Excellence Awards

John P. and Katherine McGovern Excellence Awards

Past Awardees:

2024

Shira Goldstein, MD

Assistant Professor
Family & Community Medicine

Bindu Akkanti, MD

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine/ Critical Care

Susanna Spence, MD

Professor
Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Ji Young Yoo, PhD

Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery

Kendra Carmon, PhD

Associate Professor
Institute of Molecular Medicine

Irina Serysheva, PhD

Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2023

Anna Konovalova, PhD, Asst Prof of Microbiology

Rising Star Award Research

Leslie Osborn, MD, Asst Prof of EM

Rising Star Award Clinical Service

Cindy Ivanhoe, MD, Prof of PM&R

Distinguished Faculty in Clinical Service

Jordan Lake, MD, Assoc Prof of IM - ID

Distinguished Faculty in Research

2022

Jessica Cardenas, PhD, Asst. Prof Dept of Surgery

Rising Star Award Research

Rachel Jantea, MD, Asst Prof of IM

Rising Star Award Clinical Service

Angela Heads, PhD, Assoc Prof of Psychiatry

Distinguished Faculty in Clinical Service

Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD, Prof of NBA

Distinguished Faculty in Research

2021

Jun Wang, PhD

Rising Star Award

Amanda Jagolino-Cole, MD

Rising Star Award

Hope Northrup, MD

Clinical Excellence Award

Danielle Garsin, PhD

Excellence in Research Award

2019

Rachael Sirianni, PhD

Rising Star Award

Shao Zhou, MD

Clinical Excellence Award

Louise McCullough, MD, PhD

Excellence in Research Award

Jacqueline Hecht, PhD

Excellence in Research Award

2018

Sasha D. Adams, MD

Rising Star Award

Nayun Kim, PhD

Rising Star Award

Gloria P. Heresi, MD

Clinical Excellence Award

Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD

Excellence in Research Award

2017

Jennifer Swails, MD

Rising Star Award

Julie Kaplow, PhD

Clinical Excellence Award

Amber Luong, MD, PhD

Clinical Excellence Award

Carmen Dessauer, PhD

Basic Science Excellence Award

2016

Joyce P. Samuel, MD

Rising Star Award

Joy M. Schmitz, MD

Clinical Excellence Award

Yang Xia, MD, PhD

Basic Science Excellence Award