Medical students present Distinguished Service Teaching Awards

The Distinguished Service Teaching Awards (DSTAs) are presented by Washington University medical students to faculty and house staff in appreciation of exemplary service in medical student education. Initiated by students and implemented with support from the Office of Medical Student Education, the DSTAs honor those educators who have made the most significant contributions to the training of future physicians at Washington University. Each year, students finishing their first, second, and third year of studies select the course masters, lecturers, clerkship directors, attendings, and residents who distinguished themselves most in the education of medical students. The DSTAs allow medical students to express their appreciation for their teachers’ efforts, dedication and patience.

Award winners (from left to right) Cynthia Montana, Dr. Gregory Storch, Dr. Berry Sleckman, Dr. Paul Bridgman, Dr. Erica Crouch, Dr. Arie Perry, Dr. David Clifford, Dr. Thomas DeFer, Dr. Steven Cheng, Dr. Gladys Tse, and Dr. Paul Bridgman
Award winners (from left to right) Cynthia Montana, Dr. Gregory Storch, Dr. Berry Sleckman, Dr. Paul Bridgman, Dr. Erica Crouch, Dr. Arie Perry, Dr. David Clifford, Dr. Thomas DeFer, Dr. Steven Cheng, Dr. Gladys Tse, and Dr. Marc Bernstein

Below is a complete list of this year’s award recipients.

Class of 2009 – Clinical Awards

Clinical Lecturer of the Year Dr. Gladys Tse

Clerkship Director of the Year Dr. Thomas M. De Fer

Clinical Department of the Year Internal Medicine

Clinical Teachers of the Year Dr. Michael Avidan Dr. Margaret Baum Dr. Sanjeev Bhalla Dr. Martin Boyer Dr. Michael Chicoine Dr. Michael DeBaun Dr. Mark Goldberg Dr. Gil Gross Dr. Scot Hickman Dr. Mark Levine

Residents of the Year Dr. Michael Barra Dr. Lee Demertzis Dr. Nefertari Esemuede Dr. Manu Goyal Dr. Andrea Hagemann Dr. Ben Holt Dr. Elbert Kuo Dr. Alexander Paciorkowski Dr. Tammy Shim Sonn Dr. Tony Thrasher

Class of 2010 – Second Year Awards

Lecturer of the Year Dr. Steven Cheng

Professor of the Year Dr. Arie Perry

Course Master of the Year Dr. Erika C. Crouch

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards Dr. Martin Boyer Dr. Arnold Bullock Dr. David Clifford Dr. William E. Clutter Dr. Scot G. Hickman Dr. Eugene Johnson Dr. Clay Semenkovich Dr. Gregory Storch Dr. Wayne Yokoyama Dr. Allyson Zazulia

Class of 2011 – First Year Awards

Stanley Lang Lecturer of the Year Dr. Marc J. Bernstein

Professor of the Year Dr. Barry Sleckman

Course Master of the Year Dr. Paul Bridgman

Teaching Assistant of the Year Cynthia Montana

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards Dr. Michael Caparon Dr. William Clutter Dr. Glenn Conroy Dr. Krikor Dikranian Dr. Timothy Holy Dr. Robert Mercer Dr. Jane Phillips-Conroy Dr. Linda J. Pike Dr. Andrey Shaw Dr. Jason Weber

Selective of the Year Dr. Jeffrey Leonard

Humanism in Medicine Dr. Gregory Storch