AUC School of Medicine is pleased to announce the recipients this year’s Clinical Faculty Teaching Awards. The 18 awardees were chosen from among hundreds of qualified and talented faculty at our affiliated hospital sites in the United States and United Kingdom.
Faculty are nominated by students and then voted on by the AUC clinical deans. Three awards are given in each core specialty area, including Family Medicine. This year's winners include:
Family Medicine
- Dr. Julia Auerbach, Family Physician, Danbury Hospital
- Dr. Kevin Deighton, Family Physician, Ascension Providence Hospital
- Dr. Amar Ouadi, Family Physician, BronxCare Health System
Internal Medicine
- Dr. Ammer Bekele, Internist, Saint Agnes Hospital
- Dr. Alberto Gomez, Internist, Center for Haitian Studies
- Dr. Vasudev Tati, Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Dr. Shaila Banu, Specialty Doctor in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wexham Park Hospital
- Dr. Blair Kokotek, Associate Director, Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program, BronxCare Health System
- Dr. Henry Lam, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Pediatrics
- Dr. Harriet Boxer, Neonatalogist, Nassau University Medical Center
- Dr. Isidro Lopez, Pediatrician, Center for Haitian Studies and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
- Dr. Donald Sampson, Pediatrician, Danbury Hospital
Psychiatry
- Dr. David Adler, Psychiatrist, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
- Dr. Guitelle St. Victor, Psychiatry Clerkship Director, Nassau University Medical Center
- Dr. Elizabeth Walker, Psychiatrist, Stepping Hill Hospital
Surgery
- Dr. Jody DiGiacomo, Director of Surgical Critical Care and Associate Director of Trauma, Nassau University Medical Center
- Dr. Glenn Faust, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center
- Dr. David Galbut, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Center for Haitian Studies
