Past Award Recipients

Clerkship Director of the Year Award

• 2026 Recipient: Xiao Chi Zhang, MD, MS, MHPE
• 2025 Recipient: Sharon Bord, MD
• 2024 Recipient: Jessica Bod, MD
• 2023 Recipient: Megan Henn, MD
• 2022 Recipient: Jerald S. Wieters, MD
• 2021 Recipient: Jose Victor Nable, MD
• 2020 Recipient: Jonathan Fisher, MD
• 2019 Recipient: Steven Patrick Davis, MD
• 2018 Recipient: Nathan J. Lewis, MD
• 2017 Recipient: Joan M. Kolodzik, MS, MD
• 2016 Recipients: Charlene An, MD, Jeffrey Van Dermark, MD, and Michael Van Meter, MD, MPH

Innovation in Medical Education Award

• 2026 Recipient: Mark Olaf, MD
• 2025 Recipient: Sarah Williams, MD, MHPE, ACC
• 2024 Recipient: Joan Noelker, MD
• 2023 Recipient: Matthew Malone, MD
• 2022 Recipient: Michael Trotter, MD
• 2021 Recipient: Manuel Montano, MD
• 2020 Recipient: Joshua Silverberg, MD
• 2019 Recipient: Jordan Tozer, MD
• 2018 Recipient: Seth Hawkins, MD
• 2017 Recipient: Jacob James-Third Manteuffel, MD

Clerkship Coordinator of the Year Award

• 2026 Recipient: Niki Hagen
• 2025 Recipient: Auda Hutto
• 2024 Recipient: Eric Woods
• 2023 Recipient: Theresa Plater
• 2022 Recipient: James Graber

Young Educator of the Year Award

• 2026 Recipient: Kaila Pomeranz, DO
• 2025 Recipient: Moises H. Gallegos, MD, MPH, MEHP
• 2024 Recipient: Kathryn Fisher, MD, MS, MHPE
• 2023 Recipient: Douglas Rappaport, MD
• 2022 Recipient: Jennifer L. Carey, MD
• 2021 Recipients: David Tillman, MD, and William Peterson, MD
• 2020 Recipients: Jessica Bod, MD, Alexandra Mannix, MD, and Robbie Paulsen, MD
• 2019 Recipient: Nick Hartman, MD, MPH
• 2018 Recipients: Trevor R. Pour, MD, and Jamie M. Hess, MD
• 2017 Recipients: David Fernando Toro, MD, and Ryan Anthony Pedigo, MD
• 2016 Recipients: Laura R. Thompson, MD, and Adam Z. Tobias, MD, MPH

Medical Education Fellow Travel Award

• 2025 Recipients: Donna Okoli, MD, and Nathan Baggett, MD
• 2024 Recipients: Jessica Pelletier, DO, and Simi Jandu, MD
• 2023 Recipients: Erin Karl, MD, and Yuliya Pecheny, DO