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Office of Faculty Faculty Awards

Faculty Awards will be presented on Friday, June 2, 2023, 12-5:00 p.m., at the annual Faculty Professional Development Day at the Queen Lane Campus.

Faculty Awards presented on Faculty Day include:

Excellence in Research and Scholarship

  • New Investigator Award: Each year, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies presents a New Investigator Award to recognize a promising and outstanding evolving investigator in the early stages of their career. Basic science faculty with tenure-track appointments for a period of no more than seven years are eligible. The chair of a basic science department may nominate one person for this award.
  • Early Career Clinical Scientist Award: This award is presented to an early or mid-career level faculty member who has already made a significant contribution to the field of biomedical research, educational research, quality improvement, community engagement, and/or health care research, as evidenced by funding, scholarly productivity and research leadership.  
  • Julian Marsh Faculty Scholar Award:  This award will be presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in clinical or basic scientific research, achieved national/international recognition, demonstrated outstanding teaching skills, mentored students as well as peers, and provided consistent, high-quality leadership to the medical school, thereby creating a better environment for all faculty and students.

Excellence in Education

  • June Klinghoffer Clinical Educator Award:  This award will be presented to a faculty member who has devoted their career to promoting excellence in the learning of clinical skills and clinical knowledge, serving as a teacher, innovative educator, leader, role model and mentor for students, residents and faculty colleagues alike.
  • Angelo Pinto Basic Science Educator Award:  This award will be presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated commitment and excellence to the education of graduate and/or medical students through innovative educational programs, serving as a teacher, leader, mentor and role model to students and colleagues alike.

Excellence in Patient Care

  • Emerging Clinical Leader and Innovation Award: This award recognizes an early or mid-career faculty member who exhibits visible leadership abilities to drive innovative advances in patient care delivery or advocacy, quality improvement initiatives, or innovations in medical education, leading to creative projects with potential for sustainability and great impact at Drexel University College of Medicine. 
  • Oksana Korzeniowski Patient Care Award:  This award will be presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding skills and commitment in the clinical care of patients and through their teaching has substantially improved the skills and knowledge of residents, students and medical colleagues.
  • William Likoff Clinical Excellence Award:  This award will be presented to a faculty member whose professionalism, humanity, ethical standards, diagnostic acumen and ability to develop outstanding clinical programs serves as a role model for those striving for excellence in the practice of medicine.

Excellence in Community Outreach

  • Vincent Zarro Community Outreach Award: This award will be presented to a faculty member whose exemplary and selfless commitment to the care of members of medically underserved communities serves as the standard for medical students seeking to attain the medical school’s exit objective requiring them to provide high-quality care to all regardless of age, race, socioeconomic class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion and to be an advocate for uniform access to health care.

Excellence in Mentoring and Leadership

  • Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award: This award is presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in mentoring colleagues, residents and/or students, by creating a supportive, effective environment in one or more of the following areas:  research, clinical care, education and scholarship, while advocating for the advancement of their mentees in their chosen discipline and serving as a trusted advisor and role model.
  • Daniel V. Schidlow, MD, Transformational Leadership Award: Presented to a faculty member who exhibits substantial leadership to transform and make change through example and articulates an energizing vision. This faculty member encourages, inspires, mentors and sponsors a diverse, inclusive and equitable next generation of clinicians, scientists, educators and staff. This transformational faculty leader motivates members of the institution to innovate and create change that will help grow and shape the future success of the institution.

Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Impact

  • Drexel College of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Impact Award: Presented to a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated a strong commitment to diversity, has made significant contributions to promoting inclusivity in the community, and who has driven intentional impact in the areas of diversity, inclusion, and health equity at the College.

If you have question about the Faculty Awards, please contact Caitlin Curcio at cak332@drexel.edu.


Previous Award Recipients

Julian Marsh Faculty Scholar Award

  • 2002 – Donna Murasko, PhD
  • 2003 – James England, PhD, and H. Warren Goldman, MD
  • 2004 – David K. Wagner, MD
  • 2005 – Akhil Vaidya, PhD
  • 2006 – Itzhak Fischer, PhD
  • 2007 – Robert Moreland, PhD
  • 2008 – Peter Baas, PhD
  • 2009 – Brian Wigdahl, PhD
  • 2010 – Elizabeth Blankenhorn, PhD
  • 2011 – Carol Lippa, MD
  • 2012 – John Houle, PhD
  • 2013 – Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD
  • 2014 – Barry Waterhouse, PhD
  • 2017 – Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD
  • 2018 – Wen-Jun Gao, MD, PhD
  • 2019 – James Burns Jr., PhD
  • 2020 – Veronica Tom, PhD
  • 2020 – Sandhya Kortagere, PhD
  • 2021 – Mauricio Reginato, PhD
  • 2022 – Patrick Loll, PhD

June Klinghoffer Clinical Educator Award

  • 2002 – Kathleen Ryan, MD
  • 2003 – Anne Barnes, MD
  • 2004 – Jeanette R. Pleasure, MD, and Steven J. Peitzman, MD
  • 2005 – Cheryl Hanau, MD
  • 2006 – Michael Weingarten, MD
  • 2007 – Daniel Schidlow, MD
  • 2008 – William McNamee, MD
  • 2009 – Michael Bohrn, MD
  • 2010 – Sara Wallach, MD
  • 2011 – Dennis Novack, MD
  • 2012 – Christine Stabler, MD
  • 2013 – Allan Tunkel, MD, PhD
  • 2014 – David Wagner, MD
  • 2017 – Michael Sherman, MD
  • 2018 – Pamela Duke, MD
  • 2019 – Sharon Griswold, MD, MPH
  • 2020 – Donna Sudak, MD
  • 2021 – James J. Reilly, MD
  • 2022 – Mary Ann Kuzma, MD

Oksana Korzeniowski Patient Care Award

  • 2002 – Andrew Roberts, MD, and Katherine Sherif, MD
  • 2003 – Michael J. Barrett, MD
  • 2004 – Herbert E. Poch, MD, and Matthew E. Levison, MD
  • 2005 – William Sexauer, MD
  • 2006 – Jerry Levitt, MD
  • 2007 – Jessica Israel, MD
  • 2008 – Meg Fisher, MD
  • 2009 – Daniel Benckart, MD
  • 2010 – Vanlila K. Swami, MD
  • 2011 – Mark Goedecker, MD
  • 2012 – Kenneth Granet, MD
  • 2013 – Michael Goldfarb, MD
  • 2014 – Wilbur Bowne, MD
  • 2017 – Sarah Long, MD
  • 2018 – Kevin D'Mello, MD, and Shareen Kelly, MD
  • 2019 – Ryan Offer, MD
  • 2020 – Ogechukwu Menkiti, MD
  • 2020 – B. Brent Simmons, MD
  • 2021 – Susmita Paladugu, MD
  • 2022 – Jody Leonardo, MD

William Likoff Clinical Excellence Award

  • 2002 – Wilbur Oaks, MD
  • 2003 – S. Benham Kahn, MD
  • 2004 – Howard A. Miller, MD
  • 2005 – Jill Foster, MD
  • 2006 – Eric Burkett, MD
  • 2007 – Sandra Levison, MD
  • 2008 – Joseph Boselli, MD
  • 2009 – Owen Montgomery, MD
  • 2010 – Nayan K. Kothari, MD
  • 2011 – Nathalie May, MD
  • 2012 – Roberta Laguerre, MD
  • 2013 – Renee Turchi, MD, MPH
  • 2014 – Barbara Simon, MD
  • 2017 – Wilbur B. Bowne, MD
  • 2018 – Paul Nyirjesy, MD
  • 2019 – Susan Harding, MD
  • 2020 – Donald Goldsmith, MD
  • 2021 – Jill Farmer, DO
  • 2022 – Richard Hamilton, MD, MBA

Angelo Pinto Basic Science Educator Award

  • 2003 – Janet Smith, PhD
  • 2004 – John B. Swaney, PhD
  • 2005 – Dennis Depace, PhD
  • 2006 – Kirsten Larson, PhD
  • 2007 – Denise Ferrier, PhD
  • 2008 – Ed Gracely, PhD
  • 2009 – Francis Sessler, PhD
  • 2010 – Jed S. Shumsky, PhD
  • 2011 – Haviva Goldman, PhD
  • 2012 – Deborah Ziring, MD
  • 2013 – Joel Horwitz, PhD
  • 2014 – Michael White, PhD
  • 2017 – James M. Burns Jr., PhD
  • 2018 – Amy Baranoski, MD
  • 2019 – Vanessa Pirrone, PhD
  • 2020 – Todd Strochlic, VMD, PhD
  • 2012 – Paul McGonigle, PhD
  • 2022 – Dana Farabaugh, MD

Vincent Zarro Community Outreach Award

  • 2006 – Steven Peitzman, MD
  • 2007 – Neal Handly, MD
  • 2008 – Margaret Eng, MD
  • 2009 – Daniel Taylor, DO
  • 2010 – Mario Cruz, MD
  • 2011 – Sandra Wolf, MD
  • 2012 – Hans Kersten, MD
  • 2013 – Ana Nunez, MD
  • 2014 – Stacey Trooskin, MD
  • 2017 – Annette B. Gadegbeku, MD
  • 2018 – Theodore Corbin, MD
  • 2019 – Steven Russell, MD
  • 2020 – Steven Rosenzweig, MD
  • 2021 – Sarah Luber, DO
  • 2022 – Eugene York, MD

Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award

  • 2007 – Page Morahan, PhD, and Rosalyn Richman, MA
  • 2008 – Richard Sloan, MD, and Allan Tunkel, MD, PhD
  • 2009 – Jane Clifford, PhD
  • 2010 – Burton J. Landau, PhD
  • 2011 – Joseph Jaeger, DrPH, and Nancy Spector, MD
  • 2012 – Denise Ferrier, PhD
  • 2013 – Itzhak Fischer, PhD
  • 2014 – Peter Baas, PhD
  • 2017 – John Houle, PhD, and Mark Zarella, PhD
  • 2018 – Mauricio Reginato, PhD
  • 2019 – Michael Greenberg, MD, MPH
  • 2020 – Olimpia Meucci, MD, PhD
  • 2021 – Michael Bouchard, PhD
  • 2022 – Eishi Noguchi, PhD

Early Career Clinical Scientist Award

  • 2018 – Alison Carey, MD
  • 2019 – Christopher Hoffman, DO, and Brett Angel, MD
  • 2020 – Janet Chen, MD
  • 2021 – Debra Powell, MD
  • 2022 – Warren Chang, MD

Emerging Clinical Leader and Innovation Award

  • 2018 – Nicholas Kuzma, MD
  • 2019 – David Vearrier, MD, MPH
  • 2020 – Zsofia Szep, MD
  • 2021 – Kheyandra Lewis, MD
  • 2022 – Nitin Bhanot, MD

New Investigator Award

This award was previously known as the Young Investigator Award and the New and Early Stage Investigator Award.

  • 2012 – Ari Brooks, MD
  • 2013 – Rodrigo España, PhD, and Michele Kutzler, PhD
  • 2016 – Ole Valente Mortensen, PhD
  • 2018 – Kimberly Dougherty, PhD, and Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD
  • 2019 – Megan Detloff, PhD
  • 2020 – Peter Gaskill, PhD
  • 2021 – Jessica Barson, PhD
  • 2022 – Liang Qiang, MD, PhD, and Priscila Sato, PhD

Daniel V. Schidlow, MD, Transformational Leadership Award

  • 2020 – Itzhak Fischer, PhD
  • 2021 – John Houle, PhD
  • 2022 – Peter Baas, PhD

Drexel College of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Impact Award

  • 2022 – Anastasios Kapetanos, MD

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