Honoring Faculty

Janelle Whitt, D.O., was honored with the Community Medicine Leader Award.

Each spring, OU College of Medicine students on the Oklahoma City campus and at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa honor faculty members with a variety of awards in recognition of their excellence in teaching. The 2021 Edgar W. Young Lifetime Achievement Award was presented on the Oklahoma City campus to Molly Hill, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The award was presented by the 2020-2021 Student Council on behalf of the student body to recognize Hill’s longtime dedication to teaching and mentoring the next generation of physicians. On the Tulsa campus, Janelle Whitt, D.O., in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine received the Community Medicine Leader Award. The award recognizes Whitt for exemplifying the mission of the School of Community Medicine as evidenced by teaching, scholarship, and community service. On the Oklahoma City campus, each class presented Aesculapian Awards. Honorees were: Class of 2021:

• Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching clinical sciences: David Kelley, M.D., Department of Family and Preventive Medicine • Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching clinical sciences as volunteer faculty: Elizabeth Rainwater, M.D., family medicine Class of 2022:

• Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching clinical sciences: Mark Allee, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine • Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching the third-year clerkship: Courtney Bisson, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Class of 2023:

• Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching the preclinical sciences: Chris Brasel, Ph.D., Department of Family and Community Medicine Class of 2024:

• Aesculapian Award for excellence in teaching the preclinical sciences: Mary Moon, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology On the Tulsa campus, students presented Crimson Apple Awards. Honorees were:

• Preclinical faculty: Teresa Scordino, M.D., Department of Pathology • Volunteer faculty: Lisa Bull, M.D., dermatology • Residents: Barrie Kaiser, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, and Raye Reeder, M.D., Department of Family and

Community Medicine • Clinical faculty: Karl Hoskison, M.D., Department of

Internal Medicine

Evening of Excellence, Alumni Day Returning Soon

Physician-scientist Stavros Stavrakis, M.D., Ph.D., who has received grant funding from the College of Medicine Alumni Association, speaks during a past event.

The OU College of Medicine Alumni Association’s two signature events – Evening of Excellence and Alumni Day – are resuming after being postponed because of COVID-19. Evening of Excellence will be held on Jan. 27, 2022. The gala, during which the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Medical Service and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Community Service are presented, raises funds for seed grants for researchers. Over the 36 years of the event, it has raised $5.7 million. The Alumni Association has awarded $3.6 million in seed grants to 162 researchers, who use the funds to further their investigations and apply for federal grants. For more information about Evening of Excellence, visit medicine.ouhsc.edu/alumni/eoe.

Alumni Day 2021 will be held in person on Oct. 1. All alumni are welcome, and class reunions will be held for those who graduated in years ending in 0, 5, 1 and 6. Activities on campus will be held during the day, and the dinner and awards ceremony will be in the evening.

Honorees for 2020 will be recognized. They are:

• Robert N. Cooke, M.D., Class of 1980 — Physician of the Year Award in Private Practice

• Woody Jenkins, M.D., Class of 1990 — Physician of the Year Award in Private Practice

• Bonnie Miller, M.D., Class of 1980 — Physician of the Year Award in Academic Medicine

• George Thompson, M.D., Class of 1970 — Physician of the Year Award in Academic Medicine

• Hanna Saadah, M.D. – Friend of Medicine Award

Registration will open this summer. The Alumni Association is also seeking alumni who want to connect with classmates ahead of the reunion, as well as nominations for 2022 honorees.

For more information, email oucomalumni@ouhsc.edu or medicine.ouhsc.edu/reunion.