Teaching Award Recipients 2024
Resident Educator Award
- Taylor Carter, MD, General Surgery
- Sydney Hendricks, MD, Pediatrics
Scholarship Award
- Fei Chen, Ph.D., M.Ed., Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Educational Research Mentor Award
- Sofia Aliaga, MD, MPH, Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Educational Mentor/ Advisor Award
- William Kwan, Jr., MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
- Olga Otter, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor Wellness Chair
Faculty Teaching Resident/Fellow Award
- Jonathan Heath, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
High-Value Care Award
- John R. Stephens, MD, Professor, Medicine Associate Chief, Education and Faculty Development
Innovation in Biomedical Graduate Teaching Award
- Mara Evans, PhD, Associate Professor, STEM Teaching
Innovation in Teaching Award
- Jennifer Fuchs, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Award
- Gina M. Donato, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
- Megan Pruette, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence Award (Regional Campus Faculty)
- Elizabeth Acquista, MD, General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care (Wilmington)
- Rongrong Fan, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Asheville)
- William Ntim, MD, Cardiology (Charlotte)
- Zachary Pettigrew, MD, Pediatrics (Greensboro)
Application/Individualization Phase Clinical Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award
- Russell Coletti, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Matthew Pizzuto, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU)
Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program Distinguished Teaching Award
- Robert Nicholas, PhD, Professor & Vice Chair, Research and Education Pharmacology
Department of Health Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award
- Nancy Bagatell, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Division Director and Associate Professor, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Craver Medical Student Teaching Award
- Jennifer Carr, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery, Program Director, Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency, Director, Associate Program
Junior Faculty Award
- Shiva Zargham, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Residency Associate Program
Senior Faculty Award
- David Mayer, MD, FASA, Professor, Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Medical Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professorship
- Evan Raff, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Physician Leader, MDH Direct Care Service, Physician Chair, Adult Rapid Response Committee
- Emily Vander Schaaf, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education
- Marco Alemàn, MD, Professor, Medicine, Director, Comprehensive Advanced Medical Program of Spanish (CAMPOS)
- Karon Dawkins, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Vice Chair, Education, Director, General Psychiatry Residency Program