Distinguished Teaching Awards
The Center for Faculty Educators (CFE) hosted the annual ceremony for UCSF School of Medicine teaching awards in October 2022.
The Distinguished Teaching Awards are presented to Volunteer Clinical Professors (VCP), and other UCSF teaching faculty, who have made significant contributions through excellence in teaching and in the field of medicine. Previous awardees are listed in the program books at the bottom of the page. Please email Ivan Mendez (ivan.mendez@ucsf.edu) for more information.
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2022 Recipients
Charlotte C. Baer Memorial Award
Charlene Hsu-Winges, MD, Department of Ophthalmology
Special Recognition Awards
- Eileen G. Aicardi, MD, Department of Pediatrics
- Beverly Bolinger, MD, Department of Surgery
- David A. Donovan, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Maryl G. Sackeim, MD, MS, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Bridges Curriculum - Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards
- Excellence in Small Group Instruction by Student Instructor: Chelsie Anderson, MS, MD, Department of Surgery
- Excellence in Innovative Teaching Modalities: Ayesha Appa, MD, Department of Medicine
- Commitment to Teaching (tie): Victor Contreras, MD, MSc, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Outstanding Lecture: Michelle Guy, MD, Department of Medicine
- Inspirational Teaching: Jon Kleen, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology
- Outstanding Coach: Marta V. Kosinski, MD, Department of Pediatrics
- Commitment to Teaching (tie): Megan Richie, MD, Department of Neurology
- Excellence in Small Group Instruction by Faculty: Henry Sanchez, MD, Department of Pathology
Outstanding Lecture Series: Justin Sewell, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Medicine
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Henry J. Kaiser Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- Excellence in Teaching in UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program: Brian Chinnock, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine-Fresno
- Excellence in Classroom Setting: Tracy B. Fulton, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Excellence in Ambulatory Care Setting: Irina (Era) Kryzhanovskaya, MD, Department of Medicine
- Excellence for Volunteer Clinical Professor (VCP): Camilla E. Lindan, MD, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
- Excellence in Inpatient Care Setting: Megan Richie, MD, Department of Neurology
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Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect
- Elizabeth Cureton, MD, Department of Surgery
- Sara C. LaHue, MD, Department of Neurology
- David J. Lee, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
- Alex Logan, MD, Department of Medicine
Learn more about the Maxine Papadakis Awards for Faculty Professionalism and Respect