Faculty Awards 2009

The following awards were presented to Medical School faculty members during the annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner on November 4.

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Community Service Award
Clinical and Health Services Research Award
Basic Science Research Award
Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award in Biomedical Research
Outstanding Clinician Award
Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Pre-Clinical Teaching
Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education

Community Service Award
The Community Service Award recognizes faculty who have contributed to the U-M community in an extraordinary fashion.
Phillip E. Rodgers, M.D. (Residency 1998)
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Clinical and Health Services Research Award
The Clinical and Health Services Research Award recognizes a faculty member or group of faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the Medical School in clinical or health services research.
Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director of the Section of Mental Health Services Outcomes and Translation

Basic Science Research Award
The Basic Science Research Award recognizes a scientist or group of scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the Medical School in basic biomedical science research.
Martin G. Myers Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award in Biomedical Research
The Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award in Biomedical Research is the highest honor bestowed by the Medical School upon a faculty member in the biomedical sciences. Recipients have made outstanding contributions, locally and nationally, in the areas of teaching, research and service.
Stephen J. Weiss, M.D.
E. Gifford and Love Barnett Upjohn Professor of Internal Medicine and Oncology
Chief of the Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Professor of Internal Medicine

Outstanding Clinician Award
The Outstanding Clinician Award recognizes exemplary performance as a practicing clinician or program leader of innovation in clinical care.
Eric R. Bates (M.D. 1972)
Professor of Internal Medicine

Grace H. Elta (M.D. 1977)
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director of the Medical Procedures Unit
Associate Chief of Clinical Programs in the Division of Gastroenterology

L. Paul Sonda, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology

Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Pre-Clinical Teaching
The Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Pre-Clinical Teaching recognizes faculty members who demonstrate superior teaching abilities.
Thomas H. Sisson (M.D. 1996)
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
The Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching recognizes faculty members who possess superior teaching abilities.
Robert W. Lash, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine

Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education
The Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education recognizes truly unique faculty members who have made exceptional contributions to medical education.
Thomas D. Gelehrter, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics and of Internal Medicine