Each year, Georgetown University Medical Center recognizes faculty members and students for their outstanding achievements in research, education and service.
Phyllis R. Magrab, PhD Professor, Department of Pediatrics Director, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
For Outstanding Achievement in Research:
GUMC Leadership in Research Award:
Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Director, Center for Global Health Science and Security
GUMC Research Recognition Award:
Alexander Kroemer, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
For Outstanding Achievement in Service:
GUMC Outstanding Service Award:
Maryanne Lachat, PhD, RN, CNL Associate Professor, Department of Professional Nursing Practice
For Outstanding Achievement in Education:
Faculty Achievement in Education, School of
Nursing & Health Studies:
Sean Huang, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems Administration
Pablo Irusta, PhD Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Human Science
The 2018 Magis Honorees
The Magis Society of Master Teachers
honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and
society. Magis, Latin for “more greatly,” is a shortened form of ad
majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.” The
2018 honorees are:
Jacqueline Jonklaas, MD, PhD, MPH Professor, Department of Medicine
Cirrelda Cooper, MD Professor, Department of Radiology
The Kaiser Permanente Award
Each year two new professors are selected to
receive the Kaiser-Permanente Award for teaching. The 2018 honorees are:
Thomas Sherman, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Dennis Murphy, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
The 2018 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Eileen Moore, MD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Mother of Pearl Award
Michael Sosin, MD Resident, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital/Department of Surgery
William Denney Zimmerman, DO Resident, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital/Department of Neurology
Circle Grant Recipients
“Residents as Teachers” Shimae Fitzgibbons, MD; Ornela A. Dervishaj, MD
“Screening for the Social Determinants of Health: Moving from Knowledge to Action Through Community Engagement” Yumi Jarris, MD; Richard Waldhorn, MD; John Penner; Sarah Kureshi, MD
“Using Video Technology to Enhance Teaching of Clinical Skills” Stacey Kaltman, PhD; Erin Farrish, MD; Ted Liao, MD
For Outstanding Achievement in Research: GUMC Leadership in Research Award: John VanMeter, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Patrick Forcelli, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
For Outstanding Achievement in Service: GUMC Outstanding Service Award: Barbara M. Bayer, PhD Professor, Department of Neuroscience
For Outstanding Achievement in Education: Faculty Achievement in Education, School of Nursing & Health Studies: Ted M. Nelson, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Human Science
Robert Carr, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Health Systems Administration
Christopher J. King, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems Administration
The 2017 MAGIS Honorees The Magis Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. Magis, Latin for “more greatly,” is a shortened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.” The 2017 honorees are: Mary Beth Martin, PhD Professor, Department of Oncology
John Pahira, MD Professor, Department of Urology
The Kaiser Permanente Award Each year two new professors are selected to receive the Kaiser-Permanente Award for teaching. The 2017 honorees are: Jessica Jones, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Deborah Topol, MD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
The 2017 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Sarah Kureshi, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Mother of Pearl Award Joseph Ferguson, MD Department of Orthopedic Surgery
2017 Circle Grant Recipients “Build & Belong: Interventions for Reducing Georgetown Medical Students’ Perceptions of Isolation & Stress by Improving A Sense of Belonging” Susan Cheng, EdLD, MPP; David Taylor, MEd; Kristi Graves, PhD
“Pediatric Resuscitation Reinforcement with a Cognitive Aid” Sangeeta Wood, MD; Autumn Graham, MD; JV Nable, MD
“Literature and Medicine Track Enhancement and Evaluation: Decreasing Burnout and Increasing Cognitive Empathy in Medical Students” Daniel Marchalik, MD, MA; Mary Furlong, MD, MSc; Dennis Murphy, MD
CENTILE – Distinguished Educators The GUMC Teaching Academy for the Health Sciences, a component of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE), has determined two members for the “Distinguished Educator” designation. Designation is determined after both internal and external peer-review of the applicants’ application portfolios including documentation of evidence of outstanding performance and achievements in three of five education domains: direct teaching, advising and mentoring; instructional design/curriculum development; educational scholarship, and educational leadership. 2017 Distinguished Educator Yumi Shitama Jarris, MD Professor, Department of Family Medicine
For Outstanding Student Achievement: School of Medicine Jack Penner M’18 Leah Downey M’18
School of Nursing & Health Studies Taylor Franklin NHS’18 Grace Wenzel NHS’18
Biomedical Graduate Education Dr. Zofia Zukowska Award for Excellence in Thesis Research: Mackenzie Fama, PhD Candidate Interdisciplinary Program for Neuroscience Dr. Mark Smulson Award for Excellence in Thesis Research: Stephen DeVito, PhD Candidate Tumor Biology Program
For Lifetime Contribution to GUMC: Richard A. Gillis, PhD Professor Emeritus Pharmacology & Physiology
For Outstanding Achievement in Research: GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Guinevere Eden, D.Phil. Director, Center for the Study of Learning
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Charbel (Charlie) Moussa, MBBS, PhD Department of Neurology George Luta, MS, PhD Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics
For Outstanding Achievement in Service: GUMC Outstanding Service Award: Colleen Norton, PhD, RN, CRRN Department of Nursing
For Outstanding Achievement in Education: Faculty Achievement in Educaiton, School of Nursing & Health Studies: Jan LaRocque, PhD Department of Human Science
Myriam Vuckovic, PhD Department of International Health
The Magis Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. Magis, Latin for “more greatly,” is a shortened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
THE 2016 MAGIS HONOREES ARE: Bassem Haddad, MD Professor, Oncology
Joseph Timpone, MD Associate Professor, Medicine
THE KAISER PERMANENTE AWARD Each year two new professors are selected to receive the Kaiser-Permanente Award for teaching. The 2016 honorees are: Aykut Uren, MD Associate Professor, Oncology
Michael J. Donnelly, MD Associate Professor, Medicine
THE 2016 LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARD Ranit Mishori, MD, MHS Professor, Family Medicine
MOTHER OF PEARL AWARD John Costello, MD Resident
2016 CIRCLE GRANT RECIPIENTS “Fostering Professional Identity Formation in M1s: Shining Light on Unconscious Bias in Medical Education and Clinical Settings” Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH; Kim Bullock, MDz
“Cadaver Exome Sequencing: Feasibility and Curriculum Development” Beth Peshkin, MS, CGC; Dean Rosenthal, PhD; Carlos Suarez-Quian, PhD
CENTILE – DIstinguished Educators The GUMC Teaching Academy for the Health Sciences, a component of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE), has determined two members for the “Distinguished Educator” designation.
Designation is determined after both internal and external peer-review of the applicants’ application portfolios including documentation of evidence of outstanding performance and achievements in three of five education domains: direct teaching, advising and mentoring; instructional design/curriculum development; educational scholarship, and educational leadership.
FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Anna Chichura (M’17) Stephen Lockey (M’17
SCHOOL OF NURSING & HEALTH STUDIES Audrey Fangmeyer (NHS’17) Niki B. Khandheria (NHS’17)
BIOMEDICAL GRADUATE EDUCATION Dr. Zofia Zukowska Award for Excellence in Thesis Research: Summer Rozzi (PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience) Dr. Mark Smulson Award for Excellence in Thesis Research: Eric Berens (PhD candidate, Tumor Biology)
FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO GUMC: Victoria Jennings, PhD Director, Institute for Reproductive Health
For Outstanding Achievement in Research GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH Departments of Oncology and Medicine
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Irene A. Jillson, PhD Department of Nursing
Suzanne O’Neill, PhD Department of Oncology
For Outstanding Achievement In Service GUMC Outstanding Service Award: Anna Riegel, PhD, Director for Cancer Research Education and Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology
For Outstanding Achievement In Education Faculty Achievement in Education, School of Nursing & Health Studies: Carrie Bowman Dalley, MS, CRNA, Department of Nursing
Jason Tilan, PhD, Departments of Nursing and Human Science
For Outstanding Student Achievement School of Medicine: Mark Connor (M’16) Anna Howell (M’16)
School of Nursing & Health Studies: Emma Boone (NHS’16, International Health Major) Jefferson Haake (NHS’16, Human Science Major)
Biomedical Graduate Education: Dr. Mark Smulson Award for Excellence in Thesis Research Tsion Minas (PhD candidate, Tumor Biology)
Dr. Zofia Zukowska Award for Excellence in Thesis Research Amanda M. DiBattista (PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience)
For Lifetime Contribution to GUMC Kenneth L. Dretchen, PhD, Department of Pharmacology
MAGIS Society of Master Teachers The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly,” is a shortened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.” The 2015 MAGIS honorees are: Carolyn Hurley, PhD, Professor, Oncology and Microbiology & Immunology
Miriam Toporowicz, MD, MPH, Professor, Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente Award Each year, two new professors are selected to receive the Kaiser-Permanente Award for teaching. The 2015 honorees are: Aykut Üren, MD, Associate Professor, Oncology
Michael J. Donnelly, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
2015 Circle Grant Recipients Fostering M1 Academic Success: Coaching for Resiliency Donna Cameron, PhD, MPH Medical Student Disaster Response Team Lauren Wiesner, MD, and Eric Glasser, MD Managing Curricular Change: An Exploration of the Educational Culture at Georgetown University School of Medicine Jessica Jones, PhD, and William Pluta, PhD Using Interdisciplinary Learning Circles to Enhance Teaching of Advanced Communication Skills Stacey Kaltman, PhD, and Joan Riley, MSN, FNP
For Outstanding Achievement in Research GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Albert Fornace, MD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Stephan Menne, PhD Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Chunling Yi, PhD Department of Oncology
For Outstanding Achievement in Service: GUMC Outstanding Service Award Patricia Cloonan, PhD, RN Interim Dean and Associate Professor, School of Nursing & Health Studies
For Outstanding Achievement in Education: Faculty Achievement, School of Nursing & Health Studies Joan Burggraf Riley, MS, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN Departments of Human Science and Nursing
Carol Taylor, PhD, RN Department of Nursing
THE 2014 MAGIS HONOREES ARE: Michael Adams, MD Department of Medicine
Elliott Crooke, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Charles Read, MD Department of Medicine
THE KAISER PERMANENTE AWARD: Jacqueline Jonklass, MD, PhD Department of Medicine
Maria L. Marquezr, MD Department of Pediatrics
FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: School of Medicine Jeffrey Bien (M’15) Christopher Thomas (M’15)
School of Nursing & Health Studies Blake Meza (NHS’15, Human Science Major) Marisha Wickremsinhe (NHS’15, International Health Major)(M’15)
Dr. Mark Smulson Award for Excellence in Thesis Research Tara Beth Gelb, PhD candidate, Pharmacology)
Dr. Zofia Zukowska Award for Excellence in Thesis Research Laura Erickson, PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience)
FOR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO GUMC: Miriam Toporowicz, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics With great fondness and gratitude, the Georgetown University Medical Center community recognizes Miriam Toporowicz, MD, MPH, as the recipient of an award honoring a career of sustained contribution and service to GUMC. Her leadership in scholarship, teaching and service throughout her career is an inspiration to us all. We honor Dr. Toporowicz and all those who follow her in receiving this distinguished award.
2013 Awardees
For Outstanding Achievement in Research
GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Christopher Wilcox, MD, PhD Department of Medicine
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Mark Burns, PhD Department of Neuroscience
Kathryn L. Taylor, PhD Department of Oncology
For Outstanding Achievement in Service
GUMC Outstanding Service Award Lawrence Kromer, PhD Department of Neuroscience
For Outstanding Achievement in Education
Faculty Achievement, School of Nursing & Health Studies John Kraemer, JD, MPH Department of Health Systems Administration
Kelley Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP Department of Nursing
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly” is a shortened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
The 2013 MAGIS honorees are: Susan Mulroney, PhD Department of Pharmacology
Stephen Evans, MD Department of Surgery
The Kaiser Permanente Award
Each year, two new professors are selected to receive the Kaiser-Permanente Award for teaching.
The 2013 honorees are: Sean Whelton, MD Department of Medicine
Lawrence Kromer, PhD Department of Neuroscience
For Outstanding Student Achievement
School of Medicine Jenny Van Kirk (M’14)
School of Nursing & Health Studies Juan Dent (NHS’14) International Health Major
Alexander Adams (NHS’14) Human Science Major
The Inaugural Dr. Mark Smulson Award for Excellence in Thesis Research Lymor Rachel Ringer, PhD Tumor Biology
The Inaugural Dr. Zofia Zukowska Award for Excellence in Thesis Research Evan Moss Gordon, PhD Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
For Lifetime Contribution to GUMC
Anatoly Dritschilo, MD Department of Radiation Medicine
With great fondness and gratitude, the Georgetown University Medical Center community recognizes Anatoly Dritschilo, MD, as the recipient of an award honoring a career of sustained contribution and service to the GUMC community. His leadership in scholarship, teaching and service throughout his career is an inspiration to us all. We honor him and all those who follow him in receiving this distinguished award.
2012 Awardees
For Outstanding Achievement in Research
GUMC Leadership in Research Award: C. richard Schlegel, MD, PhD Department of Pathology
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Victoria K. Shanmugma, MBBS Department of Medicine
GUMC Outstanding Service Award
Shyrl I. Sistrunk, MD Department of Medicine
For Outstanding Achievement in Education
Laura Anderko, PhD, RN Department of Nursing
Margaret Baker, PhD Department of International Health
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly” is a shoretened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
The 2012 MAGIS honorees are: Hiroshi Nakai, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Carmelo S. Tornatore, MD Department of Neurology
The Kaiser-Permanente Award
Each year, a group of professors, previously honored with the Kaiser Permanente Award, selects two faculty members to receive the teaching award and $1,000 provided by an endowment from Kaiser Permanente.
G. Ian Gallicano, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
For Outstanding Student Achievement
School of Medicine Jonathan Miller (M’14) David A. Weiner (M’14)
School of Nursing & Health Studies Caitlin Koury (NHS’13) Department of Health Systems Administration
Scott Wisniewski (NHS’13) Department of Human Science
Biomedical Graduate Research Organization Sonya Dumanis Department of Neuroscience
Maureen Thomason Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
For Lifetime Contribution to GUMC
Herbert B. Herscowitz, PhD Department of Microbiology & Immunology
2011 Awardees
For Outstanding Achievement in Research
GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Joseph Verbalis, MD Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Prosper N’Gouemo, PhD Department of Pediatrics
Vanessa Sheppard, PhD Cancer Control Program
GUMC Outstanding Service Award
Sister Helen Scarry, RJM, D. Min. Campus Ministry
Russell Wall III, MD Department of Anesthesiology
For Outstanding Achievement in Education
Kathryn Ellis, DNP Department of Nursing
Bernard Horak, PhD Department of Health Systems Administration
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly” is a shortened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
The 2011 MAGIS honorees are: Barbara Bayer, PhD Department of Neuroscience
Steven Epstein, MD Department of Psychiatry
Dennis Murphy, MD Department of Medicine
The Kaiser-Permanente Award
Each year, a group of professors, previously honored with the Kaiser Permanente Award, selects two faculty members to receive the teaching award and $1,000 provided by an endowment from Kaiser Permanente.
Hiroshi Nakai, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Richard Holt, MD Department of Surgery
For Outstanding Student Achievement
School of Medicine Premal Tivedi (M’12)
School of Nursing & Health Studies James Cervantes (G’12) Department of Health Systems Administration
Nicole Cimbak (NHS’12) Department of International Health
Biomedical Graduate Research Organization Deepu Alex Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Megan Janssn Schroeder, PhD Department of Pharmacology
For Lifetime Contribution to GUMC
Mark Smulson, PhD
2010 Awardees
For Outstanding Achievement in Research
GUMC Leadership in Research Award: Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD Department of Oncology
GUMC Research Recognition Award: Aykut Uren, MD Department of Oncology
Offie Soldin, PhD Department of Oncology
GUMC Outstanding Service Award
Judith Baigis, PhD, RN, FAAN Department of Nursing
For Outstanding Achievement in Education
Zihuan Jennifer Huang, PhD Department of International Health
Alex Theos, PhD Department of Human Science
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly” is a shoretened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
The 2010 MAGIS honorees are: Yvonne Hernandez, PhD Department of Pharmacology
Princy Kumar, MD Department of Medicine
Michael Lumpkin, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Jean-Gilles Tchabo, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Kaiser-Permanente Award
Each year, a group of professors, previously honored with the Kaiser Permanente Award, selects two faculty members to receive the teaching award and $1,000 provided by an endowment from Kaiser Permanente.
Jean Wrathall, PhD Department of Neuroscience
Carlo Tornatore, MD Department of Neurology
For Outstanding Student Achievement
School of Medicine Margaret Gatti (M’11)
School of Nursing & Health Studies Philip Morris (G’11) Department of Health Systems Administration
Karen Jose (G’11) Department of Health Systems Administration
Deanna Jenkins (G’12) Department of Health Systems Administration
Biomedical Graduate Research Organization Jason Michael Warfel, PhD Department of Microbiology
Julie Simmerman Lowe, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology
Hannah Hathaway, PhD Department of Pharmacology
Peter Alexandrov (SMP’10) Current MD student
2009 Awardees
For Outstanding Achievement in Research
Michael Cole, PhD Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Kenneth Kellar, PhD Department of Pharmacology
Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH Department of Oncology
Daniel Merenstein, MD Department of Family Medicine
G. William Rebeck, PhD Department of Neuroscience
Maximilian Risenhuber, PhD Department of Neuroscience
Peter Shields, MD Department of Oncology
Michael Stoto, PhD School of Nursing & Health Studies
Jeffrey Toretsky, MD Department of Pathology
Anton Wellstein, MD, PhD Department of Oncology
GUMC Outstanding Service Award
Kenneth Dretchen, PhD Department of Pharmacology
For Outstanding Achievement in Education
Maryanne Lachat, RN, PhD Department of Nursing
Mary Jane Mastorovich, MS Department Health Systems Administration
Craig Ramey, PhD Center on Health and Education
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly” is a shortened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
The 2009 MAGIS honorees are: John Lynch, MD Department of Urology
Willard Barnes, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michael Lumpkin, PhD Department of Physiology and Biophysics
The Kaiser-Permanente Award
Each year, a group of professors, previously honored with the Kaiser Permanente Award, selects two faculty members to receive the teaching award and $1,000 provided by an endowment from Kaiser Permanente.
Barbara Bayer, PhD Department of Neuroscience
David Nelson, MD, MS Department of Pediatrics
For Outstanding Student Achievement
School of Medicine Lydia Kuo-Bonde (M’10) Shoshana Alenikoff (M’12)
School of Nursing & Health Studies Marie Federowicz (NHS’09) BS Health Care Management & Policy
Michael DeLuca (NHS’09) BS International Health
Biomedical Graduate Research Organization Edward Tuan, (G’11) Department of Pharmacology
Jose Antonio Matta, PhD (G’09) Department of Pharmacology
2008 Awardees
For Outstanding Achievement in Research and Education
Top 5 percent of GUMC faculty who received federal research funding in FY07: Carolyn Hurley, PhD Department of Oncology and Microbiology & Immunology
Victoria Jennings, PhD Institute for Reproductive Health
Chelsea Kidwell, MD Associate Professor of Neurology
Jennifer Ng, PhD Department of Pediatrics
Sharon Landesman Ramey, PhD Director of the Center for Health and Education
Mary Young, MD Division of Infectious Disease
Faculty who received initial federal research grants: Chris Albanese, PhD Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Wenchi Liang, PhD Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Habtom Ressom, PhD Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Aykut Uren, MD Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Two GUMC physician scientists received extraordinary national recognition and support for their scientific work: Jeffrey Toretsky, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a 2008 Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF). The $750,000 award, one of only 13 given in 2008, is “intended to support established, independent physician-scientists who are dedicated to translational research—the two-way transfer between laboratory research and patient treatment—and mentoring physician-scientist trainees.”
Zofia Zukowska, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, received a 2008 MERIT award, one of the most prestigious awards given by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute (NHLBI) offers a limited number of Method to Extend Research in Time, or MERIT, Awards to investigators “who have demonstrated superior competence and outstanding productivity during their previous research endeavors in areas related to heart, lung, or blood research and who are likely to continue to perform in an outstanding manner in the future.”
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers
The MAGIS Society of Master Teachers honors physicians and biomedical scientists dedicated to the care of others and society. MAGIS, Latin for “more greatly” is a shoretened form of ad majorem Dei gloriam or “towards the greater glory of God.”
The 2008 MAGIS honorees are: William Ayers, MD Professor of Emeritus of Medicine
John Dillon, MD Professor of Emeritus of Medicine
The Kaiser-Permanente Award
Each year, a group of professors, previously honored with the Kaiser Permanente Award, selects two faculty members to receive the teaching award and $1,000 provided by an endowment from Kaiser Permanente.
Mary Furlong, MD Associate Professor of Pathology
John Lynch, MD Department of Urology
The Dorothy Brown Undergraduate Education Award
The Dorothy Brown Undergraduate Education Award is presented by Georgetown University students annually at Georgetown Day to an outstanding member of the faculty who demonstrates a high level of commitment to the educa- tional and extracurricular advancement of students and contributes significantly to the fulfillment of the Catholic and Jesuit mission of Georgetown University, as selflessly exemplified by the legendary namesake of this award. Last year award was presented to:
Joan Riley, MSN, FNP School of Nursing & Health Studies
