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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 Award

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 Award

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 Award

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 Award

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  

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