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Spotlight: DOM Faculty and Residents Recognized at University of Rochester-wide Convocation The 2020 University of Rochester Convocation, held virtually this year due to COVID-19, has recognized several Department of Medicine faculty for their achievements in teaching and research. John L. Mariano, MD and Shalom Schlagman, MD, both PGY-4th Years in the Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program, received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Resident Teaching Award Christopher J. Mooney, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was awarded a commendation for First Year Teaching Chin-To Fong, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Medicine, and Biochemistry and Biophysics and Chief of the Division of Genetics, received the Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in First Year Teaching Catherine Moore, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, was received a Commendation for Second-Year Teaching Amy E. Blatt, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, received the Harry L. Segal Prize for Excellence in Third-Year Teaching Jared Walsh, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine, was awarded a Marshall Lichtman Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Guylda Johnson, MD, PGY-3rd year Resident in the Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program, received the UR School of Medicine Trainee Diversity Award Laura M. Calvi, MD, Professor of Medicine and faculty in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, received the SKAWA Foundation Professorship in Endocrinology and Metabolism Benzi Kluger, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine and faculty in the Division of Palliative Care, received the Julius, Helen and Robert Fine Distinguished Professorship Chen Yan, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, received the Dean’s Professorship Theresa Bingemann, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, was elected to the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. More information about these awards is available on the School of Medicine Convocation website.
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