Dr. Randy Canterbury, Senior Associate Dean for Education presents a Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching to Dr. Winston Gwathmey, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Congratulations to the faculty listed below who were newly elected to these endowed chairs and who received these School of Medicine faculty awards. On Nov. 8, a ceremony and reception were held to celebrate these honors. Below are some photos from the event.
2018 Endowed Chair Electees
- James D. Bergin, MD, Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Professor of Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine - Leslie J. Blackhall, MD, Tussi and John Kluge Associate Professor of Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine - Irving L. Kron, MD, William H. Muller Professor of Surgery
(former holder of the S. Hurt Watts Professorship in Surgery)
Department of Surgery - Christine L. Lau, MD, George R. Minor Professor of General Thoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery - Lawrence G. Lum, MD, Marion McNulty Weaver and Malvin C. Weaver Professor of Oncology
Department of Medicine - Eugene D. McGahren, MD, Maurice L. LeBauer Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery - Imre Noth, MD, Dudley F. Rochester Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine - Josef Oberholzer, MD, Strickler Family Professor of Transplant Surgery
Department of Surgery - Robert E. O’Connor, MD, Marcus L. Martin Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine - Stephen S. Park, MD, G. Slaughter Fitz-Hugh Professor of Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology - Arturo P. Saavedra, MD, PhD, Kenneth E. Greer, M.D. Professor of Dermatology
Department of Dermatology - James M. Scheiman, MD, David D. Stone Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine - Yun Michael Shim, MD, John L. Guerrant Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine - Lukas K. Tamm, PhD, Andrew P. Somlyo Distinguished Professor of Molecular Physiology
(former holder of the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professorship in Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics)
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics - Kenneth Walsh, PhD, Lockhart B. McGuire Professor of Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine - Mark Yeager, MD, PhD, Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
(former holder of the Andrew P. Somlyo Distinguished Professorship in Molecular Physiology)
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics - Martha A. Zeiger, MD, S. Hurt Watts Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
2018 UVa School of Medicine Faculty Awards
Sharon L. Hostler Women in Medicine Leadership Award
- Victoria F. Norwood, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Robert J. Kadner Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching
- Jeffrey S. Smith, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
- Molly A. Hughes, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine Master Clinician Award
- Ted M. Burns, MD, Professor of Neurology
- Francis H. Shen, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical Center Master Educator Award for Graduate Medical Education
- Anne M. Mills, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
- Worthington (Sandy) G. Schenk III, MD, Professor of Surgery
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Vaia T. Abatzis, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
- Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
- F. Winston Gwathmey, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
- David G. Moyer, DC, Assistant Professor of Medical Education
- Amita Sudhir, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Dean’s Award for Clinical Excellence
- J. Nicholas Brenton, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
- Elizabeth M. Gaughan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Timothy N. Showalter, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
- Siobhan M. Statuta, MD, Associate Professor of Family Medicine
- David B. Weiss, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Team Science
Junior Faculty Award
- James A. Platts-Mills, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Senior Faculty Award
- Peter I. Lobo, MD, Professor of Medicine
David S. Wilkes, MD
Dean, UVA School of Medicine
James Carroll Flippin Professor of Medical Science
One of this year’s recipients of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dr. David Moyer, Assistant Professor of Medical Education.
Dr. Marcia Childress, Associate Professor of Medical Education in Medical Humanities and Director for Programs in Humanities presents this year’s Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award to Dr. Molly Hughes, Associate Professor of Medicine.
Senior Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Peggy Shupnik, presents the Dean’s Senior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research to Dr. Peter Lobo, Professor of Medicine.
Dr. Siobhan Statuta, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, received one of this year’s Dean’s Awards for Clinical Excellence.
Dr. Tim Bender, Chair of the Kadner Award Selection Committee, presents this year’s Robert J. Kadner Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching to Dr. Jeffrey Smith, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.
Dr. Barbie Ganser-Pornillos, Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, is one of this year’s recipients of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dean’s Award for Clinical Excellence recipient, Dr. Timothy Showalter, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, being congratulated by Dr. Susan Pollart, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development.
Dr. Victoria Norwood, Professor of Pediatrics, received this year’s Sharon L. Hostler Women in Medicine Leadership Award!
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