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2020 Department of Surgery Teaching Awards Announced
Congratulations, 2020 Department of Surgery Teaching Award Recipients!
Teaching awards are given every year and are granted based on a review of all evaluations of residents and faculty by medical students and of the faculty by their residents during the previous academic year.
Medical Student Teaching: Resident Awards
General Surgery - Cat Brandt, Sarah Fedeli, James Feimster, Megan Kauffman, Sam Knight, Sean O'Malley, Garrett Shackelton, Olivia White, Jordan Wood
Vascular Surgery - Ruhani Nanavati
Neurosurgery - Adam Lipson, Nathan Nordmann, Victoria Watson
Orthopedic Surgery - James Bailey, Austin Beason, Korty Blank, Brian Kurcz, Ryan O'Rourke
Plastic Surgery - Evyn Neumeister, Michael Romanelli, Jacob Thayer
Urology - Matt Davis, Kayle Hart, Adam Jenks, Daniel Lybbert, Piyush Pathak, Robert Petrossian
Colorectal - Gareth McGee
Resident Teacher of the Year: Medical Student Teaching
Austin Beason, MD, Orthopedic Surgery
Medical Student Teaching: SIU Faculty Awards
General Surgery - Marc Garfinkel, Prasad Poola, Adam Reid, Ben Rejowski, Jarrod Wall
Cardiothoracic Surgery - Travis Crabtree, Anthony Grascg, Stephen Hazelrigg
Orthopedic Surgery - Gordon Allan, Norman Otsuka
Plastic Surgery - Nada Berry, Brian Mailey, Michael Neumeister
Urology - Samuel Grampsas, Brad Schwartz, Nicholas Tadros
Neurosurgery - Jeff Cozzens, Jose Espinosa
Community Surgeons - Brad Paris, James Thiele
Medical Student Teaching: Faculty Teacher of the Year
Marc Garfinkel, MD, General Surgery
Resident Teaching: SIU Faculty
General Surgery - Melanie Barnard, Marc Garfinkel, John Mellinger, Prasad Poola, Jan Rakinic, Adam Reid, John Sutyak, Jarrod Wall, Brandt Whitehurst
Urology - Samuel Grampsas, Ramjiv Mathews, Brad Schwartz, Nicholas Tadros
Neurosurgery - Devin Amin, Jeff Cozzens, Jose Espinosa
Plastic Surgery - Nada Berry, Reuben Bueno, Brian Mailey, Michael Neumeister, Nicole Sommer
Vascular Surgery - Douglas Hood
Orthopedic Surgery - Gordon Allan
Community Surgeons - Leslie Acakpo-Satchivi, Lynne Barkmeier, Aaron Brewer, Christopher Graves, Pete Hoffman, Orlando Icaza, Andrew Lambert, Paul Pacheco, Brad Paris, Neil Patel, Stephen Ryan, William Severino, James Thielo
Resident Teaching: SIU Faculty Teacher of the Year
Jose Espinosa, MD, Neurosurgery
Outstanding Surgical Educator: Community Surgeons
Stephen M. Ryan, MD, Vascular Surgery - Springfield Clinic
Outstanding Surgical Educators: SIU Faculty
Nada Berry, MD, Plastic Surgery
Samuel Grampsas, MD, Urology