Carolyn Ashworth, MD
1982 Intern of the Year - Medical College of Georgia
1984 Merit and Achievement Award - Medical College of Georgia
1984 AOA Resident Member - Medical College of Georgia
1985 Intern to the Georgia Legislature -
Sponsored by Georgia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
1996 Bennett-Green Lecturer - Medical College of Georgia
1996 Ralph E. Tiller Distinguished Faculty Award
2001 Department of Pediatrics Finalist, Argus Society Teaching Award
2002-2014 Best Doctor in America
2010 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
2013 Alabama Best Doctors in Pediatrics
Cason Benton, MD
2013 The Ralph E. Tiller Distinguished Faculty Award,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2007 Argus Society Award, UASOM Excellence in Teaching
2006 Argus Society Award, UASOM Excellence in Teaching
2006 Young Faculty Award, Southern Society for Pediatric Research
2004 Young Investigator Award, Southern Society for Pediatric Research
2002-2012 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award,
University of Alabama Department of Pediatrics
1994 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1984 Cum Laude, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Jennifer Chambers, MD
1993, 1998 Lettie Peate Whitehead Scholarship, Tulane University School of Medicine
1997 MAP International Fellowship Award
2001 Dixon Fellowship Award
Nefertiti Durant, MD
1997-1999 Baltimore City Medical Society Scholarship
1997-1999 Scholarship Recipient, Monumental Medical Society
(Baltimore Chapter of National Medical Association), Baltimore MD
2001 Duke Pediatrics Medical Student Teaching Excellence Award
2003-2004 Presidential Scholar, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA
2004 Von L. Meyer Award, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
2006 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program
2006-2007 Comprehensive Minority Faculty and Student Development Program Award,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2007 First Place Poster Award
UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium,
"Perceptions of Obesity among Community Health Center Users"
2007 The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Semifinalist 2007
2007 Charles Barkley Fund Investigator Award, UAB Division of Preventive Medicine,
Minority Health Research Center
2008 Teaching Recognition/Commendation from Residents for Excellence as
Clinician and Teacher in Adolescent Medicine
2008 Teaching Recognition/Commendation from Residents for Excellence as
Clinician and Teacher in WARDS
2010 Second Place Poster Award
UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium,
WALKFIT: Efficacy of Moderate Intensity Exercise in Promotion of Weight Loss
and Prevention of Weight Gain in Young African American Women
2010 2010 MHRC Charles Barkley Excellence in Mentoring Awards
Hughes Evans, MD
2010 Argus Award Nominee, Best Lecturer in the Patient, Doctor, and Society Module
Class of 2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2008 Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellow
2006 Argus Society Award. Excellence in Teaching 2005-2006 Best Lecturer Nominee, Class of 2009
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2002 Argus Society Award. Best Attending in Pediatrics, UAB
1994 Michele St. Romain Award, UAB
1991 Intern Award, voted best teaching intern by UAB Class of 1991, UAB
1985 Shryock Medal, honorable mention, American Association for the History of Medicine
1984-1985 Strominger Fellowship, Harvard University
1984-1985 Teaching Award, Harvard University
Snehal Khatri, MD
2010 Health Grades Recognized Doctors List in Birmingham – Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Carin Kiser, MD
2005 Commendations in Nephrology and Hospital Wards Rotations
2000 NIH-Sponsored Fellowship Research Grant
1993-1995 Alpha Epsilon Delta Honors Society
1993-1995 Phi Beta Biology Honors Society
1993-1995 Golden Key National Honors Society
1992-1995 UAB Presidential Honors
1995 UAB Honors Convocation Honoree
1993 United States National Collegiate Sciences Award
Myriam Peralta, MD
1995-1997 Minority Clinical Associate Physician Award, General Clinical Research Center,
National Institutes of Health
1999-2003 Clinical Research Career Award (K-23), National Institutes of Health
2006-2008 Charles Barkey Minority Health Research Award
2010-2012 Best Doctors in America, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
2013 Alabama’s Best Doctor List, Pediatric Developmental and Behavioral Problems
Tina Simpson, MD
1995 UAB Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine Award for Alabama Neonatal HIV
Seroprevalence Survey
2000 Letters of Commendation - Continuity Clinic
2000 Letters of Commendation - Neonatology
2000-2001 Letters of Commendation - General Pediatrics
2006 Service Award - Mineral District Medical Society
2007 Recognition for Service - Department of Youth Services
2008 Award for Outstanding Contribution - Mayor’s Office Division of Youth Services
2008 Service Award - Mineral District Medical Society
2009 Award for Outstanding Contribution - Mayor’s Office Division of Youth Services
2013 Metro Birmingham Branch NAACP Golden Physician Award
Amanda Soong, MD
2011 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
2009 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
2000 Pittman GCRC Clinical Research Award
2000 NIH Summer Research Fellowship
1999 Magna cum laude, University of Alabama
1999 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Alabama
1995 Presidential Scholar, University of Alabama
Bonnie Spear, PhD
2011 Who’s Who in America
2009 American Dietetic Association: Excellence in Practice Award for Dietetic Education
2009 Fab 40 Outstanding Alumni over last 40 years, UAB School of Health Related
Professions
2006 Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (ASTPHND)-
Excellence in Work/Advocacy Award
2003 ADA Medallion Award (Highest Award Presented by the Association)
2000 Who’s Who of American Women
1995 Outstanding Dietitian, Alabama Dietetic Association
1992 Outstanding Member, Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group, American Dietetic Association
1987 Who's Who in the South and Southwest
1987 Recipient Distinguished Alumnus, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
School of Health Related Professions
1985 Outstanding Young Women of America
1979 Recipient of the National Foundation March of Dimes Internship in Nutrition,
Montreal, Canada
Anne Stafford, MD
1994 Ralph E. Tiller Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
2001-present Best Doctors in America inclusion
Marsha Sturdevant, MD
2012 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
2010 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
2009-2010 Commendation for resident education and for community advocacy
2007-08 Commendation for resident teaching
2005 Appreciation Award, Cahaba Valley Health Care, “For exemplary service and dedication”
1998 Appreciation Award, UAB Perinatal Outreach Education Conference, “Teenage Pregnancy”
1993-98 Special Recognition, for Leadership and Creativity in the Development and Evaluation of
Innovative Models of HIV/AIDS Care and Service Delivery for Adolescents,
“Adolescent Care Demonstration & Evaluation Initiative”
Terry Wall, MD
1997 Center Scholar, Center for Health Services Research and Policy Development,
UAB Department of Pediatrics
2012 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
2010-2013 Best Doctor in America
2013 Alabama’s Best Doctor’s List in Pediatrics
Stephenie Wallace, MD, MSPH
2000 Selected Professional Fellowship, American Association of University Women
1999 Clinical Research Training Program Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
1997 Short Term Research Fellowship, Yale School of Medicine