There were 230 programs that participated in the 2009 National Faculty Awards. Congratulations to the following recipients:

Fouad M. Abbas, MD
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore – 282
Baltimore, MD

Asghar Afsari, MD
Providence Hospital – 302
Southfield, MI

Ramin Ahmadi, MD
Long Island College Hospital – 332
Brooklyn, NY

Leah Ahoya, MD
Geisinger Medical Center – 390
Danville, PA

Kolawole Felix Akinnowonu, MD
Queens Hospital Center – 343
Jamaica, NY

Kristiina R. Altman, MD, PhD
The John Hopkins Hospital – 280
Maryland, MD

Ruben J. Alvero, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center – 227
Denver, CO

Peter Argenta, MD
University of Minnesota – 303
Minneapolis, MN

Charles Ascher-Walsh, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center – 350
New York, NY

Kristin L. Atkins, MD
University of Maryland Affiliated Hospitals – 283
Baltimore, MD

Yoni Barnhard, MD
Lenox Hill Hospital – 349
New York, NY

Robert Beim, MD
Saint Peter’s University Hospital – 447
New Brunswick, NJ

Lori R. Berkowitz, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital – 286
Boston, MA

Scott Berlin, MD
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center – 328
Bronx, NY

Mark C. Bidwell, MD
Wright State University School of Medicine – 381
Dayton, OH

Harold A. Bivins, Jr, MD
Memorial Health University Medical Center – 251
Savannah, GA

Alex A. Boafo, MD
Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center – 330
Bronx, NY

Michael Boroditsky, MD
University of Manitoba – 701
Winnipeg, MB

Diana Broomfield, MD, MBA
Howard University Hospital – 237
Washington, DC

Elisa Brown, MD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center – 430
Odessa, TX

John D. Buek, MD
Washington Hospital Center – 238
Washington, DC

Richard O. Burney, MD
Madigan Army Medical Center – 801
Tacoma, WA

Blair Butler, MD
BC Women’s Hospital – 700
Vancouver, BC

Jennifer R. Butler, MD
Carolinas Medical Center – 366
Charlotte, NC

Jay Byers, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center – 392
Dallas, TX

Teresa Byrd, MD
Meharry Medical College – 446
Nashville, TN

Sharon Y. Byun, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – 393
Philadelphia, PA

Michael Cackovic, MD
Naval Medical Center (San Diego) – 803
San Diego, CA

Michael J. Callahan, MD
St. Vincent Hospitals & Health Services – 268
Indianapolis, IN

Timothy Canavan, MD
Danbury Hospital – 227
Danbury, CT

Robert J. Carpenter, MD, JD
Baylor College of Medicine – 425
Houston, TX

Setsuko K. Chambers, MD
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center – 204
Tucson, AZ

Ashwin Chatwani, MD
Temple University School of Medicine – 397
Philadelphia, PA

Martin R. Chavez, MD
Winthrop University Hospital – 345
Mineola, NY

Edith Y. Cheng, MD, MS
University Hospital of Washington Medical Center – 439
Seattle, WA

Dennis D. Christensen, MD
University of Wisconsin Hospital – 443
Madison, WI

Peter Cole, MD
Albany Medical Center – 326
Albany, NY

John Thomas Comerci, MD
Western Pennsylvania Hospital – 401
Pittsburgh, PA

William T. Creasman, MD
Medical University of South Carolina – 409
Charleston, SC

William R. Crombleholme, MD
John Dempsey Hospital – UConn Health Center – 230
Farmington, CT

Mark A. Crozier, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch – 448
Austin, TX

Carie A. D’Agata, MD
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center – 391
Hershey, PA

Adi Davidov, MD
Staten Island University Hospital – 361
Staten Island, NY

Ann J. Davis, MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center – 287
Boston, MA

J. Kenneth Davis, MD
Akron General Medical Center – 382
Akron, OH

Sandra D. Dayaratna, MD
University of Hospital of Cleveland – 377
Cleveland, OH

Julie Zamaitis DeCesare, MD
Florida State University College of Medicine – 246
Pensacola, FL

Alberto de la Vega, MD
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine – 407
San Juan, PR

Jeff Dempster, MD
Dalhousie University – 707
Halifax, NS

William G. Dodds, MD
Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center – 297
Grand Rapids, MI

Gina Dunston-Boone, MD
Bridgeport Hospital – 228
Bridgeport, CT

Mitchell I. Edelson, MD
Abington Memorial Hospital – 387
Abington, PA

Abeer A. Eddib, MD
University @Buffalo Consortium Hospital – 338
Buffalo, NY

Andrew Elimian, MD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – 384
Oklahoma City, OK

Pamela L. Emeney, MD
University of California – SF (Fresno) – 207
Fresno, CA

Christopher Fabricant, MD
Jersey Shore Medical Center – 319
Neptune, NJ

Janice L. Falls, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine – 327
Bronx, NY

Reinaldo Figueroa, MD
SUNY @Stony Brook Health Science Center – 362
Stony Brook, NY

Jay E. Fisher, MD
William Beaumont Hospital – 300
Royal Oak, MI

Michel Fortier, MD
Laval University – 716
Quebec, QC

Janel F. Foster, DO
Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) – 800
Portsmouth, VA

Angel Fraguada, MD
San Juan City Hospital – 406
San Juan, PR

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

Christine Ganitsch, MD
Atlantic Health/Morristown – 451
Morristown, NJ

Eric Ganz, MD
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center – 356
New York, NY

Eileen Garavente, MD
Franklin Square Hospital Center – 279
Baltimore, MD

Luther L. Gaston, MD
Aurora Health Care/Milwaukee Clinical Campus – 444
Milwaukee, WI

James G. Gebhardt, MD
Baystate Medical Center – 288
Springfield, MA

William R. Gerber, MD
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center – 309
St. Louis, MO

Kurt Christopher Giede, MD
Royal University Hospital – 703
Saskatoon, SK

Orna Gil, MD
New York Methodist Hospital – 335
Brooklyn, NY

George J. Gilson, MD
Loma Linda University – 209
Loma Linda, CA

Frances W. Ginsburg, MD
Stamford Hospital – 233
Stamford, CT

Lynda Gioia-Flynt, MD
University of Tennessee (Memphis) – 415
Memphis, TN

David I. Glassman, DO
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center – 202
Phoenix, AZ

Michael A. Gold, MD
Vanderbilt University – 416
Nashville, TN

Steven H. Golde, MD
Allegheny General Hospital – 399
Pittsburgh, PA

Marshall Gottesfeld, MD
Exempla St. Joseph Hospital – 226
Denver, CO

William T. Griffin, MD
University of Missouri School of Medicine – 306
Columbia, MO

David A. Grimes, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine – 365
Chapel Hill, NC

Lynn J. Groome, PhD, MD
Louisiana State University Medical Center (Shreveport) – 277
Shreveport, LA

David Hadley, MD
Crozer-Chester Medical Center – 402
Upland, PA

Wendy F. Hansen, MD
University of Kentucky – 272
Lexington, KY

Konrad P. Harms, MD
Methodist Hospital (Houston) – 427
Houston, TX

Cheri A. Hemelt, MD
Ochsner Clinic Foundation – 274
New Orleans, LA

Paul Hendessi, MD
Boston Medical Center – 285
Boston, MA

Christopher A. Hendry, MD
Mercer University School of Medicine – 250
Macon, GA

Howard E. Herrell, MD
James H. Quillen College of Medicine – 413
Johnson City, TN

Samuel G. Heywood, MD
West Virginia University – 440
Charleston, WV

Charles J. Hochberg, MD
Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center of West Virginia University – 442
Morgantown, WV

Lloyd D. Holm, MD
University of Nebraska – 312
Omaha, NE

John P. Horton, MD
Emory University School of Medicine – 246
Atlanta, GA

Bobby C. Howard, MD
University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville) – 414
Knoxville, TN

Erica M. Howse, MD
Memorial University – 706
St. John’s, NF

William M. Huang, MD
NYU Downtown Hospital – 352
New York, NY

Kathie L. Hullfish, MD
University of Virginia Hospital and Health Sciences Center – 435
Charlottesville, VA

Leonore C. Huppert, MD
Pennsylvania Hospital – 396
Philadelphia, PA

David A. Hutchins, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – 205
Little Rock, AR

Michelle M. Isley, MD, MPH
Ohio State University Hospital – 379
Columbus, OH

Marko Jachtorowycz, MD
St. Francis Hospital – 262
Evanston, IL

Venu Jain, MD, PhD
Royal Alexandria Hospital Site – 705
Edmonton, AB

Gavin Jacobson, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center – 220
San Francisco, CA

Mary Jacobson, MD
Stanford University Hospital – 224
Stanford, CA

Yves R. Jean-Gilles, MD
Brooklyn Hospital Center – 331
Brooklyn, NY

Arundhathi Jeyabalan, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – 400
Pittsburgh, PA

Michael T. Johnson, MD
David Geffen School of Medicine @UCLA – 213
Los Angeles, CA

Steven Johnson, MD
Good Samaritan Hospital – 375
Cincinnati, OH

Bliss Kaneshiro, MD, MPH
University of Hawaii-John A. Burns School of Medicine – 252
Honolulu, HI

Hyung Shik Kang, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center – 256
Chicago, IL

Jennifer M. Keller, MD
George Washington University Medical Center – 235
Washington, DC

Colleen Marie Kennedy, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics – 269
Iowa City, IA

Meena Khandelwal, MD
Cooper Hospital-University Medical School – 315
Camden, NJ

Neekianund Khulpateea, MD
Maimonides Medical Center – 334
Brooklyn, NY

Roger P. Kierce, MD
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center – 324
Paterson, NJ

Charles Kilpatrick, MD
University of Texas (LBJ Hospital) – 426
Houston, TX

John T. Kitchings, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center – 305
Jackson, MS

D. Yvette LaCoursiere, MD
University of California – San Diego Medical Center – 219
San Diego, CA

Henry Lam, MD
Flushing Hospital Medical Center – 340
Flushing, NY

James Larson, MD
Christiana Care Health System – 234
Newark, DE

Shirley A. Layko, MD
Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc. – 301
Saginaw, MI

Charles A. Leath III, MD
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education – 806
Lackland AFB, TX

Kimberly L. Lee, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Santa Clara) – 223
Santa Clara, CA

Garrick H. Leonard, MD
New York-Presbyterian Hospital – 351
New York, NY

Pierre F. Lespinasse, MD
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School – 322
Newark, NJ

Paul Liu, MD
Nassau University Medical Center – 339
East Meadow, NY

James C. Lukban, DO
Eastern Virginia Medical School – 436
Norfolk, VA

Michael R. Lund, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin – 445
Milwaukee, WI

Wendy Ma
Tripler Army Medical Center – 802
Tripler AMC, HI

Mark J. Manning, DO
UMASS/Memorial Health Care – 289
Worcester, MA

Joseph Mansour, MD
Kern Medical Center – 206
Bakersfield, CA

Rebecca Margulies, MD
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – 216
Oakland, CA

Toby Marshall, MD
Creighton University School of Medicine – 311
Omaha, NE

Kurt W. Martinuzzi, MD
Oakwood Hospital – 292
Dearborn, MI

Rachel Masch, MD, MPH
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center – 347
New York, NY

Priya Maseelall, MD
Aultman Health Foundation – 373
Canton, OH

Kristen A. Matteson, MD, MPH
Brown University Medical School – 408
Providence, RI

Robert T. Maupin, Jr, MD
Louisiana State University Health Science Center – 275
New Orleans, LA

Joseph M. Maurice, MD
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center – 258
Chicago, IL

Allan R. Mayer, DO
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center – 231
Hartford, CT

Rebecca P. McAlister, MD
Washington University School of Medicine – 310
St. Louis, MO

Hua Meng, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine – 267
Indianapolis, IN

Amy Merlino, MD
Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Center – 378
Cleveland, OH

David A. Miller, MD
University of Southern California School of Medicine – 214
Los Angeles, CA

Russell Miller, MD
New York Methodist Hospital – 355
New York, NY

Reza Mohajer, MD
Los Angeles County Harbor – UCLA Medical Center – 225
Torrance, CA

Christopher Morosky, MD
Medical College of Virginia Hospital – 437
Richmond, VA

Donald Morrish, MD
Lutheran Medical Center – 333
Brooklyn, NY

James R. Mouer, MD
Phoenix Integrated Residency Program – 203
Phoenix, AZ

Tyler M. Muffly, MD
University of Missouri – Kansas City/Truman Medical Center – 307
Kansas City, KS

Mary B. Munn, MD
University of Texas (Galveston) – 424
Galveston, TX

Amanda B. Murchison, MD
Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital – 438
Roanoke, VA

Linda R. Nelson, MD, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center – 270
Kansas City, KS

Keith H. Nelson, MD
East Carolina University – 368
Greenville, NC

Mark Nichols, MD
Oregon Health Sciences University – 386
Portland, OR

Tuan Manh Nguyen, MD
John H. Stroger, Jr Hospital of Cook County – 253
Chicago, IL

Gerard J. Oakley, MD
Marshall University School of Medicine – 441
Huntington, WV

Dotun Adeboye Ogunyemi, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – 210
Los Angeles, CA

Kolawole Oyelese, MD
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School – 320
New Brunswick, NJ

Michael John Paidas, MD
Yale-New Haven Hospital – 232
New Haven, CT

Lynn P. Parker, MD
University of Louisville Hospital – 273
Louisville, KY

Michael T. Parsons, MD, MBA
University of South Florida – 245
Tampa, FL

Dante Pascali, MD
The Ottawa Hospital – 711
Ottawa, ON

Amit I. Patel, MD
Methodist Medical Center – 419
Dallas, TX

Deepali Patak Patni, MD
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center – 357
New York, NY

Jean-Charles Pasquier, MD
University of Sherbrooke – 715
Sherbrooke, QC

Daniel E. Pesch, MD
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital – 264
Park Ridge, IL

Amy H. Picklesimer, MD
Greenville Hospital System – 411
Greenville, SC

Kimberly A. Pilkinton, MD
Scott and White Memorial Hospital – 432
Temple, TX

Antonia F. Pinney, MD
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – 321
Newark, NJ

Johann Piquion, MD
Rochester General Hospital – 358
Rochester, NY

Lauren Plante, MD, MPH
The Benjamin Franklin House – 398
Philadelphia, PA

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

Jane M. Ponterio, MD
Richmond University Medical Center – 360
Staten Island, NY

G. Nicoleta Prisacaru, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio) – 431
San Antonio, TX

Paula White Prock, MD
Loyola University Medical Center – 263
Maywood, IL

John F. Randolph, MD
University of Michigan Health System – 291
Ann Arbor, MI

Chadburn Ray, MD
Medical College of Georgia Hospitals – 249
Augusta, GA

Gary C. Reid, MD
Riverside Methodist Hospital – 380
Columbus, OH

David A. Richardson, MD
Henry Ford Hospital – 293
Detroit, MI

Leslie E. Robinson, MD
York Hospital – 404
York, PA

William R. Robinson, MD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center – 417
Amarillo, TX

Bernice Robinson-Bennett, MD
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center – 403
Reading, PA

Christopher M. Rooney, MD
SUMMA Health System (Akron City Hospital) – 371
Akron, OH

Genevieve Roy, MD
University of Montreal – 714
Montreal, QC

Teresa Rutledge, MD
University of New Mexico Hospital – 325
Albuquerque, NM

Karen M. Schneider, MD
University of Texas @Houston Memorial Hermann Hospital – 428
Houston, TX

Jeffrey Segal, MD
St. Barnabas Medical Center – 317
Livingston, NJ

Brent E. Seibel, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine – 240
Jacksonville, FL

Sangeeta Senapati, MD
Northwestern Memorial Hospital – 257
Chicago, IL

Kathryn J. Shaw, MD
White Memorial Medical Center – 215
Los Angeles, CA

Abraham R. Shashoua, MD
Illinois Masonic Medical Center – 254
Chicago, IL

Jean-Ju Sheen, MD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center – 342
Jamaica, NY

Kerry M. Sims, MD
Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina – 410
Columbia, SC

Shireen Madani Sims, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine – 239
Gainesville, FL

David Small, MD
McMaster University Health Science Center – 708
Hamilton, ON

Arlene Smalls, MD
Lankenau Hospital – 394
Wynnewood, PA

Andrew Patrick Soisson, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine – 433
Salt Lake City, UT

Yoram Sorokin, MD
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center – 295
Detroit, MI

Alexandra C. Spadola, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University – 363
Syracuse, NY

Nicola Spirtos, MD
University of Nevada School of Medicine – 313
Las Vegas, NV

Shawn Stallings, MD
University of Tennessee (Chattanooga) – 412
Chattanooga, TN

Jennifer S. Steen, MD
Baylor University Medical Center – 418
Dallas, TX

Jeffrey A. Stinson, MD
New Hanover Regional Medical Center/Coastal AHEC – 369
Wilmington, NC

Chad Strittmatter, MD
Sisters of Charity Hospital – 337
Buffalo, NY

Stanley J. Stys, MD, MS
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School – 314
Lebanon, NH

Judy Sun, MD
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center – 255
Chicago, IL

Teresa Tam, MD
St. Joseph Hospital – 259
Chicago, IL

Jean-Gilles Tchabo, MD
Georgetown University Hospital – 236
Washington, DC

Loralei L. Thornburg, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital – 359
Rochester, NY

Alan T. Tita, MD, MPH, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham – 200
Birmingham, AL

Kyle D. Traynor, MD
Mayo Clinic – 304
Rochester, MN

Ming C. Tsai, MD
New York University School of Medicine – 354
New York, NY

Folusho Steven Tugbieyele, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital – 388
Allentown, PA

Mark Vajaranant, MD
University of Illinois Hospital – 261
Chicago, IL

Fidel A. Valea, MD
Duke University Medical Center – 367
Durham, NC

Allen H. Van Dyke, MD
Mountain Area Health Education Center – 364
Asheville, NC

Stephen T. F. Varner, MD
University of South Alabama – 201
Mobile, AL

Robert W. Vera, MD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center (El Paso) – 422
El Paso, TX

Ivana Vettraino, MD
Hurley Medical Center – 296
Flint, MI

David Wallace, MD
Monmouth Medical Center – 318
Long Branch, NJ

Kaimin Albert Wei, MD
University of California – Davis Medical Center – 218
Sacramento, CA

John Wichert, MD
Sparrow Hospital/MSU – 298
Lansing, MI

Brian Wagner, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine – 346
New Hyde Park, NY

Daniel Williams, MD
University of Cincinnati Hospital – 376
Cincinnati, OH

Kevin C. Worley, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School – 421
Dallas, TX

Jill S. Whyte, MD
North Shore University Hospital – 344
Manhasset, NY

Danny Wai Fu Wu, MD
University of California (San Francisco) – 221
San Francisco, CA

Edward Yeomans, MD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – 429
Lubbock, TX

Constance Young, MD
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center – 348
New York, NY

Roger C. Young, MD, PhD
Fletcher Allen Health Care – 434
Burlington, VT

Mark H. Yudin, MD, MSc
University of Toronto – 712
Toronto, ON

Christopher M. Zahn, MD
National Capitol Consortium Uniformed Services – 807
Bethesda, MD

David M. Zalenski, MD
St. John Hospital and Medical Center – 294
Detroit, MI