Robert Sokol, MD, dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, presented 48 faculty members with College Teaching Awards in recognition of their commitment to student education. The newly established College Teaching Awards will be given annually to honor the top five percent of the medical school faculty who are considered the very best teachers, based on peer review and student/faculty assessment.
The selection criteria included: performance and participation in teaching activities; student advising; scholarly work related to education; and service on committees concerned with education, innovation of methods and materials for teaching. "Most important among the criteria is that all awardees have demonstrated success at motivating their students to excel, generating their enthusiasm and fostering a respect for learning," said Dr. Sokol.
Congratulations to the winners who are listed below.
Anatomy/Cell Biology
Joanne Fujii, PhD, assistant professor
Dennis Goebel, PhD, assistant professor
Harry Goshgarian, PhD, professor
James Hazlett, PhD, associate professor
Mark Ireland, PhD, associate professor
Michelle Kurpakus, PhD, assistant professor
Roberta Pourcho, PhD, professor
Jose Rafols, PhD, professor
Paul Walker, PhD, associate professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
David Evans, PhD, professor
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Craig Giroux, PhD, assistant professor
Community Medicine
James Moseley, EdD, associate professor
Emergency Medicine
Robert Wahl, MD, assistant professor
Family Medicine
David Gaspar, MD, assistant professor
Maryjean Schenk, MD, assistant professor
Kendra Schwartz, MD, assistant professor
Internal Medicine
Patricia Brown, MD, assistant professor
Patricia Dhar, MD, assistant professor
Jack Ebright, MD, associate professor
Gary Edelson, MD, assistant professor
Larry Flaherty, MD, associate professor
Jose Granda, PhD, associate professor
Willane Krell, MD, assistant professor
Donald Levine, MD, assistant professor
Angela Mosley-Williams, MD, assistant professor
Jeffrey Moshier, PhD, assistant professor
Noreen Rossi, MD, associate professor
Mohamed Siddique, MD, assistant professor
Dale Sillix, MD, assistant professor
Antoinette Wozniak, MD, associate professor
Mark Zalupski, MD, associate professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stanley Berry, MD, assistant professor
Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, associate professor
Veronica Mallett, MD, assistant professor
Brian Mason, MD, assistant professor
Karoline Puder, MD, assistant professor
Yoram Sorokin, MD, associate professor
Pediatrics
Sandra Clapp, MD, associate professor
Shermine Dabbagh, MD, associate professor
Howard Fischer, MD, associate professor
Yvonne Friday, MD, assistant professor
G. Ganesh Konduri, MD, associate professor
Physiology
Ricardo Brown, PhD, associate professor
David Lawson, PhD, professor
Donal O’Leary, PhD, associate professor
James Rillema, PhD, professor
Dixon Woodbury, PhD, assistant professor
Radiology
Roger Klein, MD, assistant professor