Service Recognition
Congratulations to our 2025 Service Recognition Honorees!
Drexel University celebrates the dedication of faculty, professional staff and retirees who have achieved significant service milestones — in five-year increments — during their careers at Drexel. This year's 552 honorees represent over 8,300 years of combined service to the University.
55-Year Honoree Spotlight: Barbara Ann Schindler, MD FAPM, DLFAPA
Barbara A. Schindler, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics graduated from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1970 and served as a medical then psychiatry resident and then faculty member in Drexel’s historic medical schools. She has served as an educational leader, clinician and researcher. Highlights include the establishment of a nationally recognized psychiatric consultation-liaison service, the creation of the Caring Together Program for women with substance use and psychiatric disorders, leadership as Interim Chair of Psychiatry for two years and leadership of the medical school’s Office of Educational Affairs as Vice Dean for 18 years.
In her position as Vice Dean from 1996-2014, Dr. Schindler had responsibility for the admission and medical education of over 1050 medical students per year at multiple clinical campuses as well as continuing medical education (CME), providing necessary leadership through the Allegheny bankruptcy and ensuring medical school accreditation through several LCME site visits. In her Vice Dean role, she also created the DPMS program and the Physician Refresher Course. She was elected as a professional member to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education for 6 years and has chaired accreditation site visits at over 25 US medical schools since 2002. She has been the PI of four SAMHSA grants that support the mission of CTP as well as ensuring annual financial support from Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health. Dr. Schindler was co-PI on a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant to study the educational outcomes of an innovative online communications skills educational program developed for medical trainees, which resulted in Drexel being designated by NIDA as a Center of Excellence for Physician Information.
Dr. Schindler has over 150 publications, abstracts and presentations in consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, substance abuse in women and in medical education and numerous local and national awards for her contributions to medical education, leadership and scholarly work. She is the proud mother of her three children.
The full list of 2025 honorees can be found on SharePoint. Please note this site is only available to Drexel faculty and staff and login is required.