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Students from the UAB School of Medicine have named faculty, resident and clinical department winners of the 2019 Argus Awards.

Created in 1996, the Argus Awards give medical students the chance to honor their mentors, professors, courses and course directors for outstanding service to medical education. Faculty members are nominated by course evaluations, and students vote to select award winners in each category.


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Argus Award recipients and nominees were honored at a reception on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Education Dr. Yabing Chen attended representing UAB Pathology, which had several faculty members nominated for awards this year in the following categories:

Best MS1 Organ Module, Cardiovascular Category: Silvio Litovsky, M.D., Pathology, with Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine
Best MS2 Organ Module, Neurosciences Category: Kenneth Fallon, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator, Fundamentals of Medicine: Frida Rosenblum Donath, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator, Cardiovascular: Silvio Litovsky, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator, Hematology/Oncology: Lawrence Williams, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator, Reproductive Systems: Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Pathology

IMG 8633Drs. Kenneth Fallon and Silvio Litovsky 

This year's winners are: 
Best MS1 Organ Module, Cardiovascular Category: Silvio Litovsky, M.D., Pathology, with Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine
Best Educator, Hematology/Oncology: Lawrence Williams, M.D., Pathology
Best Educator, Reproductive Systems: Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Pathology

IMG 8632Winners, Best MS1 Organ Module, Cardiovascular Category, Dr. Silvio Litovsky with Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine 

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and who took home these prestigious awards this year! We are proud of our teaching faculty. Read the UAB School of Medicine article about the Argus Awards.