Clinical 2010-2011
The Dean’s Excellence Awards recognize the dedicated campus-based faculty, hospital-based instructors, and office-based teachers who effectively teach and mentor our medical students and residents. The Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented to clinical and basic science faculty for their exemplary teaching in preclinical courses, core clerkships and clinical electives. These faculty members are recognized for their exceptional teaching and mentoring as lecturers, small-group leaders, and laboratory, hospital-based and office-based preceptors.
2010-2011 Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients
- Michele Stozek Anvar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical) - Douglas M. Burtt, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Rex W. Appenfeller, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - James A. Arrighi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine - Andrew W. Artenstein, MD
Professor of Medicine - Maroun Azar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Francis Basile, Jr., MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Jacob R. Berger, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Clinical) - Arnaldo Berges, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
& Human Behavior - Douglas L Blecker, MD
Clinical Instructor in Medicine - Thomas A. Bledsoe, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Ctr for Biomedical Ethics - John R. Boekamp, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor Psychiatry &
Human Behavior - Paul J. Botelho, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology) - Lisa D. Bowie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Jennifer M. Boyle
Clinical Instructor in Ob/Gyn - Jeffrey M. Burock, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry - James Butera, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine - Gerardo P. Carino, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Stephen R. Carr, MD
Professor of Ob/Gyn - Brian P. Casserly, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Victoria C. Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Clinical) - Kevin P. Charpentier
Assistant Professor of Surgery - Anjulika Chawla, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical) - Pradeep Chopra, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical) - Jeannine M. Connolly
Clinical Assistant Instructor in Ob/Gyn - Francis A. Connor, Jr, DDS
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
(Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) - Tanya Dailey, MD
Assistant Professor in Ob/Gyn (Clinical) - Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine - Paul V. Del Guercio, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Jeanette E. Downing-Park
Teaching Associate in Family Medicine - Kristina M. Duarte, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Luba L. Dumenco, MD
Lecturer in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Kevin M. Dushay
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Candace L. Dyer
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery - Charles B. Eaton, MD
Professor of Family Medicine & Community Health - Mark Elliot, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior - M. Khurram Faizan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical) - Michael D. Feldman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics - James G. Fingleton, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic Surgery) - John L. Foggle, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (Clinical) - Laura Forman
Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine - Melissa M. Gaitanis, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical) - Aris C. Garro, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics - Bethany J. Gentilesco
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical) - Paul George, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Thomas Germano, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine - Sharon E. Gibson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology) - Lisa J. Goldstein, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Amy S. Gottlieb, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Ob/Gyn (Clinical) - Theresa A. Graves, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Clinical) - Shea C. Gregg, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery - L. Corey Hanley, MD
Instructor in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Clinical) - Katrine Hansen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology - David T. Harrington, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery (Trauma) - Tawfik F. Hawwa, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn - Terrance T. Healey
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Diagnostic Imaging - Daithi J. Heffernan
Assistant Professor of Surgery - R. Jeffrey Hofmann
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
(Ophthalmology) - Katherine M. Holmes, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Andrew R. Hordes, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine - Karyn J. Horowitz, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior - Margaret Howard, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
& Human Behavior - Sadia Iftikhar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Kristina M. Jackson
Associate Professor of Community Health
(Research) - Gary D. Johnson, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology (Clinical) - Robert G.M. Johnston, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior - Michael P. Koster
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical) - Humera Khurshid, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - George Kroumpouzos, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology - Donna A. Kucharski MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
(Anesthesiology) - Jonathan D. Kurtis, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Elizabeth Lazarus
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging - Sheldon Lidofsky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Elizabeth A. Lowenhaupt, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry & Human Behavior - Ivana Lukacova-Zib, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Susanna R. Magee, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Martha B. Mainiero, MD
Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging - Pierre R. Manzo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Edward W. Martin, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine - Peter J. Mazzaglia
Assistant Professor of Surgery - Kelly Ann McGarry
Associate Professor of Medicine - Edward D. McGookin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Family Medicine - Stephen T. Mernoff, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology (Clinical) - Michael E. Migliori, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery - Cristina L. Mitchell, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine (Ophthalmology) - John H. Moran, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Kathy Moren, RN BSN IBCLC
Teaching Associate in Family Medicine - Andrew T. Nathanson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine - Linda Nici, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine - Melissa B. Nothnagle, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Anthony P. Nunes
Statistical & Project Support Specialist - Calvin W. Oyer, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Frank Paletta
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
(Oral/Maxillofacial) - Adam D. Pallant
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical) - Gyan Pareek
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Urology) - Alan D. Podis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Urology) - Aadia I. Rana
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Dale A. Ritter, PhD
Lecturer in Biology - Thomas Roberts, PhD
Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - Leslie Robinson-Bostom
Associate Professor of Dermatology - Julie L. Roth, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology - Matthew T. Salisbury, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Thais P. Salazar-Mather, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Science - Thomas K. Shahinian, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
(Colo-Rectal Surgery) - Hatem Shoukeir, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Natasha Shur, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Rochelle Simon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Nathan A. Siegel, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine - Jessica L. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine (Clinical) - John J. Solomon, Jr, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine - Edward G. Stopa, MD
Professor of Pathology & Neurosurgery - C. James Sung, MD
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Ghulam M. Surti, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
& Human Behavior - Elizabeth M. Sutton
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine - Ronald W. Thebarge, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior - Beth A. Toolan MD
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
Andrew S. Triebwasser, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Anesthesiology) (Clinical) - Sarita S. Warrier
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Clinical) - Delma Jean Watts
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics - Arnold-Peter Weiss, MD
Professor of Orthopaedics
Associate Dean of Medicine (Admissions) - Holly K. Westervelt, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Clinical) - Patrick Weyer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine - Edward G. Wittels, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine - Anita L. Zimmerman, PhD
Professor of Medical Science


