Faculty Excellence Awards
To recognize and celebrate exemplary Faculty, the University of Arizona, College of Medicine – Tucson has established the Faculty Excellence Awards.
Previous winners are listed below.
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award:
Individual Awards:
Noshene Ranjbar, MD
Wendy Parent-Johnson, PhD
Departmental Awards:
The Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities
Clinical Excellence Award:
Vijay Chandiramani, MD
Stephanie Schock, MD
Graduate Medical Education Excellence Award:
Bujji Ainapurapu, MD
Olivia Hung, MD, PhD
Clinical Investigator Award:
Alicia Allen, PhD
Basic and Translational Investigator Award:
Torsten Falk, PhD
Clinical Excellence Award:
Sarah Desoky, MD
Nathan Price, MD
Graduate Medical Education Excellence Award:
Tara Carr, MD
James Knepler, MD
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award:
Individual Awards:
Lawrence Mandarino, PhD
Michael Johnson, PhD
Departmental Awards:
The Department of Emergency Medicine
The Department of Surgery
Clinical Investigator Award:
Jarrod Mosier, MD
Basic and Translational Investigator Award:
Steffan Nawrocki, PhD
Clinical Excellence Award:
Bhupinder Natt, MD
Laura D. Stephens, MD
Graduate Medical Education Excellence Award:
Laura E. Meinke, MD
Jason E. Curry, DO
Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award:
Individual Awards:
Carlos R. Gonzales, MD
Patricia Lebensohn, MD
Departmental Awards:
The Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Family and Community Medicine
Clinical Investigator Award:
Michael A. Grandner, PhD
Basic and Translational Investigator Award:
Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD
Amol Patwardhan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Elaine Situ-Lacasse, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Elizabeth Meehan, MD
Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine
Anil Potharaju, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
Janiel Cragun, MD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
John Heusinkveld, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Cindy Chin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Marion Henry, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery
Valentine Nfonsam, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery
Joel Funk, MD
Associate Professor, Urology
Bujji Ainapurapu, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Erika Bracamonte, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine and Pathology
Bobby Kalb, MD
Associate Professor, Medical Imaging
Aaron Leetch, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Ann Mathias, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Jessica Moreno, MD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kareem Walid Shehab, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Andrew L. Tang, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery
Monica Vandivort, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Tirdad Zangeneh, DO
Associate Professor, Medicine