The Academy is pleased to announce that the following educators have received Excellence in Teaching Awards for their work in 2008-2009:

Anatomy
Douglas Schmucker, PhD

Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
John Feiner, MD
Thien Ng, MD
Kristina Sullivan, MD

Emergency Medicine
Preston Maxim, MD
Susan Promes, MD, FACEP
Marc Shalit, MD

Family and Community Medicine
Hali Hammer, MD
Ron Labuguen, MD
Elisabeth Wilson, MD, MPH

Medicine
Miranda Dunlop, MD
Jeff Kohlwes, MD
Robert Nussbaum, MD
Brad Sharpe, MD
Dolores Shoback, MD
Eric Widera, MD, MPH

Neurology
Terry Hutchison, MD, PhD

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Brian Morgan, MD, PhD
Juan Vargas, MD

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Ivan El-Sayed, MD

Pediatrics
Emily Roth, MD
Thomas Shimotake, MD
Peggy Weintrub, MD
Serena Yang, MD

Psychiatry
Kavoos Bassiri, LMFT, CGP
Maria Isabella Fernandez, MD
Francis Lu, MD
Jewel Shim, MD
Alla Spivak, MD

Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Carina Mari Aparici, MD
Christine Glastonbury, MBBS
Sujal Nanavati, MD
Loretta Strachowski, MD
Emma Webb, MD

Surgery
Eric Nakakura, MD, PhD

The recipients will be recognized on September 21, 2009 at the Academy's New Member Celebration.

About the Awards
The Excellence in Teaching Awards are peer-nominated and intended to highlight outstanding front-line teachers of medical students and residents at all UCSF teaching sites who might otherwise go unrecognized. These teachers should demonstrate dedication to the education of students/residents, and teach in a manner that creates an encouraging and intellectually stimulating environment that promotes critical thinking and learning.

Who is eligible?

• All School of Medicine faculty members at all UCSF teaching sites
  • Excludes recipients in the past three years (recipients from 2005 are eligible)
  • Excludes members of the Academy of Medical Educators

Who can nominate?
UCSF School of Medicine faculty members who are among the following:

• Members of the Academy of Medical Educators
• Residency Program Directors
• Clerkship Directors
• Course Directors
• Associate and Site Directors of the above three programs

Submission Guidelines:

• One nominee per faculty member
• Each nominee requires two faculty nominators
• The two nominators should complete a single nomination form attesting to the nominee's teaching qualities and characteristics
• Nominee can be within or outside your department
• Email the completed nomination form to landk@medsch.ucsf.edu

The Academy's Faculty Development Working Group reviews all nominations and determines the recipients. Recipients receive a certificate and letter copied to their department chair.

Please contact the Academy Office at 514-9259 if you have any questions, or email Kathleen Land at landk@medsch.ucsf.edu.