The Academy of Educators, housed within the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, has recognized 27 faculty and trainee members with teaching awards.
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 2022 – 2023 recipients are:
Craver Professor Award
- Suresh Nagappan, MD, MSPH
Department of Pediatrics (Greensboro- Moses Cone)
Department of Health Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award
- Linn Wakeford, PhD
Department of Health Sciences (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award
- Raúl Necochea, PhD
Department of Social Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Danielle Samulski, MD
Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award
- Surabhi Kasera, MD
Department of Psychiatry (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Jeyhan Wood, MD
Department of Surgery (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award – Regional Campus Faculty
- David Baker, III, MD
Department of Surgery (Charlotte- Novant) - Michael Murray, DO, PhD
Department of Psychiatry (Asheville- MAHEC) - Laura Parente, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics (Wilmington- Novant New Hanover) - Christine Khandelwal, DO
Department of Family Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Educational Research Mentor Award
- Eugenia Quackenbush, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Educational Mentor/Advisor Award
- Muneera Kapadia, MD
Department of Surgery (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Adam Kimple, MD, PhD
Department of Otolaryngology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Innovation in Teaching Award
- Arielle Perez, MD, MPH
Department of Surgery (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Faculty Teaching Resident/Fellow Award
- Leslie Clark, MD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Resident Educator Award
- Brad Brown, MD
Department of Anesthesiology (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Isabelle Dagher, MD
Department of Pediatrics (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Scholarship Award
- Rebekah Layton, PhD
Office of Medical Education (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Junior Faculty Award
- Erin Finn, MD
Department of Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Senior Faculty Award
- Erin Malloy, MD
Department of Psychiatry (UNC-Chapel Hill)
High-Value Care Award
- Daniel Park, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill - Meredith Newton, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education
- Jane Brice, MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Mauricio Castillo, MD
Department of Radiology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professorship
- Susie Martinelli, MD
Department of Anesthesiology (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Winston Li, MD
Department of Psychiatry (UNC-Chapel Hill) - Christina Shenvi, MD, PhD, MBA
Department of Emergency Medicine (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Each participant was honored at the annual Alan W. Cross Evening of Scholarship on June 1, 2023, by AOE Committee Chair Ana Felix, MD. Click here to read descriptions of the awards and learn more about the Academy of Educators.
If you have questions, please reach out to aoe@med.unc.edu.