Member of The Haile T. Debas
Academy of Medical Educators

Susan Masters, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Susan Masters had what most reviewers noted as the best chairs letter, probably because her chair has such admiration for her work. Noting that she has been nominated for or won 16 teaching awards since 1996, Dr. Yamamoto quotes a faculty colleague, "her lectures are well prepared and organized, but also engaging, humorous, crystal clear and direct. She likes and respects her students and they clearly feel the same about her." Describing her own work, Dr. Masters writes I believe that a large part of my success as a lecturer in the medical curriculum has come from my efforts to achieve two goals. One is to reinforce the pathophysiology and cell and molecular biology that the students have had previously. While this sounds simple, determining the content of preceding and concomitant course actually requires laborious investigative work. A second goal is to maintain a good balance of basic and clinical science."