In 2000, Dean Thomas Lawley established the Emory University School of Medicine Dean’s Teaching Awards recognizing outstanding teaching and educational contributions to our medical students in four categories:
- Outstanding teachers
- Outstanding courses or course directors
- Outstanding mentors and small group teachers
- Special awards for outstanding contributions to teaching, creative teaching approaches or other significant contributions
Recipients are nominated by colleagues and students and chosen by the Teaching Awards Committee for their dedication to medical student teaching and their many contributions as course directors and mentors.
Awardees
2021
- Tanvi Dhere, MD - Medicine
- Megan Henn, MD - Emergency Medicine
- Jonathan Meisel, MD - Surgery and Pediatrics
- Shivani Mukkamala, MD - Anesthesiology
- Tambre (Tami) Phillips, PT, DPT, MBA, NCS - Rehabilitation Medicine
- Anna Von, MD - Medicine
- Martha Ward, MD - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The Recognitions Committee celebrated Educator Appreciation Day in May 2021!
2020
- Alok Deshpande - Financial Wellness Educator, SmartPath Financial, CEO
- Charles Frederick Gillespie, MD, PhD - Psychiatry
- Michael H. Greenwald, MD - Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
- Taylor B. Harrison, MD - Neurology
- Meredith Lora MD - Medicine
- Viraj Master, MD, PhD - Urology
- Varun K. Phadke, MD - Medicine
- Maria Citarella Russell, MD - Surgery
- Jennifer O. Spicer, MD, MPH - Medicine
2019
- Stephen Brandt, MD - Medicine
- Dimitri Cassimatis, MD - Medicine
- Victor Faundez, MD, PhD - Cell Biology
- Jennifer Goedken, MD - Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Michael Gottschalk, MD - Orthopaedics
- Dawn Moore, MMSc - Radiology & Imaging Sciences
- Richard Pittman, MD - Medicine
- Bijal Shah, MD - Emergency Medicine
2018
- Donald Batisky, MD - Pediatrics
- Lisa Bernstein, MD - Medicine
- Robert Gaynes, MD - Medicine
- David Goldsmith, MD - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Bruce Greenfield, PhD - Rehabilitation Medicine
- Mary Jo Lechowicz, MD - Hematology & Medical Oncology
- Robert McKeon, PhD - Cell Biology
- Jason Schneider, MD - Medicine
2017
- Mary S. Dolan, MD - Gynecology/Obstetrics
- Adriana P. Hermida, MD - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Marie A. Johanson, PhD, PT, OCS - Rehabilitation Medicine
- Kenneth H. Moberg, PhD - Cell Biology
- Stewart Neill, MD - Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- J. Richard Pittman, MD - Medicine
- Ravi Rajani, MD - Surgery
- Parminder S. Suchdev, MD, MPH - Pediatrics
2016
- Sierra Beck, MD - Emergency Medicine
- Martha Burdette, BA, MA, PhD - Ben Franklin Academy
- Edward Morgan, PhD - Pharmacology
- Mark Mullins, MD - Radiology & Imaging Sciences
- Gaurav Patel, MD - Anesthesiology
- Jeffrey Rakofsky, MD - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
- Eva Rimler, MD - Medicine
- Phillip Rogers, MD - Family & Preventive Medicine
2015
- Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, MS - Medicine
- Kathryn B. Garber, PhD - Human Genetics
- Karen Law, MD - Medicine
- Judson Miller, MD - Pediatrics
- David Pallas, PhD - Biochemistry
- Allan Platt, PA-C, MMSc - Family & Preventive Medicine
- Maureen Powers, PhD - Cell Biology
- Jahnavi K. Srinivasan, MD - Surgery
2014
- Joanna Bonsall, M.D. - Medicine/Hospital Medicine
- Jada Bussey-Jones, M.D. - Medicine
- Eric Felner, M.D. MSCR - Pediatrics
- Maura George, M.D. - Medicine
- Clifford Gunthel, M.D. - Medicine
- Joseph Hilinski, M.D. - Pediatrics
- Debra Houry, M.D., MPH - Emergency Medicine
- Zoher Kapaso, P.T., Ph.D., M.D. - Rehabilitation Medicine
- Brian Kogon, M.D. - Surgery
- Andrew Kowalczyk, Ph.D. - Cell Biology
2013
- Keith Delman, M.D. - Surgery
- Joel Felner, M.D. - Medicine
- Mary Jo Lechowicz, M.D. - Hematology & Oncology
- Wylie Nichols, Ph.D. - Physiology
- Richard Pittman, M.D. - Medicine/General Medicine
- Shanthi Srinivasan, M.D. - Medicine
- Ram Subramanian, M.D. - Medicine
- Joshua Wallenstein, M.D. - Emergency Medicine
2011
- Nathan Flacker, M.D. - Medicine
- Sheryl Heron, M.D. MPH - Emergency Medicine
- Jarrar Kahn, M.D. - Neurology
- Patricia Nichols, BSc - Rehab Medicine
- Barbara Pettitt, M.D. - Surgery
- Louis Rapkin, M.D. - Pediatrics
- David Schulman, M.D., MPH - Medicine
- Stefan Tigges, M.D. - Radiology
2010
- Emily Herndon, M.D. - Family and Preventive Medicine
- Virginia Joslin, M.P.H., PA-C - Physicians Assistant Program
- Raymond Kotwicki, M.D., M.P.H. - Psychiatry
- Maureen Powers, Ph.D. - Cell Biology
- Shanthi Sitaraman, M.D., Ph.D. - Medicine
- Joseph Snitzer, M.D. - Pediatrics
- Laurence Sperling, M.D. - Medicine
- Neil Winawer, M.D. - Medicine
2008
- Erica Brownfield, M.D. – Medicine
- Victor Faundez, M.D., Ph.D. – Cell Biology
- Nicolas Krawiecki, M.D. – Pediatrics
- Kimberly Manning, M.D. – Medicine
- Sankhavaram “Pani” Panini, Ph.D. – Biochemistry
- Douglas Parker, M.D. – Pathology
- Winfield Sale, Ph.D. – Cell Biology
2007
- Lisa Bernstein, M.D. - Medicine
- Gordon Churchward, Ph.D. - Microbiology/Immunology
- Lisa Flowers, M.D. – Gynecology/Obstetrics
- Jane Gilmore, M.D. - Neurology
- C. Michael Hart, M.D. – Medicine/Pulmonary
- Fernando Holguin, M.D. - Medicine
- Michael M. Johns, III, M.D. - Otolaryngology
- David Pallas, Ph.D. - Biochemistry
- Tammie Quest, M.D. – Emergency Medicine
- Karl Saxe, Ph.D. – Cell Biology
- C. Whitaker Sewell, M.D. - Pathology
2004
- Douglas S. Ander, M.D. – Emergency Medicine
- Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr. P.H.– Environmental Health (SPH)
- Randy A. Hall, Ph.D. - Pharmacology
- Joshy Jacob, Ph.D. - Microbiology/Immunology
- David Lloyd, M.D. - Pediatrics
- Bhagirath Majmudar, M.D. - Pathology
- Nancy J. Newman, M.D. – Ophthalmology/Neurology
2003
- Henry Blumberg, M.D. – Medicine/Infectious Diseases
- Karen Drexler, M.D. - Psychiatry
- Jane Gilmore, M.D. - Neurology
- Katherine Heilpern, M.D. – Emergency Medicine
- Eric Honig, M.D.– Medicine/Pulmonology
- Linton Hopkins, M.D. - Neurology
- Kathy Kinlaw, M.Div. – Ethics Center
- Ken Minneman, Ph.D. - Pharmacology
- Bryan Noe, Ph.D. – Cell Biology
- Shanthi Sitaraman, M.D., Ph.D. – Medicine/Digestive Diseases
- Kirk Ziegler, Ph.D. – Microbiology and Immunology
2002
- April Barbour, M.D. – Medicine
- Erica Brownfield, M.D. – Medicine/General Medicine
- Gordon Churchward, Ph.D. - Microbiology/Immunology
- David Feliciano, M.D. - Surgery
- Jennifer Goedken, M.D. – Gynecology/Obstetrics
- Jodi Guest, Ph.D. – Family and Preventive Medicine
- Neil Lamb, Ph.D. – Human Genetics
- Douglas Lowery, M.D. – Emergency Medicine
- Winfield Sale, Ph.D. – Cell Biology
- Cyril Spann, M.D. - Gynecology/Obstetrics
2001
- Lisa Bernstein, M.D. – Medicine/General Medicine
- Gene Branum, M.D. - Surgery
- Lorenzo Di Francesco, M.D. – Medicine/General Medicine
- James Eckman, M.D. – Hematology/Oncology
- Nancy Fajman, M.D. - Pediatrics
- Linda Gooding, Ph.D. – Microbiology/Immunology
- J. Willis Hurst, M.D. (special award) - Medicine
- Joseph Kinkade, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Biochemistry
- John Louis-Ugbo, M.D. – Orthopedic Surgery
- Michael Lubin, M.D. – Medicine/General Medicine
- William McDonald, M.D. - Medicine
- Daniel Reines, Ph.D. - Biochemistry
- Phillip Rogers, M.D. - Family & Preventative Medicine
- Charles Saxe, M.D. - Cell Biology
- Whit Sewell, M.D. - Pathology
- William Shafer, Ph.D. - Microbiology & Immunology