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