Academy of Medical Educators Welcomes New Class of 2024 and Honors Front-line Educators and Staff
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
Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD, MS Honored with the Distinguished Master Educator Award from the Association for Surgical Education
Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD, MS, Professor, UCSF Departments of Medicine and Surgery, has received the annual Distinguished Master Educator Award from the Association for Surgical Education. Dr. O'Sullivan is recognized for her skills as an excellent teacher, her consistent educational scholarship, and significant contributions to surgical education with national and international impact. The Distinguished Master Educator Award is given annually to advanced career clinicians and/or MS/PhD educators who have demonstrated excellence as master educators recognized on the national and/or
Stephanie Rennke, MD Receives the Osler Distinguished Teaching Award
The graduating medical school class awarded the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Awards on May 13, 2020. These awards recognize instructors who exhibit a dedication to UCSF PRIDE Values and elevate patient care through excellence in teaching, mentoring, and supporting students.
Osler Distinguished Teaching Award
Stephanie Rennke, MD
Dr. Rennke is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, a member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, and alumni of the Teaching Scholars Program. She is a past recipient of the UCSF Class of 2012 Clinical Teaching
Teaching Awards Celebrate Faculty for Advancing Medical Education at UCSF
Our faculty shape and teach the next generation of compassionate physicians at UCSF.
Catherine Lucey, MD
Executive Vice Dean, Vice Dean for Education, and Professor of Medicine
UCSF teaching faculty who exemplify these values in teaching and patient care were honored at the School of Medicine’s Teaching Awards Ceremony October 16. Over 100 medical students, faculty, residents, and staff gathered at the Parnassus Campus to recognize the visionary work and leadership of talented faculty educators.
The awards ceremony gave recognition and gratitude to the tremendous range of
Pinelopi Xenoudi & Andrea Marmor Receive the 2019 Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award


Academy members, Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd (AME Class of 2014) and Pinelopi Xenoudi, DDS, MS (AME Class of 2017 and TSP Class 2014-2015) are recipients of the 2019 Distinction in Teaching Award, by UCSF's Academic Senate.
Recipients of the Academic Senate Distinction In Teaching Awards and the Distinction In Mentoring Awards will be honored at the Senate’s Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 16 at 3:30 p.m. in the Faculty-Alumni House on the Parnassus campus.
To select each year’s Distinction in Teaching Award the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel designates a
Vanja Douglas, MD Receives the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award from the AAN
Academy Member Vanja Douglas, MD is a recipient of the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award for 2019 from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr. Douglas has been a member of the Academy since 2014.
"Excellent teachers deserve recognition for their contributions to improving neurology now and in the future. Teaching binds students, residents, faculty, other clinicians, researchers, and even patients, together and helps make our daily work more meaningful. This award demonstrates respect and appreciation for neurologic teaching."