The Dean’s Excellence Awards are annual honors to recognize outstanding contributions made by faculty across the Heersink 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.

Hari Jeyarajan, M.D.
Teaching
Junior Faculty
Department of Otolaryngology

Diana M. Lin, M.D., FCAP, FASCP
Teaching
Junior Faculty
Department of Pathology

Desiree E. Morgan, M.D., FSAR
Teaching
Senior Faculty
Department of Radiology

Chere L. Stewart, M.D.
Teaching
Senior Faculty
Department of OB/GYN

Veena B. Antony, M.D.
Research
Senior Faculty
Department of Medicine

Rui Lu, Ph.D.
Research
Junior Faculty
Department of Medicine

Sooryanarayana Varambally, Ph.D.
Research
Senior Faculty
Department of Pathology

Jereme Wilroy, Ph.D.
Research
Junior Faculty
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehab

Davis Bradford, M.D.
Service
Junior Faculty
Department of Medicine

Daniel B. Cox, M.D.
Service
Senior Faculty
Department of Surgery

David W. Kimberlin, M.D.
Service
Senior Faculty
Department of Pediatrics

Jennifer McCain, M.D.
Service
Junior Faculty
Department of Pediatrics

Shaundra Blakemore, M.D.
Mentoring
Junior Faculty
Department of Pediatrics

Jayme Locke, M.D.
Mentoring
Senior Faculty
Department of Surgery

Carlie Stein, M.D.
Diversity Enhancement
Junior Faculty
Department of Medicine

Erica M. Stringer-Reasor, M.D.
Diversity Enhancement
Senior Faculty
Department of Medicine