MD Program Teaching Awards
The MD Program Teaching Awards honors faculty, residents, students and staff who have
made outstanding contributions to medical student education.
2018 Teaching Award Nomination Links
Thank you for taking this opportunity to acknowledge instructors who have made an important contribution to your medical education. Every faculty member or instructor who is nominated will receive a letter of recognition that is personalized with comments from the nomination forms. A copy of the recognition letter will also be sent to the faculty member’s department chair.
Results of the nominations submitted using the links below will be announced at the 2018 Teaching Awards Ceremony.
2016-17 Winter Quarter 2 Teaching Awards Nomination Form
2016-17 Spring Quarter 3 Teaching Awards Nomination Form
2016-17 Winter Quarter 5 Teaching Awards Nomination Form
2016-17 Spring Quarter 6 Teaching Awards Nomination Form
Please note: You have the option to nominate multiple faculty for a given quarter–you may loop through each form as many times as you wish. Simply select "Yes" when prompted whether you would like to submit additional nominations.
2017 Teaching Award Recipients
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching
Manuel Amieva, MD (Stanford, Department of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases)
Martin Bronk, MD (Menlo Clinic, Department of General Surgery)
Sharon Chen, MD (Stanford, Department of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases)
Andrew Nevins, MD (Stanford, Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases)
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Mehreen Iqbal, MD (Stanford, Department of Pediatrics)
Eric Strong, MD (Stanford, Department of Medicine)
Grace Yu, MD (Stanford, Department of Family Medicine)
Outstanding Lecture/Presentation
Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASN, FAHA (Stanford, Department of Medicine-Nephrology)
Arthur L. Bloomfield Award in Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine
Stephan Busque, MD (Stanford, Department of General Surgery)
Jeffrey Dunn, MD (Stanford, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences)
Peter Pompei, MD (Stanford, Department of Internal Medicine)
Outstanding Community Clinic Preceptor, Pre-Clinical Instruction
Suvarna Akki, MD (VA Palo Alto, Department of Medicine)
Outstanding Community Clinic Preceptor, Clinical Instruction
Thomas Ormiston, MD (SCVMC, Department of Medicine)
Alwin C. Rambar-James BD Mark Award for Excellence in Patient Care
James Lau, MD, MHPE, FACS (Stanford, Department of Surgery)
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Teaching Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to Medical Education
Samuel Rodriguez, MD (Stanford, Department of Anesthesiology)
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Learning Environment and Student Wellness
Sakti Sravastava, MD (Stanford, Department of Surgery)
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Humanism
Neil Gesundheit, MD (Stanford, Department of Medicine-Endocrinology)
Lars Osterberg, MD, MPH (Stanford, Department of Medicine)
Yasmin Owusu, MD (Stanford, Department of Psychiatry)
Franklin G. Ebaugh Jr. Award for Excellence in Advising Medical Students
Erika Schillinger, MD (Stanford, Department of Medicine)
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Diversity and Societal Citizenship
Cesar Lopez Angel (Stanford, Medical Student)
Lawrence H. Mathers Award for Exceptional Commitment to Teaching and Active Involvement in Medical Student Education
Darren Salmi, MD (Stanford, Department of Pathology)
Oustanding Teaching Assistant Award
Carlie Arbaugh (Stanford, Medical Student)
Medical Education Staff Service Award
Ray Jackman (Stanford, Department of Medical Student Affairs-MD Advising)
Arnold P. Gold Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching (Residents)
Colin Culbertson, MD (Stanford, Department of Neurology and eurological Sciences)
Jessica Gold, MD (Stanford, Department of Pediatrics)
Kyle Graham, MD (SCVMC, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Andre Kumar, MD (Stanford, Department of Medicine)
Lindsay Sceats, MD (Stanford, Department of Surgery)
Charlie Wickremasinghe, MD (Department of Pediatrics)
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductees (Medical Students)
Alexander Fogel (Stanford, Medical Student)
Madeline Grade (Stanford, Medical Student)
Julia Jezmir (Stanford, Medical Student)
Ryosuke Kita (Stanford, Medical Student)
Mythili Prabhu (Stanford, Medical Student)
Nitya Rajeshuni (Stanford, Medical Student)
Robyn Shaffer (Stanford, Medical Student)
Paula Trepman (Stanford, Medical Student)
Brandon Turner (Stanford, Medical Student)
Sarah Wailany (Stanford, Medical Student)
Nicholus Warstadt (Stanford, Medical Student)
Grace Xiong (Stanford, Medical Student)
Special Thanks
Teaching Award Student Selection Committee Members
Katie Dickerson
Kelsey Hirotsu
Jeffrey Kwong
Noemie Levy
George Liu
Yagmur Muftuoglu
William Shirer
Angela Zhang
Event Organizers
Bahij Austin
Jennifer Deitz
Nikia Earls
Cynthia Irvine
Irina Russell
Jessica Whittemore