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2023 Education Awards
The Educator Community’s awards program recognizes NYU Langone faculty for their outstanding contributions to medical education and service as role models for future generations. Awards span both undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME). Faculty are honored in four distinct categories: Rising Educator, Excellence in Educational Scholarship, Distinction in Education, and Excellence in Educational Innovation. Additional award categories include the Excellence in Diversity in Education and Basic Medical Sciences Educator of the Year awards.
The Rising Educator Award
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Melissa Sum, MD
Department of Medicine
The Excellence in Educational Innovation Award
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Selin T. Sagalowsky, MD
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine
The Excellence in Educational Scholarship Award
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Arielle M. Kurzweil, MD
Department of Neurology
The Distinction in Education Award
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Lynn Buckvar-Keltz, MD
Department of Medicine
UME Preclerkship Educator of the Year
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John I. Hwang, MD
Department of Medicine
UME Clerkship Educator of the Year
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Chanda M. Bradshaw, MD
Department of Pediatrics
GME Program Director of the Year
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Patrick M. Cocks, MD
Department of Medicine
Excellence in Diversity in Education Award
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Dorice L. Vieira, MLS, MPH, MA
Department of Health Sciences Library
Basic Medical Sciences Educator of the Year Award
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David Fenyo, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology