Dean’s Faculty Awards 2005

At a gala dinner at the Michigan Union on November 10, the following Medical School faculty members were honored with Dean’s Awards for 2005, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and contributions in medical education, research and clinical care.

Front: Sally Camper; Second row: Rodney Hayward, Jonathan Rubin, Thomas Gelehrter, James Sisson, Mark Kaminski; Third row: Susan Blaisdell (Staff Member of the Year), Sheila Gahagan; Back row: Lazar Greenfield, Gilbert Upchurch Jr., John McGillicuddy, Lindsay Graham (Administrator of the Year), Ormond MacDougald. (Not pictured: W. Joseph McCune, Arul Chinnaiyan) Photo: Gregory Fox

The Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education recognizes a faculty member who has contributed significantly to medical education.

James Sisson (M.D. 1954, Residency 1958)
Professor Emeritus
Department of Internal Medicine

The Community Service Award recognizes a faculty member who has contributed to our community in an extraordinary fashion.

Sheila Gahagan, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics

The Award for Achievement in Clinical Research honors faculty members who have produced outstanding clinical research.

Rodney Hayward, M.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Mark Kaminski, M.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

The Award for Achievement in Basic Science Research recognizes faculty members who have produced outstanding basic science research.

Arul Chinnaiyan (M.D., Ph.D. 1999)
Associate Professor
Departments of Pathology and Urology

Ormond MacDougald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

The Outstanding Clinician Award honors exemplary performance as a practicing clinician or program leader of innovation in clinical care.

W. Joseph McCune, M.D. (Residency 1978)
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

John McGillicuddy, M.D. (Residency 1974)
Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery

The Innovation Award honors faculty members who have developed an innovation that is radically improving or transforming clinical outcomes, educational processes or research processes.

Jonathan Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Radiology

Lazar Greenfield, M.D.
Professor
Department of Surgery

The Kaiser Permanente Teaching Awards recognize faculty members who demonstrate superior teaching abilities.

Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Pre-Clinical Teaching

Thomas Gelehrter, M.D.
Professor
Department of Human Genetics

Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching

Gilbert Upchurch Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

The Basic Science Distinguished Faculty Lectureship recognizes a faculty member who has shown long-term contributions of biomedical research, teaching and service to the University of Michigan.

Sally Camper, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Human Genetics

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Dean’s Faculty Awards 2005

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