Teaching & Excellence Awards
Assistant Professor
2020 Dwight C. McGoon Teaching Award
Awarded by the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association
The Dr. Dwight C. McGoon Award is an award given annually by the TSRA to an outstanding young faculty member in cardiothoracic surgery in recognition of his or her commitment to resident education and mentorship. Each year, cardiothoracic surgery residents in North America are eligible to nominate a faculty member within the first ten years of their attendingship who has demonstrated a remarkable interest in resident training — inside or outside of the operating room. From the nominated faculty, the winner will be selected and presented with the award at the STS Annual Meeting.
Dr. Natalie Lui is the second woman to receive the award in fourteen years, and Stanford is one of only two institutions to receive this award twice.
Associate Professor
2019 Dwight C. McGoon Teaching Award
Awarded by the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association
The Dr. Dwight C. McGoon Award is an award given annually by the TSRA to an outstanding young faculty member in cardiothoracic surgery in recognition of his or her commitment to resident education and mentorship. Each year, cardiothoracic surgery residents in North America are eligible to nominate a faculty member within the first ten years of their attendingship who has demonstrated a remarkable interest in resident training — inside or outside of the operating room. From the nominated faculty, the winner will be selected and presented with the award at the STS Annual Meeting.
Dr. Leah Backhus is the first woman to receive the award in fourteen years, the first African American recipient, and the first recipient from Stanford.
Pat O. Daily, M.D. (January 1, 1937 – April 25th, 2008)
Memorial Award for Clinical Excellence in Cardiovascular Surgery
Dr. Pat O. Daily was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, educated at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Chicago, Medical School, and was Dr. Norman Shumway’s Chief Resident in Cardiovascular Surgery in 1968-69. He stayed on the Stanford faculty from 1971 to 1973, when he became Director of Cardiac Surgery at UCSD. He was a gifted technical surgeon with great intellectual curiosity, who made many seminal contributions to the field: he and Norman Shumway performed the first CABG at Stanford (October 1968) and introduced percutaneous internal jugular venous catheterization, central aortic CPB cannulation, the Stanford type A and type B nomenclature system for aortic dissections, AC electrical fibrillation of the heart, the Daily cooling jacket, and successful surgical techniques and instruments for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTEA). He will be remembered as a master, cardiovascular surgeon and teacher, who always had time to stimulate and develop young minds. Pat O. Daily lived life to the fullest, whether it be in the operating room, piloting his various airplanes, scuba diving, training his dogs, ham radio (W5UDF), or popularizing prevention of heart disease through nutrition. His legacy lives on in the careers of those students and residents he made better doctors and surgeons, as well as clearer thinkers.
Award Recipients:
2010 – Anthony D. Caffarelli, MD
2011 – Judi Lachenmyer, RN, MS, CNS