They work tirelessly to help students understand the science of life. They bring future doctors together with patients to mold tomorrow’s discerning, empathetic physicians. They are mentors during students’ time at HMS and sometimes for decades beyond. They are members of the HMS faculty who were recognized last month for their outstanding commitment to teaching and mentorship.
“You probably all had a teacher who stood out, who made learning fun, who demystified the inexplicable,” Jules Dienstag, HMS Dean for Medical Education, told attendees at the May 9 awards ceremony in the Carl W. Walter, MD Amphitheater. “These are the kinds of teachers we have in our midst, and we’re lucky to have so many of them.”
Award recipients were introduced by students and colleagues who had nominated them. Nominators Sophia McKinley, a second-year HMS student, said she aspired to be like her nominee, Barbara Cockrill, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
“Dr. Cockrill reminded us that it’s a privilege to be allowed into people’s lives when they are ill,” McKinley told the crowd before addressing her teacher directly. “I hope you teach for many more years. The Harvard students and their patients will be much better for it.”
HMS Teaching AwardsThe following annual teaching awards were presented under the auspices of the Program in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School.
The Donald O’Hara, Ph.D., Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching:
Barbara Cockrill, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Matthew Frosch, HMS associate professor of pathology at MGH
The Charles McCabe, M.D., Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, HMS professor of surgery at MGH
Anne Fabiny, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance
Special Faculty Prizes for Sustained Excellence in Teaching
Robert Goisman, HMS associate professor of psychiatry at Mass Medical Health Center
Manuel Guillermo Herrera-Acena, HMS lecturer in medicine at BWH
Teaching Awards at HMS Affiliates
S. Robert Stone Award at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John Mitchell, HMS assistant professor of anaesthesia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Leo A. Blacklow Award at Mount Auburn Hospital
Barbra Blair, HMS instructor in medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital
Bernard Lown Teaching Award at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Sara Russell, HMS instructor in surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Robert Masland Teaching Award at Children’s Hospital
Craig Lillehei, HMS assistant professor of surgery at Children’s Hospital
Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award at Massachusetts General Hospital
Eugene Beresin, HMS professor of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
Association of American Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award
David Hirsch, HMS instructor in medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance
Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care Excellence in Teaching Award
Barbara Gottlieb, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
L. James Wiczai Jr. Award for Leadership, Excellence and Innovation in Medicine
Jill Springer, coordinator and administrator for Patient Doctor I and III courses and Principal Clinical Experience (PCE) for second and third-year HMS students at BWH.
