Outstanding Achievement Awards
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery instituted four awards to recognize outstanding achievement of our medical students, residents and faculty: Harold J. Pelzer, MD Medical Student Award; Jack Kerth, MD Resident Excellence in Teaching Award; Faculty Excellence in Surgical Teaching and Mentoring Award; and Faculty Excellence in Clinical Teaching and Mentoring Award.
Harold J. Pelzer, MD Medical Student AwardThis award recognizes a student for outstanding achievement on the Otolaryngology rotation.
This award recognizes a student for outstanding achievement on the Otolaryngology rotation.
- 2023: Eli Stein, MD
- 2022: Rebecca Sinard, MD, MPH
- 2021: Mitesh Mehta, MD
- 2020: Austin Waalker, MD
- 2019: Krish Suresh, MD
- 2016: Matthew Purkey, MD
- 2015: Hannan Qureshi, MD
- 2014: Vanessa Stubbs, MD
Jack Kerth, MD Resident Excellence in Teaching AwardThis award recognizes a resident for outstanding achievement in teaching medical students and junior residents.
This award recognizes a resident for outstanding achievement in teaching medical students and junior residents.
- 2023: C. Cameron Brawley, MD, MBA
- 2022: Matthew Maksimoski, MD
- 2021: Abhita Reddy, MD, MBA
- 2020: Ashoke Khanwalkar, MD
- 2019: Saied Ghadersohi, MD
- 2018: Joel Fontanarosa, MD, PhD
- 2017: Chris Gouveia, MD
- 2016: Zafar Sayed, MD
- 2015: Whitney Liddy, MD
- 2014: Chris Vanison, MD
Faculty Excellence in Surgical Teaching & Mentoring AwardThis award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring in the surgical setting.
This award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring in the surgical setting.
- 2023: Urjeet Patel, MD
- 2022: Kevin Welch, MD
- 2021: Katelyn Stepan, MD
- 2020: Bruce Tan, MD, MS
- 2019: Taher Valika, MD
- 2018: Doug Sidle, MD
- 2017: Urjeet Patel, MD
- 2016: Evan Greenbaum, MD, MS
- 2015: Harold Pelzer, MD, DDS
- 2014: Rakesh Chandra, MD, MMHC
Faculty Excellence in Clinical Teaching & Mentoring AwardThis award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring in the clinical setting.
This award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring in the clinical setting.
- 2023: Alan Micco, MD
- 2022: J. Regan Thomas, MD
- 2021: Michiel Bove, MD
- 2020: Whitney Liddy, MD
- 2019: Kevin Welch, MD
- 2018: David Conley, MD
- 2017: Kevin Welch, MD
- 2016: Courtney Voelker, MD, PhD
- 2015: Stephanie Smith, MD, MS
- 2014: Alan Micco, MD