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 deemed to have most demonstrated excellence in education in the biomedical sciences curriculum, integrated practice of medicine curriculum, or M3-M4 clinical 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 Leading Through Crisis Award
The Leading Through Crisis Faculty Award recognizes a faculty member who consistently exceeds expectations and demonstrates optimism in the face of adversity. This faculty member provided encouragement to all and delivers outcomes which directly progress the mission of School of Medicine Greenville.
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
Dean's Award
- Staff: Dr. Julie Linton
- BMS: Dr. Renee Chosed
- Clinical: Dr. John Absher
Golden Peach Award
- M1: Dr. Anna Blenda
- M2: Dr. Kirk Baston
- Clinical:
Dr. Page Bridges
Dr. Sandip Jain
Dr. Joy Shen-Wagner
Leading Through Crisis Award
- Staff: April Brown
- BMS: Dr. Thomas Nathaniel
- Clinical: Dr. Arwen Declan
Outstanding Mentor Award
- BMS: Dr. William Roudebush
- Clinical: Dr. Chris Troup
Outstanding Scholar Award
- BMS: Dr. Mohammed Khalil
- Clinical: Dr. Phillip Moschella
Outstanding Young Investigator Award
- Dr. Jennifer Grier
Outstanding Service Award
- Staff: Casey Wiley
- BMS: Dr. Lauren Fowler
- Clinical:
Dr. Mark O’Rourke
Shannon Sternberg
Dr. Dustin Morrow
Outstanding Clinical Role Model Award
- Dr. Anu Nagar
Volunteer Faculty Appreciation Award
- Dr. Mary Hughes
Conscious Leadership Award
- Theresa Baultrippe (Office of Academic Affairs)
- Meenu Jindal, MD (Medicine)
Golden Peach, Biomedical Sciences Education
- Shanna Williams, PhD (Biomedical Sciences)
- Lauren Fowler, PhD (Biomedical Sciences)
Golden Peach, Integrated Practice of Medicine Education
- Chelsea Burgin, MD (Family Medicine-Emergency Medicine)
- Dustin Morrow, MD (Emergency Medicine)
Golden Peach, M3/M4 Clinical Education
- Christy Lee, MD (Obstetrics-Gynecology)
- Sanjeev Sivakumar, MD (Neurology)
- Aniel Rao, MD (Medicine)
- Gretchen Coady, MD (Medicine-Pediatrics)
Outstanding Mentor Award
- Ann Blair Kennedy, DrPH (Biomedical Sciences)
- Frank Clark, MD (Psychiatry)
- Mary Rippon, MD (Surgery)
Outstanding Scholar Award
- Alain Litwin, MD (Medicine)
Young Investigator Award
- Renee Chosed, PhD (Biomedical Sciences)
Outstanding Service Award
- Anne Green Buckner (Office of Academic Affairs)
- Molly Benedum, MD (Family Medicine)
Outstanding Clinical Role Model Award
- Matt Grisham, MD (Pediatrics)
- Steve Connelly, MD (Medicine)
Dean’s Award
- April Brown (Simulation Center)
- Anne Blair Kennedy, DrPH (Biomedical Sciences)
- Lauren Demosthenes, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
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
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
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