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2018-2019 WIHS Awards

Anesthesiology

  • Veronica Shubayev, PhD

    Veronica Shubayev, PhD

    New NIH R01 for $3.8 M On project entitled “Myelin Autoantigens in Neuropathic Pain”
  • Ruth Waterman, MD

    Ruth Waterman, MD

    Chair of Department of Anesthesiology

Dermatology

  • Amanda Marsch, MD

    Amanda Marsch, MD

    Whitehill teaching award 2019
  • Chariss Orme, MD PhD

    Chariss Orme, MD PhD

    Appointed director of the cutaneous lymphoma clinic
  • Arisa Ortiz, MD

    Arisa Ortiz, MD

    Robert W. Goltz excellence in teaching award
    Castle Connolly Top Doctors Award

Family Medicine and Public Health

  • Julie Celebi, MD

    Julie Celebi, MD

    Appointed the Wellness Director for the Department of Family Medicine

    Secured Funding to study the impact on wellness on Family Medicine Physicians

Medicine: Gastroenterology

  • Rena Yadlapati, MD MSHS

    Rena Yadlapati, MD MSHS

    American Foregut Society, Founding Board Member

    Co-Organizer of International Chicago Classification of Esophageal Motility Disorders

Medicine: Geriatrics

  • Roopali Gupta, MD

    Roopali Gupta, MD

    Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging, Research cohort

    New Grant for $3.7 M to initiate San Diego/Imperial Geriatric Education Center
  • Alison Moore, MD

    Alison Moore, MD

    New T32 Grant through the National Institute on Aging for $1.5 M on project entitled “Improving the Health of Aging Women and Men”
  • Emily Sladek, MD

    Emily Sladek, MD

    Inaugural Member of the Internal Medicine Research Collaborative
  • Lindsey Yourman, MD

    Lindsey Yourman, MD

    Established of geriatric Quality Improvement fellowship

Medicine: Infectious Disease

  • Saima Aslam, MBBS

    Saima Aslam, MBBS

    Director of Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics at UCSD
  • Maile Young Karris, MD

    Maile Young Karris, MD

    Recipient of the Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging award
  • Susan Little, MD

    Susan Little, MD

    Director of the UCSD CFAR Ending the HIV Epidemic Scientific Working Group
  • Darcy Wooten, MD

    Darcy Wooten, MD

    Associate Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship

    -Director of Education for the Owen Clinic

    Vice Chief of Mentoring and Faculty Development

Medicine: Medical Genetics

  • Hannah Carter, PhD

    Hannah Carter, PhD

    Emerging Leader award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research

    Jaime Wyatt Miller Fellow

Medicine: Pulm and Critical Care

  • Laura Crotty Alexander, MD

    Laura Crotty Alexander, MD

    Video Editor for the Am J Resp Crit Care

    Board of Directors for National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care
  • Jisha Joshua, MD

    Jisha Joshua, MD

    Appointed Director of the UCSD Advanced Lung Disease Program 
  • Kim Kerr, MD

    Kim Kerr, MD

    Appointed Associate Chief of the division

    Oversees the national CTEPH registry
  • Rebecca Sell, MD

    Rebecca Sell, MD

    Chair of UCSD Code Blue Committee

    Chair of UCSD Sepsis Committee

    Co-founded the UCSD Human Trafficking Awareness Committee

Neurosciences

  • Jennifer Graves, MD

    Jennifer Graves, MD

    Appointed Chair on the AAN committee for Women’s issues
  • Navaz Karanjia, MD

    Navaz Karanjia, MD

    Successfully established Neurocritical Care Unit at Hillcrest Campus
  • Irene Litvan, MD, FAAN, FANA

    Irene Litvan, MD, FAAN, FANA

    National lifetime award for American Academy of Neurology
  • Doris Trauner, MD

    Doris Trauner, MD

    Awarded $10M grant on cannabis research

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine

  • Pratibha Binder, MD

    Pratibha Binder, MD

    2019 Academy of Clinical Scholars Teaching Award
  • Louise Laurent, MD, PhD

    Louise Laurent, MD, PhD

    Inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2019
  • Yvette Lacoursiere, MD

    Yvette Lacoursiere, MD

    2019 Faculty Award, Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ophthalmology

  • Natalie Afshari, MD, FACS

    Natalie Afshari, MD, FACS

    Chair of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Committee

    American Medical Women’s Association, Women in Science Award 2019
  • Shira Robbins, MD

    Shira Robbins, MD

    Section Editor of #1 textbook in field, ‘Ophthalmology’

    Chair, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Socioeconomic Committee
  • Linda Zangwill, PhD

    Linda Zangwill, PhD

    Richard K. Lansche M.D. and Tatiana A. Lansche Endowed Chair

Pathology

  • Hiutung Chu, PhD

    Hiutung Chu, PhD

    Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award

    CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars
  • Pat Kopko, MD

    Pat Kopko, MD

    Awarded first-ever Dennis Goldfinger Award for Excellence in Clinical Transfusion Medicine
  • Mana Parast, MD PhD

    Mana Parast, MD PhD

    International Federation of Placenta Associations Award recipient

Pharmacology

  • Rabia Atayee, PharmD

    Rabia Atayee, PharmD

    Selected to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Oncology Council

    UC San Diego Campus-Wide Distinguished Teaching Award for Academic Senate Members
  • Linda Awdishu, PharmD

    Linda Awdishu, PharmD

    Appointed Chair of Division of Clinical Pharmacy

    Elected to American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Board for 2019-2021
  • Brookie Best, PharmD

    Brookie Best, PharmD

    Member of WHO Paediatric ARV Working Group (PAWG), advisory panel to the WHO
  • Katharina Brandl, RPh, PhD

    Katharina Brandl, RPh, PhD

    Fellow in the Academy of Pharmacology Educators at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

    Chair Elect, Pharmacology Education Division Executive Committee, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Laura Hart, PharmD

    Laura Hart, PharmD

    Invited Member, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Pharmacy Education and Research Committee
  • Kelly Lee, PharmD

    Kelly Lee, PharmD

    Elected as Chair, Board of Pharmacy Specialties, Psychiatric Pharmacy Council
  • Christina Mnatzaganian, PharmD

    Christina Mnatzaganian, PharmD

    Member of WHO Paediatric ARV Working Group (PAWG), advisory panel to the WHO
  • Renu Singh, PharmD

    Renu Singh, PharmD

    Appointed as Assistant Dean of Experiential Education
  • Ila Saunders, PharmD

    Ila Saunders, PharmD

    Inaugural HOPA Volunteer Award

    -Appointed as Chair, Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy  Oversight Committee for the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association
  • Shirley Tsunoda, PharmD

    Shirley Tsunoda, PharmD

    Appointed as Co-Chair, Associate Medical Advisory Committee, American Liver Foundation, 2018 - 2019

    Invited Member, Sanofi Genzyme Virtual Advisory Board, January 2019

Psychiatry

  • Nancy Downs, MD

    Nancy Downs, MD

    Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
  • Judy Davidson, DNP

    Judy Davidson, DNP

    Master of Critical Care Medicine (MCCM) from the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM)
  • Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD

    Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD

    2019 American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s highest honor - the William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award for exceptional initiative and progress in the areas of sleep education and academic research
  • Susan Tapert, PhD

    Susan Tapert, PhD

    Research Society on Alcoholism's 2019 Marlatt Mentorship Award
  • Elizabeth Twamley, PhD

    Elizabeth Twamley, PhD

    Connie Lieber Science to Practice Award
  • Alison Trexler, MD

    Alison Trexler, MD

    Academy of Clinician Scholars (AOCS) Whitehill Award for excellence in teaching medicine specialties
  • Priti Ojha, MD and the Human Trafficking Response Team

    Priti Ojha, MD and the Human Trafficking Response Team

    UCSD Health System’s Nurses Week “Team of the Year Award”
  • Katherine Bangen, PhD

    Katherine Bangen, PhD

    Levitt Early Career Award in Neuropsychology
  • Leslie Morland, PhD

    Leslie Morland, PhD

    International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Distinguished Mentor Award

Radiology

  • Katie Fowler, MD

    Katie Fowler, MD

    Deputy Editor for the journal Radiology
  • Mary O’Boyle, MD

    Mary O’Boyle, MD

    Fellow, Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
  • Mini Pathria, MD

    Mini Pathria, MD

    2019 RSNA Honored Educator Award  (Radiological Society of North America Conference)
  • Anne Roberts, MD

    Anne Roberts, MD

    Awarded Honorary Membership, Chinese College of Interventionalists 

     2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Visiting Professor to Brazilian Radiology Society

Radiation Oncology

  • Titania Juang, PhD

    Titania Juang, PhD

    Associate Residency Director, Medical Physics Residency

    Assistant Vice-Chair for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Gina Mansy, MD

    Gina Mansy, MD

    Fellow of American College of Radiation Oncology
  • Catheryn Yashar, MD

    Catheryn Yashar, MD

    Chair of Health Policy, American Society of Radiation Oncology

    Radiation Oncology Oral Boards Chair for Gynecology, American Board of Radiology

Surgery

  • Laura Godat, MD

    Laura Godat, MD

    Selected by the American College of Surgeons Committee of Trauma for the prestigious Future Trauma Leaders program
  • Amanda Gosman, MD

    Amanda Gosman, MD

    Castle Connolly Exceptional Women in Medicine Award
  • Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD

    Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD

    The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering awardee