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ACGME honors ten program directors with the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award
The ACGME honored ten program directors with the Courage to Teach Award on March 4, 2011 at its Annual Educational Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Their specialties vary, but the ten residency program directors selected for the ACGME's Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award share the same qualities: a dedication to teaching new doctors and a talent for creating innovative and effective residency programs.
The award, given annually since 2001, is named after Parker J. Palmer, PhD, a sociologist and educator who wrote The Courage to Teach, a book of reflections on the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual aspects of teaching.
The 2011 Courage to Teach Award recipients are:
Maria Aaron, MD
Program Director for Ophthalmology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
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Stanley Ashley, MD
Program Director for General Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA |
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Mark C. Bugnitz, MD
Program Director for Pediatrics
University of Tennessee
Memphis, TN
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Christian de Virgilio, MD
Program Director for General Surgery
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA |
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Byron D. Joyner, MD, MPA, FAAP, FACS
Program Director for Urology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA |
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Gregory Kane, MD, FACP, FCCP
Program Director for Internal Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA |
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Tsveti Markova, MD, FAAFP
Program Director for Family Medicine
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI |
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Vijay Rajput, MBBS, FACP
Program Director for Internal Medicine
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Camden)/Cooper University Hospital Program
Camden, NJ |
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Karen J. Souter, MB BS, FRCA
Program Director for Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
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Ann E. Van Heest, MD
Program Director for Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN |
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For information on nominating a program director for Courage to Teach Award or to view a list of recipients from previous years, visit the ACGME website, www.acgme.org, and click on “ACGME Awards.”
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