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Excellence in Teaching Award

Resident Teaching Awards for Exemplary Student Teaching

When medical students complete their Graduation Questionnaire they are asked about their experience with residents teaching in the clerkships. Pediatrics is one of the few departments that consistently scores ABOVE the national average. 

2023-2024 Recipients:

PGY1
PGY2
PGY3
Dr. Danielle Godfrey
Dr. Melissa Gunewardena 
Dr. Ryan Kidd
Dr. Valentina Morozova
Dr. Natalie Arthur
Dr. Jaknel Brown
Dr. Ryan Brummond
Dr. Rhythm Howie
Dr. Connie Christian 
Dr. Jessica Jones
Dr. Mackenzie LeMay
Dr. Sarah Straka 

 

resident

 

Previously Recognized Residents

2022-23

Dr. Natalie Arthur (PGY1)

Dr. Rachel Beard (PGY1)

Gabriel Ezuma (PGY1)

Dr. Ben-Patrick Gorion (PGY1)

Dr. Anna Schilling (PGY1)

Dr. Lexi Sunnenberg (PGY1)

Dr. Sarah Straka (PGY2)

Dr. John Baek (PGY2)

Dr. Monique Bailey (PGY3)**

Dr. Kristen Schmidbauer (PGY3)

Dr. Molly Shields (PGY3) ***

Dr. Lauren Smith

Dr. Fahim Thawer (PGY3)**

**won in PGY2 and PGY3 years

***won all three years of residency

2022-2021

Dr. Daniel Allen (PGY1)

Dr. Erica DeMaagd (PGY1)

Dr. Joseph Holjencin (PGY1)

Dr. Chaitanya Sambangi (PGY1)

Dr. Molly Shields (PGY1)

Dr. Yvonne Ibe (PGY2)

Dr. Uloma Ibezim (PGY2)

Dr. Kayla Lasota (PGY2)

Dr. Lauren Lim (PGY2)

Dr. Jack Noel (PGY2)

Gary Prusky Grinberg (PGY2)

Dr. Courtney Widjaja (PGY2)

Dr. Christiana Dorsey (PGY3)

Dr. Nicole Lock (PGY3)

Dr. Irma Rashid (PGY3)

Dr. Matthew Smith (PGY3)

2020-2021

Dr. John (Jack) Noel (PGY1)

Dr. Gary Prusky (PGY1)

Dr. Ellen French (PGY2)

Dr. Irma Rashid (PGY2)

Dr. Jonathan Alba (PGY3)

Dr. Ashley Bohn(PGY3)

Dr. Divya Reddy (PGY3)

Dr. Danielle Rosema (PGY3)

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