Medical students honored their outstanding mentors, professors, courses, and course directors at the annual Argus Awards Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 5.
The Argus Awards, created in 1996, allow medical students to nominate faculty members by course evaluations and vote to select award winners for each category.
Winners of the 2021 Argus Awards are:
Pre-Clinical Awards
Best MS1 Course
Patient, Doctor, and Society
Module Directors: Stephanie Berger, M.D., Pediatrics; and Caroline Harada, M.D., Medicine
Best Block Leader: Fundamentals of Medicine
Rachael Lee, M.D., Medicine; and Mukesh Patel, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Patient, Doctor & Society
Caroline Harada, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Fundamentals of Medicine
Martin Young, Ph.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Cardiovascular
Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Pulmonary
James Johnson, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Gastrointestinal
Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator: Renal
Ashita Tolwani, M.D., Medicine
Best MS2 Course
Neurosciences
Module Directors:
Robin Lester, Ph.D., Neurobiology;
Victor Sung, M.D., Neurology;
Michael Lyerly, M.D., Neurology;
Tobias Martinez, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology;
Kenneth Fallon, M.D., Pathology;
Teresa Wilborn, PharmD, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology;
William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Best Educator: Neurosciences
Victor Sung, M.D., Neurology
Best Educator: Musculoskeletal & Skin
William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Best Educator: Endocrine Systems
Shawn Galin, Ph.D., Medicine
Best Educator: Reproductive Systems
Teresa Wilborn, PharmD, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology
Best Educator: Hematology/Oncology
Diana Morlote, M.D., Pathology
Clinical Awards
Best Educator, Preparation for Residency
Winter Williams, M.D., Medicine
Best Clinical Department, Birmingham Campus
Medicine
Best Clinical Educator, Birmingham Campus
Hussein Abdullatif, M.D., Pediatrics
Best Clinical Department, Huntsville Campus
Internal Medicine
Best Clinical Educator, Huntsville Campus
Steffane Battle, M.D., Pediatrics
Best Clinical Department, Montgomery Campus
Internal Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Best Clinical Educator, Montgomery Campus
Robert Engles, M.D., Surgery
Best Clinical Department, Tuscaloosa Campus
Pediatrics
Best Clinical Educator, Tuscaloosa Campus
Catherine Ikard, M.D., Neurology
The following awards, nominated and selected by students, were also announced during the 2021 Argus Awards Ceremony.
ICM CSS Award
Stan Massie, M.D., Medicine
Dale J. Benos Award for Educational Excellence
Teresa Wilborn, PharmD, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology
Best Resident Educator, Birmingham Campus
Jeffrey Shen, M.D., Medicine
Best Resident Educator, Huntsville Campus
Chandler Stisher, M.D., Family Medicine
Best Resident Educator, Montgomery Campus
Vishnu Nagalpuram, M.D., Internal Medicine
Best Resident Educator, Tuscaloosa Campus
Joshua Price, M.D., Family Medicine
Best Community-Based Educator, Birmingham
Thomas Nolen, MD, Family Medicine
Best Community-Based Educator, Huntsville
Tarak Vasavada, M.D., Psychiatry
Best Community-Based Educator, Montgomery
Robert Engles, M.D., Surgery
Best Community-Based Educator, Tuscaloosa
Donald Gross, M.D., Surgery