Dean’s Faculty Appreciation Awards

School of Medicine faculty honored for their contributions

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• June 1, 2016

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:

 

Ina Urbatsch, Ph.D.	Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Ashley Sturgeon, M.D.	Department of Dermatology
John Culberson, M.D.	Department of Family & Community Medicine
Kevin Pruitt, Ph.D.	Department of Immunology & Molecular Microbiology
James Tarbox, M.D.	Department of Internal Medicine
Cheryl Erwin, J.D., Ph.D.	Department of Medical Education
Henrik Wilms, M.D., Ph.D.	Department of Neurology
Charles Stockwell, O.D.	Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Cyrus Caroom, M.D.	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Joshua Demke, M.D.	Department of Otolaryngology
Marcela Nur, M.D.	Department of Pediatrics
Josée Guindon, DVM, Ph.D.	Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Jessica Spiegelberg, FNP-C	Department of Psychiatry
Steven Brooks, M.D.	Department of Surgery
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