Faculty Awards

There were 224 programs that participated in the 2012 National Faculty Awards. Congratulations to the following recipients:

Seetal Adhikari, MD
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (264)
Park Ridge, IL

Saqib Ahmad, MD
Hurley Medical Center (296)
Flint, MI

Lisa Allen, MD
University of Toronto (712)
Toronto, ON

Ronald D. Alvarez, MD
University of Alabama Medical Center (200)
Birmingham, AL

Joseph Amato, MD
Riverside Methodist Hospital – Ohio Health (380)
Columbus, OH

Lisa Anderson, MD
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center (356)
New York, NY

Sachin M. Apte, MD
University of South Florida (245)
Tampa, FL

Cecilia Avila, MD
University Hospital – SUNNY at Stony Brook (362)
Stony Brook, NY

Awoniyi Awonuga, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine (295)
Detroit, MI

John W. T. Ayers, MD
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (290)
Ypsilanti, MI

Arthur M. Baker III, MD
Memorial University Medical Center (251)
Savannah, GA

Heather A. Bankowski, DO
Rush University Medical Center (258)
Chicago, IL

Jonathan D. Baum, MD
Jersey Shore Medical Center (319)
Neptune, NJ

Cynthia A. Bean, MD
University of Mississippi (305)
Jackson, MS

Ronald D. Beesley, MD
Madigan Army Medical Center (801)
Tacoma, WA

Timothy Beiswenger, MD
Florida State University COM – Pensacola (243)
Pensacola, FL

Sarah J. Betstadt, MD, MPH
University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital (359)
Rochester, NY

Scott W. Biest, MD
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium School of Medicine (310)
St. Louis, MO

Misty Blanchette Porter, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School (314)
Lebanon, NH

Leo Boler, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center (256)
Chicago, IL

Anthony Boutt, MD
Providence Hospital (302)
Southfield, MI

Leo Brancazio, MD
Duke University Medical Center (367)
Durham, NC

Mary Bray, MD
Brooklyn Hospital Center (331)
Brooklyn, NY

Molly A. Brewer, DVM, MD, MS
John Dempsey Hospital – UConn Health Center (230)
Farmington, CT

William J. Butler, MD
Mercer University School of Medicine (250)
Macon, GA

Eugen Cristian Campian, MD, PhD
Franklin Square Hospital Center (279)
Baltimore, MD

Christinne D. Canela, MD
Carilion Clinic (438)
Roanoke, VA

Belina Carranza-Mamane, MD
University of Sherbrooke (715)
Sherbrooke, QC

Ashley W. Carroll, MD
Medical College of Virginia Hospital (437)
Richmond, VA

Brian Casey, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (421)
Dallas, TX

Taimur L. Chaudhry, MD
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (282)
Baltimore, MD

Erin Clark, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine (433)
Salt Lake City, UT

Stephen Z. Colodny, MD
Baystate Medical Center (288)
Springfield, MA

Jillian D. Coolen, MD
Dalhousie University/IWK Health Center (707)
Halifax, NS

Maged Costantime, MD
University of Texas – Galveston (424 )
Galveston, TX

Thusitha T. Cotter, MD
OSF St. Francis Medical Center (265)
Peoria, IL

Christopher J. Darus, MD
Maine Medical Center (278)
Portland, ME

Rochelle David, MD
University of Texas Health Sciences Center (431)
San Antonio, TX

Alberto de la Vega, MD
Puerto Rico Medical Center (407)
San Juan, PR

Annette Perez Delboy, MD
New York & Presbyterian Hospital (355)
New York, NY

Christopher P. DeSimone, MD
University of Kentucky/Albert B. Chandler Medical Center (272)
Lexington, KY

Charles S. Dietrich, MD
Tripler Army Medical Center (802)
Tripler AMC, HI

Michael Y. Divon, MD
Lenox Hill Hospital (349)
New York, NY

Eleanor A. Drey, MD, Ed.M
University of California – San Francisco (221)
San Francisco, CA

Brent D. Dumermuth, MD
University of Wisconsin – Meriter Hospital (443)
Madison, WI

Mitchell Edelson, MD
Abington Memorial Hospital (387)
Abington, PA

Amira El-Messidi, MD
McGill University/Royal Victoria Hospital (713)
Montreal, QC

Marygrace Elson, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (269)
Iowa City, IA

Steven Emura, MD
University of Hawaii (252)
Honolulu, HI

Naghma Farooqi, MD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (429)
Lubbock, TX

Bruce B. Feinberg, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (286)
Boston, MA

Peter Finamore, MD
Winthrop University Hospital (345)
Mineola, NY

Brooke R. Foulk, MD
East Tennessee State University (413)
Johnson City, TN

Esther Friedrich, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (211)
Los Angeles, CA

Raymond J. Frink, MD, PhD
UC-Davis Medical Center (218)
Sacramento, CA

Aleksandr Fuks, MD
Queens Hospital Center (343)
Jamaica, NY

Fred D. Fumia, MD
University of Oklahoma COM – Tulsa (385)
Tulsa, OK

Yun Mei Fung, MD
Morehouse School of Medicine (248)
Atlanta, GA

Nancy D. Gaba, MD
George Washington University Medical Center (235)
Washington, DC

Carlos Fonseca Galgado, MD
Wan Juan Municipal Hospital (406)
San Juan, PR

Kimberly S. Gecsi, MD
Case Western/University Hospital of Cleveland (377)
Cleveland, OH

John P. Geisler, MD
University of Toledo (382)
Toledo, OH

Sean T. George, MD
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (254)
Chicago, IL

Gregg Giannina, MD
Maricopa Medical Center (203)
Phoenix, AZ

John G. Gianopolous, MD
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (253)
Chicago, IL

Patrice Gillotti, MD
Danbury Hospital (229)
Danbury, CT

David Ginsburg, MD
Crozer-Chester Medical Center (402)
Upland, PA

Luis M. Gomez, MD
University of Tennessee – Memphis (415)
Memphis, TN

Harvey Greenberg, MD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center – El Paso (422)
El Paso, TX

Xiaoming Guan, MD
Baylor College of Medicine (425)
Houston, TX

Griselda Guiterrez, MD
LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (225)
Torrance, CA

Adeetu Gupta, MD
Flushing Hospital Medical Center (340)
Flushing, NY

Sadia Haider, MD, MPH
University of Illinois Medical Center (261)
Chicago, IL

Neil Hamill, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center (312)
Omaha, NE

B. Star Hampton, MD
Brown University/Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (408)
Providence, RI

Karl R. Hansen, MD, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (384)
Oklahoma City, OK

David C. Harrison, MD
Boston University Medical Center (285)
Boston, MA

Terry Harrison, MD
University of California – San Diego (219)
San Diego, CA

Mahreen Hashmi, MD
West Virginia University – Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center (442)
Morgantown, WV

Robert Hecht, MD
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center (348)
New York, NY

Celeste O. Hemingway, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (416)
Nashville, TN

Natash M. Hernandez, MD
Aurora Sinai Medical Center (444)
Milwaukee, WI

James B. Hill, MD
Eastern Virginia Medical School (436)
Norfolk, VA

Edward Hills, MD
Meharry Medical College (446)
Nashville, TN

David Holtz, MD
Lankenau Hospital (394)
Wynnewood, PA

Douglas V. Horbelt, MD
University of Kansas SOM – Wichita (271)
Wichita, KS

Rodney J. Hoxsey, MD
Louisiana State University Health Science Center (275)
New Orleans, LA

Chaur-Dong Hsu, MD, MPH
Nassau University Medical Center (339)
East Meadow, NY

Long Gue Hu, MD
Jersey City Medical Center/Wilzig Hospital (316)
Jersey City, NJ

Robert Wayne Inzer, MD
Baylor University Medical Center (418)
Dallas, TX

David M. Jaspan, DO
Albert Einstein Medical Center (392)
Philadelphia, PA

Eric L. Jenison, MD
Akron General Medical Center (372)
Akron, OH

Joshua Johannson, MD
Pennsylvania Hospital (396)
Philadelphia, PA

Cheryl E. Johnson, MD
SUMMA Health System (371)
Akron, OH

Dennis R. Johnson, MD
York Hospital (404)
York, PA

Daniel A. Kahn, MD, PhD
UCLA Medical Center (213)
Los Angeles, CA

Lisa Keder, MD, MPH
Ohio State University Hospital (379)
Columbus, OH

Joshua P. Kesterson, MD
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (391)
Hershey, PA

Neekianund Khupateena, MD
Maimonides Medical Center (334)
Brooklyn, NY

Young Bae Kim, MD
Tufts Medical Center (287)
Boston, MA

Tracy Kobs, MD
John Peter Smith Hospital/Tarrant County Hospital District (423)
Fort Worth, TX

David W. Kronbach, MD
Exempla St. Joseph Hospital (226)
Denver, CO

Natalya Kugay, MD
Monmouth Medical Center (318)
Long Branch, NJ

Simon Lajeunesse, MD
Laval University (716)
Quebec, QC

Grainger S. Lanneau, MD
Naval Medical Center – San Diego (803)
San Diego, CA

Wilma I. Larsen, MD
Texas A&M/Scott and White Hospital (432)
Temple, TX

Cathereine LeClair, MD
Oregon Health Sciences University (386)
Portland, OR

Roger Lefevre, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (284)
Boston, MA

Bruce A. Lessey, MD, PhD
Greenville Hospital System (411)
Greenville, SC

Constance Ling, MD
University of Ottawa/The Ottawa Hospital (711)
Ottawa, ON

Scott Lock, MD
Stanford University Hospital (224)
Stanford, CA

John R. Lue, MD, MPH
Georgia Health Sciences University (249)
Augusta, GA

David Lujan, MD
Kern Medical Center (206)
Bakersfield, CA

Stephanie Mann, MD
Rochester General Hospital (358)
Rochester, NY

Patricia L. Maran, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital (388)
Allentown, PA

Harvey Marchbein, MD
NSLIJHS-Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine (346)
New Hyde Park, NY

Harout Margossian, MD
Lutheran Medical Center (333)
Brooklyn, NY

Elynne Margulin, MD
Atlantic Health/Morristown Memorial Hospital (451)
Morristown, NJ

Melanie Marin, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center (350)
New York, NY

Vickie Martin, MD
Memorial University of Newfoundland (706)
St. John’s, NF

Kurt Martinuzzi, MD
Emory University School of Medicine (246)
Atlanta, GA

Dimitrios Mastrogiannis, MD, PhD
Temple University Hospital (397)
Philadelphia, PA

T. Fleming Mattox, MD
Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital (410)
Columbia, SC

Dennis Mauricio, MD
University of Buffalo – Women’s & Children’s Hospital (338)
Buffalo, NY

Staci A. Mayer, MD
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center (202)
Phoenix, AZ

Donna Mazloomdoost, MD
Washington Hospital Center (238)
Washington, DC

Christy McAvoy, MD
New York Methodist Hospital (335)
Brooklyn, NY

Peter McGovern, MD
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School (322)
Newark, NJ

Mary T. McLennan, MD
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center (309)
St. Louis, MO

Elizabeth Melendez, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (393)
Philadelphia, PA

Gary W. Menefee, MD
Louisiana State University Medical Center – Shreveport (277)
Shreveport, LA

Savas Menticoglou, MD
University of Manitoba (701)
Winnipeg, MB

Renee E. Mestad, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University (363)
Syracuse NY

Joseph Meunier, DO
Sparrow Hospital (298)
Lansing, MI

Paul B. Meyer, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center – Santa Clara (223)
Santa Clara, CA

Chad M. Michener, MD
MetroHealth Medical Center (378)
Cleveland, OH

David A. Miller, MD
LAC & USC Medical Center (214)
Los Angeles, CA

Laura L. Minikel, MD
Kaiser Foundation Hospital (216)
Oakland, CA

Caroline M. Mitchel, MD
University of Washington (439)
Seattle, WA

Joseph Montella, MD
Thomas Jefferson University/The Benjamin Franklin House (398)
Philadelphia, PA

Mark M. Moradi, MD
NYU Downtown Hospital (352)
New York, NY

Brian L. Morgan, MD
University of California – Fresno (207)
Fresno, CA

Michelle Y. Morrill, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group – San Francisco (220)
San Francisco, CA

George B. Morris III, MD
Ochsner Clinic Foundation (274)
New Orleans, LA

Peter C. Morris, MD
Creighton University School of Medicine (311)
Omaha, NE

Elizabeth R. Mueller, MD
Loyola University Medical Center (263)
Maywood, IL

Beth Nelson, MD
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center (231)
Hartford, CT

Wilberto Nieves-Neira, MD
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (320)
New Brunswick, NJ

Enrique Ordonez, MD
University of Tennessee – Chattanooga (412)
Chattanooga, TN

Francisco Orejuela, MD
University of Texas at Houston/LBJ General Hospital (426)
Houston, TX

Jazmin Parcon, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin (445)
Milwaukee, WI

Setul Pardanani, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (327)
Albany, NY

Reshma Parikh, MD
UMASS Medical School/Memorial Health Care (289)
Worcester, MA

Devendra A. Patel, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center (347)
New York, NY

James Pavelka, MD
TriHealth Good Samaritan/Bethesda Hospital (375)
Cincinnati, OH

Linda Pelaez, MD
St. Barnabas Medical Center (317)
Livingston, NJ

Mary Pell Abernathy, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine (267)
Indianapolis, IN

Julie K. Phillips, MD
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care (434)
Burlington, VT

Michael Pitter, MD
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (321)
Newark, NJ

Michael Podolsky, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine (395)
Philadelphia, PA

Jane M. Ponterio, MD
New York Medical College – Richmond (360)
Staten Island, NY

David Principe, MD
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center (324)
Paterson, NJ

Pamela A. Promecene, MD
University of Texas at Houston/Memorial Hermann Hospital (428)
Houston, TX

Michael F. Prysak, MD, PhD
St. John Hospital and Medical Center (294)
Detroit, MI

Christopher Pugh, DO
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center (403)
Reading, PA

Elena Ratner, MD
Yale-New Haven Hospital (232)
New Haven, CT

Stephen F. Rechner, MD
Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners (297)
Grand Rapids, MI

Kathryn L. Reed, MD
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center (204)
Tucson, AZ

Leroy A. Reese, MD
White Memorial Medical Center (215)
Los Angeles, CA

Shane Reeves, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (227)
Aurora, CO

Stephanie Rhone, MD
University of British Columbia (700)
Vancouver, BC

Alice Rhoton-Vlasak, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville (239)
Gainesville, FL

Scott D. Richard, MD
University Health Center of Pittsburgh/Magee-Womens Hospital (400)
Pittsburgh, PA

John S. Rinehart, MD, PhD, JD
St Francis Hospital (262)
Evanston, IL

Rodney P. Rocconi, MD
University of South Alabama (201)
Mobile, AL

Nanette L. Rollene, MD
Naval Medical Center – Portsmouth (800)
Portsmouth, VA

Dilara Samadi, MD
University of Buffalo – Sisters of Charity (337)
Buffalo, NY

Ines Sancho-Torres, MD
Staten Island University Hospital (361)
Staten Island, NY

Brent E. Seibel, MD
University of Florida COM – Jacksonville (240)
Jacksonville, FL

Usha Sethi, MD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center (417)
Amarillo, TX

Sohail Siddique, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (266)
Springfield, IL

F. Nicholas Shamma, MD
Synergy Medical Education Alliance (301)
Saginaw, MI

Rebecca Shiffman, MD, MFM
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (328)
Bronx, NY

Bethany Skinner, MD
University of Michigan Health System (291)
Ann Arbor, MI

Michael V. Smith, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (205)
Little Rock, AR

Carrie Sopata, MD
University of Virginia (435)
Charlottesville, VA

Nick M. Spirtos, MD
University of Nevada School of Medicine (313)
Las Vegas, NV

Barton C. Staat, MD
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (806)
Lackland AFB, TX

John F. Steege, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine (365)
Chapel Hill, NC

Ryan A. Stone, MD
Marshall University School of Medicine (441)
Huntington, WV

Dale W. Stovall, MD
Riverside Regional Medical Center (449)
Newport News, VA

Eric A. Strand, MD
St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center (268)
Indianapolis, IN

Krista Swenson, MD
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (381)
Dayton, OH

Georges Sylvestre, MD
Jamaica Hospital (342)
Jamaica NY

Linda M. Szymanski, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University (280)
Baltimore, MD

Teresa Tam, MD
Resurrection Health Care/St. Joseph Hospital (259)
Chicago, IL

Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH
University of Maryland School of Medicine (283)
Baltimore, MD

Ronald L. Thomas, MD
Western Pennsylvania Hospital (401)
Pittsburgh, PA

Kyle D. Traynor, MD
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education (304)
Rochester, MN

Victor Trinkus, MD
Northwestern University Medical (257)
Chicago, IL

Erin R. Tuller, MD
University of Missouri – Columbia (306)
Columbia, MO

Manolis Tsatsas, MD
New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell (351)
New York, NY

Elizabeth “Ramsey” Unal, MD
Medical University of South Carolina (409)
Charleston, SC

Babak Vakili, MD
Christiana Care Health System (234)
Newark, DE

Sara L. Vance, MD
Aultman Hospital/NEOUCOM (373)
Canton, OH

Catherine L. Van Hook, MD
University of Cincinnati Hospital (376)
Cincinnati, OH

Theodoros Vlachos, MD
William Beaumont Hospital (300)
Royal Oak, MI

Ronald V. Wade, MD
Carolinas Medical Center (366)
Charlotte, NC

Gael P. Wager, MD, MPH
University of New Mexico School of Medicine (325)
Albuquerque, NM

Robert J. Wagner, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center (209)
Loma Linda, CA

Thomas Warkus, MD
Universite de Montreal (714)
Montreal, QC

Jennifer E. Warren, MD
Mountain Area Health Education Center (364)
Asheville, NC

Jonathan W. Weeks, MD
University of Louisville Hospital (273)
Louisville, KY

Judith Weinstock, MD
SUNY Downstate at Long Island College Hospital (332)
Brooklyn, NY

Daryl Wieland, MD
The Stamford Hospital (233)
Stamford, CT

Carrie Wieneke, MD
University of Kansas Medical Center (270)
Kansas City, KS

Donald S. Wiersma, MD
National Capitol Consortium/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (807)
Bethesda, MD

David L. Williams, MD
University of West Virginia – Charleston (440)
Charleston, WV

John Williams III, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (210)
Los Angeles, CA

Cheryl Wolfe, MD
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (255)
Chicago, IL

Kristen Wootton, DO
University of Missouri – Truman Medical Center (307)
Kansas City, MO

Yasuko Yamamura, MD
University of Minnesota (303)
Minneapolis, MN

James Young, MD
Pennsylvania State/Geisinger Health System (390)
Danville, PA

Nikki B. Zite, MD, MPH
University of Tennessee Medical Center – Knoxville (414)
Knoxville, TN

Advertisement