Dean’s Faculty Appreciation Awards
School of Medicine faculty honored for their contributions
Over 180 School of Medicine faculty were honored for their role in medical education, research, patient care and administration at the Dean’s Faculty Appreciation Dinner.
Claude Lobstein, from the Department of Medical Education received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his 43 years of service. He helped create and build the School of Medicine Willed Body Program. Presently, 5,343 cadavers have been donated and used. Lobstein built the program to another 6,069 who have willed their bodies. The program provides cadavers donated for training and research for health care students.
John Griswold, M.D., received the Chair Emeritus Recognition for his significant contributions made to the School of Medicine. Griswold served as the chairman for Department of Surgery for 19 years. Griswold served as the medical director of the trauma center from 2000 to 2014 and the medical director of the Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Center from 1992 to present.
Dean’s Special Awards included:
Unsung Hero Awards:
The chair of each department nominates these awards. Recipients are considered 'go to' persons that can always be relied on. The recipients are:
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Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D. |
Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry |
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Ashley Sturgeon, M.D. |
Department of Dermatology |
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John Culberson, M.D. |
Department of Family & Community Medicine |
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Kevin Pruitt, Ph.D. |
Department of Immunology & Molecular Microbiology |
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James Tarbox, M.D. |
Department of Internal Medicine |
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Cheryl Erwin, J.D., Ph.D. |
Department of Medical Education |
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Henrik Wilms, M.D., Ph.D. |
Department of Neurology |
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Charles Stockwell, O.D. |
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
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Cyrus Caroom, M.D. |
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation |
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Joshua Demke, M.D. |
Department of Otolaryngology |
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Marcela Nur, M.D. |
Department of Pediatrics |
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Josée Guindon, DVM, Ph.D. |
Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
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Jessica Spiegelberg, FNP-C |
Department of Psychiatry |
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Steven Brooks, M.D. |
Department of Surgery |
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Thomas Cammack, M.D. |
Department of Urology |
Dean’s Teaching Awards:
Dean’s Basic Science Teaching Award – MS I – Vadivel Ganapathy, Ph.D. – Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Dean’s Basic Science Teaching Award – MS II – Thomas Pressley, Ph.D. – Department of Medical Education
Dean’s Clinical Teaching Award – Vernon M. Williams, M.D. – Department of Surgery
Dean’s Educational Innovation Award – Bettina Schmitz, M.D., Ph.D. – Department of Anesthesiology
Dean’s Douglas M. Stocco Scholarship/Research Award – Afzal Siddiqui, Ph.D. – Department of Internal Medicine
Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Service Awards:
Allan Haynes, Jr., M.D. – Department of Urology
Edward Yeomans, M.D. – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Departmental Awards:
Outstanding Achievement in Teaching – The following departments were recognized:
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
Outstanding Achievement in Research – Department of Internal Medicine
Outstanding Achievement in Patient Satisfaction – Department of Neurology
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