Kaiser Permanente Awards for Excellence in Teaching
The Office of Student Programs in the Medical School solicits nominations for the Kaiser Permanente Awards. The Kaiser Award is the most prestigious teaching award given by the Medical School. Made possible by a grant from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, it consists of an honorarium of $1,000 and a certificate which is presented to each awardee at the Graduation Luncheon. Two awards are given each year – one for preclinical and one for clinical teaching. Nominators are asked to consider nominating those outstanding teachers who have demonstrated superior teaching ability; accessibility or willingness to help students more than other teachers; enthusiasm and the ability to generate student enthusiasm; the ability to serve as an exemplary role model; and other traits nominators deem to be important.
Faculty and student nominations are solicited and those who are nominated by a number of colleagues or students, or who have particularly compelling nominations, are asked to complete secondary applications. The Medical School Awards Committee will review these applications, select finalists, and make recommendations to the Dean and the Executive Committee for final endorsement.
Eligibility:
Any faculty member who teaches in the M1 or M2 portion of the curriculum may be nominated for the preclinical award. Faculty members with major teaching effort in the M3 or M4 years are eligible for nomination for the clinical award. Please note that former award winners are not eligible for re-nomination (see list below).
Nomination Process:
Please return your nomination form to Sharon Shields, Office of Students Programs, C5124 Medical Science I, Box 0611, by November 30, 2007. If you prefer, you may send your nominations electronically by:
- email (sshields@umich.edu) or
- online nomination form
For questions about the process email Sharon Shields or call 763-3772.
Previous Winners:
| Preclinical Award | Clinical Award | |
| 2007 | Sun-Kee Kim, Ph.D. | Kenneth J. Pituch, M.D. |
| 2006 | Roger J. Grekin, M.D. | James F. Peggs, M.D. |
| 2005 | Thomas D. Gelehrter, M.D. | Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., M.D. |
| 2004 | Ameed Raoof, M.D., Ph.D. | Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H. |
| 2003 | N. Cary Engleberg, M.D. | Douglas Gelb, M.D. Ph.D. |
| 2002 | Arno Kumagai, M.D. | Michael Shea, M.D. |
| 2001 | Louis D’Alecy, Ph.D. | Paul Fine, M.D. |
| 2000 | Thomas R. Gest, Ph.D. | Lisa M. Colletti, M.D. |
| 1999 | Michael D. Jibson, M.D., Ph.D. | Psychiatry Mel L. Barclay, M.D. |
| 1998 | David C. Dawson, Ph.D. | John T. Santinga, M.D. |
| 1997 | Bruce M. Carlson, M.D., Ph.D. | Mark A. McQuillan, M.D. |
| 1996 | Andrew J. Zweifler, M.D. | David S. Rosen, M.D. |
| 1995 | Andrew Flint, M.D. | James C. Sisson, M.D. |
| 1994 | Paul A. Weinhold, Ph.D. | Cyril M. Grum, M.D. |
| 1993 | Francis S. Collins, M.D. | Robert H. Bartlett, M.D. |
| 1992 | Terry J. Bergstrom, M.D. | Robert A. Green, M.D. |
| 1991 | Don Lowell Fisher, Ph.D. | Gerald B. Zelenock, M.D. |
| 1990 | Marshal Shlafer, Ph.D. | Steven R. Ramsburgh, M.D. |
| 1989 | Kent J. Johnson, M.D. | Richard D. Judge, M.D. |
| 1988 | Walter A. Castelli, Ph.D. | Patricia O'Connor, M.D. |
| 1987 | Frances E. Bull, M.D. | Ralph Rabinovitch, M.D. |
| 1986 | Sarah Winans Newman, Ph.D. | Hsi-Yen Liu, M.D. |
| 1985 | Fedor Medzihradsky, Ph.D. | Robert C. Kelsch, M.D. |
| 1984 | William Burkel, Ph.D. | James E. Rasmussen, M.D. |
| 1983 | Garth W. Jones, Ph.D. | Donita B. Sullivan, M.D. |
| 1982 | Roy A. Glover, Ph.D. | Carol A. Kauffman, M.D. |
| 1981 | Arthur Vander, M.D. | Ananias C. Diokno, M.D. |
| 1980 | Irwin Goldstein, Ph.D. | Sara E. Walker, M.D. |
| 1979 | Thomas Oelrich, Ph.D. | Faith Fitzgerald, M.D. |
| 1978 | Gerald Abrams, M.D. | Paul Kissner, M.D. Gerald Rigg, M.D. |
| 1977 | Roland Hiss, M.D. | Errol E. Erlandson, M.D. |
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