House Staff Awards
The following are annual awards given to members of the Pathology house staff at the Annual Graduation Dinner and End-of-Academic Year.
The Resident of the Year Award is given each year to a Pathology resident in recognition of overall excellence. This is considered the most prestigious of the resident awards. The sum total of the resident's work and accomplishments in the areas of clinical service, learning of pathology, teaching of pathology, research, and professionalism is considered in the selection of the recipient. The selection is made by a vote of the entire teaching faculty in the program.
The Frank Miller Award is given to one of the Pathology residents or fellows in recognition of excellence in teaching. Dr. Frank Miller is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Pathology. This award is named in his honor because of his great love of and support for medical education throughout his long and distinguished career as a member of our faculty. The recipient of this award is selected by the Chair of Pathology, with input from the Director of Undergraduate Pathology Education, Residency Program Director, and other faculty members.
The Herschel Sidransky Memorial Award is given each year to a member of the Department of Pathology house staff in recognition of excellence in research done while in training in our programs. Dr. Herschel Sidransky served as Chair of the Department of Pathology for 22 years, retiring in 1999. He was named as Emeritus Professor-in-Residence and served in this capacity until his death. This award is named in his memory in recognition of his great support for biomedical research throughout his career. The Herschel Sidransky Memorial Award is intended to recognize both the quantity and quality of research done during residency and/or fellowship training at GW, and the selection is based largely on the updated list of research activities provided by each resident and fellow near the end of each academic year. The recipient of this award is selected by a Selection Committee appointed by the Chair of Pathology and made up of faculty members in the department.
The Yolanda Oertel Award is given to a Pathology resident or fellow for excellence in research related to fine needle aspiration cytopathology done while in training in our department. Dr. Yolanda Oertel is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Pathology. This award is named in her honor in recognition of her internationally-known efforts in establishing the clinical utility of fine needle aspiration as a useful diagnostic procedure. This award requires publication of the research findings in the form of an article in a peer-reviewed journal. The recipient of this award will be determined by a Selection Committee made up of the cytopathologists on the faculty in our department.
The Ghassan Haidar Memorial Award was established in memory of Dr. Ghassan Haidar a former resident in anatomic and clinical pathology in our program who passed away unexpectedly in 2011. This award is named in his memory in recognition of his great love of and skill in medical and non-medical photography. This award is given to a Pathology resident or fellow for excellence in pathology related and non-related photography produced while training in our department. The recipient of this award will be determined by a Selection Committee made up of faculty members in the department.