Faculty Professionalism Award

The Faculty Professionalism Award recognizes a full-time (at least .50 FTE) School of Medicine faculty member who has served as a role model for professionalism, as defined in the School of Medicine Rules. According to the Rules, “Under the umbrella of professionalism lies an extended set of responsibilities that includes: civil and courteous behavior; respect for teachers, students, supporting staff and colleagues; service to the community; dedication to lifelong learning; and, for clinicians, empathy, altruism, compassion and other attitudes and behaviors which represent the core traditions of the profession of medicine.”

Faculty members are also expected to exhibit academic and institutional citizenship by contributing to the teaching, service, and administrative activities of their department and the School. The Faculty Senate would like to encourage nominations of all full-time School of Medicine faculty members at all ranks, including women and underrepresented minorities.

The winner of this award is honored at the School of Medicine Matriculation Ceremony in August of each year, and their name is placed on the permanent plaque that is displayed in the School of Medicine.

Award Nomination Process:
A nomination packet may be submitted by any student, resident, faculty member or other member of the School of Medicine or UCD community, which includes a letter of nomination and three (3) letters of support. The electronic nomination form is available at: Faculty Professionalism Award electronic form. A committee of faculty, residents and students will review all nominations and select the winner of the 2023 Faculty Professionalism Award, which will be announced in June 2023. All materials should be submitted by 5 PM, Friday, May 19, 2023.

Recipient:

Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, FACP, Professor, Department of Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Nicole Christian, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

J. Mark Petrash, PhD, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Angie Miller, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Department of Radiology

Michel Chonchol, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine

Frank Scott, MD, Professor, Department of Orthopedics

Emily Gottenborg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Kristin Furfari, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Amanda Bird Gilmartin, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Teresa Harper, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Department of Ob/Gyn

Recipients:

James Feinstein, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Jacqueline Glover, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Additional Nominees:

Tyra Fainstad, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Alexandra Gallant, PA, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Teresa Harper, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Ob/Gyn

Adrienne Mann, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Anna Neumeier, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Von Samedi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology

Sarah Tevis, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

Daniel White, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Rebecca Wolsky, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Recipients:

Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Jeremy Long, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Carol Okada, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Department of Pediatrics

Additional Nominees:

Angela Bonaguidi, MSW, Sr. Instructor, Department of Psychiatry

Alison Brainard, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Cindy Buchanan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Emilie Calvello Hynes, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Shideh Majidi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Wells Messersmith, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine

Viral Shah, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Mike Wang, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Recipients:

Richard Schulick, MD, MBA, FACS, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery

Rita Lee, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Al Anderson, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology

Amos Bailey, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine

Kerryann Broderick, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Mario Coleman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Rachel Davis, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Justin Honce, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology

Paritosh Kaul, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Tatiana Kutateladze, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Rakesh Mistry, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Brian E. Moore, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology

Joseph Sakai, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Thomas Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, Department

of Pediatrics

Sarah Stella, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Recipients:

Robert Janson, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Bonnie Kaplan, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Cheryl Armstrong, MD, Professor, Department of Dermatology

Kerry Brega, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Susan Koh, MD, Professor of Clinical Practice, Department of Pediatrics

Michael McDermott, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine

Sarah Stella, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Mary Anderson Wallace, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Recipients:

Anna Bruckner, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics

Abigail Lara, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Jim Ellis, MD, Professor of Medicine

Sonia Flores, PhD, Professor of Medicine

Brian Flynn, MD, Professor of Surgery

Flavia Hoyte, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Michael McDermott, MD, Professor of Medicine

Sabrina Newman, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Li-Kheng Ngov, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Molly Richards, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Brian Rothberg, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Recipients:

Maureen Garrity, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Wendy Madigosky, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Alison Brainard, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

Gerald Dodd, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology

Robert Eckel, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine

Carolyn Green, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Rita Lee, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Gene Wolfel, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine

Recipient:

Mitra Razzaghi, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Linda Barbour, MD, Professor, Medicine

Christina Cabrera-Muffly, MD, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology

Kim Kelsay, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Jeremy Long, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Wendy Madigosky, MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Robert McIntyre, MD, Professor, Surgery

Randall Meacham, MD, Professor, Surgery

Kristin Stratton, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Rachel Swigris, DO, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Katherine Wells, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Eugene Wolfel, MD, Professor, Medicine

Recipients:

Brenda Bucklin, MD, Professor, Anesthesiology

Daniel Savin, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Additional Nominees:

James DeGregori, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Kate Jennings, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Susan Johnson, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics

Brian Kavanagh, MD, Professor, Radiation Oncology

Tom Meyer, MD, Professor, Medicine

David Nowels, MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Thomas Robinson, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Scott Sutton, MD, Instructor, Medicine

Duncan Wilcox, MD, Professor, Surgery

Gene Wolfel, MD, Professor, Medicine

Recipients:

Michael R. Carry, PhD, Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Frederick Grover, MD, Professor, Surgery

Additional Nominees:

Evalina Burger, MD, Professor, Orthopedics

Richard Davis, PhD, Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Gerald Dodd, MD, Professor, Radiology

Allison Kempe, MD, Professor, Pediatrics

Georgeanna Klingensmith, MD, Professor, Pediatrics

Mona Krull, MD, Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn

Julie Parsons, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Denise Stelzner, PT, MBA, Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehab

Rachael Swigris, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Ayelet Talmi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry/Pediatrics

Recipient:

Robin Michaels, PhD, Associate Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology

Additional Nominees:

Nirmal Banda, PhD, Associate Research Professor, Medicine

Sean Colgan, PhD, Professor, Medicine

Steven Federico, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Jackie Glover, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Christina Finlayson, MD, Professor, Surgery

John Kendall, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Angeles Ribera, PhD, Professor, Physiology & Biophysics

Ayelet Talmi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

L. Chesney Thompson, MD, Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn

Gene Wolfel, MD, Professor, Medicine

Recipient:

Steven Lowenstein, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Michelle Barron, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Eugene Chu, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Vincent Collins, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Brian Dwinnell, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Bette Kay Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, MD, Professor, Pathology

Jean Kutner, MD, Professor, Medicine

Martin McCarter, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Deborah Saint-Phard, MD, Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Rachel Swigris, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Recipient:

Benjamin Honigman, MD, Professor, Surgery

Additional Nominees:

David Badesch, MD, Professor, Medicine

Joy V. Browne, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry

Robert D’Ambrosia, MD, Professor, Orthopedics

Gerald Dodd, MD, Professor, Radiology

Paul Maroni, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery

Michael T. McDermott, MD, Professor, Medicine

Allegra Melillo, MD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Shelley Miyamoto, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Recipient:

Suzanne Brandenburg, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Additional Nominees:

Brian Bacak, MD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Brian Dwinnell, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Benjamin Honigman, MD, Professor, Surgery

Martin McCarter, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Michael McDermott, MD, Professor, Medicine

Gary Zerbe, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics and Psychiatry

Recipient:

Joseph Cleveland, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Additional Nominees:

Brian Bacak, MD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Brian Dwinnell, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Mark Earnest, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Lawrence Hergott, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Benjamin Honigman, MD, Professor, Surgery

Larry Horwitz, MD, Professor, Medicine

Celia Kaye, MD, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics

Thomas Meyer, MD, Professor, Medicine

Michael Taravella, MD, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Gary Zerbe, PhD, Professor, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

Clifford Zwillich, MD, Professor, Medicine

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