Congratulations to our 2024 Dean’s Honor Day Award Winners!
Next Tuesday, April 16, we will celebrate excellence across our college at the 2024 Dean’s Honor Day celebration. I am really looking forward to ceremony. I know we will hear wonderful stories about these staff and faculty who exemplify the very best of the College of Medicine.
Please join us from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in Fred Smith Auditorium, 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute. In addition to nearly 20 awards to faculty and staff, we will have photo gallery-style video tributes to our faculty who are receiving promotion and/or tenure this year. A reception will follow the ceremony. If you can’t make it in person, tune in to the ceremony livestream.
Meanwhile, I am very pleased to announce the faculty and staff who will receive awards at the ceremony. Please join me in congratulating these remarkable members of our team!
Awards
Staff Excellence
Education
Jessica Bursk — Family and Preventive Medicine
Research
Caroline Miller Robinson, B.S. — Physiology and Cell Biology/INBRE
Clinical
Chris Cathcart, DPT, MBA — ICE, Physical Therapy/Trauma Team
Administration
Robin Rogers, B.A. — Biomedical Informatics
GME Educator
Program Coordinator
Angela Warr — Pain Medicine Fellowship
Program Director
Priya Mendiratta, M.D., MPH — Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Master Teacher
Steve Schexnayder, M.D. — Pediatrics/Pediatric Critical Care
Educational Innovation
Ahmed Abuabdou, M.D., MBA — Chief Clinical Officer/Cancer Service Line
Educational Research
Karen Dickinson, MBBS, M.D., M.Ed. — Surgery/IPE Simulation and Clinical Skills Training
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine
David Kelley, M.D. — Family and Preventive Medicine
Excellence in Research
Lorraine McKelvey, Ph.D. — Family and Preventive Medicine
Clinical Excellence
Outstanding Advanced Practice Provider
Ashley Wilson, DNP — Surgery/Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Quality & Safety
Tabasum Imran, M.D. — Family and Preventive Medicine, UAMS West
Service & Professionalism
Chenia Eubanks, M.D., MPH — Pediatrics/Community Pediatrics
Best Consulting Physician
Sarah Cobb, M.D. — Pediatrics/Pediatric Neurology
Collaborations & Teamwork
Lyle Burdine, M.D., Ph.D. — Surgery/Transplant Surgery
Rising Star
Dinesh Edem, M.D. — Internal Medicine/Endocrinology
Physician of the Year
Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D. — Surgery/Breast Surgical Oncology
Distinguished Faculty Service Award
Eduardo Ochoa Jr., M.D. — Pediatrics/Community Pediatrics
Promotion and Tenure
Click here for a list of faculty receiving promotion and/or tenure this year.