The Academy of Educators, housed within the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, has recognized 22 faculty members with teaching awards. Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators (AOE) 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 2020-21 recipients:
Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award
- Kenan Penaskovic (Psychiatry)
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award
- UNC Hospitals Faculty
- Tracy Deselm (Emergency Medicine)
- Arielle Perez (Surgery)
- Regional Campus Faculty
- Eric Silman (Emergency Medicine)
- Rita Brintzenhoff (Surgery)
- Chelsea Ragland (Pediatrics)
Educational Research Mentor Award
- Adam Kimple (Otolaryngology)
Educational Mentor/Advisor Award
- Matthew Coward (Urology)
- Ria Dancel (Medicine/Pediatrics)
Innovation in Teaching Award
- Maglin Halsey-Nichols (Emergency Medicine)
High Value Care Awards
- Casey Olm Shipman (Neurology)
- Erin Finn (Medicine/Pediatrics)
Faculty Teaching Resident/Fellow Award
- Gary Burke (Emergency Medicine)
Resident Educator Award
- Daniel Markwalter (Emergency Medicine)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education
- Eric Wallen (Urology)
Scholarship Award
- Eric Zwemer (Pediatrics)
Junior Faculty Award
- Daniel Migliaccio (Emergency Medicine)
Senior Faculty Award
- Ola Akintemi (Pediatrics)
Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professorship
- Neva Howard (Emergency Medicine)
- Luigi Pascarella (Surgery)
Craver Professor Award
- Stephanie Downs-Canner (Surgery)
- Kristy Borawski (Urology)
Each participant was honored at the annual Alan W. Cross Evening of Scholarship on May 20th, 2021 by AOE Committee Chair Dr. Brent Senior. 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 inquiries.