McGovern Medical School honors 2026 teaching excellence awardees


By McGovern Medical School Office of Communications
June 2, 2026

[As seen in The Scoop, May 6, 2026]

Teacher at podium instructing trainees

Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. May is Teaching Excellence Month at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Since 2025, the awards have shifted focus toward junior faculty. Senior faculty who have been awarded the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards five or more times have been designated as Esteemed Educators and are no longer eligible for the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards.

2025-26 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awardees

Pediatrics
Alyssa Adams, MD
Melissa Adeyemo, MD
Ladan Agharokh, MD
Catherine Beaullieu, MD
Bibek Bista, MD
Charles Boren, DO
Monica Bray, MD
Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD
Asha Davidson, MD
Julie Eapen, MD
Ashley Gibson, MD
Hunter Hamilton, MD
Ansam Hasan, MD
Sushma Hebbar, MD
Jennifer Kinney, MD
Tu Mai, MD
Mitchell Moore, MD
Vershanna Morris, MD
Arezo Nasrazadani, MD
Chinyere O’Connor, MD
Dalilah Reyes de Jesus, MD
Monisha Shah, MD
Alice Taylor, MD
Kristina Tebo, MD
Ramia Zakhour, MD

View the full list from all Departments