The Dean's Award
The Dean’s Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate excellence, commitment and outstanding contributions to the mission of the medical school.
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in Education
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in Education recognizes faculty members from each respective year of the curriculum (M1 to M4) deemed to have most demonstrated excellence in education in that particular stage of the curriculum. Such excellence may be exhibited through a combination of effective classroom teaching and/or small-group teaching, development of curricula or educational media, scholarly activity related to education, fostering student motivation, development, and independent learning, or other achievements. Documentation of such achievements may include student ratings of instruction, peer evaluations of teaching, recognized improvement in learning outcomes, implementation of curricula or educational media, dissemination of the results of scholarly activities related to education, and other sources of evidence.
The Outstanding Mentor Award
The Outstanding Mentor Award recognizes individuals who exemplify excellence in mentoring students.
The Outstanding Clinical Role Model Award
The Outstanding Clinical Role Model Award recognizes individuals who exemplify excellence in modeling compassionate patient care for the students with whom they work.
The Outstanding Scholar Award
The Outstanding Scholar Award recognizes individuals whose productive scholarly activity makes important contributions to their respective fields, the reputation of the shared academic health system and the quality of education and/or total health care provided by Greenville Health System. Such contributions may be exemplified through a sustained program of research, acquisition of resources for scholarship, partnerships and collaborations, dissemination of scholarly works, and/or recognized impact of the research on educational and/or health outcomes.
The Outstanding Service Award
The Outstanding Service Award recognizes individuals for their meaningful service contributions to the advancement of their professions, the mission of the medical school and the communities we serve.
The Conscious Professionalism Award
The Conscious Professionalism Award recognizes individuals who best demonstrate the lived principles of conscious professionalism in their professional relationships and thereby serve as role models inspiring others.
Volunteer Faculty Appreciation Award
The Volunteer Faculty Appreciation Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding volunteer service for medical student education and teaching.
Past Awards Recipients
2018 Award Recipients
Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M1 Education
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Asa Black, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
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Amy Welcome, M.D., Internal Medicine
Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M2 Education
- Mark Pittman, M.D., Emergency Medicine
- James Fulcher, M.D., Pathology
Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M3 Education
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Josh Brownlee, M.D., Pediatrics
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Kacey Eichelberger, M.D., OB/GYN
Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M4 Education
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Sarah Farris, M.D., Emergency Medicine
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Aubrey Bryant, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Outstanding Clinical Role Model
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Joanne Skaggs, M.D., Internal Medicine
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Frank Clark, M.D., Psychiatry
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Bryce Nelson, M.D., Pediatrics
Outstanding Mentor
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Rebecca Russ-Sellers, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
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Marty Lutz, M.D., Emergency Medicine
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Page Bridges, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Outstanding Scholar
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Peggy Wagner, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
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Jennifer Hudson, M.D., Pediatrics
Outstanding Service
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Mendy Ingiaimo, Ed.D.
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Amy Ramsay, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Conscious Professionalism
- Paul Catalana, M.D.
Volunteer Faculty Appreciation Award
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Rafael Igartua, M.D.
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Larry Harper, M.D.
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Carl Bailey Jr., M.D.
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Jack Bonner III, M.D.
Dean’s Award
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Devin Evans
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Matt Tucker, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
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Tom Pace, M.D., Orthopaedics, Biomedical Sciences
Dean’s Recognition Award
- Dean Douglas, Emergency Medicine
2017 Award Recipients
The Outstanding Mentor Award
- Camiron Pfennig, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine
The Outstanding Clinical Role-Model Award
- Meenu Jindal, M.D., Department of Medicine
The Innovation in Education Award
- Mohammed Khalil, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M1 Education
- Shanna Williams, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Thomas Nathaniel, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M2 Education
- Allison Young, M.D., Department of Pathology
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M3 Education
- Sandip Jain, M.D., Department of Medicine, Neurology Division
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M4 Education
- Amanda Hartke, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
The Conscious Professionalism Award
- Sheldon Herring, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
The Outstanding Scholar Award
- Manuel Casanova, M.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences/Pediatrics
The Outstanding Service Award
- Camiron Pfennig, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Volunteer Faculty Appreciation Award
- Carl Bailey, M.D.
- Larry Harper, M.D.
- Darrell Jervey, M.D.
- Pam Snape, M.D.
- Rafael Igartua, M.D.
- Robin Howe, M.D.
- William Algary, M.D.
- Eddie Ellison, M.D.
- Paul Schaefer, M.D.
- Woodrow Long, Jr., M.D.
The Dean’s Award
- April Buchanan, M.D., Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- William Wright, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Michael Wiederman, Ph.D., Office of Faculty Affairs
2016 Award Recipients
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M1 Education Recipients
- Mohammed Khalil, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Tom Pace, M.D., Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M2 Education Recipients
- Kirk Baston, M.D., Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Pathology
- Lauren Demosthenes, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M3 Education Recipients
- Molly Benedum, M.D., Center for Family Medicine
- John Emerson, M.D., Center for Family Medicine
The Golden Peach Award for Excellence in M4 Education Recipients
- Melissa Janse, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine
The Innovation in Education Award Recipients
- Benjamin Griffeth, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
The Outstanding Mentor Award Recipients
- Donna Schwartz-Watts, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
The Outstanding Scholar Award Recipients
- Bruce Lessey, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Thomas Nathaniel, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Amy Picklesimer, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Jennifer Trilk, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
The Outstanding Service Award Recipients
- Mohammed Khalil, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Thomas Nathaniel, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Jayne Reuben, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
- William Wright, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
The Conscious Leadership Award Recipients
- Tom Pace, M.D., Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery
- Peggy Wagner, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences
The Dean’s Award
- Spence Taylor, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- Ron Knappenberger, Director of Integrated Technology
- Stanley Van Hofe, M.D., Clinical Professor Emeritus