June 5, 2023

Drexel University College of Medicine faculty were honored recently at the annual Faculty Day. This year, the number of Faculty Awards was expanded from 12 to 21 to recognize excellence across the College’s missions and include faculty at all career levels. Awardees were nominated by their peers and listed below. Congratulations to all!

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The Early Career Basic Science Investigator Award
Joshua Jackson, PhD
Department of Pharmacology & Physiology

2023 Early Career Clinical Scientist Award
Christopher A. Butts, PhD, DO
Department of Surgery, Reading Hospital-Tower Health

2023 Mid-career Basic Science Investigator Award
Rodrigo A. España, PhD
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy

2023 Mid-career Clinical Scientist Award
Manreet Kanwar, MD
Department of Medicine, Allegheny Health Network

2023 Julian Marsh Faculty Scholar Award
Simon F. Giszter, PhD
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy

2023 Clinical Educator Award
Nicholas C. Kuzma, MD
Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

2023 Angelo Pinto Educator Award
Renee Kottenhahn, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Reading Hospital-Tower Health
Joanne R. Mathiasen, PhD
Department of Pharmacology & Physiology

2023 June Klinghoffer Clinical Educator Award
Wei Du, MD
Department of Psychiatry, Reading Hospital-Tower Health

2023 Emerging Clinical Leader & Innovation Award
Tariq Javed Cheema, MD
Department of Medicine, Allegheny Health Network

2023 Emerging Clinical Leader & Innovation Award
Caitlyn R. Moss, MD
Department of Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health

2023 Oksana Korzeniowski Patient Care Award
Ann Carr, MD
Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

2023 William Likoff Clinical Excellence Award
Hans Kersten, MD
Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

2023 Early Career Community Outreach Award
Norrell K. Atkinson, MD
Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

2023 Vincent Zarro Community Outreach Award
Elizabeth Cuevas, MD
Department of Medicine, Allegheny Health Network

2023 DUCOM Institutional Service Award
James Burns Jr., PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

2023 DUCOM Institutional Service Award
Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy

2023 DUCOM Institutional Service Award
Mark Trombetta, MD
Interim Academic Chair of Radiologic Sciences, Allegheny Health Network

2023 Faculty Professional Development, Sponsorship and Allyship Award
James B. Reilly, MD, MSHP
Regional Associate Dean, Allegheny Health Network

2023 Early Career Mentoring Award for Basic Science Faculty
Jacqueline M. Barker, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

2023 Early Career Mentoring Award for Clinical Faculty
Enitan Adegite, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

2023 Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award for Clinical Faculty
Cheryl A. Hanau, MD
Chair of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

2023 Award for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring
Peter Baas, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy

2023 Award for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring
Akhil B. Vaidya, PhD
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

2023 Daniel V. Schidlow, MD, Transformational Leadership Award
Olimpia Meucci, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Physiology

2023 Drexel College of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Impact Award
Priscila Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

2023 Mary DeWitt Pettit, MD, Fellowship
Ashley Henderson, MD, MBA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Crozer-Chester Medical Center