Photo by Robert Boston
Amy Lawson, M.D. (center), instructor in pediatrics, accepts congratulations for receiving the Practice of Medicine Preceptor of the Year award from the School of Medicine Class of 2012 from (from left) Ryan Anderson, second-year class president; Lina Nayak, a fourth-year medical student and the Class of 2010 representative for the American Association of Medical Colleges Organization of Student Representatives; Alex Edwards, a third-year medical student and medical education representative; and Jonathan Byrd, third-year class president and chair of medical student government, at the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards Nov. 2 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. More than 40 faculty and 11 residents received teaching awards from the classes of 2010, 2011 and 2012.