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2021 Teachers of the Year Named

The 2021 Teachers of the Year as selected by the Doctor of Medicine classes were recently named. The Columbia recipients were recognized during a virtual awards ceremony on May 17 (Monday). The event had a black tie awards show theme and included a preshow where nominees were interviewed on the "red carpet." Florence recipients were recognized in a separate ceremony.

Watch the ceremony and see a list of past winners

 

The 2021 Teachers of the Year winners are:

Class of 2021

O’Neil Barrett Teaching Excellence Award – Basic Sciences – Columbia 
Britt Wilson, Ph.D., clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience

O’Neil Barrett Teaching Excellence Award – Clinical Sciences – Columbia 
Andrew Sides, M.D., clinical associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine

O’Neil Barrett Teaching Excellence Award – Clinical Sciences – Florence 
Adnan Alsaka, M.D., clinical assistant professor in the Department of Nephrology (McLeod Health)

Leonard A. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
David Giovannini, M.D., clinical assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine

Teacher of the Year – Columbia
James Stallworth, M.D., clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics

Teacher of the Year – Florence
John Sonfield, M.D., clinical assistant professor in the Department of General Surgery (McLeod Health)


Class of 2022

Teacher of the Year – Columbia
Andrew Sides, M.D., clinical associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine
James Stallworth, M.D., clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics

Teacher of the Year – Florence
John Sonfield, M.D., clinical assistant professor in the Department of General Surgery (McLeod Health)


Class of 2023 

Teacher of the Year – Columbia 
Alexa Gandy, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Pearls of Wisdom
James Catroppo, M.D., clinical associate professor in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Eric Williams, M.D., assistant dean for student affairs and clinical associate professor in the Department of Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Science


Class of 2024 

Teacher of the Year – Columbia 
Erika Blanck, DPT, ATC, clinical associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy


American Medical Women’s Association Student Chapter

Kay McFarland Women’s Health Award
Alexa Gandy, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

 


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