Past Recognition for Educator of the Month

Educator of the Month

• 2022

  June

  Vijaya Murthy, MMBS, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, John Sealy School of Medicine

  May

  Victor E. Reyes, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

  April

  Patricia Rogers, MD, FAAP, Department of General Pediatrics & Urgent Care, John Sealy School of Medicine

  March

  Denny Fe Agana, PhD, MPH, CPH, Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, John Sealy School of Medicine

  February

  Gregory Brusola, DPT, PhD, PT, MSCS, Department of Physical Therapy School of Health Professions 

  January 

  Regina Pillai, MD, Department of Internal Medicine-Clear Lake, John Sealy School of Medicine

• 2021

  December

  Rajkumar Rajendran, DCLS, MS, MLS (ASCP), School of Health Professions 

  November

  Carla Hirsch, MMS, MPH, PA-C, School of Medicine

  October

  Angela Jones, MPAS, PA-C, School of Medicine

  September

  Lima Ghulmi, OTD, OTR, School of Health Professions

  August

  Bushra Manakatt, DNP, RN, FNP-C, School of Nursing 

  July

  Otto Pantoja, MD, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

  June

  Tony Chao, PhD, School of Health Professions 

  May

  Jennifer Barnett, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, School of Nursing 

  April

  Barbara Calvert, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

  January

  Abha Sahni, MS, PhD, Department of Pathology 

• 2020

  December
  Bi-Hung Peng, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, &
  Anatomy

  November
  Cara Pennel, DrPH, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health, Graduate School Biomedical Sciences

  October
  Christopher Edwards, PhD, RN, Department of School of Nursing Undergraduate Studies, School of Nursing

  September
  Bruce Adcock, MeD, RRT-NPS, Department of Respiratory Care, School of Health Professions

  August
  Charlotte Wisnewski, PhD, Department of School of Nursing, School of Nursing

  July
  Darlene Cheyenne Martin, PhD, School of Nursing 

  June
  Daniel Jupiter, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

  May
  Bruce Leonard, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NP-C Community Health, School of Nursing

  April
  Monique Ferguson, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine

  March
  Michael Furtado, DPT, PT, NCS, Department of Physical Therapy School of Health Professions

  February
  Cristiana Rastellini, MD Departments of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Microbiology & Immunology and Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, School of Medicine

• 2019
  December 
  Amber Armstead, OTR, DrPH
  Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
  
  November
  Morgan Cangelosi, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CCRN
  Family Medicine, School of Nursing
  
  October
  Thomas Smith, PhD, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology
  
  September
  M. Chandler Self, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  
  August
  Sunil Jain, MD, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

  July
  Stephen Morrical, MD, Emergency Department, School of Medicine

  June
  Anna Rotkiewicz, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
  
  May
  Victor Reyes, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine

  April
  Laurie Farroni, DPT, PT, PCS, Director of Clinical Education, School of Health Professions

  February
  Patricia Rogers, MD, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

  January
  Carol Wiggs, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CNM, Associate Professor, RN-BSN Track Administrator, School of Nursing

• 2018
  December
  
  Cheryl Juneau, RN, DrPH, FNP-BC, Associate Professor, Jesse and Alicia Dunn Endowed Professorship in Nursing, School of Nursing
  
  November
  
  Ashraf Aly, MD, PhD, MSc, FACC, FAAP, Professor, Department of Pediatrics , School of Medicine
  
  October
  
  Jacqueline Aoughsten, RN, DNP, ACNP-C, Assistant Professor, AGACNP Track Administrator, School of Nursing
   
  September
  
  Ms. Karen Ratcliff, MS, OTR, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
  
  August
  
  Safa'a Al-Arabi, PhD, RN, MPH, MSN, CNL, Associate Professor, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Track Administrator/MSN program, School of Nursing
  
  July
  

  Michael Miller, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

  June
  

  Christopher Fry, PhD, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Metabolism, School of Health Professions

  May
  

  Jean Gutierrez, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Nutrition and Metabolism, School of Health Professions

  April

  Loree Pryor, MOT, OTR, Assistant Professor/Fieldwork Coordinator, School of Health Professions

  March

  Sharon Forest, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

  February

  Suresh Bhavnani, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Translational Sciences, School of Medicine

  January
  
  Clifford Snyder, MPAS, PA-C, Sealy and Smith Laboratory for Surgical Training, Assessment and Research (LSTAR), School of Medicine

   
• Lifetime Achievement Award

  This Lifetime Achievement Award in Education was first conferred in 2008 to recognize UTMB faculty who have made long-standing, important, and high-quality contributions to the educational missions of their respective UTMB schools throughout their careers. Elements for nomination and selection included the nominees' teaching quality and quantity, educational scholarship, and recognition and honors for educational efforts.

  2008

  School of Medicine: Dr. Robert Beach, Professor, Internal Medicine - Nephrology
  School of Health Professions: Dr. Richard Rahr, Professor and Chair, Physician Assistant Studies
  School of Nursing: Dr. Linda Rounds, Professor, SON Master’s Program
  Graduate School of Biological Sciences: Dr. William Willis, Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience & Cell Biology

  2009 - School of Medicine

  Winner: Dr. Jackie Collins, Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
  Runner Up: Dr. Daneshvari Solanki, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

  2010 - School of Health Professions

  Winner: Dr. Vicki Freeman, Professor and Chair, Clinical Laboratory Sciences

  2011 - School of Nursing

  Winner: Dr. Nonie Mendias, Associate Professor, SON Nursing Doctoral Program
  Runners Up: Dr. Karen Brykczynski, Professor SON Master’s Program and Dr. Charlotte Wisnewski, Associate Professor, SON Baccalaureate Program

  2012 – Graduate School of Biological Sciences

  Winner: Dr. Anne Hudson Jones, Professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities
  Runner Up: Dr. Darrell Carney, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  2013 – School of Medicine

  Winners: Dr. Steven A. Lieberman, Professor, Internal Medicine
  Dr. Alice Ann O'donell, Professor, Family Medicine

  2014 – School of Health Professions

  Winner: Dr. Christine Baker, Professor, Physical Therapy

  2015 – School of Nursing

  Winners: Dr. Carol M. Wiggs, Track Administrator, School of Nursing
  Dr. Yolanda Davila, Professor, School of Nursing

  2016 – Graduate School of Biomedicial Sciences

  Winner: Dr. Laura Rudkin, Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health

  2017 – SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  Winner: Dr. Karen Szauter, Professor, Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs and Medical Director of the Office of Clinical Simulation

  2018- SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

  Winner: Dr. Carolyn J. Utsey, Professor, Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy

  2019- SCHOOL OF NURSING

  Winner: Mary O'Keefe, PhD, JD, RN, Professor, School of Nursing 

  2020 - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  Winner: Dr. Victor E. Reyes, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology

  2021 - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

  Winner: Dr. Michael Ainsworth, MD, Senior Associate Dean Educational Performance , Professor, Department of Internal Medicine