Stephanie Berger, M.D., Pediatric Hospital Medicine, received the Caduceus Club Award for Excellence in Clinical Education on the Birmingham Campus at the Argus Award Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 20. For the second year in a row, the Department of Pediatrics has received the Argus Award for Best Clinical Department on the Birmingham campus.  This prestigious award is a great acknowledgment for all of the faculty in pediatrics who inspire, motivate and teach our medical students. "I am proud to celebrate our faculty and educators. They are a bedrock of what we do and part of our fundamental mission," said Mitch Cohen, chair of the Department of Pediatrics about the department's recognition. "Thank you and congratulations to the Hussein Abul-Latif, Stephenie Berger, Will Sasser and ALL of the faculty who make our clinical clerkship teaching program so strong. We are not only best in Birmingham, we are also among the best in the country." 

The Argus Awards were created in 1996 to 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.