Medical students honor faculty, residents

Honorees given Distinguished Service Teaching Awards

October 31, 2017

Tim Parker

After receiving an award from Washington University medical students naming her one of the "Residents of the Year" Jennifer Yu, MD, a resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, smiles for a selfie with her parents, Lucy Yen and Daniel Yu.

Students at Washington University School of Medicine expressed their appreciation for dedication, patience and skill in training aspiring physicians when they honored faculty and residents with the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards for the 2016-17 academic year.

Every year since 1991, students completing their first, second and third year of studies select the course masters, lecturers, clerkship directors, attendings and residents who have made significant contributions to their education. This year’s honors were awarded Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Medical Campus.

Among those honored was Anne Glowinski, MD, a professor of psychiatry, associate director of the William Greenleaf Elliot Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and director of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship. Glowinski was the students’ nominee for the national Humanism in Medicine Award, which is presented annually by the Association of the American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award recognizes medical school faculty physicians who exemplify the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students.

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Medical student Lily Chen (left) presents Anne Glowinski, MD, with the Humanism in Medicine award. School of Medicine students selected Glowinski for the honor.

In comments at the ceremony delivered by medical student Lily Chen, Glowinski was described as “the consummate mentor, helping students discover their own solutions rather than being directive.”

Chen added that Glowinski’s “boundless love flows beyond the walls of this campus. Both her office and her home have an open-door policy.”

Other medical faculty and residents honored at the ceremony include:

Third Year Awards – Class of 2018

Clerkship Director of the Year: Tammy Sonn, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Clinical Lecturer of the Year: Tammy Sonn, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Clinical Department of the Year: Internal Medicine

Clerkship Administrator of the Year: Patricia Werner, obstetrics and gynecology

Clinical Teachers of the Year:

Thomas M. De Fer, MD, professor of medicine
Camaryn E. Chrisman-Robbins, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Laurie Punch, MD, assistant professor of surgery
Stewart Massad Jr., MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Megan E. Wren, MD, associate professor of medicine
Eleanor Drew, MD, assistant professor of surgery
Omar Young, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Valerie Gribben, MD, instructor in pediatrics
Martin Boyer, MD, the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Sarah Keller, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology

Residents of the Year

Ian Ross, MD
Michael Weaver, MD
Osvaldo Laurido-Soto, MD
Lauren Bergeron, MD
Whitney Ross, MD
Jonathan Hirshberg, MD
Celina Jacobi, MD
Fadi Halabi, MD
Jennifer Yu, MD
Jason Gauthier, MD

Second Year Awards – Class of 2019

Course Master of the Year: Erika C. Crouch, MD, PhD, professor of pathology and immunology

Professor of the Year: Steven Cheng, MD, associate professor of medicine

Lecturer of the Year: William Clutter, MD, associate professor of medicine and associate director of Medicine House Staff Program

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards:

Allyson Zazulia, MD, professor of neurology and of radiology, and associate dean for continuing medical education
Scot G. Hickman, MD, professor of medicine
Nigar Kirmani, MD, professor of medicine
Steven J. Lawrence, MD, associate professor of medicine
Adrian Shifren, MD, associate professor of medicine
Timothy Yau, MD, assistant professor of medicine
David Clifford, MD, Melba and Forest Seay Professor of Clinical Neuropharmacology
Angela Brown, MD, associate professor of medicine
Deborah Rubin, MD, the William B. Koontz Professor of Medicine
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine

Practice of Medicine Preceptor of the Year: Thomas M. De Fer, MD, professor of medicine

First Year Awards – Class of 2020

Course Master of the Year: Sabrina Nunez, PhD, assistant dean for curriculum development and assistant professor of medicine

Professor of the Year: Jane Phillips-Conroy, PhD, professor of neuroscience and of anthropology

Stanley Lang Lecturer of the Year: Amy Bauernfeind, PhD, assistant professor of neuroscience and of biological anthropology

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards:

Timothy Holy, PhD, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Neuroscience
Heidi Miller, MD, instructor in clinical medicine
Herbert “Skip” Virgin IV, MD, PhD, Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and head of pathology and immunology
Dehra Harris, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry
Timothy Yau, MD, assistant professor of medicine
Kari L. Allen, PhD, assistant professor of neuroscience and of anthropology
Glenn C. Conroy, PhD, professor of neuroscience and of anthropology
Krikor T. Dikranian, MD, PhD, professor of neuroscience and associate professor of physical therapy
Brian T. Edelson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and immunology
Linda J. Pike, PhD, alumni endowed professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics

Practice of Medicine Small Group Leader of the Year: Timothy Yau, MD, assistant professor of medicine

Selective of the Year Award: Carolyn Dufault, PhD, assistant dean for education, and Doug Larsen, MD, associate professor of neurology

Teaching Assistant of the Year: Arthur Sletten, MD