

Blair Walker, Psychiatry

Shawn Wassmuth, Surgery

Marian Yvette Williams-Brown, Women’s Health

Kristin Wong, Neurology

Christopher Wyatt, Surgery

Catherine Yee, Pediatrics

Amy Young, Women’s Health