2019 ZSFG Faculty Awards and DOM Celebration

The annual ZSFG Department of Medicine celebration is on Tuesday, May 21, at 1 pm in Carr Auditorium following Medicine Grand Rounds.

ZSFG Medicine Education team is immensely thankful to have such a talented and dedicated team and would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your exemplary commitment to our patients and trainees at ZSFG. In addition, we will be acknowledging our colleagues who are the nominees and recipients of the 2019 Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Medicine Service Awards:

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John F. Murray, MD Award For Academic Excellence in Internal Medicine & Dedication to the Humanitarian Mission of ZSFG goes to Alicia Fernandez, MD (General Internal Medicine)

Nominees: Nora Goldschlager, MD, Marlene Martin, MD, Monica Gandhi, MD, and Claire Horton, MD

Henry F. (Chip) Chambers, MD Medicine Subspecialty Consultant Award goes to Lucas Zier, MD (Cardiology)

Nominees: Heather Harris, MD (Palliative Care), Jonathan Graf, MD (Rheumatology), Delphine Tuot, MD (Nephrology), Niharika Dixit, MD (Heme/Onc), and Mary Margaretten, MD (Rheumatology)

Robert Lull, MD Non-Internal Medicine Consultant Award goes to Jack Chase, MD (Department of Family & Community Medicine)

Nominees: Nicole Rosendale, MD (Neurology), Shin-Yu Lee, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy), David E. Smith, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy), Joe Clement, RN, and Yeni Animashuan, medical social worker

Jane Bailowitz, MD Volunteer Faculty Award goes to Devora Keller, MD (Tom Waddell Urban Health Center, for ZSFG medicine service)

Nominees: Sophia Chang, MD (Richard Fine People’s Clinic), Doug Price-Hanson, MD (Richard Fine People’s Clinic), and Al Liu, MD (Richard Fine People’s Clinic)

ZSFG Performance/Quality Improvement Award goes to Reena Gupta, MD (General Internal Medicine)

Nominees: Gabe Ortiz, MD, Neda Ratanawongsa, MD, Rachel Stern, MD, Hana Lim, MD, Marlene Martin, MD and Shobha Sadasivaiah, MD

ZSFG Department of Medicine Clinical Fellow Award goes to Jehan Budak, MD (Infectious Disease)

Nominees: Elaine Khoong, MD (GIM), Vaibhav Upadhyay, MD (Pulmonary), Christine Soran, MD (Addiction Medicine), and Alexandra (Jay) Teng, MD (Cardiology)

ZSFG Department of Medicine Distinction in Medical Education Award goes to Larissa Thomas, MD (Hospital Medicine)

Nominees: David Chia, MD, Larry Haber, MD, Meghan O’Brien, MD, and Kate Lupton, MD

ZSFG Department of Medicine Mentoring Award goes to Urmimala Sarkar, MD (General Internal Medicine)

Nominees: Jeff Critchfield, MD, Paula Lum, MD, Will Huen, MD, Liz Imbert, MD, and Susan Buchbinder, MD

Care Experience Award goes to Kelly Han, MD (Hospital Medicine)

Nominees: Liz Imbert, MD, Meghan O’Brien, MD, Rachel Stern, MD, Emily Silverman, MD, and Marlene Martin, MD

Outstanding Junior Investigator Award goes to Oanh Nguyen, MD (Hospital Medicine)

Nominees: Valy Fontil, MD, John Chorba, MD, and Nynikka Palmer, DrPH

Professional Altruism Award goes to Beth Harleman, MD (Hospital Medicine)

Nominees: Pallabi Sanyal-Dey, MD, Neda Ratanawongsa, MD, Antonio Gomez, MD, Meghan O’Brien, MD, Emily Silverman, MD, and Molly Anderson, MD

Afternoon refreshments will be provided.