2018 Educator Appreciation Day

"Novel curricular design that goes beyond Emory"

"Dedicated to learners"

"Fantastic and engaging lecturer"

"Dr. Basu has started a practice of PICU teaching sessions in which he grabs a marker and uses a patient's room glass door as a whiteboard,

engaging residents, fellows, nurses, and respiratory therapists"

"Dr. Basu has started a series of discussions with our Pediatric Critical Medicine fellows to teach them about the logistics of research"

"His style of teaching walks the learner through the process of figuring out the answer"

"Founding Editor in Chief of international peer-reviewed Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation (JHR) - mentoring interdisciplinary students across health professions and English department in digital humanities"

"Developed and helps fund interdisciplinary "Frank S. Blanton Jr, MD Humanities Scholar award" for graduate students working on JHR"

"Mentors physical therapy students in the innovative integration of sustainability and physical therapy-supervising student led "Greening Physical Therapy" website, the first website devoted to promotion of sustainability in PT"

"Has been a mentor and role model for me since I started in my role as an educator in 2004"

"Has provided guidance and leadership to the Anesthesiologist Assistant Program for 25 years"

"Works with Anesthesiologist Assistant students in the Human Patient Simulation lab in a one-on-one teaching environment daily and maintains his patience, enthusiasm, and passion for teaching"

"Will help a colleague or cover someone who needs help"

"She patiently mentors and teaches in the operating room, with a willingness to mentor and assist junior faculty. She involves everyone in the process, appropriately tailoring roles to individual employees. Outside of the OR, she effectively teaches in clinic and on inpatient rounds"

"She cares deeply about education and ensuring that clinicians are competent to care for patients"

"She goes above and beyond to assist residents to become excellent surgeons"

"Our most engaged IM Program Associate Program Director"

"Developed the Global Health Program for Residency"

"Dedicated to the program and to the learners"

"Supervises a psychopharm resident clinic and receives rave reviews"

"Dr. Dunlop is comfortable teaching a wide range of learners from medical students to psychology post docs to nurses and residents. He adjusts his teaching style, but is always challenging learners to think dynamically and understand the patient"

"Dr. Dunlop provides medical educational oversight to residents with patience tailored to the needs of the trainee"

"Has one of the highest numbers of successful mentees in academia"

"Grew Emory GI Medical Oncology to its current state nationally"

"Recognized GI Oncologist with networks that have benefited his mentees"

"Was instrumental in developing a course for students to write reflective narrative during their clinical internships"

"As a professor in rehabilitation medicine, and a senior fellow in the Center for Ethics, he teaches medical ethics to physical therapy students and medical residents"

"Recently has been inducted into the National Academies of Practices as a distinguished fellow that focuses on inter-professional collaboration and education"

"Kiran has mentored my interest in simulation and quality improvement by creating a one-year fellowship for me to build my knowledge and experience in the area of process and space testing"

"Dr. Hebbar is an excellent teacher. He is well known for his ability to teach at the bedside, applying basic concepts of physiology to a patient's clinical presentation. The fellows frequently recognize this as an extremely valuable contribution to their education"

"Kiran has been an excellent mentor, coaching, supporting, and guiding me through multiple simulation based projects throughout the PICU"

"Provides great teaching in the Burn Unit appropriate for junior and senior residents"

"He took time to teach technical skills in the operating room"

"He has a distinct teaching style, encouraging trainees to make a decision about management of patients with appropriate oversight"

"Dr. Kalra stayed late after rounds to go over multiple EKGs"

"Dr. Kalra would spend as much time as I needed at bedside to fine tune my physical exam skills and personally rounded with me when I asked for more directed feedback"

"I always refer to his popular YouTube video to continue to brush up on my EKGs"

"Dr. Kim is an exemplary teaching physician"

"Dr. Kim is very dedicated to our HMS group and helps develop educational opportunities so we all remain up to date with our medical knowledge"

"Known to EUH faculty to be talented, thoughtful, compassionate, and a great team player"

"Dr. Lal always takes time to include trainees in her palliative care discussions with patients and families"

"Excellent bedside teaching with medical students during palliative care service at Grady"
 

"Dr. Lal never tires of teaching our medical student rotators. She meets with them at the beginning of each week and mentors them through the (often traumatic) week in their palliative care rotation"

"Provides exemplary bedside teaching in clinic and on consults"

"Gives several excellent clinical lectures to residents, with updated literature search"

"Accessible for clinical questions for children even when not on call to help residents care for patients"

"Alyssa revamped the Grady MICU didactic lectures and developed a series of high-yield PowerPoint presentations for resident lectures"

"Alyssa is a talented critical care physician and is dedicated to teaching the residents. During a very busy flu season, she volunteered her time to work overnight shifts in the Grady ICU so that she could assist the residents and provide additional support"

"Dr. Massart is the EUH teaching director and has led the many changes our Internal Medicine residency has undergone on EUH wards"

"Dr. Massart works with the education council and faculty development to help promote education among our HMS colleagues"

"She has pursued individual development through SGIM's TEACH program and is sharing her teaching skills with residents and hospitalists as well as health care staff through her role as a medical director for a medical floor at EUH"

"She is always encouraging her peers to get involved in what they are passionate about to promote job satisfaction and professional development"

"She goes above and beyond by organizing opportunities for learning among all staff members"

"She is dedicated to providing the safest care to our patients through evidenced base medicine"

"An Emory all-star, he does everything he can to advance Emory. He spends so much of his time teaching and is often here late, which is evident by the very detailed emails we receive at 2 am"

"Dr. Neill, simply put, is one of the elite educators in the department. Not only does he devote much of his time towards ensuring that residents receive the best training possible through his role as one of the residency program directors, but he also spends a considerable amount of time across the street at the medical school lecturing medical students"

"His enthusiasm for teaching is impossible to ignore"

"Dr. Patel spent hours and days working with me to help me get a residency spot when I didn’t match into a preliminary position. He was always patient and positive. He never lost hope and faith in me, when I lost hope and faith"

"Dr. Patel is an incredible medical educator. He has won awards for the residency in teaching and in mentorship. The residents love working with him"

"Dr. Patel won the Dean's Teaching Award for his exemplary dedication to teaching medical students. He runs the medical school clerkship in anesthesiology and the students love the rotation"

"Dr. Pullen has single-handedly brought content of public health/community health assessments into the DPT curriculum"

"Dr. Pullen has successfully mentored upwards of 25 students in the incorporation of physical therapy into the protocol of HIV/AIDS treatment"

"Dr. Pullen conceptualized, implemented and has successfully sustained the first physical therapy clinical services into the Ponce de Leon Center AIDS clinic"

"He co-founded the BCDB Foundations course, an innovative discussion-based course that now most grad programs emulate"

"Every year he teaches a discussion-based module in both the BCDB and GMB graduate programs that emphasize student involvement on cutting edge research topics"

"He co-directed BCDB Foundations for 6 years"

"Dr. Schmidt is an indefatigable advocate of the patient-centered medical home and the primary care physician-doctor relationship"

"Dr. Schmidt continues to pilot new direct observation and teaching practices to improve learning in primary care as well as improving the patient care experience"

"Dr. Schmidt works tirelessly to educate learners at all times. She is the first to volunteer for a teaching opportunity and teaches with enthusiasm and amazing skills"

"Leads national committee on Faculty development"

"Is an APD for the EM program"

"Didactics always use engaging modalities and great slide design"

"Excellent teacher"
 

"She always tries to teach in a challenging and stressful clinical ER environment, even though it isn’t always possible"

"Great teaching pearls" 

"She spends additional hours in addition to her tour of duty to make sure the resident’s have a great teaching environment"

"Innovative and engaging teaching style"

"Participates annually in trainee simulation contest. Even acting parts to facilitate learning by mirroring real life settings. Active in hands on teaching at the bedside in the ED allowing learners opportunities even with the most critical patients"

"Recognizes new teaching techniques and patient care management modalities, stays current and shares new information with students trainees and colleagues"

"Teaches a medical drawing class @ EUSOM"

"Uses self-made comics to teach EUSOM students"

"Chosen by EUSOM students as an honorary class member-a unique recognition for a Radiologist"

"Sumit is truly invested in teaching trainees of all levels. In the clinical setting, you can often find him going over interesting exam findings and differentials with medical students, residents, and/or advanced practice providers. He shines most in his bedside teaching skills"

"He is the main promoter of resident scholarship in the Pediatric Neurology division"

"Serving as a Small Group Advisor in the Emory Society System"

"Volunteering to be a clinical discussant for Department of Medicine Grand Rounds"

"Serving as a Program Director for the Emory Physician Assistant Program Internal Medicine Clerkship"

"She makes understanding congenital heart disease seem simple by carefully walking you through each pathology and including amazing drawings as visual aids"

"I have saved her notes to help me throughout my career! She is truly one of those educators who makes learning fun and enjoyable"

"She is a confident role model for women"