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The President’s 2022 Faculty, Staff, Team and Champion of Diversity and Inclusion awards results are in for EVMS and EVMS Medical Group.

Show your support for the honorees by attending the 2022 EVMS Service & Recognition Awards Ceremony, to be held Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. All faculty and staff are invited to attend and to bring a guest. There is no cost to attend the festivities, which run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Congratulations to this year’s honorees listed below. To offer a congratulatory message to an award recipient, simply click on the individual link.

President’s Champion of Diversity and Inclusion Award

• Diversity and Inclusion Champions: Tierra Langley and Shriti Patel, MD

President’s Staff Achievement Awards

• Staff Awards for Rising Stars: Diane Holland, MPA, MHRM, and Ashley Potter, MSEd
• Staff Philanthropy Champion Award: Maryanne Gathambo, MPH
• Staff Award for Community Service: Nicole Pellegrino
• Staff Award for Excellence in Customer & Client Services: Yolanda Demory
• Staff Award for Excellence in Clinical Care & Operations: Melissa Pola, AuD
• Staff Award for Excellence in Leadership & Management: Abby Bailey
• Staff Award for Excellence in Problem-Solving & Innovation: Stephanie McCombs, DHSc, MBA
• Staff Award for Excellence in Student Impact & Success: Rebecca Hastings, MSEd
• Staff Award for Excellence in Efficiency & Effectiveness: Jesse Starrett
• Staff Award for Outstanding Achievement: Brian Main

President’s Team Achievement Award

Presented to “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Across the Curriculum: An Evaluation of Medical and Health Professions Education Program DEI Efforts”

Team Leader:

• Peggy Gesing, PhD

Team Members:

• Robert Armstrong, MS
• Amanda Burbage, PhD
• Mekbib Gemeda, MA
• Richard Gonzalez, PhD
• Gyorgy Lonart, PhD
• Alberto Musto, MD, PhD
• Heather Newton, EdD
• Molly O'Keefe, PhD
• Michelle Rogers-Johnson, PhD
• Jennifer Styron, PhD
• Felicia Toreno, PhD

Fine Family Academy of Educators Awards for Educational Excellence

• Award for Educational Innovation in Curriculum Development, Teaching or Assessment: April Pace, DHSc
• Award for Educational Leadership: David Taylor-Fishwick, PhD

President’s Faculty Achievement Awards

• Faculty Awards for Rising Stars: Peggy Gesing, PhD and Ming-Lei Guo, PhD
• Faculty Philanthropy Champion Award: Marybeth Hughes, MD
• Faculty Award for Community Service: Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD
• Faculty Award for Mentoring: B. Mitchell Goodman III, MD
• Faculty Awards for Excellence: Catherine Derber, MD; Joseph Han, MD; David Mu, PhD; and Hamid Okhravi, MD
• Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement: Elias Siraj, MD

The ceremony will also honor faculty and staff who achieve a service milestone in 2022.

In addition, while this year’s award winners already have been selected, EVMS want to acknowledge all of the 2022 EVMS Faculty and Staff Achievement nominees put forward by their colleagues. These nominations recognize exemplary work to EVMS and the community, across award categories.

To attend the 2022 EVMS Service & Recognition Awards Ceremony, you must. All registered EVMS faculty and staff who attend the event will be entered into a drawing to receive fabulous door prizes and will receive validated parking only for the Main Street parking garage located at 230 East Main Street.

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