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Excellence in Teaching Award

Resident Teaching Awards for Exemplary Student Teaching

When medical students complete their Graduation Questionnaire they are asked about their experience with residents teaching in the clerkships. Pediatrics is one of the few departments that consistently scores ABOVE the national average. 

*Recognized as winning award all three years of residency

2025-2026 Recipients:

PGY 1

Dr. Halla Jibreen

Dr. Sarah Turner

PGY 2

Dr. Kimberly Adams

Dr. Lina Berika

Dr. Michael Ko

Dr. Monica Yacoub

2024-2025 Recipients:

PGY 1

Dr. Nathan Cherukuri

Dr. Sarah Lezaj

Dr. Wade Miller

Dr. Susannah Smith

Dr. Abby Thomas Lemmon

PGY 2

Dr. Mohamed Berra

Dr. Gabriel Ezuma

PGY 3

Dr. Rachel Beard

Dr. Ben Patrick Gorion

Dr. Natalie Holjencin*

2023-2024 Recipients:

PGY 1
Dr. Danielle Godfrey
Dr. Melissa Gunewardena 
Dr. Ryan Kidd
Dr. Valentina Morozova
PGY 2
Dr. Natalie Holjencin
Dr. Jaknel Brown
Dr. Ryan Brummond
Dr. Rhythm Howie
PGY 3
Dr. Connie Christian 
Dr. Jessica Jones
Dr. Mackenzie LeMay
Dr. Sarah Straka 

Previously Recognized Residents

2022-23

Dr. Natalie Arthur (PGY1)

Dr. Rachel Beard (PGY1)

Gabriel Ezuma (PGY1)

Dr. Ben-Patrick Gorion (PGY1)

Dr. Anna Schilling (PGY1)

Dr. Lexi Sunnenberg (PGY1)

Dr. Sarah Straka (PGY2)

Dr. John Baek (PGY2)

Dr. Monique Bailey (PGY3)**

Dr. Kristen Schmidbauer (PGY3)

Dr. Molly Shields (PGY3) ***

Dr. Lauren Smith

Dr. Fahim Thawer (PGY3)**

**won in PGY2 and PGY3 years

***won all three years of residency

2022-2021

Dr. Daniel Allen (PGY1)

Dr. Erica DeMaagd (PGY1)

Dr. Joseph Holjencin (PGY1)

Dr. Chaitanya Sambangi (PGY1)

Dr. Molly Shields (PGY1)

Dr. Yvonne Ibe (PGY2)

Dr. Uloma Ibezim (PGY2)

Dr. Kayla Lasota (PGY2)

Dr. Lauren Lim (PGY2)

Dr. Jack Noel (PGY2)

Gary Prusky Grinberg (PGY2)

Dr. Courtney Widjaja (PGY2)

Dr. Christiana Dorsey (PGY3)

Dr. Nicole Lock (PGY3)

Dr. Irma Rashid (PGY3)

Dr. Matthew Smith (PGY3)

2020-2021

Dr. John (Jack) Noel (PGY1)

Dr. Gary Prusky (PGY1)

Dr. Ellen French (PGY2)

Dr. Irma Rashid (PGY2)

Dr. Jonathan Alba (PGY3)

Dr. Ashley Bohn(PGY3)

Dr. Divya Reddy (PGY3)

Dr. Danielle Rosema (PGY3)

2019-2020

Dr. Molly Lacoursiere (PGY1)

Dr. Matthew Smith (PGY1)

Dr. Richard Baggaley (PGY2)

Dr. Danielle Rosema (PGY2)

Dr. David Cazares (PGY3)

Dr. Joshua Coleman (PGY3)

Dr. Stephanie Komic (PGY3)

Dr. Mandy Nasworthy (PGY3)

Dr. Kaitlin Verdone (PGY3)

Dr. Aaron Worth (PGY3)

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