2024-2025 Teaching Awards

The Oscar Salvatierra Award for Exceptional Service to Stanford Medical Students and the School of Medicine recognizes decades of service to the Stanford School of Medicine community. It cannot begin to capture each awardee’s selfless dedication to the Stanford School of Medicine, to the scores of students they have influenced, and to medical education broadly. Because of these contributions, we are sure the impact of each of your contributions will be felt for years to come.

This award recognizes an individual who exemplifies the values and accomplishments of Dr. Walt Newman's work and life: a selfless commitment to service to patients and the community, and to modeling that ethic for the medical students he mentored. His work in community service - particularly in founding and supervising the student-led Flu Crew vaccine program - left a profoundly positive legacy at Stanford Medicine.

This award was established to acknowledge a faculty member who has shown outstanding commitment to the fostering of a positive learning environment, including leadership, advocacy, role modeling, or developing innovations related to improving the learning environment or wellness.

This award recognizes the outstanding work accomplished by residents and fellows at Stanford who: promote and support well-being, address structural causes of well-being, improve access to trainee mental health, foster a safe and inclusive learning environment; create a sense of belonging and community.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions by faculty teaching MSPA students during the pre-clerkship years.

This award recognizes outstanding contributions by a Teaching Assistant in teaching, mentoring, and encouragement of medical students in the required pre-clerkship curriculum.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions to pre-clinical teaching by a preceptor who is a teaching affiliate at a site outside of Stanford, such as Palo Alto VA, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Kaiser Santa Clara, etc.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions by faculty teaching MSPA students during the clerkship year in an underserved healthcare area.

This award, named in honor of Dr. Kelley Skeff (prior Stanford Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and internationally known leader in education), recognizes high levels of excellence and compassion in professional behavior through collaborative work with colleagues, faculty and staff from across the institution.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions by faculty teaching MSPA students during the clerkship year.

The Kaiser Family Foundation generously supports an annual award to a Stanford faculty member who has contributed to medical education (teaching, mentoring, research) in particularly innovative ways.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions to clinical teaching by a preceptor who is a teaching affiliate at a site outside of Stanford, such as Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Kaiser Santa Clara, San Mateo County, etc.

This award is given for excellence in clinical teaching. It was established in honor of Dr. Bloomfield, who was Chair of the Department of Medicine from 1926-1954, by friends, colleagues and former students at Stanford in recognition of his reputation as a gifted teacher.

This award is given to a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding dedication to advising medical students. The awardee should embody those qualities for which Frank Ebaugh was recognized, and which made him an outstanding advisor: supportive, informative, understanding, and available.

The Lawrence H. Mathers Award is given for excellence in teaching and active involvement in medical student education. The award was established in honor of Lawrence H. Mathers, who contributed to the Stanford community as a student and faculty member from 1966 to 2002 and served for many years as the Chief of Human Anatomy. The award recognizes an individual who exemplifies the values and accomplishments of Dr. Mathers’ work and life: always available or makes extra time to address student concerns and needs; arranges unique clinical experiences or practice; responds to student interests by initiating academic courses or extracurricular activities to meet unmet student needs.

The GME Award for Promoting Health Equity was established in 2023 to recognize a resident and a fellow who have promoted health equity through research, community engagement, and/or involvement in social advocacy for marginalized communities. 

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation honors medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers and other exemplars recognized for “demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.” The six resident inductees were selected by our medical students and were chosen for their commitment to teaching and their kind and compassionate treatment of patients, families, students, and colleagues.

This award was established to recognize individuals that have made significant contributions to the promotion of the principles of diversity and societal citizenship at the Stanford School of Medicine.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions to the promotion of the principles of Health Equity within the MSPA program curriculum.

Established in 2020 to recognize a resident who embodies the passion and commitment to expanding diversity and inclusion efforts as demonstrated by Dr. Miquell Miller during her time at Stanford. Dr. Miller was the inspiration and leader in creating the Stanford GME Diversity Committee in 2016 during her time as a general surgery resident. This annual award is sponsored by the Department of Surgery.

Established in 2023 to recognize a fellow who embodies the passion and commitment to expanding diversity and inclusion efforts as demonstrated by Dr. Audrey Shafer during her time at Stanford. Dr. Shafer is Professor (Emeritae) of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and Founder of Medicine and Muse in the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. This annual award is sponsored by the Department of Anesthesiology.

This award recognizes exemplary professionalism and leadership contributions that embody the dedication and excellence of Ms. Rhonda Larsen, founding MSPA Associate Program Director.

This award recognizes exceptional contributions by faculty teaching in the pre-clerkship years.

This award recognizes and honors exemplary service by a staff member in support of the MD program, based upon nominations from MD students and faculty.

This award recognizes and honors exemplary service by a staff member in support of the MSPA program.

The award for Exceptional Contributions to Service-Learning recognizes a faculty member who has taught and mentored medical students in serving Stanford’s surrounding communities. The award highlights the achievements of those whose commitment to our wider community is reflected in the engagement of students in efforts that have broad and deep impact.

The prize is given to a medical faculty member in recognition of "compassion in dealing with patients and their families, excellence in providing medical treatment and effectiveness and pleasantness in interactions with ancillary patient-care staffs." The selection committee for the Rambar-Mark award includes faculty and community physicians, house staff, students, nursing personnel and patient relations representatives.

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) recognizes medical students who are exemplars of compassionate patient care and who serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine.

The Outstanding Program Director Award honors a residency program director and fellowship program director who have significantly impacted their residency or fellowship programs by enhancing education quality, improving trainee experiences, and contributing to graduate medical education at the national level.

The Outstanding Program Coordinator Award honors a residency program coordinator and fellowship program coordinator who have significantly impacted their residency or fellowship programs by enhancing education quality, improving trainee experiences, and contributing to graduate medical education at the national level

Dr. Augustus A. White III was the first African American graduate of Stanford Medical School in 1961 and the first African American Chair of the Department Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. White is passionate about eliminating health disparities and believes in the importance of students, trainees, and faculty in achieving this goal. In 2011, his Stanford medical school graduating class worked to develop the Dr. Augustus A. White III and Family Faculty award, which serves to recognize faculty leadership through research, education, mentoring, or service that affects health equity directly or through activities that support early career faculty, students, or trainees.