2024 Awards
The MD Program recognizes that teaching and mentorship are central to our success. We administer several awards as part of our commitment to support and recognize excellence and leadership in education.
2024 Recipients
The W. T. Aikins Awards are the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's most prestigious awards for sustained commitment and excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Individual Teaching Performance in Foundations
- Shelly Dev, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine
Individual Teaching Performance in Clerkship
- Helena Dhamko, Department of Medicine
- Nicholas Blanchette, Department of Pediatrics
Excellence in Course Development/Program Coordination
- James Owen, Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Luke Devine, Department of Medicine
The Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education recognizes MD Program faculty members and administrative staff for their commitment to diversity and health equity.
- Chase McMurren, Department of Family and Community Medicine
The Excellence in Resource Stewardship Teaching Award in the MD Program was established in 2021. It recognizes faculty members and postgraduate trainees (residents and fellows) who mentor learners in concepts of resource stewardship and demonstrate exemplary resource stewardship in their own clinical practices.
- Jerome Leis, Department of Medicine
- Geetha Mukerji, Department of Medicine