Awards

2025-26 Resident & Faculty Teaching Award Recipients

2025-26 Resident & Faculty Teaching Award Recipients

Irwin Levy Resident Teaching Award

outstanding teaching by a Neurology resident

  • Srinidhi Singuri, MD
  • Catherine Evers-Smith, MD

Neurology Clerkship Student Teaching Award

faculty chosen by the students

  • Kumar Vasudevan, MD (Neurosurgery)
  • Enmanuel Perez Martinez, MD, PhD

Neurology Clerkship Student Faculty Teaching Award Honor Roll

  • Daniel Di Luca, MD, MSc
  • Ana Curta, MD
  • Josh Newman, MD
  • Renee Van Stavern, MD
  • Charles Roach, MD

Neurology Clerkship Student Resident Teaching Award Honor Roll

  • Andy Banh, MD, PhD
  • Jared Garland, MD
  • Samridh Gupta, MD
  • Laura Kelble, MD, MPH
  • Asia Payne, MD

Sven Eliasson Award for Teaching Excellence

outstanding teaching by an adult Neurology attending

  • Adam Greenblatt, MD

Adult Neurology Teaching Excellence Honor Roll

  • Muhammad Al-Lozi, MD 
  • Derek Holder, MD
  • Raman Malhotra, MD
  • Christopher Ray, MD
  • Charles “Drew” Roach, MD
  • Georgia Shelton, MD, MPH
  • Gregory Van Stavern, MD

Abdullah M. Nassief Award

dedication to teaching, compassion and care

  • Haley Crosby, MD

Steven M. Rothman Award

outstanding teaching by a Pediatric Neurology resident

  • Laura Perez-Arnold, MD

Arthur L. Prensky Award

outstanding teaching by a Pediatric Neurology attending

  • Ana Curta, MD

Department of Neurology Adult Residency Staff Educator Award

  • Robyn Beard

Department of Neurology Pediatric Residency Staff Educator Award

  • Karen Holzum

Department of Neurology Collaborative Educator Award

  • Matthew Glasser, MD, PhD (Radiology)

Michael J. Noetzel Pediatric Neurology Clinician of the Year Award

  • Jennifer Griffith, MD, PhD

Michael J. Noetzel Pediatric Neurology Award Honor Roll

  • Rejean Guerriero, DO
  • Benjamin Kay, MD, PhD
  • Renatta Knox, MD, PhD
  • Jeffrey Neil, MD, PhD
  • Katherin Portwood, MD
  • Alyssa Smith, MD
  • Liu Lin Thio, MD
  • John Zempel, MD, PhD

Muhammad T. Al-Lozi Adult Neurology Clinician of the Year Award

  • Rachel Darken, MD, PhD

Muhammad T. Al-Lozi Adult Neurology Award Honor Roll

  • Isabel Alfradique, MD
  • Robert Bucelli, MD, PhD
  • Salim Chahin, MD, MSCE
  • Cathy Dai, MD
  • Daniel Di Luca, MD, MSc
  • Adam Greenblatt, MD
  • Derek Holder, MD
  • Salah Keyrouz, MD
  • Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
  • Josh Newman, MD
  • Christopher Ray, MD
  • Drew Roach, MD
  • Sean Smith, MD, MPHS
  • Renee Van Stavern, MD

Pediatric Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Clinician of the Year Award

  • Mary Epperson, MS, RN, CPNP-PC

Pediatric APP Award Honor Roll

  • Natalie Goedeker, DNP, CPNP
  • Tracy Connell, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC

Adult Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Clinician of the Year Award

  • Mallory Henry, PA-C

Adult APP Award Honor Roll

  • Mary Kay Fink, RN, APN
  • Amanda Creamer, PMHNP
  • Priya Chaudhari, NP
  • Becky Hopfinger, MSN, MBA, FNP-BC
  • Andreia Cage, ACNP
  • Carliss Garrett, MSN
  • Emily Daniel
  • Gina Ferrante, NP
  • Jonathan Wiese, MSN, APRN, A-GNP-C, CNL
  • Keiko Sawano, DNP
  • Madeline Paczynski, PA-C
  • Markesha Dabney, APRN NP-C
  • Amber Malcolm, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Leonard Berg Poster Award

  • Michael Petrany, MD, PhD

David Holtzman Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Neurologic Research

  • Hannah Edelman, MD, PhD