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Academy of Medical Educators Welcomes New Class of 2024 and Honors Front-line Educators and Staff

September 11, 2024
 |  By Karen Brent
Group of people sitting at Celebration of New Members event

Group of people sitting at Celebration of New Members event

The Haile T. Debas Academy of New Members' Annual Celebration of New Members honored the incoming Academy Class. It recognized the contributions of health professions education staff and "front-line" teachers, educators, and mentors who impact our learners and faculty peers regularly to make UCSF such an outstanding healthcare institution. This UCSF Community event was hosted Wednesday, September 11 online and at Byers Auditorium at the Mission Bay Campus.

Academy Class of 2024

Induction of school-wide faculty to AME: Welcome to the new members of the AME! These inductees demonstrate excellence in direct teaching learners and/or faculty development for teachers/educators. New members also demonstrate outstanding accomplishments in one or more additional areas of health professions education activity: mentoring and advising; curriculum development, instructional design, and technology; educational leadership; and learner assessment.

  • Bianca Argueza, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics
  • Mona Bajestan, DDS, MS, Department of Orofacial Sciences
  • Katherine Brooks, MD, Department of Medicine
  • Annette Carley DNP MS, Department of Family Health Care Nursing
  • Jolie Chang, MD, MEng, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
  • Miles Conrad, MD, MPH, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
  • April Edwell, MD, MAEd, Department of Pediatrics
  • Leslie Floren, PharmD, PhD, MAEd, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
  • Meghana A Gadgil, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine
  • David Michael Gordon, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics
  • Sally Graglia, MD, MPH ,FACEP, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Natalie Buu Hastings, DMD, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences
  • Barbie Klein, PhD, MS, Departments of Anatomy and Cell and Tissue Biology
  • Vishal Kumar, MD, FSIR, Department of Radiology
  • Catherine Lau, MD, Department of Medicine
  • Andrew J. Lui, DPT, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
  • Jennifer Mandal, MD, Department of Medicine
  • Neil Mehta, MD, Department of Medicine
  • Rita Mukhtar, MD, Department of Surgery
  • Jacqueline A. Nemer, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Zarin Noor MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics
  • Snehlata Oberoi, BDS, DDS, MDS, Department of Orofacial Sciences
  • Alyssa A. Perez, MD, MEd, Department of Medicine
  • Mukund Premkumar, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
  • Joseph Sanford, MD, Department of Neurology
  • Alison Scheid, DPT, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
  • David Sears, MD, Department of Medicine
  • Geetha Sivasubramanian, MD, FIDSA, Department of Medicine
  • Shelene Stine, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine
  • Mark Terrelonge, MD, MPH, Department of Neurology
  • Lydia Tinajero Deck, MD, Department of Pediatrics
  • Trang Trinh, PharmD, MPH, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
  • John Turnbull, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
  • Leah Witt Gaspard, MD, Department of Medicine

Other Awards and Honors Presented:

  • Faculty Awards: These include recipients of the AME Excellence in Teaching Award, AME/Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education Excellence in Interprofessional Teaching Award, and AME Excellence in Mentoring Awards
Recipient Lists for 2024

 Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award (AME)

Academy of Medical Educators/Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education (PIPE) Excellence in Interprofessional Teaching Award for UCSF Teaching Faculty

  • Natalie Anzures, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy
  • Ivan Arriaga Martinez, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy
  • Kimberly Branciforte, MS, RN, Outreach Education Pediatrics
  • Gillian Burgess, OTD, Rehab Services Inpatient
  • Hansen Ho, PharmD, Pharmacy
  • Jennifer Huggans-Zapeta, MSN, RN, FNP, Family Health Care Nursing
  • Andrew Lau, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy
  • Sara Librodo, PharmD, BCPS, CPE, Clinical Pharmacy
  • Rose Monahan, MD, Medicine
  • Christina Pham, MD, Medicine
  • Naomi Tzril Saks, MA, MDiv, BCC, Spiritual Care
  • Diana Thiara, MD, Medicine

Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Mentoring Award for UCSF Teaching Faculty

  • Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, MAS, Neurosurgery
  • Nancy Anaya, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Atul Butte, MD, PhD, Pediatrics
  • Carlos Corvera, MD, Surgery
  • Jacque Duncan, MD, Ophthalmology
  • Laurence Huang, MD, Medicine
  • Hoyle Leigh, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Lev Malevanchik, MD, Medicine
  • Amar Nijagal, MD, Surgery
  • Arun Padmanabhan, MD, PhD, Medicine
  • Christopher Peabody, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine
  • Emily Perito, MD, Pediatrics
  • Robert Rodriguez, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Clark A. Rosen, MD, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Peter Stock, MD, PhD, Surgery
  • Vasiliki Tatsis, MD, MBA, MS, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
  • Sandrijn van Schaik, MD, PhD, Pediatrics
  • Jeffrey Velotta, MD, Surgery
  • Jenise Wong, MD, PhD, Pediatrics
  • Staff Awards: Congratulations to our staff recipients of the Boyden Award for campus staff and the Award for Exceptional Service in Medical Education, given to staff in the Office of Medical Education (OME):
    • Boyden Staff Award (campus)
      • Early-Level: Kristi Abrahamsen, Administrative Clinic Supervisor, School of Dentistry
      • Mid-Level: Suria Sadat, Fellowship Administrator, Department of Pathology
    • Award for Exceptional Service in Medical Education (for OME staff)
      • Early-Level: Kelly O'Brien, Curriculum Coordinator, Assessment, Curriculum, Evaluations (ACE)
      • Mid-Level: Jennifer Vogt, Director, Graduate Medical Education (GME)

Keynote

Damon Tweedy, MDHistory and Community: Novel Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Instruction and Psychiatric Education

Damon Tweedy, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center
Staff Physician, Durham VA Medical Center

Biography

Dr. Damon Tweedy is the author of Black Man in a White Coat and Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine. He has published articles about race and medicine in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). His columns and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and various other print publications. Dr. Damon Tweedy frequently travels to speak to physicians and clinicians, healthcare companies, medical schools, teaching hospitals, and other organizations involved in health and wellness about the impact of race on the medical profession at all levels. Dr. Tweedy is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine and Yale Law School. He completed both his medical internship and psychiatry residency at Duke Hospital. He is currently an associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine and a staff psychiatrist at the Durham Veteran Affairs Health Care System. You can visit his website and Facebook page for additional information.

 

 

 

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