Outstanding Awards in Medical Education
Curator: Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP
Medical Faculty Awards
About AMFDP
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, formerly known as the Minority Medical Faculty Development Program, was created to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who can achieve senior rank in academic medicine or dentistry and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians and dentists. Four-year postdoctoral research awards are offered to historically disadvantaged physicians and dentists who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine and to serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background.
The program defines the term “historically disadvantaged” to mean challenges facing individuals because of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or other similar factors.
The program was renamed and expanded in 2004 in honor of Harold Amos, Ph.D., who was the first African-American to chair a department, now the Department of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, of the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Amos worked tirelessly to recruit and mentor countless numbers of minority and disadvantaged students to careers in academic medicine and science. He was a founding member of the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Minority Medical Faculty Development Program in 1983, and served as the Program’s National Program Director between 1989 and 1993. Dr. Amos remained active with the program until his death in 2003.
The program was further expanded in 2012 to include dental medicine.
Each Amos Scholar selected (up to nine each year) will receive an annual stipend up to $75,000, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant toward support of research activities. Each Scholar will study and conduct research in association with a senior faculty member located at an academic medical center or dental school noted for the training of young faculty and pursuing lines of investigation that are of interest to the Scholar. Scholars are expected to spend at least 70% of their time in research activities.
A distinguished National Advisory Committee assists the Foundation with the program. While these awards are intended to provide four years of support, the National Advisory Committee reviews the progress of each Scholar after the first two years to determine the appropriateness of continuing funding for the full duration of the award.
History
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) opened its doors in 1983 to its first cohort of eight physicians, beginning a three-decade commitment to mentoring individuals from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to become leaders in the field of academic medicine and science. Thirty years and 250 alumni later, program graduates are full professors, chairs of departments, leaders of Institutes within the National Institutes of Health, and individuals nationally and internationally known for their valuable contributions to biomedical research, health services research, and clinical investigation.
At its 2013 annual meeting and reunion, AMFDP celebrated its 30th anniversary. Current scholars and alumni gathered in Atlanta for research presentations, panel discussions, networking and a speed-mentoring event for pre-health and health-profession students. They also honored James R. Gavin III, MD, PHD, who stepped down as national program director after serving in that role for 20 years. Dr. Gavin is succeeded by David S. Wilkes, MD, a Harold Amos program alumnus (’91) who serves as the executive associate dean for research affairs and the August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Wilkes will be the third director in the program’s history.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
RWJF President and CEO
“[The scholars’ dedication to their work] is inspiring ‐ not only to me and to everyone at the Foundation, but also to the succeeding classes of physicians and dentists [they are] mentoring. Their unflagging commitment to fostering the development of young medical and dental students keeps this program strong. It creates a next generation of outstanding young physicians and dentists with the skills, the confidence, and the sense of mission to excel and to inspire others in turn.”
James R. Gavin
Former National Program Office Director
“We envisioned this program to have the ability to fulfill a very lofty ambition: to change the face of American medicine. We’ve succeeded beyond what I expected because of what our scholars have done… the impact and the influence that they’ve had. But that has inspired me to dream even bigger. I think we’re ready to move to the next level.”
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, a professional medical organization, recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine. Alpha Omega Alpha is to medicine what Phi Beta Kappa is to letters and the humanities and Sigma Xi is to science. Our values include honesty, honorable conduct, morality, virtue, unselfishness, ethical ideals, dedication to serving others, and leadership. Members have a compelling drive to do well and to advance the medical profession and exemplify the highest standards of professionalism.
Fifty-seven members of Alpha Omega Alpha have been Nobel laureates:
Chemistry
2012, Robert J. Lefkowitz (Student Member, 1965)
For studies of G-protein-coupled receptors
2003, Peter Agre (Alumnus Member, 1997)
For the discovery of water channels.
2003, Roderick MacKinnon (Student Member, 1982)
For structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels.
1989, Thomas Cech (Honorary Member, 2011)
For the discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.
1980, Paul Berg (Honorary Member, 1992)
For his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA.
1946, Wendell M. Stanley (Honorary Member, 1938)
For the preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form.
Physiology or Medicine
2011, Bruce A. Beutler(Faculty Member, 2012)
For the discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.
2011, Ralph M. Steinman (Student Member, 1968)
For the discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.
2009, Carol W. Greider (Faculty Member, 2009)
For the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
2002, Sydney Brenner (Honorary Member, 1993)
For discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death.
2001, Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (Honorary Member, 2000)
For discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle.
2000, Paul Greengard (Honorary Member, 2002)
For discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system.
2000, Eric R. Kandel (Alumnus Member, 1969)
For discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system.
1998, Robert F. Furchgott (Faculty Member, 1967)
For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
1998, Louis J. Ignarro (Faculty Member, 1990)
For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
1998, Ferid Murad (Student Member, 1963)
For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
1997, Stanley B. Prusiner (Student Member, 1968)
For his discovery of prions—a new biological principle of infection.
1994, Alfred G. Gilman (Student Member, 1968)
For the discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells.
1992, Edwin G. Krebs (Student Member, 1943)
For discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism.
1989, Harold E. Varmus (Student Member, 1964)
For the discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.
1986, Stanley Cohen (Faculty Member, 1987)
For discoveries of growth factors.
1986, Rita Levi-Montalcini (Honorary Member, 1970)
For discoveries of growth factors.
1985, Michael S. Brown (Student Member, 1965)
For discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
1985, Joseph L. Goldstein (Student Member, 1963)
For discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.
1982, Sir John R. Vane (Honorary Member, 1989)
For discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances.
1981, Torsten N. Wiesel (Honorary Member, 1992)
For discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system.
1980, Baruj Benacerraf (Student Member, 1944)
For discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions.
1978, Daniel Nathans (Student Member, 1953)
For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
1978, Hamilton O. Smith (Alumnus Member, 1979)
For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
1977, Roger C. Guillemin (Faculty Member, 1967)
For discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain.
1975, David Baltimore (Honorary Member, 1987)
For discoveries concerning the interaction between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
1975, Renato Dulbecco (Honorary Member, 1993)
For discoveries concerning the interaction between tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell.
1974, George E. Palade (Honorary Member, 1993)
For discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell.
1972, Gerald M. Edelman (Student Member, 1953)
For discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies.
1971, Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. (Student Member, 1940)
For his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones.
1969, Salvadore E. Luria (Honorary Member, 1985)
For discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses.
1966, Charles B. Huggins (Student Member, 1951)
For his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer.
1962, James D. Watson (Honorary Member, 1994)
For discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
1960, Sir Frank M. Burnet (Honorary Member, 1963)
For the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.
1959, Severo Ochoa (Honorary Member, 1947)
For the discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid.
1959, Arthur Kornberg (Student Member, 1940)
For the discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid.
1958, Joshua Lederberg (Honorary Member, 1982)
For his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria.
1956, Dickinson W. Richards (Student Member, 1922)
For discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.
1955, Axel H. Theorell (Honorary Member, 1960)
For his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes.
1954, Thomas H. Weller (Student Member, 1940)
For the discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue.
1954, Frederick C. Robbins (Faculty Member, 1967)
For the discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue.
1953, Fritz A. Lipmann (Honorary Member, 1955)
For his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism.
1950, Philip S. Hench (Alumnus Member, 1925)
For discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects.
1947, Carl F. Cori (Honorary Member, 1950)
For the discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.
1944, Joseph Erlanger (Alumnus Member, 1909)
For discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibers.
1944, Herbert S. Gasser (Student Member, 1915)
For discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibers.
1943, Edward A. Doisy (Honorary Member, 1930)
For his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K.
1936, Otto Loewi (Honorary Member, 1942)
For discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
1934, George H. Whipple (Alumnus Member, 1909)
For discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia.
1934, George R. Minot (Student Member, 1911)
For discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia.
1923, Frederick G. Banting (Honorary Member, 1923)
For the discovery of insulin.
1923, John J. R. Macleod (Honorary Member, 1923)
For the discovery of insulin.
Eleven of the nineteen Surgeons General of the United States have been members of Alpha Omega Alpha:
1920-1936
Hugh S. Cumming (University of Virginia, 1922, Alumnus)
1936-1948
Thomas Parran, Jr. (University of Columbia, 1940, Honorary)
1948-1956
Leonard A. Scheele (Wayne State University, 1947, Honorary)
1956-1961
Leroy Edgar Burney (Indiana University, 1960, Alumnus)
1965-1969
William H. Stewart (Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, 1972, Faculty)
1969-1973
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1979, Faculty)
1977-1981
Julius B. Richmond (University of Illinois, 1938, Student)
1982-1989
C. Everett Koop (Weill Cornell Medical College, 1989, Alumnus)
1990-1993
Antonia C. Novello (University of Puerto Rico, 1987, Alumnus)
1998-2002
David Satcher (Case Western Reserve University, 1969)
2002-2006
Richard Carmona (University of California, San Francisco, 1980)
2014-
Vivek H.Murthy (Yale University School of Medicine, 2003)
National Physician of the Year Awards
The National Physician of the Year Awards recognizes both physicians and leaders in health care whose dedication, talents and skills have improved the lives of countless thousands of people throughout the world. This event is a tribute not only to the awardees but to the excellence of the many thousands of practicing physicians throughout the nation.
John K. Castle, Chairman, and Dr. John J. Connolly, President and CEO, hosted the tenth annual National Physician of the Year Awards on March 23, 2015 at the historic Pierre Hotel in New York City.
2015 National Physician of the Year Awardees
Lifetime Achievement
Michael M.E. Johns, M.D.
Professor, Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Chancellor (2007-2012)
CEO, Woodruff Health Sciences Center (1996-2007)
Emory University
John B. Mulliken, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center and Director, Craniofacial Centre
Boston Children’s Hospital
Clinical Excellence
Henry Brem, M.D.
Harvey Cushing Professor
Professor of Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kimberly Brown, M.D.
Division Head
Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Henry Ford Healthcare System
Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D., FACS
Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chairman of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Surgeon-in-Chief
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
National Health Leadership
Anthony and Jeanette Senerchia
Founders
The Anthony Senerchia Jr. ALS Charitable Foundation Inc.
and the Ice Bucket Challenge
AAMC Awards
2014 Awards Recipients
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
2014 SPENCER FOREMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE
Years before the Affordable Care Act, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) began pioneering models for accountable population-based health care in Washington Heights-Inwood, a predominantly underserved Hispanic neighborhood of more than 200,000. Today, NYP is refining its successful model for adaptability to neighborhoods across the United States. Integral to NYP’s journey is its significant investment in the healthy future of neighborhood children and adolescents. In partnership with Columbia University Medical Center, NYP built a network of school-based health clinics that provide mental health and primary care services to more than 7,000 students.
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Charles L. Bardes, M.D.
2014 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
A dedicated humanist and physician educator, Dr. Bardes has received 27 teaching awards, making him the most decorated teacher in the history of Weill Cornell Medical College. His exemplary career in medical education includes serving as the medicine clerkship director for more than 17 years, until he recently transitioned to focus his efforts on implementation of the school’s new medical education curriculum. Colleagues, students, and patients attest that Dr. Bardes’ success as a medical educator can be attributed to his thoughtfulness and keen awareness of the varied elements that comprise a whole and complete person, in addition to his ability to convey these insights to others.
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Bernard Karnath, M.D.
2014 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
A devotee of Sir William Osler, Dr. Karnath is an enthusiastic educator and zealous advocate for patient-centered medicine. Since joining the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) faculty in 1997, he has been heavily involved in developing multiple educational curricula and ensuring that it imparts in students the art of the practice and the value of bedside diagnostic skills. Dr. Karnath has a passion for clinical care, which is evident in his dedication to patients. In addition to his clinical practice, he volunteers at St. Vincent’s clinic, the UTMB student-run, free clinic that cares for the medically underserved in Galveston County.
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Randall King, M.D., Ph.D.
2014 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
A consummate researcher, Dr. King initiates investigation and innovation in the laboratory, classroom, and across the curriculum at Harvard Medical School, where he is the Harry C. McKenzie Professor of Cell Biology. Among other achievements, he spurred the development of a postdoctoral training program for scientists interested in education careers, created a fully annotated syllabus with detailed learning objectives for each activity, and established patient clinics to integrate basic science with clinical medicine. Dr. King was also an integral member of a task force that resulted in a major curriculum redesign of the four-year M.D. program. He is a proven leader in educational innovation.
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Emma A. Meagher, M.D.
2014 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
Dr. Meagher has a reputation for being a tireless teacher, mentor, and curricular innovator. In 1999, she redesigned the medical school’s formerly fragmented pharmacology curriculum and developed a global online pharmacology curriculum as part of a partnership with Coursera. Her efforts resulted in a highly effective approach that ensures integrated pharmacology education across all four years of medical education at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she serves as associate professor. Dr. Meagher’s exceptional talent as an educator has been recognized many times over by her students, fellow faculty, school administrators, and the university.
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Cynthia Haq, M.D.
2014 ARNOLD P. GOLD FOUNDATION HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD
Growing up in Indiana and Pakistan, Cynthia Haq, M.D., took great interest in people around her who were living in poverty. Today, at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and around the world, she is known for her humanistic and compassionate care of medically underserved populations. Her commitment to improving global health is steadfast. Since her first job as a practicing physician, Dr. Haq has been committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered health care to the most marginalized world citizens, and she helped establish the first family medicine residency programs in Pakistan, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
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Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H.
2014 HERBERT W. NICKENS AWARD
Dr. Cooper revolutionized the nation’s understanding of how race and ethnicity affect health and patient care. Through her work at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, she has identified precise inequities in how racial and ethnic minority patients perceive their health care providers and access the health system. She also has worked diligently to achieve health parity by partnering with these minority populations on community-tailored solutions. The Liberian-born internist’s passion for human dignity and equality began during childhood, when she was witness to and victim of discrimination and violence. Dr. Cooper remains a tireless and dedicated advocate for justice and human equality.
Learn more about Dr. Cooper
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- Eugene Washington, M.D., M.Sc.
2014 DAVID E. ROGERS AWARD
Since 1979, Dr. Washington, dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has coupled his passion for a better health and health care future with his exceptional talents in clinical investigation, public policy, and leadership to improve the lives of millions of Americans, particularly the medically underserved. A quintessential public servant, he has worked to improve the nation’s health by holding posts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two academic health centers, and multiple professional and government boards and committees.
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James P. Allison, Ph.D.
2014 AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
As an adolescent, Dr. Allison was a fiercely inquisitive and challenging student—often arguing with his teachers on creationism. Fortunately, his natural inclinations were nurtured and he grew up to be a skilled scientist at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where his staunch determination has revolutionized cancer treatment. Dr. Allison’s mother died of lymphoma when he was 11, he lost more than one uncle to cancer, and in 2005, his brother died of prostate cancer, a disease he himself has survived. His tenacity in discovering how science benefits the patient makes him a highly sought-after researcher.
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James O. Woolliscroft, M.D.
2014 ABRAHAM FLEXNER AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO MEDICAL EDUCATION
Dr. Woolliscroft has been leading medical education transformation for more than three decades. He quickly earned a reputation as a pioneer in medical education upon joining the University of Michigan Medical School faculty in 1980, where he now serves as dean and the Lyle C. Roll Professor of Medicine. Dr. Woolliscroft is a talented mentor who inspires in others a passion for educating. He was among the first to advocate for moving the paradigm of medical education from knowledge acquisition to performance-based metrics, and to champion community settings as core sites for training medical students.
Learn more about Dr. Woolliscroft
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https://www.endocrine.org/awards/laureate-awards/distinguished-educator-award
- Astwood Award Lecture
- Ernst Oppenheimer Award
- Koch Lifetime Achievement
- Gerald D. Aurbach Award Lecture
- International Excellence in Endocrinology
- Outstanding Achievement in Science
- Outstanding Clinical Investigator
- Outstanding Clinical Practitioner
- Outstanding Educator
- Gerald D Aurbach Award for Outstanding Translational Research
- Innovation Award
- Leadership in Endocrinology Award
- Outstanding Mentor
2013 Awards Recipients
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
2013 SPENCER FOREMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE
Since matriculating its first class in 1908, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) has dedicated itself to the “Wisconsin Idea”—the notion that the boundaries of the campus are the boundaries of the state. Ever since, UWSMPH has viewed itself as a means to elevate the health of all Wisconsinites through excellent community service in three areas: community partnerships, translational research endeavors, and medical education.
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Deborah E. Powell, M.D.
2013 ABRAHAM FLEXNER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO MEDICAL EDUCATION
Abraham Flexner’s enduring legacy for medical education has been a steadfast commitment to improving medical education. The same can be said of Dr. Powell, dean emerita and professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, who has spent her career of more than 40 years championing competency-based medical education.
Stuart Slavin, M.D., M.Ed.
2013 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
Dr. Slavin has demonstrated a passion for medical education and curricular design during his 26 years in academic medicine. As professor of pediatrics and associate dean for curriculum at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Slavin teaches as much as he works behind the scenes to shape the school’s education program. He recently spearheaded a comprehensive restructuring plan for the four-year undergraduate medical curriculum that was quickly approved and began to be implemented this academic year.
Roy Ziegelstein, M.D.
2013 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
Dr. Ziegelstein of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is regarded as “the doctor’s doctor,” and his record of teaching accomplishments honors that clinical mastery. He currently is vice dean for education and the Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson Jr. Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins and executive vice chairman in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
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Cynthia Lance-Jones, Ph.D.
2013 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
As associate professor of neurobiology and assistant dean for medical student research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Lance-Jones interacts closely with medical students in their first and second years. Her teaching ability is recognized by students not only through outstanding evaluations and attendance to her lectures, but also by the fact that she is one of only three faculty members students request each year to provide review sessions for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 exam.
Mikel Henry Snow, Ph.D.
2013 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA ROBERT J. GLASER DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
In addition to being professor of cell and neurobiology and chair and director of medical education at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Dr. Snow is the director of anatomy, the role for which his students know him best. An innovative and involved educator, he is known for his dynamic, comprehensive lectures and his original study materials, which he continually works to edit and improve.
Lee Todd Miller, M.D.
2013 ARNOLD P. GOLD FOUNDATION HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD
The career of Dr. Miller has been guided by his passions for pediatrics, medical education, and addressing health care disparities in underserved communities both at home and abroad. At the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, he is an esteemed role model and teacher, demonstrating warmth and humanism at all levels.
Huda Akil, Ph.D.
2013 AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Dr. Akil once wrote a commentary about being a Syrian girl growing up in Damascus and her dream of becoming a scientist. Today, not only is Dr. Akil the Gardner C. Quarton Professor of Neurosciences in Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School and co-director and senior research professor at the university’s Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, but she is a pioneer of what is now called “systems neuroscience,” the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions and the interplay of pain, anxiety, depression, stress, and substance abuse.
Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D.
2013 DAVID E. ROGERS AWARD
Dr. Omenn has made significant contributions to the health and health care of Americans by doing everything from leading major public health studies and initiatives to forming actual health policy for the nation. A leader on the national stage, Dr. Omenn has held high-level government appointments during the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama. He also has served as professor of internal medicine, human genetics, and public health at the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School since 1997 and as CEO of the U-M Health System and executive vice president for medical affairs.
Aaron Shirley, M.D.
2013 HERBERT W. NICKENS AWARD
Becoming the first African-American resident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in 1965 was just the beginning of the trailblazing career of Dr. Shirley. As the former chairman of community health services at UMMC, he served on the faculty for more than four decades. In 1970, he co-founded the Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center for low-income and uninsured patients that became a model for federally funded community health centers nationwide. Dr. Shirley’s most visible legacy may be the first-of-its-kind Jackson Medical Mall, a once empty and vandalized shopping mall that he believed could become a one-stop shop for medical care and other public services. The mall opened in 1996.
TMA Physicians Award Six Outstanding Science Teachers
May 1, 2015
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) named six Texas science teachers winners of the 2015 TMA Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching. Three first-place prizes were awarded today at TexMed, the association’s annual conference, in Austin. Three second-place awards will be presented in upcoming local ceremonies. These educators help create tomorrow’s physicians by inspiring students in the field of science.
First-Place Winners:
Patricia Kassir of The Bendwood School in Houston, Joseph Morris of All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth, and Anna Loonam of Bellaire Senior High School in Bellaire are this year’s elementary, middle, and high school first-place winners. (See winner bios below.)TMA awards each top recipient a $5,000 cash prize, and each winner’s school receives a $2,000 resource grant toward its science programs.
Second-Place Winners:
Second-place winners are Laura Wilbanks of Whiteface Elementary School in Whiteface, Carol Raymond of E.A. Young Academy in North Richland Hills, and Theresa Lawrence of Friendswood High School in Friendswood. Second-place winners’ schools each receive a $1,000 resource grant to enhance science classroom learning.
TMA believes awards like this that encourage excellent science teaching are important, as only 32 percent of Texas eighth-graders have achieved proficiency in science, according to the National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 report. Through this award, TMA hopes to help improve these numbers by recognizing innovative teachers and providing them resources to continue motivating and engaging students. Eventually, TMA believes, some of these inspired students will choose medicine as a career. Some already have: Several TMA physician leaders were once taught by teachers who later won this award.
Science professionals fromThe University of Texas Charles A. Dana Center chose finalists from all the nominees, and physicians from TMA’s Educational Scholarship, Loan, and Awards Committee selected the winners.
Patricia Kassir — Elementary School First-Place Winner
Mrs. Kassir teaches the gifted and talented program for medical science to grades 3-5 at The Bendwood School in Houston. She teaches because she wants to “improve the lives of others and foster understanding.” Mrs. Kassir’s career spans decades, disciplines, languages, and countries, including two years teaching English at an Islamic school in Lebanon. An immigrant to America at the age of 7, Mrs. Kassir speaks English, Spanish, French, and some Arabic, and is an expert at reaching out and connecting to students regardless of their background or socioeconomic status. Classes with Mrs. Kassir are filled with debates and interactive labs, from “CSI”-style frog “autopsies” to a mock medical school. “A teacher like Mrs. Kassir is a rarity,” says Jana Bassett, principal at The Bendwood School. “We often joke that as we all age, her students will be addressing our medical needs.” In no place is this more evident than Mrs. Kassir’s own children, who are pursuing their own paths in science, the oldest of whom is a first-year medical student at Baylor College of Medicine.
Joseph Morris — Middle School Winner
Mr. Morris teaches seventh grade life science at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth. “I want students to walk into my classroom and immediately become wide-eyed and drawn to something that sparks their curiosity,” he says. “I want questions to fill their minds like, ‘What is that? How does that work?’ and one of my favorites, ‘What is that smell?’ To which I always answer, ‘THAT… is the smell of FUN!’ ” His dedication to his students extends outside the classroom. Together with another All Saints’ teacher, Mr. Morris mentored the school’s Solar Car Club as they built a solar-powered car and drove it from Texas to California for the national Solar Car Challenge. During the two-year long project that earned the team a second-place finish, Mr. Morris’ students learned valuable skills like teamwork, problem solving, and fund raising. “He doesn’t just teach science,” says fellow All Saints’ teacher Lyle Crossley, PhD. “Joe also models and teaches character and integrity.”
Anna Loonam — High School Winner
Mrs. Loonam teaches advanced placement biology at Bellaire Senior High School in Bellaire. She is described as a “legend” within the Bellaire community. Mrs. Loonam encourages students to design their own science experiments, cultivate plants on the school’s “green roof,” and create mini-movies explaining difficult science concepts. “I firmly believe in providing students with opportunities to ‘do science,’ ” she says. Each year, she introduces students to the scientific community by taking them to the Sam Rhine Genetics Update Conference, and hosting Genetics Night, where students explain their research of a genetic disorder to peers, parents, teachers, doctors, medical students, and administrators from Baylor College of Medicine. “As a medical school teacher of a number of Mrs. Loonam’s former students, I have seen first-hand that she is a transformative and innovative teacher who created an intellectual legacy,” says Joseph Kass, MD, JD, a neurology professor at Baylor College of Medicine and father to a student in Mrs. Loonam’s class.
The TMA Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching are supported by the TMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of TMA, thanks to an endowment established by Dr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Butler of Austin and additional gifts from physicians and their families.
TMA is the largest state medical society in the nation, representing more than 48,000 physician and medical student members. It is located in Austin and has 110 component county medical societies around the state. TMA’s key objective since 1853 is to improve the health of all Texans. TMA Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the association and raises funds to support the public health and science priority initiatives of TMA and the family of medicine.
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UCLA Members of the National Academy of Medicine
Known as the Institute of Medicine until July 1, 2015
Last updated September 2015
This listing includes UCLA faculty active in teaching, research or administration, including emeriti and adjunct faculty. See the faculty member’s individual web page for additional information.
Clinical Excellence Awards
The Clinical Excellence Award scheme in England
Commitment awards for consultants in Wales
Distinction awards for consultants in Scotland
Clinical Excellence Awards in Northern Ireland
Background to the CEA scheme
The Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA) scheme is intended to recognise and reward those consultants who contribute most towards the delivery of safe and high quality care to patients and to the continuous improvement of NHS services including those who do so through their contribution to academic medicine.
In particular, awards are made to consultants who:
- demonstrate sustained commitment to patient care and wellbeing or improving public health
- sustain high standards of both technical and clinical aspects of service while providing patient-focused care
- in their day-to-day practice demonstrate a sustained commitment to the values and goals of the NHS by participating actively in annual job planning, observing the private practice code of conduct and showing a commitment to achieving agreed service objectives
- through active participation in clinical governance contribute to continuous improvement in service organisation and delivery
- embrace the principles of evidence-based practice
- contribute to knowledge base through research and participate actively in research governance
- are recognised as excellent teachers and or trainers and or managers
- contribute to policy-making and planning in health and healthcare
- make an outstanding contribution to professional leadership.
Value of awards
Awards can be made for both local and national contributions to the NHS. Employer-Based Awards Committees (EBAC) assess applications for the employer based awards (levels 1-9). Higher value national awards (9-12) are decided by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) and its subcommittees. A level 9 award may be awarded by either the EBAC or the ACCEA, depending on the type of achievement being recognised.
National Medical Excellence Awards
Published on 23 Aug 2015
On 21 Aug, Prof Tan Puay Hoon was conferred National Outstanding Clinician Award. Prof Lim Shih Hui & Prof Koh Tian Hai was conferred National Outstanding Clinician Educator Award & National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award respectively.
NATIONAL MEDICAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The National Medical Excellence Awards is a national-level award to recognise outstanding clinicians and healthcare professionals who made outstanding contributions in the advancement of healthcare, improvement in standards of patient safety and quality of care, which ultimately improve people’s lives. Launched in 2008, there are currently six categories of awards:
- National Outstanding Clinician Award
This award recognises individuals with at least 15 years of service in public of private healthcare establishments, with exceptional contributions to clinical work that advances the safety and quality of patient care, and in addition has supported and facilitated research. The recipients have also successfully introduced novel or effective treatment methods resulting in high standard of quality healthcare delivery and are recognized by their peers as being master clinicians.
- National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award
This award recognizes individuals with at least 15 years of service in public or private healthcare establishments with outstanding contributions to clinical and translational research work relating to their field of specialty. The research work has resulted in novel understanding of diseases with potential positive outcome on healthcare delivery.
- National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award
This award recognizes individuals with at least 15 years of service in healthcare industry and health-related work and has contributed substantially in the training of young clinicians and clinician scientists via mentorship or by virtue of academic positions. The recipient is still an active role model to younger clinicians and clinician scientists.
- National Outstanding Clincian Educator Award
This award recognises individuals who have contributed substantially to the training of clinicians or clinician scientists.
- National Outstanding Clinical Quality Activist Award
This award recognises medical clinicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals in the public and private healthcare sectors who have contributed significantly to clinical quality improvement and patient safety and have inspired others likewise.
- National Clinical Excellence Team Award
This award recognizes teams or organizations that have undertaken a clinical quality/practice improvement project that has contributed significantly to bridging the gap between knowledge and practice with a strong research element in knowledge translation process, resulting in improved standard of care, health outcomes, high efficiency and/or more effective patient-centred services. The teams also demonstrated their achievements through successful population of novel care delivery services beyond their own units, wards or departments.
The highlight of the NMEA is the dinner and award ceremony, where the clinical leadership and community gather to celebrate the winners. MOH partners with a healthcare cluster each year to organise the evening gala.
Information on the 2014 winners and the event is available here.
Celebrating the best medical talents
Seven awards were given to outstanding recipients in six award categories at the National Medical Excellence Awards (NMEA) 2014, held at The Regent Singapore on 28 August 2014. The NMEA is the only award given out by the Ministry of Health (MOH) that recognises contributions from health professionals for innovations in healthcare, patient safety, clinical quality, biomedical research as well as training and education of clinicians.
NMEA 2014 Award Recipients (China)
National Outstanding Clinician Award – Professor Wong Peng Cheang
Professor Wong Peng Cheang from the National University Health System (NUHS) is a highly regarded pioneer in the fields of infertility and assisted reproduction in Singapore. Prof Wong had been honoured with two prestigious lectureships for his pioneering work in research with the rhesus monkey model to show that Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) could be an alternative method to assisted reproduction other than In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Embryo Transfer (ET). As a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Task Force on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility, Prof Wong was also involved in several studies, which were at the forefront of infertility research.
National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award – Associate Professor Allen Yeoh Eng Juh
Associate Professor Allen Yeoh Eng Juh from NUHS is a prolific clinician-scientist, innovator and entrepreneur, whose work enjoys international recognition. The author of more than 50 papers in leading international medical and scientific journals is widely cited for his work in paediatric leukaemia, and has received many international awards for his research. He is devoted to developing cost-effective treatments to improve treatment outcomes for children with acute leukaemia in Singapore and Asia. A/Prof Yeoh is among the first in the world to show that gene expression profiling of leukaemia cells can accurately diagnose and subtype all the clinically important groups of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) with great accuracy enabling better treatment.
National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award – Professor Chay Oh Moh and Professor Quak Seng Hock
There are two recipients this year. The first is Professor Chay Oh Moh from KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). For more than 20 years, Prof Chay has been an outstanding mentor and educator par excellence, making significant contributions to the professional initiation and development of innumerable medical students and residents in the areas of paediatrics and paediatric respiratory medicine, with her teaching, training and mentorship. As the first Academic Chair of the SingHealth-Duke NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme, she established a robust framework that has effectively cultivated strong mentor-mentee relations across all levels of doctors at KKH as well as beyond in SingHealth.
The second recipient is Professor Quak Seng Hock from NUHS. A pioneer in paediatric gastroenterology and hepatology in Singapore, Prof Quak is the principal driver of the Paediatric Liver Transplant Programme. He provided guidance in the training and mentoring of medical students and junior doctors. Prof Quak has trained several overseas fellows in his subspecialty and built up a strong team of specialists, providing one of the best paediatric gastrointestinal and hepatology services in the region, complete with the ability to perform liver transplantation. He is also actively involved in curriculum reformation, playing an integral role in the career development of paediatric trainees. The internal examiner for postgraduate degree in Paediatric Medicine and Family Medicine for the past 20 years, Prof Quak contributes to ensuring the high quality of clinicians.
National Outstanding Clinician Educator Award – Associate Professor Chow Wan Cheng
Associate Professor Chow Wan Cheng from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is a respected clinician, who has gained regional recognition and won multiple awards for her research in chronic viral hepatitis. She actively contributes to the field of hepatology through sharing her insights in medical textbooks, local and international medical journals as well as at key international scientific meetings. Passionate about education and training, A/Prof Chow has not only contributed significantly towards undergraduate and post-graduate medical education, she is also heavily involved in continuous medical educational programmes for clinicians in primary healthcare, as well as in public education, especially in the field of viral hepatitis.
National Outstanding Clinical Quality Activist Award – Associate Professor Ong Biauw Chi
Associate Professor Ong Biauw Chi from SGH was instrumental in leading a network of committed patient safety officers from across the healthcare sector to achieve successful implementation of the WHO “High 5s” Correct Site Surgery protocol, an achievement which put Singapore on the world map for surgical safety. This was a multi-year project that applied a standardised surgical protocol involving mandatory time-out checks in all major operating theaters in public hospitals to ensure the correct surgical procedure is carried out on the correct patient. Despite being heavily involved in hospital and national safety, quality and governance work, A/Prof Ong is equally passionate about teaching, mentoring and inculcating the right values of patient care and safety to the next generation of healthcare specialists.
National Clinical Excellence Team Award
The recipient is the NUHS’ National University Hospital (NUH) team headed by Associate Professor Malcolm Mahadevan. The other team members are: Dr Kuan Win Sen, Professor Lim Tow Keang and Dr Lim Hui Fang. Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a common and potentially fatal condition. Pneumonia was the fourth leading cause for hospitalisation in Singapore in 2011. To reduce the mortality rates for SCAP patients, the team embarked on a quality improvement project in 2008 to develop a multidisciplinary programme that improved pre-ICU resuscitation and reduced hospital mortality for SCAP patients from 23.8% to 5.7%. The team developed and implemented a multifaceted workflow that standardised and optimised the management of SCAP patients at the emergency department. Their efforts reduced ICU admission rates and length of stay in the hospital, which translated to significant savings in hospital bills for the patients.
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