
Educator Community Awards by Year
The Educator Community honored the following past awardees for their accomplishments. Our awards span both undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME).
The Rising Educator Award
Melissa Sum, MD (2023)
Department of Medicine
Jose L. Torres, MD (2022)
Department of Neurology
Verity E. Schaye, MD, MHPE (2021)
Department of Medicine
Arielle M. Kurzwell, MD (2020)
Department of Neurology
Richard E. Greene, MD, MPHE (2019)
Department of Medicine
Koto Ishida, MD (2018)
Department of Neurology
Margaret R. Horlick, MD (2017)
Department of Medicine
The Excellence in Educational Innovation Award
Selin T. Sagalowsky, MD (2023)
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine
Chanelle A. Coble-Sadaphal, MD (2022)
Department of Pediatrics
Jeffrey B. Alpert, MD (2021)
Department of Radiology
Heather B. Howell, MD (2019)
Department of Pediatrics
Donna P. Phillips, MD (2019)
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics
Ruth M. Crowe, MD, PhD (2018)
Department of Medicine
Amy V. Rapkiewicz, MD (2017)
Department of Pathology
The Excellence in Educational Scholarship Award
Arielle M. Kurzweil, MD (2023)
Department of Neurology
Jesse Burk Rafel, MD, MRes (2022)
Department of Medicine
Cynthia J. Osman, MD, MS (2021)
Department of Pediatrics
Dennis M. Popeo, MD (2020)
Department of Psychiatry
Alex Moroz, MD, MHPE (2019)
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Abigail Ford Winkel, MD, MHPE (2018)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Colleen C. Gillespie, PhD (2017)
Department of Medicine
The Distinction in Education Award
Lynn Buckvar-Keltz, MD (2023)
Department of Medicine
Patrick M. Cocks, MD (2022)
Department of Medicine
Laura J. Balcer, MD (2021)
Departments of Neurology, Population Health, and Ophthalmology
Arthur H. Fierman, MD (2020)
Margret S. Magid, MD (2019)
Department of Pathology
Jeffrey A. Manko, MD (2018)
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine
Sondra R. Zabar, MD (2017)
Department of Medicine
UME Preclerkship Educator of the Year
John I. Hwang, MD (2023)
Department of Medicine
Laura Malaga-Dieguez, MD, PhD (2022)
Department of Pediatrics
Melissa Sum, MD (2021)
Department of Medicine
Kira Melamud, MD (2020)
Department of Radiology
Ludovic P. Desvignes, PhD (2019)
Department of Medicine
UME Clerkship Educator of the Year
Chanda M. Bradshaw, MD (2023)
Department of Pediatrics
Aron J. Mednick, MD (2022)
Department of Medicine
Bem L. Atim, MD (2021)
Department of Psychiatry
Victoria C. Dinsell, MD (2021)
Department of Psychiatry
Michael LoCurcio, MD (2020)
Department of Medicine
Ann Y. Lee, MD (2019)
Department of Surgery
GME Program Director of the Year
Patrick M. Cocks, MD (2023)
Department of Medicine
Gillian L. Henry, MD (2022)
Department of Pediatrics
Russell S. Berman, MD (2021)
Department of Surgery
Michael C. Wajda, MD (2020)
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
Cecilia L. Mercado, MD (2019)
Department of Radiology
Excellence in Diversity in Education Award
Dorice L. Vieira, MLS, MPH, MA (2023)
Department of Health Sciences Library
Toni M. McLaurin, MD (2022)
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Christin Drake, MD (2021)
Department of Psychiatry
Renee L. Williams, MD (2020)
Department of Medicine
Basic Medical Sciences Educator of the Year
David Fenyo, PhD (2023)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Michael J. Garabedian, PhD (2022)
Departments of Microbiology and Urology
Kelly V. Ruggles, PhD (2020)
Department of Medicine
Best Medical Education Collaboration
Title: The Career Exploration Tool (2023)
Marc M. Triola, MD; Michael M. Poles, MD, PhD; Jillian Lieber, MA; So-Young Oh, MA, MS; Alexa Gattie; Norkila Sherpa; Kristi Tutela-Dane, JD, MBA
Title: The Workplace-Based Assessment Project (2021)
Colleen C. Gillespie, PhD; Cynthia J. Osman, MD; Molly E. Poag, MD; Julio Garcia; Nikola Koscica, MS; Mohammad Paracha; Nivedha Satyamoorthi; and Jesu Vensuslaus, MS
Title: The Disparities and Social Determinants of Health Curriculum Innovation Taskforce (2020)
Richard E. Greene, MD, MHPE; Tiffany E. Cook; Ruth Crowe, MD, PhD; Nadia S. Islam, PhD; Terri-Ann M. Bennett, MD; Blen Girmay, MD; Marie Bragg, PhD; and Norkila Sherpa
Title: The Living Anatomy Project (2019)
Greg Dorsainville, MPS; Sally R. Frenkel, PhD; Victoria M. Harnik, PhD; Kira Melamud, MD; Kristen R. Ramirez, MPhil; Mel G. Rosenfeld, PhD; and Brian M. Shearer, PhD
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Master Educator
Rafael Rivera, Jr., MD, MBA (2019)
David T. Stern, MD, PhD (2018)
Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD (2017)