Department of Medicine Faculty Honored at Academy of Educators Annual Education Day

Sponsored by the Academy of Educators, the School of Medicine’s Education Day was held on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The event featured a variety of educational topics, a celebration of new inductees to the Academy of Educators and education-focused award recipients, followed by a networking session to wrap up the day. Education Day is held annually to highlight all aspects of the School of Medicine’s educational mission and recognize the educators making a difference in the lives of learners, mentees, and colleagues.

The day featured three workshops, all which included involvement from Department of Medicine faculty. The workshop topics were:

“How to Take Your Work and Turn it into Scholarship” with Emily Fondahn, MD

“Integrating Issues of Social Awareness into Curricula” with Dennis Chang, MD, Ilana Rosman, MD, Lisa Zickuhr, MD, Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier, MSW

“Lessons Learned from Curriculum Renewal Efforts at WUSM” with Michael DeVita, MD, Brian Edelson, MD, PhD, and Kari Allen, PhD

Recordings of the workshops are available via the Academy of Educators webpage here.

Several Department of Medicine faculty were inducted into the Academy and honored with educational awards. See all the inductees and awardees below.

Jennifer Monroy, MD, Kelli King Morris, MD and Abby Spencer, MD, MS, FACP were all inducted as new members of the Academy of Educators. A list of all new Academy members across the School of Medicine can be found here.

Daniel Goodenberger, MD was honored with the Academy of Educators Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ilana Rosman, MD and Lisa Zickuhr, MD received Academy of Educators Rising Star Awards.

The following faculty received the Academy of Educators Honor Roll Award: