2009 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners Announced
The 2009 recipients of APGO's annual Excellence in Teaching Award have been announced. The award
is given to educators who have demonstrated outstanding teaching practices and a commitment to
teaching excellence. Each of these recipients received a bronze 'APGO Excellence in Teaching
Award' lapel pin.
The Excellence in Teaching Award lapel pin.
More than 2200 educators have received this award since its inception in 1992.
APGO congratulates the 2009 recipients who are listed below:
Body Neena Agarwala, MD
University of Nebraska
Joseph A. Ahram, MD
New York Downtown Hospital
Carolyn Joy Alexander, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
C. William Allen, MD
St. Vincent Hospital
Laila Al-Marayati, MD
USC/ LAC & USC Medical Center
Daniel M. Avery, MD
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Joanne Bailey, CNM, PhD
University of Michigan
Erika Banks, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ronald Batt, MD, PhD
University at Buffalo
Dr. Martine Bernard, MD
University of Montreal
Robert M. Bernstein, MD
North Shore University Hospital
Robert Berry, Jr., MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lynn Amy Boardman, MD
Carolinas Medical Center
Matthew C. Brennan, MD
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
James Burke, II, MD
Memorial University Medical Center
Margaret Burnett, MD
University of Manitoba
Suzanne Y. Bush, MD
Florida State University College of Medicine
Elizabeth Buys, MD
Mountain Area Health & Education Center
Rebecca Caldwell, MD
Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research
Thomas A. Caputo, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Dennis Carden, DO
Western University of Health Sciences
Daniela Carusi, MD, MSc
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Frank Centanni, MD
Atlantic Health/Morristown
Lubna Chohan, MD
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Christine Colie, MD
Georgetown University Hospital
Douglas Creedon, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic
John V. Dacus, MD
University of South Carolina, Greenville Hospital System
Leah Delfinado, MD
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Dipak Delvadia, DO
Drexel University College of Medicine
Julia T. Donovan, MD
Baystate Medical Center Tufts
Yashika T. Dooley, MD
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
Timothy Drake, MD
Summa Health System
Conrad Duncan, MD
Franklin Square Hospital Center
Kenneth E. Edelman, MD
MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University
Jonathan D. Emery, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Sonya Erickson, MD
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Gerald Ferry, III, MD
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
Laurel Finta, MD
University of California, Davis
Serina E. Floyd, MD, MSPH
Duke University
Michael K. Flynn, MD, MHS
University of Rochester Medical Center
Russell E. Fothergill, MD
Texas A & M - Scott & White Hospital
Sean Francis, MD
Medical College of Georgia
J. Christopher Franka, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Anne C. Frantz, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor
Sreedhar Gaddipati, MD
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center - New York
Melissa Goist, MD
The Ohio State University
Laura T. Goldsmith, PhD
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Yvonne G. Gollin, MD
Loma Linda University
Isabel Gomez, MD
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Scott Graziano, MD
Loyola University Medical Center
Todd R. Griffin, MD
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Alfred Guirguis, DO
Rush University Medical Center
Glen W. Heckman, MD
Baylor University Medical Center
C. William Helm, MB, BChir
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Pamela Hetrick, CNM
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Elizabeth Hill-Karbowski, CNM
Medical College of Wisconsin
Randall S. Hines, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sherryl Hinton, MD
Providence Hospital
Charles J. Hochberg, MD
West Virginia University
Lisa M. Hollier, MD
University of Texas Medical School at Houston - Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital Program
Mary K. Holm, MD
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Stacey Holman, MD
LSU Health Sciences Cetner
Sheri Holmes, MD
East Tennessee State University
Phillip Horn, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center
David A. Hutchins, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
G. Marc Jackson, MD
University of Utah
Bruce Jasper, MD
University of Illinois, College of Medicine - Rockford
Michael T. Johnson, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Irwin Kerber, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Debora Kimberlin, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Wendy L. Kinzler
Winthrop University Hospital
John T. Kitchings, MD
University of MS Medical Center
Amy Lai, MD
Jamaica Hospital
Eduardo Lara-Torre, MD
Virginia Teach Carilion School of Medicine
Susan Lashley, MD
University of Virginia
David Lujan, MD
Kern Medical Center
Virginia Lupo, MD
University of Minnesota
Heidi Lyn, MD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso
Bruce Mabine, MD
Temple University School of Medicin
James Maciulla, MD
University of Arizona
Colin MacNeill, MD
Penn State College of Medicine
Michael Makii, MD
Mercer U. School of Medicine Medical Center of Central Georgia
Ligaya Marasigan, MD
John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital
Toby Marshall, MD, FACOG
Creighton University
Robert McGuire, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Natalie Meirowitz, MD
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Frances Ann Mooney
Joan C. Edwards SOM/University
Christopher Morosky, MD
VCU Medical Center
Val Mueller, MD
McMaster University
Melinda New, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Patricia M. Newcomb, MD, FACOG
Rochester General Hospital
Antonia Nicosia, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Wilberto Nieves-Neira, MD
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
John T. Nosovitch, Jr., MD
Upstate Medical University
Nicole Noyes, MD
NYU School of Medicine
Arthur Ollendorff
University of Cincinnati
Renee Page, MD
Wayne State University
Steve Parsons, MD
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Shefali Pathy, MD, MPH
Yale University School of Medicine
Juan Paulet, MD
Wright State University Boonshoft SOM
Vanessa Valerie Peña, MD
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
MaryLynn Perry, DO
Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey
Leo Poreira, MD
Oregon Health and Science University
Kim Puterbaugh, MD
Aurora Health Care
Lois M. Ramondetta, MD
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Gary Randall, PhD
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Shane Reeves, MD
University of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care
Alvie Richardson, MD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
James Robinson, MD
The George Washington University
Wanda Ronner, MD
Pennsylvania Hospital
Stephen Rosenman, MD
Bridgeport Hospital
Helen Ross, MD
UF College of Medicine
Antoinette Sakaris, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Hani Jacob Saleh, MD
Northwestern University
Jacques Samson, MD
University of Tennessee
Robert N. Samuelson, MD
Danbury Hospital
Peter Schnatz, DO
University of Connecticut
Mark Schnee, DO
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
Eileen Segreti, MD
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Catherine A. Sewell, MD MPH
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rita Shats, MD
Richmond University Medical Center
Lisabeth Shlansky, MD
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Joanna Shulman, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Michelle Sia, DO
Boston University School of Medicine
Anil K. Sood, MD
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Frederick B. Stehman, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Richard Stewart, DO
Saint Peter's University Hospital
Keith Still, MD
University of British Columbia
Colleen Stockdale, MD
The University of Iowa
Peter R. Sutter, DO
Akron General Medical Center
Vivian Tamayo, MD
University of Puerto Rico Medical School
Arthur Tayengco, MD
University of Nevada School of Medicine
R. William Taylor, DO
Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE
Nicholas Taylor, MD
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Trevor Tejada-Berges, MD
Women and Infants Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Ronald Thomas, MD
Allegheny General Hospital
Joseph C. Trentacosta, MD
Staten Island University Hospital
Folusho Tugbiyele, MD
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Paul Tullar, MD
Texas Tech University HSC
John Uckele, MD
William Beaumont Hospital
Elizabeth Ramsey Unal, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Nirmala Upadhyaya, MD
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Emanuel Vlastos, MD
Saint Louis University
Nathan Wagstaff, MD
Saint John Hospital and Medical Center
Wendy Warren, MD
St. Barnabas Medical Center
Louis Weinstein, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Loyd A. West, MD
Dartmouth Medical School
Ray T. Whitt, MD
New York Medical College
Harold C. Wiesenfeld, M.D.C.M.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Terry L. Williams, DO
UTCOMC
Emmanuel K. Yeboah, MD
University of Saskatchewan
Edgardo Yordan, MD
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Carey Michele York-Best, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thomas Zheng, MD
Maricopa Medical Center