Academics

Membership

Membership in the Academy of Medical Educators is an honor bestowed upon faculty members who have demonstrated significant contributions to the medical education at the University of Chicago. Each fall the Steering Committee solicits nominations for Academy membership from the department chairs.

Fellows of the Academy

Fellows of the Academy are appointed for five-year terms which are renewable. Fellows are selected based on demonstration of excellence in teaching across the continuum of medical education; significant contributions to medical school courses or clerkhips; and potential for continued contributions and leadership in medical education. They are nominated by their department chair, and their nominations are endorsed by the Steering Committee of the Academy.

Masters of the Academy

Masters have a lifetime tenure in the Academy. This membership status honors faculty members for their extraordinary and long-standing contributions to medical education and their demonstration of sustained excellence in teaching; leadership in or significant contributions to medical education at a national/international level; evidence of educational scholarship and/or innovation; and serving as role models who inspire others. Candidates are nominated by the Steering Committee from the ranks of Fellows and other senior faculty, with nominations endorsed by their department chairs.

Halina Brukner, MD Professor in Medicine Dean for Medical Education	Holly J. Humphrey, MD Former Ralph W. Gerard Professor in Medicine
Eric Lombard, PhD Professor Emeritus of Organismal Biology & Anatomy	Stephen C. Meredith, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the College
Mark Siegler, MD Lindy Berman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine	Scott Stern, MD Professor of Medicine
Ting-Wa Wong, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology	Lawrence D.H. Wood, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Bruce Gewertz, MD Former Dallas B. Phemister Professor

Diane Altkorn, MD Professor of Medicine	Vineet Arora, MD MAPP Professor of Medicine Assistant Dean for Scholarship and Discovery Director of GME Clinical Learning Environment Innovation
Keme Carter, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Dean for Admissions	Eugene Chang, MD Martin Boyer Professor of Medicine
Adam Cifu, MD Professor of Medicine Associate Dean for Medical School Academics	Linda Druelinger, MD Professor in Medicine
Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE Professor of Medicine Associate Dean for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement	H. Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE Professor of Pediatrics Associate Dean of Faculty Development in Medical Education Director of the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators
Philip C. Hoffman, MD Professor in Medicine	Aliya Husain, MD Professor of Pathology
Jerome Klafta, MD Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care	Callum Ross, PhD Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Nancy Schindler, MD, MHPE Clinical Professor of Surgery NorthShore University Health System	Mindy A. Schwartz, MD Professor of Medicine
Monica Vela, MD'93 Professor of Medicine Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs

James Ahn, MD, MHPE Associate Professor of Medicine	Lolita Alcocer Alkureishi, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Peter Angelos, MD, PhD Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics	Arshiya Baig, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine
Anita Blanchard, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education	James Brorson, MD Associate Professor of Neurology
Brian Callender, MD, MA Assistant Professor of Medicine	Nicole Cipriani, MD'08, MS Associate Professor of Pathology
David Glick, MD, MBA Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care	Daniel Golden, MD, MHPE Assistant Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Javad Hekmatpanah, MD Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Cancer Research	Kammi Henriksen, MD Associate Professor of Pathology
Mustafa Hussain, MD Associate Professor of Surgery	Nora Jaskowiak, MD Professor of Surgery
Karen Kim, MD Professor of Medicine	Benjamin Ko, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Tia Kostas, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine	Alina Lazar, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Wei Wei Lee, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine Assistant Dean of Students	Stacie Levine, MD Professor of Medicine
Michael Marcangelo, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience	Shannon Martin, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine
Peggy Mason, PhD Professor of Neurobiology	Lisa McQueen, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Mohammed Minhaj, MD, MBA Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care	Diana Mitchell, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Michael O'Connor, MD Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care	Peter H. O'Donnell, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Nicola Orlov, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Pediatrics	Julie Oyler, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Amber Pincavage, MD Associate Professor of Medicine	Beth Plunkett, MD, MPH Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Jason Poston, MD Associate Professor of Medicine	Valerie Press, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Karam Radwan, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience	Russell Reid, MD, PhD Bernard G. Sarnat, MD Professor of Surgery and Professor of Pediatrics
Kevin Roggin, MD Professor of Surgery	Rita Rossi-Foulkes, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
David Rubin, MD Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine	Husain Sattar, MD Associate Professor of Pathology
Sajid Shahul, MD, MPH Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care	Sonali M. Smith, MD Elwood V. Jensen Professor of Medicine
Deborah Spitz, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience	Sarah Stein, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Katherine Thompson, MD Associate Professor of Medicine	Marie Tobin, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Avery Tung, MD Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care	Michael Ujiki, MD Clinical Professor of Surgery NorthShore University HealthSystem
Konstantin Umanskiy, MD Associate Professor of Surgery	Sandra Valaitis, MD Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lisa Vinci, MD, MS Professor of Medicine	Darrel Waggoner, MD Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics
Ernest Wang, MD Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine NorthShore University HealthSystem	Shellie Williams, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rachel Wolfson, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics	James Woodruff, MD Professor of Medicine Dean of Students