Created in 1996, the Argus Awards give medical students the chance to honor their mentors, professors, courses and course directors for outstanding service to medical education. Faculty members are nominated by course evaluations, and students vote to select award winners in each category.
Argus Award recipients and nominees were honored at a reception on Friday, Sept. 7 at the UAB Alumni House.
Winners of the 2018 Argus Awards are:
Pre-Clinical Awards
Best Introductory Module
• Fundamentals of Medicine
o Module Director(s): Laura Fraser, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Best MS1 Organ Module
• Renal
o Module Director(s): Mark Bevensee, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology; Vineeta Kumar, M.D., Medicine; Eric Judd, M.D., Medicine
Best MS2 Organ Module:
• Reproductive Systems
o Module Director(s): Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Pathology; Erin Cook, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
Best Educator: Patient, Doctor & Society
• Michael Saag, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Fundamentals of Medicine
• Martin Young, Ph.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Cardiovascular
• Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Pulmonary
• James Johnson, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Gastrointestinal
• Chad Burski, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Renal
• Eric Judd, M.D., Medicine
• Vineeta Kumar, M.D., Medicine
• Ashita Tolwani, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Musculoskeletal & Skin
• William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Best Educator: Neurosciences
• Michael Lyerly, M.D., Neurology
Best Educator: Hematology/Oncology
• Lawrence Williams, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator: Endocrine Systems
• Shawn Galin, Ph.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Reproductive Systems
• Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Pathology
Clinical Awards
Caduceus Club Award for Best Clinical Department on the Birmingham Campus
• Pediatrics
Caduceus Club Award for Excellence in Clinical Education on the Birmingham Campus
• Hussein Abdullatif, M.D., Pediatrics
Best Clinical Department: Huntsville Campus
• Internal Medicine
Best Clinical Educator: Huntsville Campus
• Joseph Fiore, Jr, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
Best Clinical Department: Montgomery Campus
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
Best Clinical Educator: Montgomery Campus
• Gregory Waller, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
Best Clinical Department: Tuscaloosa Campus
• Pediatrics
Best Clinical Educator: Tuscaloosa Campus
• Charles Gross, M.D., Surgery
• Best Resident Educator, Birmingham Campus: Alexander Cohen, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Best Resident Educator, Huntsville Campus: Kelly Diaz, M.D., Family Medicine
• Best Resident Educator, Montgomery Campus: Sumana Reddy, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Best Resident Educator, Tuscaloosa Campus: Russell Guin, M.D., Family Medicine
• Best Community-Based Educator, Birmingham: Scott R. Weisberg, M.D., Family Medicine
• Best Community-Based Educator, Huntsville: Gabriel Belue, M.D., Family Medicine
• Best Community-Based Educator, Montgomery: Stephen Suggs, M.D., Neurology
• Best Community-Based Educator, Tuscaloosa: Larry Skelton, M.D., Family Medicine
• Award for Medical Student Support: James Baños, Ph.D., Medical Education
• The Dale J. Benos Award for Educational Excellence: Catherine Fuller, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology