APCCMPD AWARD RECIPIENTS

To view specific Past Award Winners, click on the individual award link below:

Abstract Awards
APCCMPD Award for Innovative Fellowship Program Administration
APCCMPD Award for Medical Education Research
APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation

Achievement Awards
Emerging Educator Award
Mid-Career Educator Award
Outstanding Educator Award

Funding Awards
APCCMPD, CHEST and ATS Education Research Award
APCCMPD Scholarship in Medical Education Research Award
ATS-APCCMPD Award Research Grant for Medical Education of the Physician-Scientist
CHEST and APCCMPD Medical Educator Diversity Scholar Fellowship Award
CHEST Foundation and APCCMPD Award Research Grant for Medical Education

For further information on Award Winners, Co-Authors, Topics and additional submissions, download a copy of the appropriate Awards Book by clicking on the link(s) below:

2024 Awards Book 2023 Awards Book
2022 Awards Book 2021 Awards Book 2020 Awards Book
2019 Awards Book
2018 Awards Book
2017 Awards Book
2016 Awards Book
2015 Awards Book

 


Abstract Awards

APCCMPD Award for Innovative Fellowship Program Administration

The APCCMPD Award for Innovative Fellowship Program Administration recognizes outstanding contributions to fellowship program administration through the development of novel best practices in pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine fellowship programs.

2023 Awardee
Jessica Ratcliffe, MBA, C-TAGME
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Utilizing a New Customizable Scoring Tool to Recruit and Select Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellows
2021 Awardee
Barbara Gohre, BSHCA, C-TAGME
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Organizing Clinical Competency Committee Meeting Information Through the Coordinators Role
2020 Awardee
Kelli Alderman
University of Washington
The Hackathon as a Way to Innovate in Fellowship Education

 

APCCMPD Award for Medical Education Research

The APCCMPD Award for Medical Education Research recognizes pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, key clinical faculty, and Fellows-in-Training for their outstanding contributions and commitment to medical education research. The recipient is selected for conducting innovative research focused on undergraduate or graduate medical education in pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine.

2024 Awardee
Christopher Ghiathi, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Reported Endotracheal Practice Patterns of ABIM-Certified Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physicians
2022 Awardee
Christopher Ghiathi, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Fellows’ Experience and Perceptions of Airway Management Training Within Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
2021 Awardee
Nicholas Nassikas, MD
Brown University
Advancing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Fellowship Training
2020 Awardee
Janae K. Heath, MD, MSCE
University of Pennsylvania
Examining the Relationship Between ACGME Internal Medicine Residency Milestones and Subsequent Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Milestones
2019 Awardee
Laura Hinkle, MD
Indiana University
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Personal Statements From a Program Director's Perspective
2018 Awardee
Morgan I. Soffler, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Putting the Pieces Together: A Novel Simulation Assessment Exercise for the Evaluation of Medical Student Competency
2018 Runner-Up
Abdulrazak Alchakaki, MD
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
A Novel Simulation-Based Mastery Curriculum for Mechanical Ventilation (MV) in Pulmonary and Critical Care Training Programs
2016 Awardee
Bishoy Zakhary, MD
New York University
The Utility of High-Fidelity Simulation for Training Critical Care Fellows in the Management of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Emergencies
2016 1st Runner-Up
Kannan Ramar, MBBS, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Effectiveness of Hands-On Tutoring vs. Self-learning to Teach Invasive Mechanical Ventilation to Critical Care Trainees
2016 2nd Runner-Up
Radhika Shah, MD
University of Maryland
Effective Learning in High-Cognitive-Load Critical Care Simulation

 

APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation

The APCCMPD Award for Novel Fellowship Education Implementation recognizes pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, faculty, and Fellows-in-Taining for their outstanding contributions and commitment to medical education and training. The recipient is selected for success in applying an innovative educational method in their training program.

2024 Awardee
E. Mirna Mohanraj, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
A Novel, Technology-Driven Health Professions Education Pathway For Cross-Disciplinary Fellows
2023 Awardee
Asil Daoud, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Innovative E-Learning-based Curriculum in Non-Invasive Ventilation for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows
2023 Awardee
Christopher Ghiathi, MD
University of Pennsylvania
A Near-Peer Coaching Program for First-Year Fellows in the Intensive Care Unit
2022 Awardee
Aryan Shiari, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Mechanical Ventilation Training of Pulmonary Critical Care Fellows During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 Awardee
Abdelaziz Mohamed, MD
Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center
A Pilot Curriculum and Creation of New Competency Assessment Tools for the Mastery of Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Scan Interpretation for a Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Fellowship

2020 Awardee
Joshua B. Kayser, MD, MPH, MBE
University of Pennsylvania
A Novel, Longitudinal Curriculum for Communication, Professionalism and Ethics

2019 Awardee
Stephen T. Doyle, DO, MBA
The Ohio State University
Mentorship During Training: Development of a Trainee-Centered Mentorship Program

2018 Awardee
Sean J. Callahan, MD
University of Virginia
An Innovative Evidence-Based, Fellow-Driven Bundle to Improve Professional Satisfaction and Wellness

2017 Awardee
Rosemary Adamson, MBBS
University of Washington
Leadership Education for Critical Care Fellows Using Simulation

2016 Awardee
Jason Wagner, MD
University of Pennsylvania
A Longitudinal Curriculum for Training Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows in the Principles of Quality, Safety, and Value

2016 Runner-Up
Kannan Ramar, MBBS, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Innovative Intervention to Improve Pulmonary and Critical Medicine Fellows Research Training

2015 Awardee
Stacey Kassutto, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Implementation of an Outpatient Pulmonary Fellowship Curriculum

2014 Awardee
Kannan Ramar, MBBS, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Quality Improvement Education Incorporated as an Integral Part of Critical Care Fellows Training

2013 Awardee
Marcos I. Restrepo, MD
University of Texas Health San Antonio
The Impact of a Structured Research Curriculum on a Three-Year Pulmonary/Critical Care Training Program

2012 Awardee
Peter Lenz, MD, MEd
University of Cincinnati
A Multifaceted Board Review Program Optimizes Fellow Learning and Improves In-training Exam Scores

2012 Runner-Up
Sunita Kumar, MD
Loyola University
An Exercise to Encourage Journal Reading Beyond the Weekly Journal Club

2011 Awardee
Gabriel Bosslet, MD, MA
Indiana University
Encouraging Publication in Young Trainees: Development of a Local, Web-based "Case Archive" as an Introduction to the Peer-Review Process

2010 Awardee
Laura Evans, MD
New York University
Development of a Research Curriculum for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows

2009 Awardee
Jennifer McCallister, MD
The Ohio State University
Pulmonary Medical School: A Novel Approach to Fellow Orientation


Achievement Awards

Emerging Educator Award

Through its Emerging Educator Award,the APCCMPD honors up-and-coming medical educators who excel in delivering and promoting medical education through various means at the local and regional levels. Awardees are a pulmonary, critical care or sleep clinician at the level of Instructor or Assistant Professor (or equivalent), within 1-4 years of fellowship, who spends a majority of their time serving as a clinician-educator.

2024 Awardee
Viren Kaul, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
SUNY Upstate Medical University
2024 Awardee
Kristina Montemayor, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
2023 Awardee
Avraham (Avi) Cooper, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University
2023 Awardee
Van Holden, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland
2022 Awardee
Diana Kelm, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
2022 Awardee
Morgan I. Soffler, MD
Assistant Professor
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2021 Awardee
Stacey Kassutto, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
2021 Awardee
Anna K. Brady, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
2020 Awardee
Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and Hospital Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
2019 Awardee
Jared Chiarchiaro, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
2018 Awardee
Margaret "Molly" Hayes, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
2017 Awardee
Rosemary Adamson, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Washington

 

Mid-Career Educator Award

The Mid-Career Educator Award honors mid-career educators who are actively engaged in enhancing the practice and profession of pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine through education. Medical educators selected for this award are actively making significant and innovative contributions to education. These contributions should include excellence in education beyond the local level, with recognition of the recipient's excellence, which may include teaching, directing, mentoring, writing and speaking abilities, ideally to multiple levels of audiences including medical students, residents and fellowships.Candidates should be within 5-15 years of fellowship.

2024 Awardee
Jakob I. McSparron, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan
2024 Awardee
Amee S. Patrawalla, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
2023 Awardee
Mirna Mohanraj, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022 Awardee
Bhavin Dalal, MBBS, MD
Associate Professor
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
2021 Awardee
Michael T. McCurdy, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
2020 Awardee
Darlene R. Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
2019 Awardee
Paru S. Patrawalla, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

 

Outstanding Educator Award

The Outstanding Educator Award (OEA) honors APCCMPD peer members who work diligently to foster excellence through training and mentoring of the next generation of pulmonary and critical care physicians. This aspirational award recognizes an individual who has devoted a major portion of their professional life to enhancing the practice and profession of pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary/critical care medicine through education. The awardee has cultivated achievements for which peer medical educators can aspire. The educator selected for this award has made significant, innovative, and cumulatively outstanding contributions to education. These contributions should include excellence in education beyond the local level, with widespread recognition of the recipient's excellence, which may include teaching, directing, mentoring, writing and speaking abilities, ideally to multiple levels of audiences including medical students, residents and fellowships.

2024 Awardee
Jennifer McCallister, MD
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
2023 Awardee
Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
2022 Awardee
James Frank, MD, MA
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
2021 Awardee
Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris, MD
Professor of Medicine
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
2020 Awardee
Mark R. Tonelli, MD
Professor
University of Washington
2019 Awardee
David Schulman, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Emory University
2018 Awardee
Robert Kotloff, MD
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
2017 Awardee
Edward F. Haponik, MD
Professor of Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
2016 Awardee
Henry E. Fessler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University

Funding Awards

APCCMPD, CHEST and ATS Education Research Award

The APCCMPD, CHEST and ATS Education Research Award is a monetary grant awarded to Fellows-in-Taining, junior faculty within 5-years of program completion, Associate Program Directors, and/or Program Directors, for research projects that further adult pulmonary, critical care and pulmonary/critical care graduate medical education.

2023 Awardee
Clara J. Schroedl, MD, MS
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Impact of Simulation-Based Mastery Learning on Massive Hemoptysis Management for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows and Advanced Practice Providers
2021 Awardee
Dru Claar, MD
University of Michigan
Bronchoscopy Assessment in Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows
2019 Awardee
Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd
University of California, San Francisco
Improving ICU-to-Ward Patient Safety Through Design Thinking and Documentation Evaluation
2017 Awardee
Stacey Kassutto, MD
University of Pennsylvania
The Impact of a Novel Ambulatory Curriculum on Pulmonary Fellowship Training
2017 Awardee
Effie Singas, MD
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Validation of a Novel Training Method to Assess Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Fellows' Competence to Perform Thoracentesis
2014 Awardee
Gabriel Bosslet, MD, MA
Indiana University
Development and Internal Validation of an Objective Scoring Tool for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Candidate Screening and Selection Using a Simplified Analytic Hierarchy Process
2014 Awardee
Subani Chandra, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Improving Pulmonary/Critical Care Ultrasonography Skills Among Fellows with an Interactive Digital Educational Program
2012 Awardee
Paru S. Patrawalla, MD
New York University
Impact of Faculty Development on Fellow Ultrasound Skill Evaluation
2010 Awardee
Jennifer McCallister, MD
The Ohio State University
Communication Skills Training and Competency Assessment for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows

 

APCCMPD Scholarship in Medical Education Research Award

The APCCMPD Scholarship in Medical Education Research Award is a monetary grant awarded to Fellows-in-Training, junior faculty within 5-years of program completion, Associate Program Directors, and/or Program Directors, for research projects that further adult pulmonary and critical care graduate medical education.

2024 Awardee
Brian Reuland, MD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
The ECMO-Track: Development of a Longitudinal Curriculum for Critical Care Fellows with Special Interest in Extracorporeal Life Support
2022 Awardee
Erica Lin, MD
University of California, San Diego
Integration of Succinct Video Podcasts into the Pulmonary and Critical Care Curriculum
2020 Awardee
Camille R. Petri, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Understanding the Educational Roles of Interprofessional Providers in the ICU
2018 Awardee
Paul A. Bergl, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Launching a Fellows-As-Teachers and Fellow-Led Rounding Initiative: Outcomes and Lessons Learned

 

ATS-APCCMPD Award Research Grant for Medical Education of the Physician-Scientist

The ATS-APCCMPD Award Research Grant for Medical Education of the Physician-Scientistis a monetary grant awarded jointly by the ATS and the APCCMPD. Together, the ATS and the APCCMPD are collaborating to provide faculty the opportunity to investigate graduate medical education topics that will aid in the development of future physician-scientists in adult pulmonary and critical care medicine.

2024 Awardee
Tessa Steel, MD, MPH
University of Washington
Climbing a Mountain: A Rapid Assessment Process to Improve T32 Research Training

 

CHEST and APCCMPD Medical Educator Diversity Scholar Fellowship Award

The APCCMPD and CHEST Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship Award provides support and funding for fellows who intend to pursue a career in medical education and significantly contribute to the diversity of the medical education community including, but not limited to, applicants from backgrounds historically underrepresented in medicine. This scholarship provides monetary support for expenses related to training a fellow for an academic career as a medical educator. Allowable expenses include, but are not limited to, courses related to teaching skills or medical education research; funding to support a 1-year medical education research project; and providing protected time to an external mid-career or an advanced career medical educator at a different institution than the fellow’s institution, to mentor the fellow-in-training.

2024 Mentor Awardee
Başak Çoruh, MD
University of Washington
  2024 Mentee Awardee
Esha Kapania, MD

University of Louisville

 

CHEST Foundation and APCCMPD Award Research Grant for Medical Education

The CHEST Foundation and APCCMPD Award Research Grant for Medical Education is a monetary grant awarded jointly by the CHEST Foundation and the APCCMPD. Together, the CHEST Foundation and the APCCMPD are collaborating to advance graduate medical education and provide opportunities for scholarly activity that support medical educators in the field of adult pulmonary and/or critical care graduate medical education.

2022 Awardee
Christopher Thanh Leba, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Evaluating a 3D Printed Tracheobronchial Model for Bronchoscopy Training and its Use in Understanding Embodied Cognition in Procedural Education
2021 Awardee
Mark H. Adelman, MD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Virtual Reality Simulation Training for Management of Tracheostomy Emergencies
2020 Awardee
Ilana Roberts Krumm, MD
University of Washington
What's Good About Soul Food? Discovering and Analyzing Elements of an ICU Team Group Discussion Which Improve Provider Wellness