November 08, 2021

Faculty honored at 2021 Argus Awards ceremony

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Argus Awards 300Medical students honored their outstanding mentors, professors, courses, and course directors at the annual Argus Awards Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 5.

The Argus Awards, created in 1996, allow medical students to nominate faculty members by course evaluations and vote to select award winners for each category.

Winners of the 2021 Argus Awards are:

Pre-Clinical Awards

Best MS1 Course
Patient, Doctor, and Society
Module Directors: Stephanie Berger, M.D., Pediatrics; and Caroline Harada, M.D., Medicine

Best Block Leader: Fundamentals of Medicine
Rachael Lee, M.D., Medicine; and Mukesh Patel, M.D., Medicine

Best Educator: Patient, Doctor & Society
Caroline Harada, 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
Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D., Pathology

Best Educator: Renal
Ashita Tolwani, M.D., Medicine

Best MS2 Course
Neurosciences
Module Directors:
Robin Lester, Ph.D., Neurobiology;
Victor Sung, M.D., Neurology;
Michael Lyerly, M.D., Neurology;
Tobias Martinez, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology;
Kenneth Fallon, M.D., Pathology;
Teresa Wilborn, PharmD, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology;
William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology

Best Educator: Neurosciences
Victor Sung, M.D., Neurology

Best Educator: Musculoskeletal & Skin
William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology

Best Educator: Endocrine Systems
Shawn Galin, Ph.D., Medicine

Best Educator: Reproductive Systems
Teresa Wilborn, PharmD, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology

Best Educator: Hematology/Oncology
Diana Morlote, M.D., Pathology

Clinical Awards

Best Educator, Preparation for Residency
Winter Williams, M.D., Medicine

Best Clinical Department, Birmingham Campus
Medicine

Best Clinical Educator, Birmingham Campus
Hussein Abdullatif, M.D., Pediatrics

Best Clinical Department, Huntsville Campus
Internal Medicine

Best Clinical Educator, Huntsville Campus
Steffane Battle, M.D., Pediatrics

Best Clinical Department, Montgomery Campus
Internal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology

Best Clinical Educator, Montgomery Campus
Robert Engles, M.D., Surgery

Best Clinical Department, Tuscaloosa Campus
Pediatrics

Best Clinical Educator, Tuscaloosa Campus
Catherine Ikard, M.D., Neurology

The following awards, nominated and selected by students, were also announced during the 2021 Argus Awards Ceremony.

ICM CSS Award
Stan Massie, M.D., Medicine

Dale J. Benos Award for Educational Excellence
Teresa Wilborn, PharmD, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology

Best Resident Educator, Birmingham Campus
Jeffrey Shen, M.D., Medicine

Best Resident Educator, Huntsville Campus
Chandler Stisher, M.D., Family Medicine

Best Resident Educator, Montgomery Campus
Vishnu Nagalpuram, M.D., Internal Medicine

Best Resident Educator, Tuscaloosa Campus
Joshua Price, M.D., Family Medicine

Best Community-Based Educator, Birmingham
Thomas Nolen, MD, Family Medicine

Best Community-Based Educator, Huntsville
Tarak Vasavada, M.D., Psychiatry

Best Community-Based Educator, Montgomery
Robert Engles, M.D., Surgery

Best Community-Based Educator, Tuscaloosa
Donald Gross, M.D., Surgery