The Academy of Educators, housed within the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, has recognized 15 faculty members with teaching awards. Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
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The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators has established a number of teaching awards to recognize the importance of excellence in medical teaching, increase the prestige of great educators, and make teaching a more viable part of a faculty member’s academic career path.
The selection committee is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 recipients (pictured left to right, respectively):
Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award — Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH (Medicine)
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award (for faculty at UNC Hospitals) — Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD (Surgery)
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award (for off-campus faculty) — Ola Akintemi, MD (Pediatrics), Alfred Mina, MD (Surgery), Lorene Temming, MD (Obstetrics & Gynecology)
Educational Research Mentor Award — Nikki Binz, MD, FACEP (Emergency Medicine)
Educational Mentor/Advisor Award — Jason Long, MD, MPH (Surgery) and Karen Serrano, MD (Emergency Medicine)
Innovation in Teaching Award — Yee Lam, MD, PhD (Family Medicine)
Faculty Teaching Resident/Fellow Award — Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD (Emergency Medicine)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education — Georgette Dent, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Junior Faculty Award — Meg Kihlstrom, MD (Pediatrics)
Senior Faculty Award — Wayne Price, MD (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professorship — Kimberley Nichols, MD (Anesthesiology)
Craver Professor Award — Luigi Pascarella, MD (Surgery)
Click here to read descriptions of the awards and learn more about the Academy of Educators.
Contact AOE Coordinator Judson MacDonald, MA at judson_macdonald@med.unc.edu with any questions.