MD Program Teaching Awards
The MD Program Teaching Awards honors faculty, residents, students and staff who have
made outstanding contributions to medical student education.
2019 Teaching Award Recipients
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Teaching Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Medical Education
Rebecca Blankenburg
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Preclinical Teaching
Ann Chuang
Pedram Fatehi
Beth Martin-Kool
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Aleah Brubaker
Lucas Kipp
Tsuyoshi Mitarai
Outstanding Lecture/Presentation
Dean Winslow
Teaching Assistant Award
Michelle Drews
The Arthur L. Bloomfield Award In Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine
Anna Finley Caulfield
Olivia Lee
Paul Mohabir
Outstanding Community Clinic Preceptor, Pre-Clinical Instruction
Peter Fay
Outstanding Community Clinic Preceptor, Clinical Instruction
Howard Chiou
The Alwin C Rambar-James BD Mark Award for Excellence in Patient Care
Dean Winslow
Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for Excellence in Advising Medical Students
Lars Osterberg
The Lawrence H. Mathers Award for Exceptional Commitment to Teaching and Active Involvement in Medical Student Education
Veronica Santini
Award for Excellence in Promotion of the Learning Environment and Student Wellness
Tracy Rydel
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Humanism
Laurel Braitman
Veronica Santini
Erika Schillinger
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Diversity and Societal Citizenship
Sandrene Cassells
Richard Sapp
Medical Education Staff Service Award
Maria Alfonso
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching (Residents)
Jessica Bentzley
Rishi Bhatnagar
Howard Chiou
Robert Tyler Payne
Surbhi Singhal
Prateek Thatikunta
Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees
Julie Barzilay
Sophia Bechek
Kathrine Casillas
Jeffrey Edwards
Daniel Greenberg
Michelle Han
Kristie Hsu
Elizabeth Hyde
Eli Johnson
Kevin Li
Paloma Marin Nevarez
Jessica Pullen
Michael Richardson
Yekaterina Shpanskaya
Rosa Yu
Special Thanks
Teaching Awards Student Selection Committee Members
Sophia Bechek, Zainub Dhanani, Katie Dickerson,Jeffrey Kwong, Kiley Lawrence, Tara Murty, Jassi Pannu, Mary-Grace Reeves, William Shi, Georgia Toal
Nominations for Teaching Awards
Thank you for taking this opportunity to acknowledge instructors who have made an important contribution to your medical education. Every faculty member or instructor who is nominated will receive a letter of recognition that is personalized with comments from the nomination forms. A copy of the recognition letter will also be sent to the faculty member’s department chair.