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2013 GME residents receive departmental awards Internal Medicine Cardiology Fellow of the Year – Brian Flowers, M.D.; Lifetime Achievement Award – Grady Hendrix, M.D.; First-Year EP Fellow – James Merriam, M.D.; EP Fellow of the Year – Navin Nikam, M.D.; VA “Be All You Can Be” – Chetan Patel, M.D., and Monique Sandhu, M.D.; Michael E. Assey Award for Faculty Member of the Year – Eric Powers, M.D.
Neurology 2013 David G. Sherman Award – Robert J. Adams, M.D.; Neurology Teaching Faculty of Year voted by the residents – David L. Bachman M.D.; William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke – Marc I. Chimowitz, M.D.; Junior Neurologist Scholarship from the American Neurological Association – Wuwei Feng, M.D.; Faculty Excellence Teacher of the Month Award by the College of Medicine students – Pierre Giglio, M.D.; Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Neuroanatomy – Thomas Jhou, Ph.D.; American College of Physician Fellowship – Amandeep Kalra, M.D.; 2013 Golden Apple nominee and voted for the most winning resident for Teacher of the Month of 9W (graduating resident) – Jason J. Madey, M.D.; Lead author on a recently published study about stroke in TIME Magazine – Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D.; Golden Apple nominee – Robert P. Turner, M.D. Neuroscience Research Day Best Case Report – Mohit Datta, M.D.; Best Research in Neurosurgery – Libby Kosnik Infinger, M.D.; Best Overall Presentation – Vibhor Krishna, M.D.; Most Promising Project – Jason Madey, M.D.; Best Research in Neurology – Nolan Williams, M.D. OB/GYN Coastal Award/L.L. Hester Jr. Award for Academic Achievement – J. Richard Sosnowski, M.D.; Award for Outstanding Achievement in OB and Humanism – Angela Choi, M.D.; ACOG/CREOG Award and APGO Award – Angela Dempsey, M.D.; Hal Rubel – James Hunter, M.D.; Administrative Chief Award and The H. Oliver Williamson Award for Excellence in Gynecology and J. Marion Sims Award for Surgical
(Best Inpatient Educator) – David Mills, M.D.; The Bob Villa Award (Best Procedural Teacher) – Melissa Evans, M.D.; The Sunrise Swami (Best Morning Report Educator) – David Sas, DO; The PM Pedagogue (Best Noon Conference Educator) – Sandra Fowler, M.D.; Fellow of the Year – Dan Park, M.D.
Dr. Bill Moran, back left, accepts the Division of the Year General Internal Medicine Award. Dr. Thomas Kyle, back row second from left, receives the Michael E. Assey M.D. Teaching Award. Presenting the awards are Dr. Ben Clyburn and Dr. Don Rockey. Front row from left: Outpatient of the Year, Dr. Jon McGough; Ambulatory Teaching Award, Dr. Sarah Allen; Fellow of the Year, Dr. Linda Meyers; Aging Q3 Award, Dr. Amanda Overstreet; Resident of the Year, Dr. Abby Gass. Not pictured: Intern of the Year, Dr. Elizabeth Kirkland; and Inpatient of the Year, Dr. Nathan Richards. Excellence and SLS Combined – Carlton Schwab, M.D.; PVD Award – David Soper, M.D. Ophthalmology Storm Eye Institute Program Director’s Award – Edward Croswell, M.D.; Ophthalmic Technician of the Year – Temis Stefanini-Hellberger; COT Pierre Gautier Jenkins Award for Resident Teaching – Lynn Poole-Perry, M.D.; William W. Vallotton Award for Academic Excellence – Andrew Reynolds, M.D.; Helma Award for the Best Research Project – Tyson Ward, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery Alumnus of the Year – Richard Bowles, M.D.; 2013 AOA-OREF Resident Leadership nominee – Taylor Horst, M.D.; John A. Siegling Teaching Award – John Martell, M.D.; First place for Outstanding Research – Harris Slone, M.D.; Highest Orthopaedic In Training exam and second place for Outstanding Research Paper – Zeke Walton, M.D. Pathology, Laboratory Medicine Chief resident 2012-2013 – Evelyn Bruner, M.D., and Emily Ogden, M.D.; House Staff Award for Clinical Pathology Faculty – Jerry Squires, M.D., Ph.D.; House Staff Award for Anatomic Pathology Faculty – Shaoli Sun, M.D.;
Committees: 2012-2013 MUSC House Staff Peer Review Committee – Natalie Mason, M.D., Tom Soike, M.D., and Tripp Tracy, M.D. Pediatrics Rookie of the Year (Best New Faculty) – David Bundy, M.D.; Intern of the Year – Courtney Gregg, M.D.; Intern of the Year – Emma Carter, M.D.; Senior of the Year – Christina Cochran, M.D.; Nine-to-Five Socrates (Best Outpatient Educator) – Terry Dixon, M.D., and David Bundy, M.D.; Most Supportive Staff Member – Anita Shuler; The Atlas Award (Most Supportive Faculty) – David Mills, M.D.; Around-the-Clock Aristotle
Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences q Psychiatry Golden Apple Award – Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by a Faculty Member – Kelly Barth, DO; Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by a Resident – Ben Kalivas, M.D.; Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by a Voluntary Faculty Member – Michael Kassur, M.D.; In recognition of contribution to teaching – Christenna Kindt; Outstanding Medical Student Didactic Teaching – Lee Lewis, M.D.; Outstanding Medical Teaching By a Faculty Member – Christopher Pelic, M.D.; Outstanding Medical Didactic Teaching – Maggie Pierson, M.D.; Outstanding Medical Student Teaching by a Resident – Maggie Wilkes, M.D. q Psychology faculty to interns awards: Clinical Excellence Award – Jennifer Sumner; John C. Roitzsch Memorial Scientist-Practitioner Award – Nicholas Heck q Laura Griffin Humanitarian Award – Rachel Hershenberg q Robert Magwood Jr. Crime Victims Service Award – Kristen Shealy q Psychology Interns Outstanding Clinical Supervisor Awards: Outstanding Clinical Director and Student Liaison
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Dr. Edward Kantor, second from left, and Dr. David Beckert, center, present the JJ Cleckley awards to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences’ Drs. Erin Seery, left, Amanda Roten and Robert Glenn.