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FACULTYAwards Day

W E D N E S D AY, M AY 2 0 , 2 0 2 0

A MESSAGE FROM:THE PRESIDENT AND THE PROVOST

Faculty Awards Day is a time to celebrate faculty excellence across all the missions

of Baylor College of Medicine. More than any other factor, the commitment,

experience and quality of our faculty determine the success of our learners, and

our College. Fulfilling our mission depends on physicians, health professionals,

scientists, educators and scholars reaching the highest levels of career performance

and personal satisfaction. When Baylor faculty members succeed, so does the

Baylor community.

The coronavirus pandemic prevents us from gathering together to honor our

colleagues this year. But in these extraordinary times, it is more important than ever

to recognize outstanding contributions with professionalism to education, service

and clinical care. Thank you for all that you do.

Paul Klotman, M.D. President & CEO Executive Dean

Alicia Monroe, M.D. Provost Senior Vice President for Academic & Faculty Affairs

2020Award Recipients

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FAREED MAHMOOD KHAN, M.B.B.S.Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Community Health and Associate Residency Program Director in Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Fareed Mahmood Khan has dedicated his career to medical student and resident education as an associate professor, practicing family physician and educator in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) for more than 20 years. His mantra has been to teach medical knowledge while emphasizing compassionate conversations, ethical and moral decision-making, professionalism, enhanced communication skills, problem solving and critical thinking.

Dr. Khan has held varied teaching and mentoring roles that span his entire career at Baylor while serving as an attending physician at Northwest Community Health Center and at Ben Taub General Hospital. In all settings, he practices evidence-based, patient-centered, compassionate care. Dr. Khan is known as an excellent family physician in the ambulatory and inpatient setting and as an active teacher of medical students and residents. He has demonstrated leadership in a number of academic positions: Associate Director of the FCM Clerkship, Director of the FCM Sub-Internship elective, Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program. Currently, he serves as Associate Director of the Family Residency Program and as Director of two elective courses: Care of the Underserved elective, and History of Medicine elective. He is also the Vice Chair for Community Health for FCM and the Assistant Chief of Staff of Ambulatory Care Services for Harris Health

System. He has served as a Faculty Senator. His advocacy on behalf of underserved patients has taken him on over 30 trips to rural Honduras since 2001 and to China to promote primary care.

Dr. Khan has a heart for learners. During his time as Residency Director he transformed the residency program from one that was on probation to one that is nationally recognized for its excellence. He received two Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) grants to expand the residency and develop a Patient-Centered Home Curriculum. The culture of the residency changed in a positive manner during his tenure as director. His themes, which he regularly communicates during “Khanversations,” as residents fondly call them, include the ideas that “compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use” (Jonathan Safran Foer) and that this residency program is the “family of family medicine.” His openness and availability for learners has allowed him to have numerous impromptu mentorship and career guidance conversations. He is constantly advocating for his team, promoting them for awards, helping them with life decisions and supporting them when they need testimonials. He has been able to retain over a third of all residency graduates to follow his example and continue to work at Harris Health System in service of the indigent patient. He has been a pillar of support and a mentor and advisor to all who seek his guidance.

BEN AND MARGARET LOVE FOUNDATION

Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism

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THE BARBARA AND CORBIN J. ROBERTSON, JR.

Presidential Award for Excellence in Education

One of Dr. Gad Shaulsky’s main career goals is to help train the next generation of biomedical scientists. Since joining Baylor College of Medicine in 1997, he has been deeply involved in various aspects of student and postdoctoral training.

Dr. Shaulsky was the co-Director of the Molecular and Human Genetics Graduate Program from 1999 to 2005 and has been the Program Director since 2005 (the program currently is named Genetics and Genomics). This program is responsible for the training of about 80 graduate students and is funded, in part, by a T32 training grant that he has directed since 2006. Between 2011 and 2016, he served as Assistant Dean of Admissions at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Shaulsky has trained 17 graduate students and 11 postdoctoral fellows in the past and is currently training one Ph.D. student in his lab. He has served on more than 30 doctoral thesis advisory committees. All but one of his past trainees are still involved in some aspect of biomedical sciences, including three independent investigators, two physicians, two in the biomedical industry, three in science policy and communications, and several postdoctoral fellows.

Dr. Shaulsky has been honored twice with the Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award and last year was recognized with the Kenneth Scott Graduate Mentor Award.

The Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program is dedicated to excellence in science while increasing diversity in the science workforce. It has trained many students from underrepresented (UR) groups, including students with disabilities. In the past couple of years, 20% of the program’s entering class were UR students, thanks in part to Dr. Shaulsky’s recruitment efforts through active participation in venues such as ABRCMS, SACNAS and The Biomed Virtual Grad School Fair. His lab has hosted several UR post-baccalaureate students in recent years and most of them have gone on to graduate school at Baylor and other universities.

Dr. Shaulsky’s personal participation and dedication to increasing diversity serve as an example to younger faculty in the graduate program and at Baylor in general.

Dr. Lynn Zechiedrich is passionate about mentoring and teaching. An award-winning mentor, Dr. “Z” is sought out by trainees at all levels. She has hosted and advised over 250 scientists in her 23-year career at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), including professors on sabbatical, postdoctoral and medical fellows, and graduate, post-baccalaureate, undergraduate, and high school students. She has published and lectured nationally on mentoring, was BCM’s BRASS Mentor of the Year in 2013, and a Woman of Excellence Awardee in 2017. Dr. Zechiedrich has taught in 13 different courses in the BCM graduate and medical schools.

Teaching excellence is in her genes—her mother was an award-winning Spanish professor, her father an award-winning high school teacher of AP physics and AP chemistry, and her only sibling, Leonard, was the U.S. AP Biology high school teacher of the year.

Dr. Zechiedrich arrived at BCM in 1997 after receiving her BS from the University of Arkansas, her PhD at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine with Neil Osheroff and performing postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley with the late Nicholas Cozzarelli. Her mentors were outstanding teachers and noted experts in the field of DNA topoisomerases. She continues her work on DNA topoisomerases, major antibiotic and anticancer drug targets. Her research evolved to include gene therapy using Minivectors, small circular DNAs with many applications for which she holds multiple patents.

Dr. Zechiedrich has trained scientists from diverse fields, including medicine, mathematics, statistics, physics, structural biology, and computer science. Her transdisciplinary and innovative research led to her election in 2017 as a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors.

She has published more than 66 articles and book chapters and given over 180 invited talks. She served on numerous grant review committees, reviews for 48 different peer-reviewed journals, and served on multiple editorial boards.

As an Ambassador for Inclusion and Diversity for BCM, Dr. Zechiedrich is committed to an environment of inclusive excellence.

Lynn enjoys scuba diving with her family and has played flute in the Texas Medical Center Orchestra for 20 years.

GAD SHAULSKY, PH.D.Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics and Director of the Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program at Baylor College of Medicine

LYNN ZECHIEDRICH, PH.D.The Kyle and Josephine Morrow Chair, Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Quantitative and Computational Biosciences at Baylor College of Medicine

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CLARK Faculty Service AwardsLIANE RENEE CAMPBELL, M.D.

Assistant ProfessorPediatrics

CLIFFORD DACSO, M.D.Professor

Molecular and Cell Biology

ELIZABETH ELLIOTT, M.S., PA-CAssociate Professor

School of Health Professions

SUSAN FERNBACH, B.S.N. Assistant Professor

Molecular Human Genetics

RICARDO FLORES, M.D.Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ASIM SHAH, M.D.Professor

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

JOHN P. McGOVERN Outstanding Teacher Awards

FO U N DATI O NAL SC I EN C ES SARAH BLUTT, PH.D.Associate Professor

Molecular Virology and Microbiology

C LI N I C AL SC I EN C ES ANDREW CARUSO, M.D.

Assistant ProfessorMedicine

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NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHTFaculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation

BETTY DEL RIO RODRIGUEZ, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

STEVEN RICHARD DUNHAM JR., M.D. Assistant Professor

Neurology

HELEN DUNNINGTON, M.D. Assistant Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

SAVITRI FEDSON, M.D., M.A. Associate Professor

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy

KARIN A. FOX, M.D., M.ED., FACOG Assistant Professor


ELLEN J. FREMION, M.D., FACP, FAAP Assistant Professor

Medicine

LINDSEY JORDAN GAY, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

ZULFI HANEEF, M.B.B.S., M.D. Assistant Professor

Neurology

LISA DIANE HEYDEN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

RAEGAN HUNT, M.D., PH.D. Assistant Professor

Dermatology

FARIHA JAMAL, M.D. Assistant Professor

Neurology

JILL ANN JARRELL,M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ASHLEY JOSHI-PATEL, D.O., FAAP Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

BRENT D. KAZINY, M.D., M.A. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

WILSON LAM, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

NA LI, PH.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

GRADUATING CLASS Outstanding Faculty Award

UMA AYYALA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

FRANCIS H. GANNON, M.D. Professor Pathology

STEPHANIE GORDY, M.D., FACS Assistant Professor

Surgery

JOSEPH S. KASS, M.D., J.D. Professor Neurology

ZAVEN SARGSYAN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

STEPHANIE V. SHERMAN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

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CHRISTIE M. LINCOLN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Radiology

SARAH K. LYONS, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ANITA BAGRI MAJOR, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

SHRADDHA MUKERJI, M.D., FACS Assistant Professor

Otolaryngology

MARY FRANCES MUSSO, D.O. Assistant Professor

Otolaryngology

CHRISTIAN M. NIEDZWECKI, D.O., M.S. Assistant Professor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

EDORE ONIGU-OTITE, M.D. Associate Professor


VITOR H. PACHECO, M.D., FACNS Assistant Professor

Neurology

JYOTINDER NAIN PUNIA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pathology and Immunology

ANITA ROHRA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Emergency Medicine

GHADIR SASA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

LISA R. FORBES-SATTER, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ERICA K. SCHALLERT, M.D. Assistant Professor

Radiology

JAMIE W. SINTON, M.D. Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

JEREMY S. SLONE, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ERIN S. WILLIAMS, M.D., FAAP Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

ADAM D. WOLFE, M.D., PH.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

JINGYIN YAN, M.D., PH.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT (CONTINUED) Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Leadership

ANDREW CARUSO, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

LINDSAY FRENCH, M.D. Assistant Professor


JAIME ORTIZ, M.D., M.B.A., FASA Associate Professor

Anesthesiology

RAJEEV RAGHAVAN, M.D., FASN Associate Professor

Medicine

LAUREL L. WILLIAMS, D.O. Associate Professor


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NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Faculty Excellence Award for Development of Enduring Educational Materials

RAHUL G. BAIJAL, M.D. Associate Professor

Anesthesiology

BRYAN M. BURT, M.D. Associate Professor

Surgery

FABRIZIA FAUSTINELLA, M.D., PH.D., FACP Associate Professor

Family and Community Medicine



SUSAN L. GILLESPIE, M.D., PH.D. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

ATUL MAHESHWARI, M.D. Assistant Professor

Neurology

SANKAR DASS NAVANEETHAN, M.D., M.S., M.P.H. Associate Professor

Medicine

DAVID D. SCHWARTZ, PH.D. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

RAJKUMAR VENKATRAMANI, M.D., M.S., M.B.A. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

CHRISTINA Y. WENG, M.D., M.B.A. Associate Professor

Ophthalmology

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Research

AIMEE K. GARDNER, PH.D. Associate Professor

School of Health Professions

CHRISTINE G. ROTH M.D., M.M.M. Associate Professor

Pathology & Immunology

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Faculty Excellence Award for Full Professor

WAQAR AHMAD QURESHI, M.D., FACP, FACG, FRCP Professor Medicine

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EARLY CAREER Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

ELISHA MARIE ACOSTA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

SARA KLINEPETER BARTZ, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ANDREA BRADFORD, PH.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

LUIS A. CASTAGNINI, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

SUBHASIS CHATTERJEE, M.D., FACS, FACC, FCCP Assistant Professor

Surgery

MADHURI CHILAKAPATI, M.D. Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology

JAYER CHUNG, M.D., MSC, FACS Assistant Professor

Surgery

RONALD T. COTTON, M.D. Assistant Professor

Surgery

JONATHAN CREWS, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

SHAILENDRA DAS, D.O. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

M. ANDREW DAVIS, M.D. Assistant Professor

Surgery

DANIEL J. DESALVO, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

JENNIFER C. ERKLAUER, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

KRISTIN MARIE ERNEST, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

N. THAO N. GALVÁN, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Surgery

TRACILYN RACHELLE HALL, M.D. Assistant Professor


HONEY HELENE H. HERCE, M.D. Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology

ANDREW TSAO HUANG, M.D. F.A.C.S. Assistant Professor

Otolaryngology

KEVIN KAPLAN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

RUCHI KAUSHIK, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

WALEED T. KAYANI, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

JUDY LU KIM, M.D. Assistant Professor Internal Medicine

MICHELE M. LOOR, M.D. Assistant Professor

Surgery

KONSTANTINOS MAKRIS, M.D. Assistant Professor

Surgery

DHARANI K. NARENDRA, M.B.B.S. Assistant Professor

Medicine

AHMED A. NASSR, M.D., PH.D. Assistant Professor


HAITHUY N. NGUYEN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

AMEE PATEL, D.O. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

IRENE PATNIYOT, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

MARTHA RAC, M.D. Assistant Professor


PRIYA RAJ, M.D., M.S. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

BANI MAHESHWARI RATAN, M.D. Assistant Professor


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JILL R. ROTH, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

JARED RUBENSTEIN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ERICA K. SCHALLERT, M.D. Assistant Professor

Radiology

SHWETA SHAH, M.B.B.S. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

MARY CARROLL SHAPIRO, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

MUHAMMAD ASIM SIDDIQUE, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

KAREN THURSDAY S. TUANO, M.D.

Assistant Professor Pediatrics

IRENE T. TUNG, M.D. Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology

SHRUTI VARADARAJAN, M.D. Assistant Professor


SEBASTIAN WINOCOUR, M.D., MSC, FACS Assistant Professor

Surgery

AIHUA EDWARD YEN, M.D. Assistant Professor

Medicine

SONAL ZAMBARE, M.D. Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

EARLY CAREER (CONTINUED)

Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

STAR Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

ALISA A. ACOSTA, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

NISHATH ALI, M.D. Assistant Professor


AARTI BAVARE, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

ARVIND CHANDRAKANTAN, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP, FASA

Assistant Professor Anesthesiology

MAAME ABA COLEMAN, M.D. Assistant Professor


NILESH K. DESAI, M.D. Assistant Professor

Radiology

ANKHI DUTTA, M.B.B.S., M.P.H. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

RODRIGO ERAÑA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics



JOSLYN FISHER, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor

Medicine

GANGA GOKULAKRISHNAN, M.B.B.S. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

JOSE A. HERNANDEZ, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

JACLYN F HILL, M.D. Assistant Professor

Orthopaedic Surgery

EDMUND W. HO, D.O. Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

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STAR (CONTINUED) Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

RAEGAN HUNT, M.D., PH.D. Assistant Professor

Dermatology

SIDDHARTH P. JADHAV, M.D. Associate Professor

Radiology

KALA Y. KAMDAR, M.D. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

BINAL SHAH KANCHERLA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

KAMLESH U. KUKREJA, M.D. Assistant Professor

Radiology

YUEZHEN LYNDA LIN, M.D., M.S. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

LEE LU, M.D. Associate Professor

Medicine

CARIDAD “CARY” MARTINEZ, M.D. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

JOAN M. MASTROBATTISTA, M.D. Professor


AMY R. MEHOLLIN-RAY, M.D. Associate Professor

Radiology

DANIEL R. MURPHY, M.D., M.B.A. Assistant Professor

Medicine

MARY FRANCES MUSSO, D.O. Assistant Professor

Surgery

FRANCISCO J. OREJUELA, M.D. Associate Professor


MATEI PETRESCU, M.D., M.H.P.E. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

SUMAN RAJAGOPALAN, M.D. Associate Professor

Anesthesiology

TIFFANY RAYNOR, M.D. Assistant Professor

Otolaryngology

SURYA P. REDNAM, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

RASHMI RODE, M.D., FAAFP Assistant Professor


SEAN M. ROSENBAUM, M.D. Assistant Professor


DANIEL J. SEDILLO, M.D., M.B.A. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

MONA SHAH, M.D., M.B.A. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

ALIREZA A. SHAMSHIRSAZ, M.D. Associate Professor


AMRITA SINGH, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

PREMAL M. TRIVEDI, M.D. Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

SEBASTIAN TUME, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

GEORGE VAN BUREN, II, M.D., FACS Associate Professor

Surgery

WILLIAM BRENT WALDROP, M.D. Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

AMBER M. YATES, M.D. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

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MASTER CLINICIAN Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

JUAN CARLOS BERNINI, M.D., FAAP Professor Pediatrics

MURALI CHINTAGUMPALA, M.D. Professor Pediatrics

ZOANN ECKERT DREYER, M.D. Professor Pediatrics

LEFKOTHEA KARAVITI, M.D., PH.D. Professor Pediatrics

DONALD H. MAHONEY JR., M.D. Professor Pediatrics

PRASAD MANIAN, M.D. Professor Medicine

KENNETH L. MCCLAIN, M.D., PH.D. Professor Pediatrics

WAQAR AHMAD QURESHI, M.D., FACP, FACG, FRCP Professor Medicine

FERNANDO SCAGLIA, M.D., FACMG Professor

Molecular and Human Genetics

PAUL E. SIRBAUGH, D.O., M.B.A. Associate Professor

Pediatrics

CONNIE KHANH VU LAN TRAN, M.D. Associate Professor

Anesthesiology

ASHUTOSH WALI, M.D., FFARCSI Professor

Anesthesiology

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WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN Award-Winning FACULTY MEMBER

If Faculty Awards Day has inspired you to excel at Baylor College of Medicine, our top physicians, scientists and scholars have a few words of advice: Keep informed and get involved.

� READ FACULTY COMMONS AND NEWSLINK, the weekly e-newsletters, to keep up-to-date on developments at the College.

� CONTACT YOUR FACULTY SENATOR. Every department, center, school and affiliate hospital has representatives to update you on new initiatives and listen to your thoughts and suggestions.

� WORK ON GETTING THAT PROMOTION. The Office of Faculty Development offers career planning workshops and one-on-one coaching.

� SERVE ON COMMITTEES. Speak with your chair or center director or the committee chair regarding opportunities for involvement.

� TAKE ON NEW ROLES. Browse internal postings, volunteer options, training classes and other opportunities for growth.

� PARTICIPATE IN A SURVEY. College leaders take seriously the results of faculty satisfaction surveys, “best of” lists and other feedback devices. Your opinion matters.

� LEARN AT A LECTURE. From Nobel laureates to cultural ambassadors, the campus hosts guest speakers on a wide variety of topics throughout the year.

� BE PROFESSIONAL. Respect sets the standard for how we treat each other. It fosters collaborative research, compassionate patient care and a safe and supportive learning and work environment.

� EMAIL DR. KLOTMAN at [email protected]. Let the President know what is going well and what needs work.

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