The Dean’s Excellence Awards are annual honors to recognize outstanding contributions made by faculty across the School of Medicine—one to a junior faculty member (instructor or assistant professor) and the other to a senior faculty member (associate professor or full professor)—in the areas of service, teaching, research, mentorship and diversity enhancement. Awardees are selected through a peer-review process facilitated by a member of the dean’s leadership team.
Kierstin Kennedy, M.D., MSHA Service
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Samuel C. Cartner, DVM, Ph.D. Service
Professor
Department of Genetics
Department of Genetics
Lauren Nassetta, M.D. Teaching
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
F. Stanford Massie Jr., M.D., FACP Teaching
Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Jayme E. Locke, M.D., MPH Research
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Department of Surgery
J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D. Research
Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Richard J. Whitley, M.D. Research
Distinguished Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Lauren A. Walter, M.D. Mentorship
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Jennifer Pollock, Ph.D. Mentorship
Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
David E. Briles, Ph.D. Diversity Enhancement
Professor
Department of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
Latesha Elopre, M.D. Diversity Enhancement
Instructor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Michele Kong, M.D. Service
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Avi Madan-Swain, Ph.D. Service
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Steve Stigler, M.D. Teaching
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Michele Nichols, M.D. Teaching
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Beatriz Leon Ruiz, Ph.D. Research
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
David Sweatt, Ph.D. Research
Chair
Department of Neurobiology
Department of Neurobiology
Yong Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Mentorship
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Lisa Schwiebert, Ph.D. Mentorship
Professor
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Lee Ascherman, M.D. Diversity Enhancement
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
2016 Winners
Service
Junior Faculty
Kierstin Kennedy, M.D., MSHAClinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Senior Faculty
Samuel C. Cartner, DVM, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Genetics
Teaching
Junior Faculty
Lauren Nassetta, M.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Senior Faculty
F. Stanford Massie Jr., M.D., FACPProfessor
Department of Medicine
Research
Junior Faculty
Jayme E. Locke, M.D., MPHAssistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Senior Faculty
J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Medicine
Senior Faculty
Richard J. Whitley, M.D.Distinguished Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Mentorship
Junior Faculty
Lauren A. Walter, M.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Senior Faculty
Jennifer Pollock, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Medicine
Diversity Enhancement
Senior Faculty
David E. Briles, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Microbiology
Junior Faculty
Latesha Elopre, M.D.Instructor
Department of Medicine
2015 Winners
Service
Junior Faculty
Michele Kong, M.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Senior Faculty
Avi Madan-Swain, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Teaching
Junior Faculty
Steve Stigler, M.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Faculty
Michele Nichols, M.D.Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Research
Junior Faculty
Beatriz Leon Ruiz, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
Senior Faculty
David Sweatt, Ph.D. Chair
Department of Neurobiology
Mentorship
Junior Faculty
Yong Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Senior Faculty
Lisa Schwiebert, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Diversity Enhancement
Senior Faculty
Lee Ascherman, M.D.Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Raegan Durant, M.D., MPH Diversity Enhancement
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Nicole Jones, M.D. Diversity Enhancement
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Kenneth Saag, M.D., MSc Mentorship
Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Deniz Peker, M.D. Mentorship
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Casey Weaver, M.D. Research
Wyatt and Susan Haskell Endowed Professorship for Medical Excellence
Department of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Surya Bhatt, M.D. Research
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Stefan Kertesz, M.D., MSc Service
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Marianthe Grammas, M.D. Service
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Eric Wallace, M.D. Service
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Hussein Abdullatif, M.D. Teaching
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D. Teaching
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Adam Wende, Ph.D. Research
Andre Ballesteros-Tato, Ph.D. Research
Steven Rowe, M.D., MSPH Research
John Kearney, Ph.D. Research
Stephanie Berger, M.D. Teaching
Michael Barnett, M.D., MS, FAAP, FAAHPM Teaching
Marisa Marques, M.D. Teaching
Vineeta Kumar, M.D. Teaching
Ben Wei, M.D. Service
Chad Petit, Ph.D. Service
Veena Antony, M.D. Service
Sarah Nafziger, M.D. Service
Stu Frank, M.D. Mentorship
Jaime McKinney, M.D. Diversity Enhancement
Monica Baskin, Ph.D. Diversity Enhancement
Mohammad Athar, Ph.D. Research
Department of Dermatology
Jeremy Day, Ph.D. Research
Department of Neurobiology
Anath Shalev, M.D. Research
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Mike Wells, M.D. Research
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
Cristin Gavin, Ph.D. Teaching
Department of Neurobiology
Jim Johnson, M.D. Teaching
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
Lou Justement, Ph.D. Teaching
Department of Microbiology
Winter Williams, M.D. Teaching
Division of General Internal Medicine
Edward Colvin, M.D. Service
Department of Pediatrics
Chris Godlewski, M.D. Service
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Leah Leisch, M.D. Service
Division of General Internal Medicine
Melanie Morris, M.D. Service
Department of Surgery
Vishnu Reddy, M.D. Service
Department of Pathology
Jeff Simmons, M.D. Service
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Yabing Chen, Ph.D. Mentorship
Department of Pathology
Mark Dransfield, M.D. Mentorship
Department of Medicine
Herb Chen, M.D. Diversity
Department of Surgery
Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., MPH Diversity
Division of Preventive Medicine