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AAIM Higher! Recognition Program

Been recently promoted? Received an award? Published a research piece? 

AAIM Higher! is a program for the recognition and sharing of members' recent accomplishments (within the last six months). 

Share this good news about yourself, or a colleague, with the Alliance. No feat is too small or too big—this is the time to celebrate! The Alliance will place your submission in an upcoming issue of AAIM Connection, and right here on the website. 

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October 2024

Congratulations to the Alliance members awarded 2025 ACGME Awards!

Janice M. Gleisner, MBA, C-TAGME
Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award

A. Michelle Thompson, MD
Geisinger Health System
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award

John A. Andrilli, MD, FACP
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside/West
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award 

J. Christian Barrett, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award 

Kellee Oller, MD, FACP
USF Morsani College of Medicine
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award 

August 2024

Lia Logio, MD, MACP, FRCP - Please join us as we celebrate the investiture of Lia Logio, MD, MACP, FRCP as the John L. Caughey, Jr. MD, Professor.

July 2024

  • Rachel Cyrus, MD, SFHM, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, was awarded an SHM 2024 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award.
  • Denise M. Dupras, MD, PhD, was awarded the NBME 2024 Distinguished Service Award, recognizing her commitment to the evaluation of health professionals    Seven long-standing volunteers recognized for their commitment to the evaluation of health professionals.
  • Susan Lane, MD, MACP, Renaissance SOM at Stony Brook University, was appointed to the rank of State University of New York (SUNY) Distinguished Faculty by the SUNY Board of Trustees for 2023-2024.

June 2024

  • Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian SOM, was awarded the Louis B. Russell Jr. Memorial Award for her decades of promoting health equity through mentoring and education. The American Heart Association presents this award annually for outstanding service to under-resourced communities.
  • Susan Lane, MD, MACP, Renaissance SOM at Stony Brook University, Inducted as Master of the American College of Physicians. courtesy of SBU News.
  • Tisha S. Wang, MD, ATSF, University of California at Los Angeles, has been awarded the 2024 ATS Respiratory Health Award - Outstanding Educator. This award recognizes lifetime achievements and excellence in clinical or research educating and mentoring in the fields of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

May 2024

  • Dr. Sylk Sotto, MBA, MPS, EdD, has been appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for faculty development and inclusive excellence at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences.  Dr. Sotto serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, and Vice Chair for Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion at the Indiana University School of Medicine. 
  • Jennifer O’Toole, MD, MEd, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, receives the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.
  • Susan Hingle, MD, MACP is the 2024-2026 president of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA).

April 2024

Karen E. Hauer, MD, PhD, Vice Dean for Education at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and former CDIM President, will be the recipient of the 2024 NBME John P. Hubbard Award, which recognizes significant contributions in the field of medical education research and assessment.

March 2024

APM President Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo, has been chosen to receive the 2024 Dr. Carolyn McCue Award for Woman Cardiologist of the Year.

November 2023

The Alliance congratulates the recipients of the 2024 ACGME Awards!
 
Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award
Maria C. DeOliveira, EdD: Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital
 
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award
Gregory K. Unruh, MD: Kansas University Medical Center; Kansas City, Kansas
 
Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award 
  • Odaliz E. Abreu Lanfranco, MD: Henry Ford Health
  • Eric Hsieh, MD, FACP: USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center
  • Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Lindsay K. Sonstein, MD, FACP: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • Gopala K. Yadavalli, MD, FACP: Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

August 2023

  • Charles “Chipper” Griffith, III, MD, Named dean of University of Kentucky College of Medicine, effective July 15, 2023.
  • Simerjot Jassal, MD, MACP, Program Director at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, recipient of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation 2023 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. 
  • Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Selected as inaugural Vice Chair of Equity and Inclusive Excellence for University of Nebraska Medical College, Department of Internal Medicine. 
  • Abby Spencer, MD, MS, FACP, Inaugural recipient of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Department of Medicine Advancing Women in Academic Medicine LEAD Award.

March 2023

  • Lee Engel, MD, PhD, appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans.
  • Kathryn Hufmeyer, MD, named Associate Dean for Curriculum at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, effective July 1. 
  • Seetha Monrad, MD, appointed Associate Dean for Medical Student Education at University of Michigan Medical School., Vice Chair for Education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, has been selected to join the editorial board of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

November 2022

  • Emory University School of Medicine faculty Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, FACP, and Kimberly D. Manning, MD, FACP, FAAP, received the 2022 AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion Exemplary Leadership Award, Maura George, MD, received the 2022 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award. 
  • Anthony Hollenberg, MD, became the Chair of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at Boston University School of Medicine, effective November 14, has been selected to serve as Interim Dean of F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

October 2022

  • Bethany J. Millar, C-TAGME, Washington University School of Medicine receive the ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award 
  • Kimberly M. Baker-Genaw, MD, Henry Ford Health and Antoinette Spevetz, MD, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University received the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award 
  • Alec B. O'Connor, MD, MPH, University of Rochester School of Medicine received the ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award 
  • Sandor H. Shoichet, MD, FACP, Beaumont Hospital, has been selected to serve as Interim Dean of F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

August 2022

  • Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, has been appointed as Dean and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Patricia Finn, MD, has been appointed Dean of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  • Inginia Genao, MD, has been appointed as the first Vice Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging at Penn State College of Medicine

April 2022

AAIM members received many of ACGME's highest honors at the 2022 conference:

  • Michael J. Aylward, MD, FACP, FAAP, Med-Peds Program Director at University of Minnesota Medical School, received the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.
  • Linda Ortiz Morrison, CHCP, Executive Director of Anne Arundel Medical Center, received the GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Award.
  • Joann L. Porter, MD, FACP, DIO at Creighton University School of Medicine, received the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award.
  • Lourdes J. Rodriguez, Internal Medicine Residency Program Administrator at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine received the Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award.
  • Mark C. Wilson, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for GME at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, received the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award.

March 2022

  • Lauren Block, MD, MPH, Fellowship Program Director in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, has been promoted to Professor.
  • Susan Murin, MD, MBA, has been named Interim Dean of University of California, Davis, School of Medicine.
  • Darwin Conwell, MD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at University of Kentucky College of Medicine.