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TEACH Award Recipients

TEACH Award Recipients

These unique awards were created in 2017 to recognize the efforts of our educators and highlight their accomplishments. The recipients are exceptional faculty who embody the principles of excellence in teaching, who go above and beyond in their teaching role, and who will have a long-term impact on learner careers and that of others.

TEACH Award Guidelines
Submit a Nomination: 2024 TEACH Awards

Rachel Altizer, BSN, RN, CCRN
Center for Simulation, Research, & Patient Safety

Photo of Mariah Rudd, Rachel Altizer, BSN, RN, CCRN receiving the Rising Star Award
  • Kimberly P. Simcox, DO
    Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Natalie E. Karp, MD
    Urogynecology
  • Jaclyn D. Nunziato, MD
    Obstetrics & Gynecology

Photo of Mariah Rudd, Kimberly P. Simcox, DO, Natalie E. Karp, MD, and Jaclyn D. Nunziato, MD receiving the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.

Photo of Mariah Rudd, Kimberly P. Simcox, DO, Natalie E. Karp, MD, and Jaclyn D. Nunziato, MD receiving the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.

Rebecca R. Pauly, MD
Vice Dean, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Photo of Mariah Rudd and Charles E. "Bud" Conklin Jr., DDS receiving the Innovative Teaching Award

Photo of Mariah Rudd, Rebecca R. Pauly, MD receiving the Educator Mentorship Award.

Carl S. Henderson, DO
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

Photo of Mariah Rudd and Charles E. "Bud" Conklin Jr., DDS receiving the Innovative Teaching Award

Photo of Mariah Rudd and Carl S. Henderson, DO receiving the Feedback Award

Charles E. "Bud" Conklin Jr., DDS
 Dentistry

Photo of Mariah Rudd and Charles E. "Bud" Conklin Jr., DDS receiving the Innovative Teaching Award

Photo of Mariah Rudd and Charles E. "Bud" Conklin Jr., DDS receiving the Innovative Teaching Award

AMA Stemmler Fund Grant Team
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine & Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Photo of Mariah Rudd and Charles E. "Bud" Conklin Jr., DDS receiving the Innovative Teaching Award

Photo of Mariah Rudd, Natalie E. Karp, MD Sarah Henrickson Parker, PhD Jed Gonzalo, MD, MSc Brock Mutcheson, PhD, MEd David Musick, PhD receiving the TEACH Award of Distinction
(In order as pictured) Natalie E. Karp, MD; Sarah Henrickson Parker, PhD; Jed Gonzalo, MD, MSc; Brock Mutcheson, PhD, MEd; David Musick, PhD (Not pictured) Jacob Grohs, PhD; Andrew Katz, PhD; Heidi Lane, EdD (Also Pictured) Aubrey Knight, MD; Mariah Rudd, MEd - TEACH Awards and Recognition subcommittee co-chairs

Sarah A. DeWitt, MD
Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care

John W. Epling Jr., MD
Family Medicine

Margaret Perry, MSN, RN
Human Resource Education & Organizational Development  

Carl S. Henderson, DO
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

Jane Nwaonu, MD
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

Andrew Moore, MD
Emergency Medicine

Sarah Rivelli, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Bush Kavuru, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Isaiah Johnson, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology

The VTCSOM Pre-Clerkship and Clinical Teams
Tracey Criss, MD
Heidi Lane, EdD
Tarin Schmidt-Dalton, MD

Natalie Karp, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jennifer Bath, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, TCRN
Trauma Services

Kathleen Dorey, PhD
Basic Science Education

Rebecca Pauly, MD
Internal Medicine

Emily Holt Foerst, MA
Student Affairs/Basic Science Education

David Trinkle, MD
Interprofessionalism/Psychiatry

Douglas Grider, MD
Basic Science Education

Jennifer Cleveland, PharmD, MBA
Basic Science Education

Renée LeClair, PhD
Basic Science Education

Damon Kuehl, MD
Emergency Medicine

Michael Wiid, MD
Internal Medicine

Harsha Bhagtani, MD
Pediatrics

Andrew Binks, PhD
Basic Science Education

Dean Cynda Johnson, MD, MBA
Family & Community Medicine

Adrienne Kinsey, MD
Family & Community Medicine

Chad DeMott, MD
Internal Medicine

Aubrey Knight, MD
Family & Community Medicine

Helena Carvalho, PhD

David Musick, PhD

P. J. Whalen, MD

Claudia Kroker-Bode, MD