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
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A document listing all of the nominees and past winners also is available [PDF]. (If an award is missing, or the winner was not mentioned, the information was not available in the database.)
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