Academy of Teaching Scholars Inducts New Members, Honors Faculty

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

The ATS was created in 2012 by former Executive Dean M. Dewayne Andrews, M.D., as a means to foster, recognize, celebrate and encourage excellence in teaching and scholarly pursuits.

This year’s inductees into ATS are:

• Catherine Heith, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus, associate membership

• Edgar LeClaire, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City campus, associate membership

• Catherine Hunter, M.D., Department of Surgery, Oklahoma City campus, faculty membership

• Isaac Rutel, Ph.D., Department of Radiological Sciences, Oklahoma City campus, faculty membership

• R. Michael Siatkowski, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, Oklahoma City campus, faculty membership

Several faculty members also were honored with Dewayne Andrews Excellence in Teaching awards in the areas of preclinical, clinical, graduate medical education and physician assistant education.

Preclinical Awards:

• Mohiuddin Ahmad, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, Oklahoma City campus

• Kent Teague, Ph.D., Integrative Immunology Center, Tulsa campus

Clinical Awards:

• Afia Sadiq, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma City campus

• Bryan Billings, M.D., Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• Blake Lesselroth, M.D., Department of Medical Informatics, Tulsa campus

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

Graduate Medical Education Awards:

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

• Brian Lich, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Oklahoma City campus

• James O’Brien, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, Oklahoma City campus

• Amy E. Lee, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus

• Gwendolyn Neel, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City campus PA Faculty Awards:

• Mark Perdue, MHS, PA-C, Tulsa campus

• Jennifer Boyett, MHS, PA-C, Oklahoma City campus Several grants for health education research were also presented. Recipients are:

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

• Sarah Beth Bell, Ph.D., Research Development, Tulsa campus

• Monica Henning, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tulsa campus

• Monique Naifeh, M.D., MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus

• Erin Hawks, Ph.D., HSP, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma City campus

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

• Catherine Heith, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Oklahoma City campus