Celebration of New Members
Our Annual Celebration of New Members honors the incoming Academy Class and recognizes the contributions of health professions education staff and "front-line" teachers, educators, and mentors who impact our learners and faculty peers on a regular basis to make UCSF such an outstanding healthcare institution. This event was open to the UCSF Community.
2025 Celebration of New Members
Wednesday, September 17, 2-5 pm, TBD
Registration
Open to the Community: Please join us in-person or online by requesting Zoom information from Kirsten Sund, [email protected]. To extend an invite to colleagues/guests/friends/family, email Kirsten directly.
2024 Celebration of New Members
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall, Mission Bay Campus and Zoom
Access Celebration of New Members Program Book
Academy Class of 2024
Induction of school-wide faculty to 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 Gadgil, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine
- David 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 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 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
- Staff Awards: We also celebrate staff recipients for the Boyden Staff Award (campus) and the Award for Exceptional Service in Medical Education (for OME staff)
Keynote
History and Community: Novel Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Instruction and Psychiatric Education
Damon Tweedy, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center
Staff Physician, Durham VA Medical Center
