Georgetown Medical Culpula

Golden Apple

What Is the Golden Apple Award?

The Golden Apple Award is presented annually by each class to a member of the faculty whose outstanding professional and personal qualities have enhanced the medical education of the members of the class.

*Third and fourth years should note that a new Affiliates' Golden Apple Award has been added for 2007! This award honors a clinical professor specifically from an affiliate hospital (Washington Hospital Center, Virginia Hospital Center, Fairfax INOVA, Veterans Administration, and Walter Reed) or affiliate clinic who has significantly contributed to your education. This award is in addition to the Golden Apple Award for the third and fourth year classes.

List of Past Winners

How do I vote?

Voting is online and done in two steps:

    1. Nominate five professors

    2. Once nominations are finalized, vote for a winner from the five chosen professors

Polling places:
  • First Year
  • Second Year
  • Third Year
  • Fourth Year
  • SMP


You may vote for any professor you have had since the last Golden Apple Award voting (between March of last year and the present.) Lists of professors for first, second and physio years can be found on the voting page for each class. If a professor taught but is not on the lists, please feel free to write them in.

Note to 3rd years--Don't forget to consider preclinical professors from the end of 2nd year
Note to 2nd years--Don't forget to consider professors from the end of 1st year
Note to 1st years--Don't worry about the professors you will encounter after the Golden Apple this year, you will have the opportunity to vote for them next year.
Note to Physios--You may select your nominees from both 1st year and physio year courses. Your award is the Physiology Masters Teacher of the Year Award.
If you have any questions, email the Golden Apple Committee at goldenapple2007@gmail.com

John C. Rose Award

  • Each year, as a part of the Golden Apple Award ceremony, the GUSM student body presents the John C. Rose Award to a member of the faculty or administration who has demonstrated outstanding service to the school and has contributed to the improvement of medical education and student life. Voting for this award will occur in conjuction with Golden Apple Award final voting. Additional information regarding this award and eligible individuals is available here. Each class votes for this award.

What is the Golden Orchard?

This is an honor shared by faculty whose sustained dedication to teaching has earned them three or more Golden Apple Awards. Their names appear on a plaque hanging in Dahlgren Medical Library. Orchard members who have won a Golden Apple in the past four years are ineligible to be nominated for the present year.

Golden Orchard members ineligible for the 2007 Golden Apple award

  • Dr. Michael Adams
  • Dr. Richard Gillis
  • Dr. Donald Knowlan

Golden Orchard Members

  • Michael Adams, MD, Medicine
  • William T. Beaver, MD, Pharmacology
  • Daniel H. Connor, MD, Pathology
  • John S. Dillon, MD, Surgery
  • Stephen R. T. Evans, MD, Surgery
  • Aviad Haramati, PhD, Physiology
  • Donald Kerwin, MD, Pathology
  • Donald M. Knowlan, MD, Medicine
  • Princy Kumar, MD, Medicine/Infectious Disease
  • Clifton A. Leftridge, Jr., MD, Radiology
  • Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD, Medicine
  • Wesley P. Norman, PhD, Anatomy
  • Arthur Raines, PhD, Pharmacology
  • Branislav Vidic, SD, Anatomy
  • Russell Wall, MD, Anesthesiology
  • Moshen Ziai, MD, Pediatrics