by amande | Dec 9, 2024 | Announcements, Awards, News
Mark Harrast, MD
Dr. Mark A. Harrast has been voted by his peers as the winner of the 2024 Bruce C. Gilliland Award. Dr. Gilliland was a professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology and a professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington SOM.
The Gilliland award is presented annually to the candidate who is actively engaged in clinical and didactic training or in the implementation of a graduate medical education curriculum. The winner must have shown evidence of excellence over time and must have served for a t least 3 years within the UW SOM as a teacher of residents/fellows.
Dr. Harrast is the founding director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program (2006). He served as the director of the fellowship program until this year – 18 years. He stepped away from his role as a contingency plan for stability of the Sports Medicine Fellowship, allowing Dr. Liem to have a comfortable transition into his new role.
According to the 5 colleagues in his department who nominated him and wrote supportive letters, Dr. Harrast is well regarded as a strong leader – he is supportive, knowledgeable, organized, responsible, communicates well, has a strong guiding vision and is highly dedicated to the field. He is extremely principled, ethical, and dedicated to advancing the field of Sports Medicine and providing highest quality evidence-based care and education. Because of his leadership experience particularly related to medical education and training, he was appointed as the first Vice Chair of Education in 2023 by Dr. Janna Friedly, Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. In this role, Dr. Harrast has been critical in faculty development, innovation, improvement, quality and patient safety.
Dr. Harrast embodies what it means to be a Clinician Educator. His clinical skills and ability to relate to patients are superb. His teaching skills are well appreciated by trainees (as evidenced by his prior receipt of the Outstanding Teacher award), and he works tirelessly to disseminate medical knowledge and skills to the broader medical community. He also makes it a point to help residents and fellows increase their own competency in academic medicine, by incorporating trainees into book chapters, review articles, and case presentations at national meetings, and happily mentors them along every step of their journey.
Stanley Herring, a PM&R colleague, who knew Dr. Gilliland said that he believes that Dr. Harrast has the same characteristics: compassion and selfless dedication to mentoring and teaching.
It always gives me great pleasure to celebrate members of our community. Thank you, Dr. Harrast.
Byron Joyner, MD, MPA
Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
by amande | Dec 1, 2023 | Announcements, Awards, News
Itay Bentov, MD
It is a pleasure to announce that Dr. Itay Bentov (Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine) is the winner of the 2023 Bruce C. Gilliland Award.
The Bruce C. Gilliland, M.D. Excellence in Graduate Medical Education Teaching Award was created in 2007 as a tribute to rheumatologist and academic leader Dr. Bruce Gilliland. Dr. Gilliland was a resident in Internal Medicine and a fellow in the Division of Rheumatology University of Washington, followed by a thriving faculty career at UW Medicine that spanned 45 years. Dr. Gilliland, who died in 2007 after a lengthy battle with cancer, will long be remembered for his dedication to the UW School of Medicine (UWSOM) as a mentor and as a physician.
The Gilliland Award is given annually to a faculty member actively engaged in clinical and didactic training or in the implementation of a graduate medical education curriculum. The winner must have demonstrated evidence of excellence over time and must have served at least 3 years within the UWSOM as a teacher of residents and/or fellows.
Dr. Bentov is a multi-year winner of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine’s Golden Apple Teaching Award, which is voted on by trainees in the Department annually. In fact, he has won the Golden Apple Award nearly every year since 2010 and twice in 2016 – more than any other faculty since he joined the Department in 2008! Dr. Bentov is widely regarded by residents, fellows and faculty as one of, if not the best educators and clinicians in the Department. He has a strong record of mentorship and has served in multiple leadership positions, including serving on the UW Faculty Senate, the Faculty Council on University Relations and Chairing the Anesthesiology Grand Rounds Committee. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in the field of geriatric anesthesiology and has published extensively in the area, including the seminal chapter on this topic in Clinical Anesthesia.
Evaluations of Dr. Bentov by residents and fellows extol his comfort teaching at any level, his eagerness to share and to seamlessly tailor discussions to learners’ abilities and to patients’ needs. For example:
Dr. Bentov embodies all the qualities patients would want in a physician. He is an advocate for the residents. He is a role model and thought of in the highest regard by all residents. He challenges you to be a better physician. He is very professional to both his colleagues and staff. His passion for medicine and anesthesia is contagious. He is a mentor I will strive to emulate as my career evolves, and I think I can speak on behalf of many other residents that they too feel the same way.
On behalf of the GME Office, congratulations to Dr. Itay Bentov!
Byron Joyner, MD, MPA
Byron Joyner, MD, MPA
Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
by amande | Oct 20, 2022 | Announcements, Awards, News
Başak Çoruh, MD
It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Başak Çoruh (Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship) is the winner of the 2022 Bruce C. Gilliland Award.
The Bruce C. Gilliland, M.D. Excellence in Graduate Medical Education Teaching Award was created in 2007 as a tribute to rheumatologist and academic leader Dr. Bruce Gilliland. Dr. Gilliland was a resident in Internal Medicine and a fellow in the Division of Rheumatology University of Washington, followed by a thriving faculty career at UW Medicine that spanned 45 years. Dr. Gilliland, who died in 2007 after a lengthy battle with cancer, will long be remembered for his dedication to the UW School of Medicine (UW SoM) as a mentor and as a physician.
The Gilliland Award is given annually to a faculty member actively engaged in clinical and didactic training or in the implementation of a graduate medical education curriculum. The winner must have shown evidence of excellence over time and must have served at least 3 years within the UW SoM as a teacher of residents and/or fellows. Dr. Çoruh has been teaching at the UW SoM for 12 years and is the program director of the Pulmonary & Critical Care fellowship which led the way during our heroic efforts to safeguard the public against the COVID-19 pandemic.
To laud Dr. Çoruh as both innovator and inspiration would be an understatement. She has won nearly every teaching award in her field, including the UW Medicine Cares Team Award (2016); the Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award for UW SoM; the Darlene Buczak Award for Educational Excellence by the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Program Directors; the David J. Pierson Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring in the UW SoM Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; the American Thoracic Society Innovation in Fellowship Educator Award; and finally the Distinguished CHEST Educator Award, American College of Chest Physicians. She is well known for her intellectual rigor and clinical judgement and for her ability to synthesize the literature with her own experience when rendering care or teaching a room of learners.
I have had the good fortune to know and work alongside Dr. Çoruh for many years and took this opportunity to ask her a few questions about education, career, and life.
Can you describe a favorite learning moment?
BC: Critical care is a team-based sport and I always enjoy my first day on service with a new team. I love learning about trainees’ life stories (in and especially outside of medicine), identities, and goals. This discussion builds trust and sets the stage for all the other great learning moments – the “aha” moments when a tricky concept becomes clear, the times when trainees recognize their growth, and seeing trainees supporting one another and celebrating each other’s contributions.
What is your advice for educators looking to build a sustainable and joy-filled career?
BC: First, figure out what gives you joy as an educator and ensure that your work is aligned with your interests, skills, and values. Next, keep growing, whether it is getting feedback on your teaching, learning new skills, or taking on new challenges. And finally, find a community. This includes mentors, mentees, collaborators, and people who can provide support on the tough days and celebrate with you on the good days.
What do you see coming in graduate medical education that excites you?
BC: It has been encouraging even to see the changes in GME since my time as a trainee, including competency-based medical education, interprofessional care, the use of technology, a culture of feedback, and coaching, to name just a few. I’m happy to see learners having a voice in their education and inspired by their advocacy.
From all of us here in UW GME, congratulations Dr. Çoruh! We celebrate you and your tremendous contributions to our UW GME community!
Jennifer Best, MD Associate Dean, Accreditation and Education
by nathangl | Oct 5, 2021 | Announcements, Awards, News
Dr. Jehan Budak was voted by her peers as the winner of the 2021 Bruce C. Gilliland Award for Excellence in Teaching of Residents and Fellows.
The Gilliland Award is awarded annually to the faculty member who is actively engaged in clinical and didactic training or in the implementation of a graduate medical education curriculum. The winner must have shown evidence of excellence over time and must have served for at least 3 years within the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) as a teacher of residents/fellows.
Dr. Budak is originally from Long Beach, California, where she was a substitute teacher before going to medical school. She has won nearly every teaching award there is while completing her Internal Medicine residency in the UWSOM and during her Infectious Diseases fellowship at UCSF. She is well known for her intellectual rigor and clinical judgement and for her ability to synthesize the literature with her own experience when rendering care or teaching a room of learners. This degree of expertise is usually attained after many years of practice but Dr. Budak arrived at this point in only a couple of years.
Currently, Dr. Budak is the director of the UW IM Residency HIV Pathway as well as the Director of Clinic Education at Madison Clinic for the Infectious Disease Fellows. Over her very short career, she has developed a local and national reputation in her field by creating the clinical curriculum for teaching HIV and HIV primary care and has formally published a curricula as the Associate Editor of the National HIV Curriculum developed at UW, a CDC supported project used by clinicians nationwide to learn HIV care.
Congratulations to Dr. Budak who has worked tirelessly to engage all of those with whom she interacts to be better teachers and caregivers, not through just what she says but through her actions. We should all aspire to his unparalleled commitment to teaching, innovation, mentoring, and patient care.
by nathangl | May 15, 2020 | Announcements, Awards, News
Awards
The University of Washington Housestaff Quality and Safety Committee (HQSC) is thrilled to announce Chloe Bryson-Cahn, MD as recipient of the 2020 Gene Peterson Faculty Award for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Dr. Bryson-Cahn is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases. She serves as the Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Associate Medical Director of Infection Prevention at Harborview Medical Center. She also is the Associate Medical Director of the University of Washington Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (UW TASP).
Congratulations to Khalida Arif, MD, UW School of Medicine class of 2020, and incoming UW Internal Medicine resident, who was recently named to the Husky 100. The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students each year who are making the most of their time at the UW in the classroom and community.
GME Updates
GME Policy Updates
Revisions to the USMLE and Licensing Examination Policy were approved at the May 14 GMEC meeting.
New GME Program Administrator
Welcome to Paul Ford, Program Administrator for Hematology-Oncology.
Committee Nominations for AY21
The GME Office is currently accepting nominations for Committee membership for 2020-2021. Nominations should be sent to Lani Wall at lwall13@uw.edu by May 29.
by nathangl | May 3, 2020 | Announcements, Awards, News
Awards
Tanya Meyer, MD, UW Otolaryngology Associate Professor, and Otolaryngology Residency Program Director, has been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Medical Society at the faculty level by current members of the University of Washington chapter. Dr. Meyer joins an elite group who have received the honor: in 2020, only 3 were elected from among approximately 2,100 full-time faculty in the School of Medicine.
Douglas Paauw, faculty councilor for the UW AΩA chapter, writes, “Each year, the UW AΩA chapter elects faculty, residents, and fellows who demonstrate commitment to and excellence in teaching medical students as well as displaying outstanding leadership, professionalism, service, and professional achievement. . . election to AΩA is one of the highest honors that physicians can receive.”
Dr. Meyer is a senior laryngologist with a national reputation in clinical neurolaryngology and for her research on the impact of voice disorders in the workplace. She is the residency program director for UW Otolaryngology-HNS and serves as co-chair of its Diversity Committee. Dr. Meyer was a recipient of the 2018-2019 Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS).
GME Updates
New GME Finance Manager
Casey Dalluge joined the GME team as the new GME Finance Manager on April 23. He joins the University of Washington with an extensive background in financial modeling, business analysis, and team leadership. Welcome Casey!
New ACGME Programs for AY21
The ACGME recently approved the accreditation for the following programs:
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Psychiatry-Boise
Committee Nominations for AY21
The GME Office is now accepting nominations for Committee membership for 2020-2021. Nominations should be sent to Lani Wall at lwall13@uw.edu by May 29.
by nathangl | Apr 17, 2020 | Announcements, Awards, News
In the News
- Harnessing Our Humanity — How Washington’s Health Care Workers Have Risen to the Pandemic Challenge, Lisa Rosenbaum, MD – NEJM
- “We Signed Up for This!” — Student and Trainee Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Thomas H. Gallagher, MD and Anneliese M. Schleyer, MD, MHA – NEJM
- Hold on to humanity while we still can, Jay Brahmbhatt, MD – KevinMD
- Caring for coronavirus patients in a Seattle ICU: ‘move forward and accept the risk’, Andy Luks, MD – The Washington Post
Residents raising money for “Off Their Plate”
The Internal Medicine residents at the University of Washington have started a campaign to raise money to support communities impacted by Coronavirus around the U.S. They are supporting “Off Their Plate”, a grassroots organization powered by nonprofit World Central Kitchen. “Off Their Plate” partners with local restaurants and workers to restore wages and provide meals to healthcare workers on the COVID frontline in cities across the U.S. They have raised over $1,570 so far.
To read more hero stories, from the front lines and behind the scenes, please visit the DOM heroes page on the Department of Medicine website.
Awards
The UW Pediatric Residency Program Alaska Track has been awarded the Outstanding Teaching Program Award for 2020 from the Academic Pediatric Association (APA). This is the highest honor in the US given each year to a pediatric teaching program – student, resident or fellowship.
Internal Medicine resident Ryan Stultz, MD (Class of 2022) and member of the Physician-Scientist Learning Pathway, was awarded a Resident Research Preceptorship from the Rheumatology Research Foundation with his mentor Dr. Christian Lood, assistant professor (Rheumatology). Their translational research will examine potential links between extracellular mitochondria and auto-antibody formation in systemic sclerosis.
Kelli Alderman, fellowship program administrator (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine) won the 2020 Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) Award for Innovative Fellowship Program Administration Abstract, and presented at the APCCMPD annual meeting’s vrtual conference in March. Title: “The Hackathon as a Way to Innovate in Fellowship Education.” Co-authors: Rosemary Adamson, Nick Johnson, Andy Luks, and Başak Çoruh.
GME Updates
Welcome to our new Program Directors and Administrators!
Program Directors:
- Andrew Ayars, MD, Allergy and Immunology
- Michi Shinohara, MD, Dermatopathology
Program Administrators:
- Rene Barton, Medical Genetics
- Tara Camill, Pediatric Radiology
- Erin Moore, Pain Medicine and Anesthesia Critical Care
New ACGME Programs for AY21
The ACGME recently approved the accreditation for the following programs:
- Obstetric Anesthesiology
- Addiction Medicine-Boise
Committee Nominations for AY21
Look for an announcement in the coming weeks calling for nominations for our GME Committees for AY21. Check out our Committees page for desciprtions of each Committee.
GME Policies Updates
