Awards
Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in teaching
One of the most prestigious teaching awards at UCSF, the Kaiser award is given to five faculty members in the entire UCSF School of Medicine each year (including one in Fresno). Award winners from EM include:
1987 ROBERT K. KNOPP, MD
1994 MARC S. SHALIT, MD
2006 GREGORY W. HENDEY, MD
2011 HERB BIVINS, MD
2018 DANIELLE CAMPAGNE, MD
Faculty research Award
Awarded annually at the UCSF Fresno housestaff graduation ceremony, the faculty research award can only be won once in a career. EM faculty winners include:
1989 ROBERT K. KNOPP, MD
2000 GREGORY HENDEY, MD
2002 GEOFFREY STROH, MD
2005 MARC SHALIT, MD
2005 MICHAEL ALBERTS, MD
2006 BRIAN CHINNOCK, MD
2007 LORI WEICHENTHAL, MD
2015 RAIS VOHRA, MD
2017 PATIL ARMENIAN, MD
2018 MICHAEL DARRACQ, MD, MPH
Borba Housetaff Award
Awarded annually at the UCSF Fresno housestaff graduation ceremony, this award honors the resident and fellow who made the most significant contribution to research. EM resident and fellow winners include:
1993 GREG FRYE
1996 THERESA SCHWAB
1998 LORI WEICHENTHAL
2000 GREG SHUBERT
2001 BRADLEY BARTH
2002 MARGARET THACKER
2003 MATTHEW LEWIN
2006 TIM PLATTS-MILLS
2007 TANIA ROBERTSON
2010 SUSANNE SPANO (FELLOW)
2011 ALFREDO URDANETA
2012 DAVID HAKKARINEN
2018 EILEEN SHU
UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program Annual Housestaff Awards
Each year members of the Housestaff vote for individuals showing outstanding commitment to teaching and learning. Award winners from EM include:
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1981 |
Barbara Hanke, MD |
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1984 |
Charles Goldsworthy, MD |
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1990 |
Tom Tighe, DO |
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1992 |
Stephanie Bodes, MD |
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1994 |
Geoffrey Stroh, MD |
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1995 |
Richard Winters, MD |
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1998 |
Jeffrey Uller, MD |
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2000 |
Andrew Kitlowshi, MD |
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2001 |
Stephen Haverly, MD |
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2002 |
Robert Dery, MD |
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2003 |
Saleen Manternach, MD |
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2004 |
Timothy Platts-Mills, MD |
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2006 |
Rawnica Ruegner, MD |
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2008 |
Won Ki Chae, MD |
| 2009 | Jacoby Allen, MD |
| 2010 | Marla Gandara, MD |
| 2012 | Laura Ivy, MD |
| 2013 | Crystal Ives-Tallman |
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Best Resident Teacher |
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1978 |
David McMicken, MD |
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1990 |
John Holmes, MD |
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1991 |
John Holmes, MD |
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1995 |
Douglas Kartel, MD |
| 2002 | Brad Barth, MD |
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2004 |
Stephen Haverly, MD |
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2005 |
Robert Dery, MD |
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2008 |
Christian Purgason, DO |
| 2015 | Jeff Riddell, MD |
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Outstanding Faculty Teacher |
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1993 |
Marc Shalit, MD |
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1994 |
Marc Shalit, MD |
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1995 |
Gregory Hendey, MD |
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2002 |
Thomas Utecht, MD |
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2004 |
Brian Chinnock, MD |
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2005 |
Gregory Hendey, MD |
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2006 |
Thomas Utecht, MD |
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2008 |
Manon Kwon, MD |
| 2009 | Sukhjit Takhar, MD |
| 2010 | Saleen Manternach, MD |
| 2011 | Warren Wiechmann, MD |
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2013
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Brian Chinnock, MD
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Robert Knopp Gold Humanism Award |
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2009 |
Rawnie Ruegner, MD |
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2009 |
Stephanie Rubio, MD |
| 2010 | Jason Tsukamaki, MD |
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| 2012 | David Toor, MD |
| 2013 | Ricky Amii, MD |
| 2014 | Sameir Alhadi, MD |
| 2015 | Nick Kroll, MD |
| 2016 | Crystal Ives-Tallman, MD |
| 2017 | Bryan Kaye, MD |
| 2018 | Andres Anaya, MD |
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Tom Evans Memorial Electrocardiography Award |
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2009 |
Luke Karaelias, MD |
| 2010 | Scott De Shields, MD |
| 2011 | Suneil Agrawal, MD |
| 2012 | Luc Hibbs, MD |
| 2013 | Kevin Lunney, MD |
| 2014 |
Peter Anastoupoulos, MD Jaime Antuna, MD |
| 2015 | Brandon Chalfin, MD |
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Melissa Dowd Community Service Award |
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2013 |
Casey Herrforth, MD |
| 2014 | Brian Blake, MD |
| 2015 | Nick Brandehoff, MD |
| 2016 | Andres Anaya, MD |
| 2017 | James McCue, MD |
| 2018 | Rawnica Ruegner, MD |
| Emergency Medicine Annual Retreat Awards | ||||
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Teaching |
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| 2012 | David Hakkarinen | Lori Weichenthal | Jacoby Allen | Kenny Banh |
| 2013 | Sameir Alhadi | Rais Vohra | Ricky Amii | Brian Chinnock |
| 2014 |
Jeff Riddell Jenny Heppner |
Michael Darracq | Gilbert Ramirez | Mike Darracq |
| 2015 | Patil Armenian | Jeff Riddell | Mike Darracq | |
Council of Residency Directors (CORD) Resident Academic Achievement Award
Dr. Timothy Platts-Mills, one of our chief residents received the coveted CORD resident academic achievement award for 2007. This award, given to one EM resident, is intended to recognize an individual who has demonstrated much promise as a future academic faculty member. Tim is a wonderful teacher and clinician. In addition to numerous peer reviewed articles and book chapters, Tim will be the editor for the textbook “First Aid for the Emergency Medicine Boards”. He is a reviewer for Annals of Emergency Medicine and was recognized as a top 50 reviewer for 2006. Tim has accepted a faculty position at the University of North Carolina. Great work Tim!
Dr. Gene Kallsen has been selected by the Community Foundation as one of the “Ultimate People” of 2009. He received his award at a recent gala event (i.e. lots of great, free food, drinks, and music). Congrats to our Chief!
Congratulations to “Uncle” Marc Shalit for receiving the “Excellence in Teaching Award” from the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. This prestigious award recognizes contributions to medical student and resident education in 2009.
Congratulations to UCSF Fresno EM Residents on winning first place for the “Best in Emergency Medicine: EMP Video Challenge”
With the following link: http://www.emp.com/contest-winners
Congratulations to Dr. Kenny Banh, who just received the highly coveted UCSF Distinction in Teaching
Award from the Academic Senate for 2011. Kenny was recognized for his ongoing contributions to the university in teaching medical students and residents, and he was selected from numerous applicants throughout UCSF–great work!
Congratulations to our award winners at the 2011 UCSF Fresno Housestaff Graduation ceremony!
The winner of the Borba Housestaff Research award was Alfredo Urdaneta, MD.
Warren Wiechmann, MD was given the Outstanding Faculty Teacher award.
And last but certainly not least, our own Herb Bivins, MD received the coveted Henry J. Kaiser Award, the highest teaching award in the entire UCSF system.
Greg Hendey was awarded the 2011 Excellence in Teaching award from the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators.
Congratulations to our own Kevin Lunney!
Kevin, a third-year resident, was just chosen to be a member of the 2012 Global Health Clinical Scholars Program. He is the first from our program to be a part of this prestigious group. Way to go!
Excellence in Teaching
Stacy Sawtelle and Lori Weichenthal have been chosen for the 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award by the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. This is a great honor that is well-deserved!
Academy of Medical Educators
Congratulations to Kenny Banh and Greg Hendey on being elected to the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators. They are the first two from our department to receive this honor.
Intern of the Year!
Congratulations to our own Laura Ivy who won the Intern of the Year award at the UCSF Fresno annual housestaff graduation event on June 7, 2012.
Research Award!
Congratulations to David Hakkarinen for winning the Borba Resident Research Award this year for his paper on MRI versus CT scan for occult hip fracture.
Jim Comes received the “Excellence in Teaching” award from the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators.
Rais Vohra was promoted to the “Clinical X” series at UCSF at the Associate Professor level.
Lori Weichenthal was just accepted into the Academy of Medical Educators at UCSF.
Congratulations to Sue Spano for winning the 2013 ACEP National Junior Faculty Teaching Award!
Omar Guzman was selected for the 2013-14 ACEP/EMRA Mini Fellowship in Health Policy in Washington DC, a four-week experience with a scholarship!
Congratulations to Deena Bengiamin, Stacy Sawtelle, Stu Maxwell, Peter Anastopoulos, Omar Guzman and Jaime Antuna for receiving the Academy of Medical Educators Cooke Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Their winning project was titled, “Development of an Inter-professional Patient Safety Curriculum in Emergency Medicine using Simulation” and will be presented at the upcoming UCSF Education Symposium.
Congratulations to Jeff Riddell, MD for being awarded a $4000 grant from the Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA). His study titled “Prospective randomized crossover evaluation of a flipped classroom model for emergency medicine trainees” will attempt to determine the efficacy of a new educational paradigm in graduate medical education.
The WGEA is one of four regional groups of the AAMC promoting excellence in medical education by fostering the professional development of educators and advancing research in medical education.
Danielle Campagne won the UCSF Kaiser Teaching Award
Mike Darracq won the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
Rais Vohra won the Faculty Research Award
Jeff Riddell won the Borba Housestaff Research Award
Nick Brandehoff won the Leon S. Peters Resident of the Year Award
Congratulations to Dr. Kenny Banh for winning the 2015 National ACEP Junior Faculty Teaching Award! This marks the second time in three years a UCSF Fresno faculty member has won this prestigious award.