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    Past NEGEA Awards

    2020 NEGEA Awards

    NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award

    Steven Durning, MD, PhD, FACP
    Uniformed Services University

    NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

    Carol Capello, PhD
    Weill Cornell Medical College

    NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award

    Ahmed E. Ghazi, MD
    “Patient-specific simulation as an educational tool for experienced surgeons” 
    University of Rochester Medical Center

    2019 NEGEA Awards

    NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award

    Janet Hafler, EdD
    Yale School of Medicine

    NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

    Karen Richardson-Nassif, PhD
    University of Vermont College of Medicine

    NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award

    Joyce Afran, MD and colleagues
    “Changing Healthcare from the Bottom Up: A Training Program to Improve Quality and Patient Safety in Medical Education”
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Excellence in Medical Education Poster Award

    “The Impact of Changing to a Pass/Fail Curriculum on Burnout at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania”
    Authors: Alisha Jamil, Sara Ginzberg, Elizabeth Duckworth, Oana Tomescu
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

    “Critical Transitions: Guiding Diverse Trainees in Selecting an Academic Residency, Fellowship or First Academic Position”
    Authors: John Paul Sanchez, German Valdez, Ikenna Obiakwata
    Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

    “Medical Students Development of System-1 and System-2 Thinking: A Phenomenological Study”
    Authors: Douglas McHugh, William Sanders
    Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

    “Design Thinking as a Quality Improvement Methodology in Graduate Medical Education”
    Authors: Ryan Buckley, Anthony Spadaro, Jennifer Myers, Judy Shea
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

    Excellence in Medical Education Oral Abstract Presentation Award

    “What Do You Want to Learn or Work on Today?: Benefits and Barriers to Asking Residents for Self-identified Learning Goals in the Pediatric ED”
    Authors: Pamela Fazzio1, Emily Hardy1, Meghan Chamberlain2, Isabel Genecin3, Jill Posner1, John Shatzer4, Kathy Shaw1
    1The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; 2Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; 3Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; 4Johns Hopkins University

    “Impact of Remediation on Milestone Trajectory in Residency Training”
    Authors: Janae Heath1, Brian Fulton1, Karen Warburton2, C. Jessica Dine1
    1Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; 2University of Virginia School of Medicine

    “Trusting Trainees: A Qualitative Study of Entrustment Decision-Making in Internal Medicine and General Surgery Program Directors”
    Authors: Katherine Gielissen, Samantha Ahle
    Yale School of Medicine

    “The Path through Medical School, Does Generation Status Matter?”
    Authors: Hyacinth Mason1, Ashar Ata1, Donna Jeffe2
    1Albany Medical College; 2Washington University in St. Louis SOM

    2018 NEGEA Awards

    The NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award

    Reena Karani
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Maria Alejandro Blanco
    Tufts University School of Medicine

    The NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

    Norma S. Saks
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    The NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award

    Neha Patel, Jennifer S. Myers, Patrick J. Brennan, Jeffrey Berns, and Jia Lapointe
    Building a Pipeline of Future Quality and Safety Leaders While Accelerating Organizational Quality Improvement Efforts at Penn Medicine.
    Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    Excellence in Medical Education 2018 Poster Award

    Assessing the Impact of Gender and Years of Experience on Multiple Mini-Interview Scores at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine
    Authors: Howe, L. Greene, LA Holterman, G. Prabhakar, C. Jewkes, L. McElhinney, R. Barlow, L. Rosen, J. Gallant, & K. Huggett
    University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine 

    Taking the USMLE Step 1 before or after Clerkship Experience: Does the timing of the USMLE Step 1 Influence Student Perceptions of Basic Science?
    Authors: Y. Elfanagely, H. Copeland, H. Rashid, R. Pulido, & R.Salazar
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; NYU School of Medicine; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    Excellence in Medical Education 2018 Oral Abstract Presentation Award

    The Path to Medical School: Does First-Generation Status Matter?
    Authors: H. Mason, A. Ata, D. Andriole, & D. Jeffe
    Albany Medical College; Washington University School of Medicine

    Can We Predict Step 2 CS Performance? Exploring the Relationship between Assessment Data and Step 2 CS Performance
    Authors: Jeffrey Bird, Judith Brenner, Joanne Willey
    Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

    Understanding What We Say: Varying Cultural Competency among Faculty Evaluators
    Authors: L. Gulbas, C. Collins, & H. Ryder
    University of Texas, Austin; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Cleveland State University; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

    2017 NEGEA Awards

    The NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award

    Carol Storey-Johnson
    Weill Cornell Medical College

    The NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

    Benjamin (Jim) Blatt
    George Washington University School of Medicine

    The NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award

    John Encandela, Nicole A. Sitkin, Michael Solute, & Michael L. Schwartz
    "Strategy for Assessing Need and Developing a Topical Curricular Thread Addressing Sexual and Gender Minority Health.”
    Yale School of Medicine

    Best Poster Award

    Test-Enhanced Learning in Health Professions Education: A systematic Review
    Authors: M. Green, J. Spak, J. Moeller
    Yale School of Medicine

    Best Short Communications

    UME Pre-Clerkship
    A Pilot-Blended Learning Curriculum in a Preclinical Hematology Course: Challenges in Student Performance and Engagement in a Large Group Active Learning Environment
    Authors: M. Shusterman, E. Koltz, L. Cytryn, I. Murakhovskaya
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    UME Clerkship
    Medical Students with Professionalism Lapses: Exploring Faculty Reluctance to Report
    Authors: D. Ziring
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College Thomas Jefferson University
    D. Danoff
    McGill University
    B. Isaacson
    Cleveland Clinic Faculty of Medicine
    R. Frankel
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    H. Lochnan
    University of Ottawa

    GME
    The Dissemination of Health Professions Education Research: A Descriptive Analysis of Journal Articles Almetrics
    Authors: L. Maggio, H. Meyer, A. Artino
    Uniformed Services University

    2016 NEGEA Awards

    The NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award

    Judy A. Shea
    Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

    The NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

    Lynn Kosowicz
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine

    The NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award

    Sarah E. Peyre, Anne Nofziger, Christopher J. Mooney, Margie H. Shaw, Theresa Green, Andrew Wolf, David R. Lambert
    “Addressing Disparities in Healthcare: An Interprofessional Experiential Learning Module”
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; University of Rochester School of Nursing

    The NEGEA Excellence in Medical Education Awards

    Best Poster Award
    Communication Skills of First-Year Medical Students Wane with the Use of Sonography
    Authors: M.L. LaBarca, W. Rennie, G. Colletti, M.L. Barilla-LaBarca,
    Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine
    A. Noor, J. Pellerito
    Dept. of Radiology, North Shore LIJ Health System

    Best Short Communications

    UME Pre-Clerkship
    Teaching Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Screening and Counseling to Medical Students Using the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Framework
    Authors: S. Elisseou, S. Warrier, S. Rougas
    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    UME Clerkship
    Obesity, Diet, and Exercise Education for the Primary Care Clerkship Using an Articulate® Storyline 2 E-Learning Module
    Authors: R.M. Wilechansky, D.P. Jones, D.S. Seres
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

    GME
    Assessing the Effectiveness of Pediatric Sick Visits: Do Resident Determine the Caregiver's Main Concern and are Caregivers Satisfied?
    Authors: K. Schmitz, H. Yang, M.B. Olivares, S. Ahmed, C. Guice, L. Greenberg
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

    2015 NEGEA Awards

    The NEGEA Distinguished Educator Award

    Larrie Greenberg
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

    The NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award

    Suzanne Rose
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine

    The NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award

    Samara Ginzburg, David Elkowitz, Robert Lucito, and Joel N.H. Stern
    PEARLS: A Longitudinal, Integrated Approach to Leadership Training for First and Second Year Medical Students
    Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University

    Best Poster Award

    Initiation of ACE Tracker on Teaching Rounds: Assessment of Reliability and Validity
    Author: Lloyd Roberts and Kimberly Ann Kranz
    SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine

    Best Short Communications

    UME Pre-clerkship
    A Multimodal Active learning Approach to Integrating Biomedical Knowledge and Skills of the Head and Neck Region
    Authors: Lee Eisner and Robin Ovitsh
    SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

    UME Clerkship
    SOAP-V: Teaching High Value Care During Patient Care
    Authors: Eileen Moser, Sara Fazio, Grace Huang, Susan Glod, Clifford Packer
    Penn State College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

    GME
    Measuring an Organization’s Culture of Feedback: Can it be done?
    Authors: Steven Rougas and Brian Clyne
    The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University

    CEI/CME
    Making Faculty Development Accessible Through a Learning Management System.
    Authors: Lisa Coplit, Dena Farber and Lauren Erardi
    Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

    2014 NEGEA Awards

    Best Poster Award

    What are our students telling us about EMR and Medical Education? Results of a multi-institutional survey of medical students.
    Authors: Rebecca Kosowicz, Lynn Y. Kosowicz, & Laurie Caines,
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Susan Lane
    Stony Brook School of Medicine
    Catherine Nicholas
    University of Vermont School of Medicine
    Patricia Thomas
    The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (& currently at Case Western)

    Best Short Communications

    UME-Pre-Clerkship
    Educational themes learned in a Longitudinal Clinical Experience (LCE) Program in Cases of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
    Authors: Molly T. Cherington, Neloofar Naderi, Cinthia De La Rosa, Alexander Gomez, Valerie Parkas, Rainier P. Soriano
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    UME-Clerkship
    Training Medical Students to Teach Patients How to Use the Internet for Reliable Healthcare Information
    Authors: Marissa Nadeau, Kerry O'Rourke, Norma S. Saks
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    GME
    An Interactive Tablet Based Module on Applying Clinical Decision Rules in Cases of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
    Authors: David A. Wald, Shannon McNamara, Christine Knettel
    Temple University School of Medicine

    2013 NEGEA Awards

    Best Poster Award

    Involvement of Current Medical Students in the Medical School Admissions Process
    Authors: Charlayne McStay & Richard Zeff
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine

    Best Short Communications

    UME Pre-Clerkship
    Revamping Anatomy Education: Student-authored Dissection Manual Significantly Improves Learning and Academic Performance.
    Abstract Authors: Dustin Tetzl, Justin Neira, Jose Ramirez, Lilly Grossmann, Paulette Berend
    Presenter: Dustin Tetzl
    Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    UME Clerkship
    The Student-Run Clinic as a Unique Setting for Medical Student Experiential Projects in Quality Improvement.
    Abstract Authors: Noa Simchoni, Yasmin S. Meah, Radeyeh Hack, Nicolas Meo, Andrew Chow, David C. Thomas
    Presenter: Noa Simchoni
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    GME
    Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Longitudinal Curriculum in Pofessionalism, Ethics, and Communication Skills for Surgical Residents.
    Abstract Authors: Ana Berlin, Abbey Fingeret, Tracy Arnell
    Presenter: Ana Berlin
    Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    CEI/CME
    Disseminating Medical Education Research Literature to Medical School Faculty
    Abstract Authors: Kerry O’Rourke, Sarang Kim, Laura Willett, James Galt
    Presenter: Kerry O’Rourke
    Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    2012 NEGEA Awards

    Best Poster Award

    Organized Medicine may not be Reaching Medical Students
    Authors: Robert Viviero
    Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Robert Dugger, MPH
    Stony Brook University School of Medicine

    Best Short Communications

    UME Clerskhip Innovation Award
    Utilizing Visual Art to Enhance the Clinical Observation Skills of Medical Students
    Authors: Sona Jasani, Norma Saks, EdD
    UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    UME Pre-clerkship Innovation Award
    Designing and Evaluating a Developmentally Staged Physical Examination: Results of a National Survey
    Authors: Deepthima Gowda, MD, MPH, Mary Jo Fink, MD
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Benjamin Blatt, MD
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Lynn Kosowicz, MD
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Ronald Silvestri, MD
    Harvard Medical School

    GME Innovation Award
    A Curriculum for Electronic Patient-doctor Communication
    Bradley Crotty, MD, Arash Mostaghimi, MD
    Harvard Medical School

    2011 NEGEA Excellence in Medical Education Awards:

    Best Poster Award:

    The Courteous Consult: Resident Reflections on Inpatient Consultations
    Lauren Peccoralo, MD, Anna Podolsky, Katherine Krauskopf, MD, Kristofer Smith, MD, David Stern, MD
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine

    Best Short Communication:

    UME Pre-clerskhip Innovation Award
    How Do Senior Student-Evaluators Compare with Faculty in Assessing Oral Case Presentations?
    Seema Kakar, MD, Jillian Catalonotti, Sam Simmens, Karen Lewis, PhD, Matthew Mintz, MD, Yolanda Haywood, MD, Andrea Flory, MD, Benjamin Blatt, MD
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences