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February 6, 2014

People of the Times

Faculty were recognized at the 2013 School of Medicine curriculum colloquium for their outstanding contributions to the education of medical students.

  • Distinguished Service Award in Medical Education, which is the highest honor in medical education given by the School of Medicine: Allen L. Humphrey, neurobiology; Thomas A. Medsger, Gerald P. Rodnan Professor of Medicine.
  • Kenneth E. Schuit Award, which recognizes basic science and clinical faculty for education-related contributions to the medical school’s curriculum: Paula Monaghan-Nichols, neurobiology; Evan L. Waxman, ophthalmology.
  • Sheldon Adler Award, which recognizes individual achievement in medical education innovation: Ankur A. Doshi, emergency medicine.
  • William I. Cohen Award, which recognizes faculty who consistently provide outstanding clinical skills instruction for  first- and second-year medical students: Basil J. Zitelli, pediatrics; Dianne M. Zalenski, medicine.
  • Award for Excellence in Clinical Precepting, which recognizes clinical preceptors who consistently provide outstanding clinical instruction in a community setting for medical students: James S. Costlow, Premier Medical Associates; Douglas P. Stewart, Children’s Community Pediatrics; Jonathan Weinkle, volunteer clinical instructor, pediatrics.
  • Clinical Educator of the Year Award, which recognizes faculty who consistently provide outstanding clinical education in a third- or fourth-year elective course setting for medical students: Susan M. Dunmire, emergency medicine; James M. Perel, emeritus professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and chemical biology; Paul L. Rogers, critical care medicine.
  • Donald S. Fraley Award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding contribution to medical education through their service as mentors to medical students: Giselle G. Hamad, surgery.
  • Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award, which recognizes faculty who consistently provide outstanding clinical instruction in the clerkship setting for medical students: Sean E. Button, pediatrics; Jason S. Chang, emergency medicine; Diego Chaves-Gnecco, pediatrics; Patricia L. Dalby, anesthesiology; David C. Demoise, medicine; Lawrence D. Gerber, medicine; Martin G. Johns, UPMC McKeesport; Robert G. Kaniecki, neurology; Joyce S. Leifer, pediatrics; Michael J. Marcsisin, psychiatry; Paul D. Speer, obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences; S. Tonya Stefco, ophthalmology; Gregory A. Watson, surgery.
  • 2013 Excellence in Education Awards presented by the Class of 2016 for contributions and dedication to teaching of the basic sciences and organ systems: course director — John B. Schumann, neurobiology; lecturer — Jeffrey S. Nine, pathology; small group facilitator — Cynthia Lance-Jones, neurobiology.
  • 2013 Excellence in Education Awards presented by the Class of 2015 for contributions and dedication to teaching of the organ systems: course director —  James R. Johnston, medicine; lecturer —  Jeffrey S. Nine, pathology; small group facilitator — Reed W. Van Deusen, medicine.

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Equipoise has given its first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Creating a “Just” Community Award to John Wilds, assistant vice chancellor for community relations.

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Two members of Pitt’s School of Nursing faculty have been included in Online LPN to RN’s listing of “100 Inspiring Nursing Professors to Watch in 2014.”

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, dean and Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing at the  School of Nursing, and  Annette DeVito Dabbs, chair of the Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, were included on the unranked list of nurse-educators.

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Robert M. Enick, NETL (National Energy Technology Laboratory) Faculty Fellow, Bayer Professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, was the inaugural recipient of the department’s James Martin Pommershein Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award was established with a gift from Pommershein, an alumnus of the department. It recognizes departmental faculty in the areas of lecturing, teaching, research methodology and research mentorship of students.

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