2025 Champions of Clinical Learning Environment


August 29, 2025

CLESeven Internal Medicine faculty members have been named 2025 Champions of the Clinical Learning Environment by the Office of Professionalism at McGovern Medical School. The recognition honors faculty who exemplify professionalism, compassion, and academic excellence, making a lasting impact on students during their clinical clerkships.

2025 Surgery Department awardees:

  • Gabriel Aisenberg, MD*, professor, General Internal Medicine
  • Faith Atai, MD, associate professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
  • Karthik Bhandari, MD, assistant professor, General Internal Medicine
  • Akshar Dash, MD, assistant professor, General Internal Medicine
  • Renee Flores, MD, associate professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
  • Rukma Govindu, MD, associate professor, General Internal Medicine
  • Angelique Wong, MD, associate professor, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

*Dr. Aisenberg has been recognized a minimum of five times since the award’s inception in 2020.

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