College of Medicine Excellence in Student Education
Purpose: To recognize annually the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty member identified by UF College of Medicine medical students as the most outstanding teacher.
Sponsor: Dean’s Office
Awards Amount: $500 PEA
Deadline: Based on nominations from UF College of Medicine students rotating in Jacksonville. Announced each spring at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville’s annual Celebration of Resident and Fellow Education and Research Day.
Previous Recipients
- 2025: Kuo Y.Chen, MD – Pediatrics
- 2024: Adeline Deladisma, MD – Surgery
- 2023: Reetu Grewal, MD – Community Health and Family Medicine
- 2022: Ana. T. Turner, MD – Psychology
- 2021: Guy I. Benrubi, MD – OBGYN
- 2020: Thomas K. Morrissey, MD, PhD – Emergency Medicine
- 2019: Rana Alissa, MD – Pediatrics
College of Medicine Exemplary Teachers
Purpose: To recognize annually the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville’s top cadre of exemplary teaching faculty.
Sponsor: Dean’s Office
Awards Amount: $1,000 PEA
Deadline: Based on student and resident teaching evaluations. Announced each spring during Medical Education Week.
Louis S. Russo Award for Outstanding Professionalism in Medicine
Purpose: To recognize one UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty member who exemplifies the highest standards of medical professionalism, substantiated by a commitment to personal behavior that reflects the core values of the consummate physician: altruism, clinical experience, ethics, and respect for others.
Sponsor: Office of Graduate Medical Education
Awards Amount: $3,000 PEA
Deadline: Nominations accepted between January 15th and March 15th of each year; award presented at graduation, the 2nd Wednesday of June
Frequency: Annually
Previous Recipients
- 2025: William Bolger, MD – Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology
- 2024: Karina Hew, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
- 2023: Jeremy Coleman, MD – Community Health and Family Medicine
- 2022: John D. Murray, MD – Surgery
- 2021: Elisa Sottile, MD – Internal Medicine
- 2020: None
- 2019: Andrew J Kerwin, MD – Surgery
- 2018: Elisa A Zenni, MD – Pediatrics
- 2017: Kelly Best, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 2016: Bestoun Ahmed, MBChB (MD) – Surgery
- 2015: Harry M Northup, MD – Radiology
- 2014: Samir Y Array, MD – Community Health and Family Medicine
- 2013: Jeffrey G House, DO – Internal Medicine
- 2012: Joseph J Tepas, III, MD – Surgery
- 2011: Andrew Kaunitz, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 2010: David Vukich, MD – Emergency Medicine
- 2009: Linda Edwards, MD – Medicine
- 2008: Thomas Chiu, MD, MBA – Pediatrics
- 2007: Carlos Arce, MD – Neurosurgery
- 2006: David Caro, M.D – Emergency Medicine
- 2005: Wyatt McNeill, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 2004: James Davis Cury – Internal Medicine
- 2003: Guy Benrubi, MD – Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 2002: Scott Silliman, MD – Neurology
- 2001: Terry MacMath, MD – Emergency Medicine
The Society of Teaching Scholars Lifetime Achievement Award
Purpose: The Society of Teaching Scholars’ Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes faculty members who have distinguished themselves throughout an extended career of excellence in the areas of: leadership, mentoring, teaching, educational service, and educational scholarship. University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville recipients:
- 2023: Linda Edwards, MD – Dean, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Medicine
- 2022: Elisa Zenni, MD – Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Pediatrics
- 2012: Robert C. Nuss, MD – Dean, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- 2006: Ann Harwood-Nuss, MD, – Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Emergency Medicine
The Society of Teaching Scholars
Purpose: To honor and foster teaching and educational scholarship at the University of Florida College of Medicine.
Sponsor: Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs (Gainesville)
Awards Amount: variable
Deadline: Based on review of submitted educational portfolio. New members announced each spring during Medical Education Week.
Recipients
- 2025: Melissa Parsons, MD – Emergency Medicine
- 2023: Elisa Sottile, MD – Medicine
- Petra Duran-Gehring, MD – Emergency Medicine
- 2021: Colleen Kalynych, EdD, MSH – Emergency Medicine/Office of Graduate Medical Education
- Elise Fallucco, MD – Psychiatry
- Elizabeth Devos, MD, MPH – Emergency Medicine
- 2020: Carol Diachun, MD, MSEd – Anesthesiology
- Elisa Zenni, MD – Pediatrics
- Thomas K. Morrissey, MD, PhD – Emergency Medicine
- Frank Genuardi, MD, MPH – Pediatrics
- David Caro, MD – Emergency Medicine