Trailblazer Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education

The Trailblazer Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education recognizes our faculty's time and effort devoted to educating future physicians. Nominated by their peers, recipients of the award are recognized as effective teachers who engage, inspire, and mentor learners, demonstrate teaching innovations in curriculum design, and serve as a catalyst for enhancing teaching and learning. Additionally, the award committee awards one Trailblazer Teaching Award recipient the Trailblazer of the Year award. The Trailblazer of the Year, notated in bold, demonstrates the qualities above, is respected as a dynamic medical educator, and leads peers in curricular adaptation and innovation.

2023 Recipients

2022 Recipients

Osman Athar, MD
Elena Dent, PhD
Michael Hall, MD
Clark Henegan, MD
Zeb Henson, MD
Bryan Hierlmeier, MD
Nick Hoda, MD
Candace Howard-Claudio, MD, PhD
Brett Jeter, MD
Daniel Kennedy, MD
Jessie Lavender, MD
Lance Majors, MD
Chawla LaToya Mason, MD
Jarrett Morgan, MD
Vinayak Nahar, MD, PhD
Allen Richert, MD
Stan Smith, PhD
Jose “Pepe” Subauste, MD
Emily Tarver, MD
Jenner Tiscareno, MD
Marc Walker, MD
Brandon Weatherly, MD
Lyssa Weatherly, MD
Charletta Wright, MD
Kathy Yee, PhD

2021 Recipients

Saurabh Bhardwaj, MD
Adam Byrd, MD
Joseph Chaudry, MD
Amanda Clark, MD
Caroline Compretta, PhD
Savannah Duckworth, MD
Roy Duhé, PhD
Kevin Freeman, PhD
Jessie Harvey, MD
Michelle Horn, MD
Pegah Hosseini-Carroll, MD
Candace Howard, MD, PhD
Marla Johnson, MD
Jahanzeb Khan, MD
Larry McDaniel, PhD
Matthew Morris, PhD, PsyD
Vinayak Nahar, MD, PhD
Kathryn Nutter, MD
Wayne Shannon Orr, MD
Anand Prem, MD
Ellen Robertson, PhD, OTR/L
Stanley Smith, PhD
Sarah Sterling, MD