Faculty members receive teaching awards

Congratulations to the following faculty members who were presented with College Teaching Awards at the annual Honors Recognition Program.

Dr. Yi-chi Kong, president of the faculty senate, said, "The following faculty members are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to students." The awards are based, in large part, upon student evaluations of teaching performance.

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Mihir Bagchi, PhD

William Crossland, PhD

Robert Skoff, PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Robert Johnson, PhD

C.P. Lee, PhD

Leonard Malkin, PhD

Bharati Mitra, PhD

Immunology/Microbiology

Yi-chi Kong, PhD

Stephen Lerman, PhD

Vera Righthand, PhD

Harley Tse, PhD

Internal Medicine

Nelia Afonso, MD

Ayad Al-Katib, MD

Eric Ayers, MD

Nandalal Bagchi, MD, PhD

Joseph Bander, MD

Carter Bishop, MD

Pravit Cadnapaphornchal, MD

Lavoisier Cardozo, MD

Sudhir Desai, MD

Basim Dubaybo, MD

Mark Edelstein, MD, PhD

Murray Ehrinpreis, MD

M. Ammar Hatahet, MD

Scott Jacober, DO

Gregory Kalemkerian, MD

Robert Karvonen, PhD

James Kruse, MD

Omer Kucuk, MD

Stephen Lerner, MD

Patricia LoRusso, DO

Adhip Majumdar, PhD

James Marsh, MD

Maureen Mayes, MD

Stephen Migdal, MD

Ramzi Mohammad, PhD

Dorothy Nelson, PhD

Rene Peleman, MD

Graciela Rojas, MD

Paul Ruble, MD

Anthony Shields, MD

Jack Sobel, MD

Paul Swerdlow, MD

Liborio Tranchida, MD

Joshua Wynne, MD

Neurology

Joshua Adler, MD, PhD

Richard Lewis, MD

Lisa Rogers, DO

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Charla Blacker, MD

John Hannigan, PhD

Mark Johnson, MD

Adnan Munkarah, MD

Janice Whitty, MD

Ophthalmology

Gary Abrams, MD

Pathology

Clement Diglio, PhD

William Kupsky, MD

Kenneth Palmer, PhD

Kaladhar Reddy, PhD

Fazlul Sarkar, PhD

Dr. Sokol recognizes Dr. Ken Palmer (right) for his commitment to teaching.

Dr. Kaladhar Reddy (left) accepts his award from Dr. Robert Sokol.

Pediatrics

John Hopper, MD

Peter Karpawich, MD

Stephen Knazik, DO

Mary Lieh-Lai, MD

Robert Ross, MD

Ashok Sarnaik, MD

Pharmacology

Roy McCauley, PhD

Russell Yamazaki, PhD

Physiology

Jeffrey Ram, PhD

Debra Skafar, PhD

Sharon Ackerman, PhD

Nicholas Davis, PhD

Vishwanath Sardesai, PhD