Academy Welcomes New Members, Presents Honors

Medical educators were celebrated during the Academy of Teaching Scholars Education Week in September at the OU College of Medicine.

During a week of seminars, workshops and poster presentations, the ATS also inducted new members and presented teaching awards in the areas of preclinical, clinical, graduate medical education, and PA education.

New full members welcomed into the ATS are:

• Kristina Booth, M.D., Department of Surgery, Oklahoma City campus

• Stephanie DeLeon, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus

• Darlla Duniphin, DHSc, PA-C, PA program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Tammy Yanovitch, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, Oklahoma City campus

New associate members are:

• Zain Asad, M.D., Department of Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Guilherme Barreiro, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Surgery, Oklahoma City campus

• Heather Burks, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City campus

• Shashank P. Behere, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus

• M. Blake Evans, D.O., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City campus

• Sarah Grimes, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City campus

• Christina Harris, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus

• Rob Jackson, Ph.D., Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tulsa campus

• Kellie R. Jones, M.D., Department of Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Kathryn R. Lindsay, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City campus

• Suhair Maqusi, M.D., Department of Surgery, Oklahoma City campus

• Yashas Nathani, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus

• Shashank Shettar, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Oklahoma City campus

• Joseph Sisk, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Oklahoma City campus

• Christine Vo, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Oklahoma City campus

• Houssein Youness, M.D., Department of Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

New trainee member is:

• Kohli Uday

Recipients of the Dewayne Andrews, M.D. Excellence in Teaching Awards are:

Preclinical Education Awards:

• Mohammad Madhoun, M.D., Department of Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Gregory Blakey, M.D., Department of Pathology, Oklahoma City campus

• Kathryn Klump, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Audrey Corbett, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Tulsa campus

Clinical Education Awards:

• Jeremy Johnson, M.D., Department of Surgery, Oklahoma City campus

• Kaitlyn Kulesus, D.O., Department of Anesthesiology, Oklahoma City campus

• Alexander Raines, M.D., Department of Surgery, Oklahoma City campus

• Andrew Liew, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Tulsa campus

Graduate Medical Education Awards:

• Robyn Cowperthwaite, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Andrew Melson, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, Oklahoma City campus

• Casey Windrix, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Oklahoma City campus

• Emily Fisher, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, Tulsa campus

PA Education Awards:

• Darlla Duniphin, DHSc, PA-C, PA program, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Eva Garringer, Ph.D., PA program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tulsa campus

Winners of preclinical awards from the Academy of Teaching Scholars are, from left, Kathryn Klump, M.D., Ph.D., Gregory Blakey, M.D., Mohammad Madhoun, M.D., and Audrey Corbett, M.D. Presenting the awards is Frederick Miller, Ph.D., right.

Receiving Graduate Medical Education Awards from the Academy of Teaching Scholars are, from left, Emily Fisher, M.D., Robyn Cowperthwaite, M.D., Andrew Melson, M.D., and Casey Windrix, M.D. Presenting the awards is Frederick Miller, Ph.D., right.

Bruna Varalli-Claypool, PA-C, left, welcomes new full members of the Academy of Teaching Scholars, including Tammy Yanovitch, M.D., Stephanie DeLeon, M.D., and Darlla Duniphin, DHSc, PA-C.

Bruna Varalli-Claypool, PA-C, center, welcomes new associate members into the Academy of Teaching Scholars, including Rob Jackson, Ph.D., left, and Guilherme Barreiro, M.D., Ph.D.