2009–2010 Core Award Recipients

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ACR REF Clinician Scholar Educator Award

Jessica Berman, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery

Christopher E. Collins, MD, FACR
Washington Hospital Center

Deana M. Lazaro, MD
University Physicians of Brooklyn

ACR REF Innovative Teaching Grant

Maria Barilla-LaBarca, MD
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Anne G. Minenko, MD, FRCPC
University of Minnesota

Pamela B. Rosenthal, MD
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

ACR REF Paula de Merieux Rheumatology Fellowship Award

Michael H. Pillinger, MD
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

ACR REF/Amgen/Wyeth Rheumatology Fellowship Training Award

Timothy E. McAlindon, MD, MPH, MRCP
Tufts Medical Center

Homaira Rahimi, MD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Elena S. Weinstein, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ernest Brahn, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Richard Brasington, MD, FACP
Washington University

W. Winn Chatham, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber, MD
Duke University

Helen M. Emery, MD
Seattle Chidren's Hospital

Gregory C. Gardner, MD
University of Washington

Allan C. Gelber, MD
Johns Hopkins University

Raphael Hirsch, MD
University of Pittsburgh

Beth Jonas, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Kristine M. Lohr, MD, MS
University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Carlos J. Lozada, MD
University of Miami

Rory M. Marks, MB, BS
The University of Michigan

Katherine AB. Marzan, MD
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Terry L. Moore, MD
Saint Louis University

James R. O'Dell, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Maria D. Perez, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

Richard M. Pope, MD
Northwestern University

W. Neal Roberts, Jr., MD
Virginia Commonwealth University

Christy Sandborg, MD
Stanford University

Laura Schanberg, MD
Duke University

Eric S. Sobel, MD, PhD
University of Florida

Virginia D. Steen, MD
Georgetown University

Robert Terkeltaub, MD
University of California, San Diego

Audrey Uknis, MD
Temple University

Tammy O. Utset, MD, MPH
The University of Chicago

Berchman Austin Vaz, MD, PhD
University of Arizona

Arthur Weinstein, MD
Washington Hospital Center

Sterling G. West, MD
University of Colorado Denver

ACR REF Clinical Investigator Fellowship Award

Puja P. Khanna, MD, MPH
University of California, Los Angeles

Yvonne C. Lee, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Amanda E. Nelson, MD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sarah Ringold, MD, MS
Seattle Children's Hospital

Ami A. Shah, MD
Johns Hopkins University

ACR REF/Association of Specialty Professors Junior Career Development in Geriatric Medicine Award

Eswar Krishnan, MD
Stanford University

ACR REF Physician Scientist Development Award

Karen M. Au, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Diana Goldenberg, MD, MPH
Hospital for Special Surgery

Dana E. Orange, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery

Gabriela Schmajuk, MD
Stanford University

Ora Singer, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery

Jeremy Sokolove, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine

Vivian E. Vlamakis, MD
Yale University

ACR REF Rheumatology Investigator Award

Imelda Marie Balboni, MD, PhD
Stanford University

Julia F. Charles, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Julie Zikherman, MD
University of California, San Francisco

ACR REF Lawren H. Daltroy Fellowship in Patient-Clinician Communication

Elizabeth Scarbrough, MSN, ARNP
University of Kentucky Research Foundation

ACR REF Health Professional Investigator Award

Yuqing Zhang, DSc
Boston University

Brett D. Thombs, BA, MA, PhD
McGill University

ACR REF Health Professional New Investigator Award

Jing Cui, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Holly L. Rosenzweig, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University

Rachel B. Seymour, PhD
The University of Illinois

Bin Zhang, ScD
Boston University

ACR REF/Abbott Resident Recruitment Dinner Program

Marcy B. Bolster, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

Ernest Brahn, MD
University of California, Los Angeles

Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD
University of Pennsylvania

James O'Dell, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

David D. Sherry, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

ACR REF/Amgen Pediatric Rheumatology Visiting Professorship Program

Helen M. Emery, MD to visit UTC/Thompson Children's
Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman, MD, MPH to visit Louisana State University
Andrew S.  Lasky, MD to visit Albany Medical Center
Kathleen M. O'Neil, MD to visit University of Toledo
Linda Myers, MD to visit Kentucky Clinic
Barry L. Myones, MD to visit Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Richard K. Vehe, MD to visit West Virginia University
Lakshmi N. Moorthy, MD, MS to visit Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Beth S. Gottlieb, MD, MS to visit Cooper University Hospital

ACR REF/Abbott Medical Student Clinical Preceptorship

Chrystal Bradley        
Preceptor: Daniel G. Arkfeld, MD
USC Keck School of Medicine

Alyssa Cohen 
Preceptor: Robert Janson, MD    
Denver VA Medical Center

Summer Engler
Preceptor: Helen Emery, MD
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Desiree Godar           
Preceptor: Kevin McKown, MD   
University of Wisconsin Medical School

Brooke Ivan   
Preceptor: David Collier, MD      
Denver Health Medical Center

Noam Jacob   
Preceptor: William Stohl, MD, PhD          
USC Keck School of Medicine

Mitchell Klement        
Preceptor: James Nocton, MD    
Medical College of Wisconsin

Pamela Shea Poynter
Preceptor: Katherine Temprano, MD       
University of Kentucky

Rebecca Seltzer         
Preceptor: David Sherry, MD      
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Shannon Smith           
Preceptor: Arthur Weinstein, MD
Washington Hospital Center

Chirag Vora    
Preceptor: Dowain Wright, MD, PhD       
Children's Hospital of Central California

ACR REF/Abbott Medical Student Research Preceptorship

Lauren M. Abbate, MSPH
Preceptor: Joanne Jordan, MD, MPH       
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Erynn Boyer   
Preceptor: Kathleen O'Neil, MD, FAAP     
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Margaret Chang         
Preceptor: Ram Raj Singh, MD   
University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Cohen          
Preceptor: Ellen M. Ginzler         
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Edward El Rassi         
Preceptor: James N. Jarvis, MD  
Oklahoma University Health Sciences

Sotonye Imadojemu  
Preceptor: Joan Von Feldt, MD   
University of Pennsylvania

Yihao Jing      
Preceptor: Judith James, MD, PhD          
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Joshua Knight
Preceptor: Leigh Callahan, MD, PhD        
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Amar R. Oza, BS
Preceptor: Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Andrew W. Schnure, BS         
Preceptor: Chester Oddis, MD    
University of Pittsburgh

Tiffany Telarico         
Preceptor: Andras Perl, MD        
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Aubrey Wagenseller  
Preceptor: Jeffrey Katz, MD, MS 
Brigham and Women's Hospital

ACR REF/Abbott Health Professional Graduate Student Research Preceptorship

Michael Bade, PT, MPT
Preceptor: Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, MPT, PhD   
University of Colorado Denver

Alyssa Dufour, MA
Preceptor: Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH     
Hebrew Senior Life & Harvard Medical School

Stefanie S. Haasken  
Preceptor: Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD        
University of Minnesota

Christopher J. Lessard          
Preceptor: Kathy Lynn Moser, PhD         
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center

Joshua Winters          
Preceptor: Katherine Rudolph, PhD, PT   
University of Delaware

Ephraim P. Engleman Endowed Resident Research Preceptorship

Cecilia Chung, MD, MPH        
Preceptor: Joan Bathon, MD 
Johns Hopkins University