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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).

VIDEO: Get to know some of the past recipients of the Educator Community’s awards program.

The Rising Educator Award

Magdalena R. Scheer, MD (2024)
Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine 

Vinay K. Aggarwal, MD (2024) 
Department of Orthopedic Surgery 

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

Cen Zhang, MD (2024)
Department of Neurology 

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

Sharon Calaman, MD (2024)
Department of Pediatrics 

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

Neal Lewin, MD (2024)
Department of Medicine and Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine

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

Excellence in Student Development Award 

Margaret Nachtigall, MD (2024)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Excellence in Resident/Fellow Development 

Hannah S. Famiglietti, MD (2024)
Department of Pediatrics 

UME Preclerkship Educator of the Year

Tyler D. Webster, MD (2024)
Department of Medicine

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

Mahino A. Talib, MD (2024)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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

Deepti Anbarasan, MD (2024)
Department of Psychiatry

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 Professional Development Award

Joanne M. Agnant, MD (2024)
Department of Pediatrics and Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine

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

Michael J. Rindler, PhD (2024)
Department of Cell Biology

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: MyData Project (2024)
Verity E. Schaye, MD, MHPE; Alexa Gatti; Magdalena R. Scheer, MD; Kelly J. Crotty, MD, MPH; Victoria M. Harnik, PhD; Michael Poles, MD, PhD; Melvin G. Rosenfeld, PhD; Matthew Polaniecki, MS; Jillian Lieber, MA; Ilan Reinstein, MS; So-Young Oh, MA, MS; Nivedha Satyamoorthi, MS; Nikola Koscica, MS; Mohammad Paracha; Omar Estevez; Zachary Hill-Whilton, MPA; Chloe Holt-Reiss, MSc; Marina Marin, MSc; Colleen C. Gillespie, PhD; Marc M. Triola, MD 

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)