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Ryan Brown, M.D., was honored by Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow.
STAT Honors Pediatrics Faculty Member Each year, OU College of Medicine students who are members of STAT (Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow) choose a faculty member to honor during the annual Alumni Awards Program and Reception. Although COVID-19 led to the cancellation of the 2020 event, students still chose an award recipient: Ryan Brown, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and medical director of the Child Protection Team. STAT Awards are presented to any alumnus who works as full-time, part-time or volunteer faculty at the OU College of Medicine, or to an alumnus who is a community practitioner involved in medical student education in some way. Recipients must fulfill two criteria: • An alumni physician who constantly acts as a role model for compassionate, sensitive and energetic patient care. • An alumni physician who has demonstrated dedication to guidance, mentoring and stewardship of medical students’ careers. In recognizing Brown, his students said: • “His passion for advocacy for child abuse and neglect is easily demonstrated as he speaks to students about the field. Dr. Brown is also a mentor. His constant encouragement gives students the confidence to pursue whatever goals they have.” • “Dr. Brown is a thoughtful, confident physician who goes above and beyond to teach his students well. He has taught me the importance of treating the whole patient. I hope to show my future patients the same level of respect, kindness and attention as does Dr. Brown.”
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• “Even though Dr. Brown does not directly teach a course until fourth year, he makes a huge impact on his students in the little time he can spend with them. He has a palpable passion for educating students about some of the darkest aspects of medicine. He engages with each student in a way where students genuinely feel that he cares about them. He is an advocate for his patients and for his students.”
Evening of Excellence to Resume in 2022 Because of COVID-19, the 2021 Evening of Excellence gala, normally held each January, has been canceled. However, the OU College of Medicine Alumni Association, which hosts the event, plans for the event to return in 2022. Evening of Excellence, which has been held for 36 years, raises funds for researchers in the College of Medicine. The Alumni Association awards grants each year, mostly in the form of seed grants to early career researchers. The grants allow them to grow their research and gather data that they will then use to apply for larger federal grants. Since Evening of Excellence began, it has raised $5.7 million, and the Alumni Association has awarded $3.6 million in research grants. For more information about the event, or to donate toward research, visit. medicine.ouhsc. edu/eoe.
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