This award is the highest honor in medical education given by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The award is not given annually; rather, it is bestowed on special occasions as warranted.
Achievements of individuals receiving this award will include but are not limited to:
- Five or more years of medical education service at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Authorship of publications related to the curriculum (peer-reviewed articles, textbooks, monographs, and others)
- Teaching in more than one course or clerkship
- Significant administrative responsibilities that extend beyond a single course or clerkship.
Honorees are selected by the Curriculum Committee Executive Subcommittee and the Dean. When presented, the award is given at the Annual Curriculum Colloquium.
Honorees are:
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2024
Ann Thompson, MD, MHCPM -
2023
Cynthia Lance-Jones, PhD -
2022
Jack Schumann, PhD -
2021
Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH -
2020
Jeannette South-Paul, MD -
2016
Hollis D. Day, MD
Rosanne Granieri, MD -
2014
Allen L. Humphrey, PhD
Thomas A. Medsger, MD -
2013
Kathleen D. Ryan, PhD -
2003
Steven L. Kanter, MD -
1999
Sheldon Adler, MD
Carole Coffee, PhD